A defamation settlement over electoral fraud ‘stories’ means nothing if the channel goes on spreading lies, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
Just how damaging is yet to be seen. The damage to Fox is putting yet another figure to match that of theon what shareholders have long called “the Murdoch discount” – the cost of an organisation seemingly run like a personal fiefdom by the 92-year-old.
Fox’s response will be an important marker of how much the Dominion win will matter to the rest of us – and not just the voting machine manufacturer’s private equity owners. In attempting to fight the case, Fox had claimed to be protecting the rights of a free press, claiming that a triumph for Dominion “would have grave consequences for the entire journalism profession”.
The judge in the Dominion case knew this. It should go without saying that journalists, no matter their political or employment affiliations, should know it too. Otherwise the win in this trial will be worth nothing at all.
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