Voting equipment company is suing the network for $1.6bn in trial seen as strongest chance to hold Fox News and Rupert Murdoch accountable
What’s unique about this case is that we also see the plaintiffs arguing that their case is about democracy preservationLevine and other observers have been baffled as to why Murdoch and Fox haven’t settled the case as they have been walloped by a drip of embarrassing revelations and the evidence. Murdoch has a history of settling high-profile cases against his media empire, including in 2011, when he settled with victims in the News of the World phone hacking scandal in the UK.
“While Dominion has pushed irrelevant and misleading information to generate headlines, Fox News remains steadfast in protecting the rights of a free press, given a verdict for Dominion and its private equity owners would have grave consequences for the entire journalism profession,” the spokesperson said.
The company also already faces a lawsuit from a shareholder who argues that company breached its fiduciary duty by allowing false claims to be broadcast, and a slew of similar lawsuits could follow. A protester holds a sign during a demonstration outside the Fox News headquarters in New York City in February.Davis has already issued a series of pre-trial rulings that are likely to help Dominion and limit what Fox can argue in its defense. Davis has ruled the statements Fox aired were false. He has also said the network can’t argue it was protected because its hosts were reporting newsworthy allegations.
It is unfolding at a moment when prominent US conservatives, including supreme court justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, have suggested revisiting America’s libel laws to make it easier to sue media outlets. A win for Dominion would show that even though the US has an extraordinarily high bar to clear to prove a defamation case, it is still possible to hold a defamer liable.
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