Despite a $787 million settlement, believed to be the largest known defamation settlement in U.S. history, there was a sense among some of the network’s biggest critics that Fox News got off easy.
, has filed a similar suit and is asking for $2.7 billion in damages. Fox may also face litigation from its own shareholders.against advocates of the Big Lie, including MyPillow executive Mike Lindell and Newsmax.“Perhaps some of the right’s kookiest claims will be avoided or caveated a bit more before appearing on Fox. But the network certainly won’t give up on conspiracy theories or on pandering to the GOP base’s resentments … All that is core to their business model.
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