A case involving a conservative media outlet and a voting machine company has been resolved — but a similar case involving Fox News still remains.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/newsmax-pay-67-million-settle-dominion-voting-systems-defamation-lawsu-rcna225647
That these claims weren’t true did not sit well with the companies — or their lawyers. Indeed, as NBC News reported, the legal fallout from this mess is still unfolding.
The conservative cable news channel Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by the voting machine company Dominion over baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, according to a new regulatory filing. The settlement averts what promised to be a high-profile trial. Newsmax and Dominion Voting Systems agreed to the settlement on Friday, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
The timing was striking: Right around the time that Trump announced a renewed crusade against voting machines, based in part on his conspiratorial assumptions about the election equipment, the public learned of Newsmax’s settlement with one of the nation’s leading voting machine companies......
Last year, a far-right network called One America News also settled a related defamation lawsuit with Smartmatic, although the terms of that agreement have never been disclosed.
There’s also, of course, $787.5 million settlement between Dominion and Fox News’ parent company in 2023.
Finally, let’s not forget there’s still one big case pending:
Fox News is facing a $2.7 billion lawsuit from Smartmatic, and as The New York Times reported, that case is set to proceed to trial in a Manhattan state court unless the parties reach a settlement. Watch this space.
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