i m in for ari melber. it ain t all good and that s the truth. things aren t going like you thought they would and it s all on you, fox news. new evidence showing rupert murdoch and fox news new trump was lying but put them on the air anyway. dominion systems suing fox news for $1.6 billion in a defamation suit. the claim is fox news knowingly lied about their company and now we have receipts and private texts. fox news host called trump and his lawyers election claims total b.s., insane, crazy, mind-blowingly nuts, reckless, off the rails, and effing lunatics. these are not mean tweets. these are actual texts from fox news hosts. tucker carlson showing hannity and laura ingraham were in disbelief on camera over trump s conspiracy theories. carlton texting engram, quote, sydney powell was lying, by the way. i caught her, it s insane. sydney is complete nuts, no one will work with her, ditto with rudy. carlson writing, quote, our viewers are good people and they believe it.
punitive reasons. we can t sell our product anymore. there are whole state legislatures that believe in the nonsense fox was putting forward so this is a business impact as well. so what would a settlement look like if fox decided to settle instead of going through the trial? well, dominion is very capably represented by good lawyers, and what they ve done in this case they ve pled what s called damages for defamation per se. that means dominion doesn t have to actually prove the dollar amount of its damages. it s entitled to in essence damages that punish the company. they also will be able to prove damages, a dollar amount of lost business or at least a rough estimation. so one expects that now they believe they re in the driver seat, and i think rightfully so here. actual malice requires a plaintiff like dominion to prove fox proceeded with actual knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth. i read this brief carefully.