the dollar figure was $787. million. the dominion voting system will receive from fox news i it s a defamation lawsuit. fox news agrees to the largest defamation payout since alex jones. money is accountability we got that today from fox but we are not done yet. tonight, one of the dominio attorneys on the histori settlement with fox. and david blough, michel goldman, and harry lippman o what it will mean for rupert murdoch s monopoly and america politics moving forward. another nightmare, murder this time in upstate new york on th awful truth of a politics of crime and punishment and why it is tax day should make a happy ending to nonsens fearmongering about 87,000 new irs agents are they going to have strikeforce that goes in wit ak-15 s already loaded, read to shoot when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. this afternoon, the very first day in court, fox news reached a settlement with it dominio voting systems for more th
and on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow tonight on all in - the dollar figure was $787. 5 million the dominion votin systems will receive from fo news in it s a defamatio lawsuit. fox news agrees to the largest defamation payout since alex jones. money is accountability we got that today from fox but we are not done yet. tonight, one of the dominio attorneys on the histori settlement with fox. and david plouffe, michell goldberg, and harry lippman on what it will mean for rupert murdoch s monopoly and america politics moving forward. another nightmare, murder this time in upstate new york on th awful truth of a politics of crime and punishment and why it is tax day should make a happy ending to nonsens fearmongering about 87,000 new irs agents are they going to have strikeforce that goes in wit ak-15s already loaded, ready
possibly going to defend itself because the judge had really shut off every avenue of argumentation you could imagin fox news making. they were going to try to argu that they were reporting o newsworthy allegations by th president and his attorney the judge said he cannot d that did judge already rule that fo news aired defamator falsehoods the only thing we were arguing about was whether in airin those defamatory falsehoods, fox news raised to the standar of actual malice you heard the lawyer talkin about the repercussions. i think the point about th first amendment law is interesting. generally, from a lega standpoint, what is your tak away from the settlement look, you can quibble wit mr. that shackelford this wa in their self interest this was one of the very, if very rare cases in our socia history in which the publi interest -
you. you are there today. there s a lot of suspens during this pause. i don t think the announcement is shocking anyone how did they not do this sooner? what is your take away fro this announcement? in effect, they did settle i think it s not shocking but it is disappointing. there s been so much evidenc already unveiled through the course of this process about the utter cynicism and contemp with which fox news treated it audience and its journalisti responsibility there was a hope that a lo more would come out. to be honest, i was really curious about how fox wa possibly going to defend itself because the judge had really shut off every avenue of argumentation you could imagin fox news making. they were going to try to argu that they were reporting o newsworthy allegations by th president and his attorney the judge said he cannot d that did judge already rule that fo news aired defamator falsehoods the only thing we were arguing about was whether in airin those defamatory falsehoods