you know we re gonna tal about. this week, fox news settle with dominion moments before the defamation trial was about to start folks agreed to pay 787 poin $5 million we don t need to get into that what i wanna talk about is wha this settlement means for th future of misinformation john, dominion s not done. they re done with fox. but they are going after cindy powell, like lindell, rudy giuliani the fact is that individuals who are being pushers of conspiracy theories could be opening up their own pockets and having to pay a bi settlements, do you think that could impact the whole misinformation landscape absolutely. this is not a small amount o money that fox paid. let s start with that first. 700, $800 million. then you look at all these other cases, the people yo just mentioned, there are gonn be depositions from them
who are being pushers of conspiracy theories could be opening up their own pockets and having to pay a bi settlements, do you think that could impact the whole misinformation landscape absolutely. this is not a small amount o money that fox paid. let s start with that first. 700, $800 million. then you look at all these other cases, the people yo just mentioned, there are gonn be depositions from them nootropic or filings you re gonna see some of the potentially even go to court and this will create a disincentive for a lot o people to be the ones who ar out there making false claim in the future about such hig profile things we re talking about presidential election. we re talking about individuals, electors, and we re talkin about election workers who are arguing that they have bee defamed. so there s gonna be a huge disincentive for people to d this again are you worried it s to late though all of these shootings. making everyday mistakes getting shot, and the thread that we kee
sydney powell, newsmax and o a f. if the evidence against them i those cases is asked wrong a the evidence against fox the the two will be crushed by dominion legally. and forced to pay judge settlements that will probably bankrupt them. steven shackleford is right. money is accountability. that is how the civil justic system works in that system, and in tha system alone, money it i accountability that is how lawsuits work. lawsuits are about money the outcome of a lawsuit is no expressed with words lik guilty or not guilty those words never enter lawsuit. it is expressed in amounts o money. and a settlement like this one is the equivalent of a guilt plea in a criminal case.
and forced to pay judgments or settlements that will probably bankrupt them. steven shackleford is right. money is accountability. that is how the civil justic system works in that system, and in tha system alone, money it i accountability that is how lawsuits work. lawsuits are about money the outcome of a lawsuit is no expressed with words lik guilty or not guilty those words never enter lawsuit. it is expressed in amounts o money. and a settlement like this one is the equivalent of a guilt plea in a criminal case. fox knew from the top down from the top down fox knew that is what dominion said in brief file in the case and dominion proved that they proved that in their case and they proved to the judge i the case that what fox sai about dominion and allowed t be said about dominion was
thousands of government worker have to fill out, and that mos people sweat the details on great deal, because they kno there are serious penalties fo doing it wrong, even a minor misstatement can be job ending unless you re a supreme cour justice. but i think what we are seeing here is, again, the fact tha clarence thomas wants to liv the life of a super wealthy la firm partner, or gop activist, or whatever the congress h hangs out with he is on a public servan salary, he has nearly $300, 000, but for him he probably thinks i m getting dramatically underpaid. so he is trying to find ways t make up that gap sometimes he takes a private jet owned by his friend, aroun the country, sometimes h allows his friend to purpose property and spruce up potentially inflated values. sometimes he has a stake in hi very questionable investment that are bringing him lots o money that he did not disclose properly all of it is extremely concerning for a public servan who is supposed to be so trustworthy,