Executives at Fox News gradually accepted a terrible slog of a trial followed by a potential loss in front of a jury in the massive USD 1.6 billion lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for months as the pre-trial proceedings dragged on and unflattering internal comments continued leaking into the public eye, The Washington Post reported.
It’s far easier to throw around accusations of damage to one’s reputation than it is to actually prove it in court. A journalism scholar explains the criteria that must be met.
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. According to people familiar with internal deliberations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations, Viet Dinh had walked company founder and chairman Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan, who is Fox s chief executive, through the legal issues and reassured them that company could eventually prevail on appeal, even if it required going all the way to the Supreme Court. World News | Fox News-Dominion Reach Settlement After Mediator Swooped in.