Prominent First Amendment lawyer Lee Levine discusses the Fox News vs. Dominion voting systems defamation lawsuit. Levine says he d struggle to defend Fox…
sounds to me like you d be recommending you d be laying out the pluses and minuses but perhaps recommending that they settle yeah, i would. if i were asked for a recommendation, i would recommend settlement. i m surprised that the case has not settled so far. i m surprised it didn t settle before fox had to produce all of these emails and texts that have now become public. i m surprised they didn t settle. after the briefing, uh, went all of this was played out to the public. my only thought now is that they re waiting for jury selection. to see what kind of jury they draw and whether they feel comfortable that there are at least person or two on that jury who might not be interested in ruling against fox. that s the only thing i can think of that process scheduled to begin on thursday. lee levine, thank you so much nice to see you. good to see you, too. michael. take care. checking in on social media reaction. what do we have? fox should be required by the jury to admit to their viewe
me years ago. lee nice to see you again. actual malice. that s an awfully high bar, knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth, but this case seems to be capable of meeting it. you agree. absolutely said this from the very first. longer case of actual mallets than this one against the media and the date. a lot of the deposition testimony, the texts and the emails behind the scenes has come to light in media coverage of the pleadings. can that be imputed to the company at large? can the company be held accountable for what tucker carlson may have said to a colleague. well, you know, that s the very interesting thing michael about the judge s decision last week, allowing the case to go to trial. the judge basically said that that s an issue for the jury, which means that dominion can put into evidence all of that stuff about
. so if you need an air duct cleaning, call 1 800 steamer today. jury selection begins thursday in dominion voting systems. $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against fox news. will fox settle before it goes to trial in april 17 and either way will its viewers ever hear anything about the emails and texts revealing that those in charge of the network didn t believe what it was airing dominion is accusing the network of knowingly and repeatedly airing falsehoods about its voting machines rigging the 2020 election for joe biden. among those who are set to take the stand the network s most prominent hosts like sean hannity and tucker carlson, and high ranking executives, including 92 year old chairman rupert murdoch, himself. joining me now is lee levine. he s a veteran first amendment lawyer who in his long career represented both fox and cnn. he s argued before the supreme court. cnn still uses his former firm, and he wants represented