how much does it cost to lie t the american people? well, this week, fox settled the dominion voting system defamation lawsuit, agreeing t pay a staggering seven point 8 excuse me, 787 point $5 millio in settlements it is one of the largest settlements in defamatio history in this country, and i shows that fox was at leas somewhat afraid that the jur might sign against them. that, it s, clear was th financial cost of lying to the american people. but the other cost, th reputational costs, that is little bit harder to explain after the settlement was announced, fox released this statement, which read, in part we acknowledge the court rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false this settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to th highest journalistic standards we are hopeful that ou decision to settle this disput with dominion amicably, instea of the acrimony of a divisiv trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues now, did you notice a word
investigation exposed some o the misconduct and damag caused by fox s disinformation campaign smartmatic will explores the rest what s more, dominion wants to hold election deniers beyond fox accountable as well, i fact, the company ha defamation lawsuits pendin against other far-right medi outlets, including newsmax oann, which went even furthe than fox and their promotion o election lies, and they ar also taking legal action against several individuals, including my pillow chie executive, mike lindell, patrick byrne, and rud giuliani, and sidney powell. fox s record-breakin settlement here was really jus the beginning, as dominion s lead counsel said any warnin to fox s fellow election liars quote, it is not over. let us discuss this now with katie benner, reporter for the new york times, and an msnbc contributor. former democratic senator, dou jones, from alabama. he also served as the u.s. attorney for the norther district of alabama.
of columnist to try and push election lies. so this is going to continue t be difficult for fox, and think, at the end of the day it will purely be about th money they want to pay its employees to settle, and withdraw her information fro public view. and how much can they really afford to pay smartmatic, know to put almost a billion dollar into dominion. professor, let me ask about that, dominion has at least, a i just ran through that list six more defamation lawsuits pending. you ve got against newsmax, oan, sydney powell, my pillow guy patrick byrne, from overstock. does the outcome of their suit have any impact on these other lawsuits does a set a different bar for them obviously, you re not going to expect mike lindell if he does lose, to be able to pa something in the same amount that fox did but what is the bar that has now been set by dominion s lawsuit against fox.