$787.5 million. that s how much the fox corporation will pay. it s half of what dominion says they were seeking, but a historic amount on the less the fox corporation. clearly deciding was better to pay the money than have their star anchors try to explain under oath, the election denialism and disinformation. they either spread themselves or help spread by giving others who are lying a platform night after night after night in a statement after the settlement was announced, fox said, and i quote we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. the settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. i just want to repeat that the first part of it said. we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. that might sound sort of maybe like an apology, but it s not. they acknowledge the court ruling doesn t really mean anything and their description that certain claims about
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he s also told the uk media that he never intended to hurt his family by writing a memoir. now on bbc news, the media show. welcome to the media show. in a minute, we re going to talk about the christmas period and what it taught us about advertising, both about what ads are working and where companies are wanting to spend their money. we ll also talk to stephen lambert from studio lambert, which made the runaway hit for the bbc, the traitors. but before we do all of that, let s talk about channel 4 privatisation, because it looks like it could be off. global s podcast the news agents broke this story. it s got hold of a letter from the culture secretary, michelle donelan, sent to the prime minister, which appears to advise against privatisation, saying there are better ways to ensure channel 4 s sustainability. let s bring in chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast magazine. hiya, chris. good to have you back on the media show. so is this the end of the matter? i think it
i think it s the end of the potential privatisation and the start of a whole series of new questions around the future of ca. it draws a line under the second attempt over the last six years to privatise the broadcaster. and it s interesting that, essentially, a change of government, a change of culture secretary, has brought a very different view in just a few months time. yes, and the former culture secretary, nadine dorries, who held the job under borisjohnson, has already tweeted her displeasure at what s happening. do we understand why there s been a change in tack from the conservatives? look, it depends on what you believe the thrust for all this was over a year ago. channel 4. i think you could make a good case that channel 4 got caught up in a sort of culture wars moment, that it gave borisjohnson, nadine dorries, an opportunity to make a sort of political, cultural point about being seen to be sort of tough on liberal london elites, etc. and if you read the leaked
early in the day. heavy rain affecting the south west of england. through the day, the rain becomes lighter and more patchy in many places become drier. we have a lot of dry weather across other parts of the uk, hunting ascension, just a few showers in the north west of scotland. certainly fewer and lighter than today. it will feel pleasant in the sunshine with temperatures 17 18. now on bbc news the media show. hello and welcome to the media show. as i am sure you have seen, these are tomorrow s times for the uk economy and this is a story as complex as it is important and there are ways to get the journalism right around the story but there are also ways of getting it wrong. we will look at bats. we will also hear from a man behind a whole raft of things. this man from the sunday times tells us how he lands his stories and then we will also hear the story of others leaving the abc. we will hear the story according to their agent. let s start with the situation with the uk e