acknowledged the falsehoods they shared with their viewers. is anybody who is watching fox going to learn about this? well jake, the dominion team was asked in this short press conference after the settlement was announced. whether there was more to this settlement, will fox anchors have to read statements saying that they misled viewers will there have to be an apology may be coming from rupert murdoch. has rupert murdoch called and apologized. we didn t hear anything from the dominion side as of yet outside the money figure, and we did hear dominion attorney say that money is accountability so unclear whether we re going to get more from from the outside that fox statement you just read , which is basically acknowledges what the court said, which is that they did tell lies on their channel. i also think it s important to keep in mind jake that dominion wasn t the only voting technology companies suing fox news. you also have smartmatic, which has filed two against fox news. for more
contest. this was really going to hold the network potentially accountable for that, so we re not going to see this public trial where people like murdoch would have had to answer to this jury. why they allow these deranged conspiracy theories to take hold on the networks air despite as we know as a result of this trial as a result of the discovery that they knew these lies were not true, they were unhinged from reality. we re not going to see that process takes place in court, jake. i know there are a lot of people that wanted this process to take place in court because outside the you know the media defamation case. this was also a really, to some extent, a trial built about made about democracy and democracy at large and elections. so you know this is going to avert all of that. it s going to save fox. i think a lot more added embarrassment. but again, jake this case has been settled outside of court. it will be interesting to see what those details are, oliver, we see what you mean
heck of a message to send today and there are other cases going on. i believe those two election workers in georgia are suing the right wing website for lying about then ellie. uh the fact statement did not have an apology to its viewers or to dominion. it did have this one line quote. we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion. to be false. so translated. that means fox acknowledges. that they aired and pushed lies about dominion. is that what that means? translated it means we got caught lying pie. the judge , and i think that s exactly why we are seeing this absolutely jaw dropping number. i mean, let s be clear. this is an unequivocal rebuke of fox news of their reporting of their quote unquote journalism. i don t know. i m not exactly a historian, but i don t believe i ve ever seen a jury verdict or a settlement on the amount of
there were obviously they did settle, so there must have been settlement talks. we know that rupert murdoch s wall street journal reported on sunday evening. there was a late push by fox to settle this case, and that was matched by a few other outlets, but the jury selection did resume earlier today, and they did get sworn in by the judge. and so it looked. you know, like this trial was going to happen, and people were, you know, going into court earlier at 1 30 for opening statements. there was that unexpected delay. we did see our cnn s marshal cohen in court. he saw a fox lawyer, take out a piece of paper and show it to dominion lawyer. then they went outside the courtroom. it was unclear what was discussed. but it seems right now, given the news that they were talking about a settlement, and that has been reached, really averting a really excruciating process for fox news that was set to take place here in wilmington, delaware. over the next six weeks. jake and oliver, i can t help
first time you connected your go daddy website and your store was also the first time you realized we can do anything. cheesecake cookies, cookie sales from one place with a partner that always puts you first started today at go. daddy .com. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper this hour , beaten inside a russian penal colony. lawyers for russian opposition opposition leader alexei navalny say putin critic was dragged and kicked by prison guards. now navalny is facing new charges that could add time to his sentence. we re going to talk to the vice president of navalny s anti corruption foundation coming up, plus for a second day word of major charges from the justice department. u. s citizens allegedly working as illegal foreign agents yesterday was china this time its agents of the russian government and leading this hour just as opening statements were set to begin. a blockbuster settlement was announced the dominions defamation lawsuit against fox