and the fox news spokesman sai well, they are cherry-pickin those checks out of context. that was bill maher las friday after fox settled wit dominion before the big news today. the separation of fox news and tucker carlson those text, not helpful at all may have added to his demise i m curious what are your fina thoughts about this huge newsday? i disagree with andre sorkin, he is right. tucker carlson leaving, th story here is not a financia story, it s not a business story. it s a culture story, it s a story about politics the question is whether rupert murdoch has the desire to stay out of these courtrooms and no testify, the desire to see republicans be able to win i 2024 we see this footage with desantis, has he finally decided that in total he i
today. but i don t think they can, but let s do it this way they start with four billion dollars in cash, okay? they just handed, let s, say $800 million, to make th numbers easy to dominion this next suit, th smartmatic s suit, let s say i is similar in terms of what th settlement is on the same kind of scale, that would be 1. 2 billion. so, now, they spent two billio dollars. then, let s talk about abby case i don t know what you think th number is there. yes, the numbers will come down, but the way the stock market s gonna look at the company is less about what happens to the cash pile and more about wha happens to the cash goin forward to this company. i think a lot of talk across some to fox, the bigger issue, and i don t have the answer to that yet, does he or not compete? does he show up on newsmax that would be a problem. that would be a demonstrable problem for them yes, all right, well we shall see. cnbc s andrew ross sorkin, greatly appreciated. so, a couple of things h
fox news media and tucke carlson have agreed to par ways we thank him for his service t the network as a host and prio to that as a contributor some reports say carlson s depart was ordered by fo chairman rupert murdoch as early as friday. nbc hasn t confirmed the details, but you don t have to look far to find the reasons fox would want to get rid of tucker carlson at this particular time. according to the l. a. times quote, carlson s exit is related to a discriminatio lawsuit filed by abb grossberg. the producer fired by th network last month carlson senior executive producer justin willis also ha been terminated. the times also reported that murdaugh was really concerne about carlson s coverage of th january 6th attack, and also carlson s dismissal may be linked to the landmark 787 million dollar defamatio settlement with dominion votin systems. the president reports quot carson s comments about fo colleagues partly revealed the dominion case played a role in his departure. fox said
means for the business of fo news plus, we are going to play you bill maher her s reaction to the dominion lawsuit settlemen and how that may have played into tucker s downfall los angeles times television reporter steve battaglio, as always, thank you so much, - thank you, sir. coming up next, what it means for the business of fo news plus, we are going to play you bill maher her s reaction to the dominion lawsuit settlemen and how that may have played into tucker s downfall later in the hour, hour trip t ireland and northern ireland including my conversation with president joe biden, and why h thinks the fragile peace i northern ireland will hold even in the face of ne challenges you said, actually, in your speech you said a lot of american investment right now, is on the sidelines. they are waiting to come int northern ireland
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.