You will never be able to recoup over a period of time. it seemed that the bulk of their claim had to do with the latter of it. not only the idea that we re going to lose is business, but that they had taken such a fatal blow to their integrity. there are actual counties as you know, we ve covered here on cnn that shows no longer to use dominion because of the allegations that were present and unfounded and that took a hit at an exponential level, so likely it s based on that. but as as ellie talked about juries have a mind of their own and when they believe that actual malice is involved, which could have resulted here, then you could have an even a significant 12. a different tune. what that number is, we might never know and also let s talk about the court of public opinion here. listen we all leaned in when we heard about these text messages we wanted to know about this. the idea of cash. what would this spectacle look like? and the irony that truth would actually be on trial and b
Were going to prevail. this is a huge amount of money. they probably already endured quite a bit of attorneys fees. this is about half of the $1.6 billion that they had asked for from the dominion side, saying that money is accountability. but let me tell you the part that made me lean in and that s when they said we re not done yet. there are others who still need accounting. this is not the end of the road, because, remember, it s one thing you were talking about fox news, but there were also people individuals who are also vocalizing similarities. and you asked about whether a precedent was set. you better believe that everyone who is related to this particular news working ization that made these statements knowing later with the consciousness regard also are subject to some of the similar requirements of not shaming someone. and so if this is what fox is willing to do, you can imagine what the individual would need to do. and it seems very clear. i m glad they mentioned because we
Think for fox, especially given the hand they had been dealt, i mean, it was very clear that they were dishonest about what happened in the wake of the 2020 election. the judge already ruled that they had broadcast false material so it would have been up to the jury basically to decide whether they had broadcast that false material with actual malice or reckless disregard for the truth, and i got to say, and i talked to a lot of first amendment lawyers, dominion had really assembled evidence from messages and emails that showed that you know, potentially they did. crossed that line into knowingly broadcasting false material, which would have been actual malice and which would have probably resulted or potential resulted in dominion winning this case, jake oliver darcy outside the courthouse in wellington, delaware, for us, thank you so much, so just to bring you this news, delaware superior court judge eric davis has praised both lawyers for fox and lawyers for dominion after they abru
Does sweeten the power dynamic and leverage that now dominion has to say if we can get one judge to essentially say what you have said. said is a lie. the jury will not even hear your argument about why it s not a lie or the first amendment that bodes well for their ability to persuade the next set of litigants about this issue. laura coates, thanks to both of you appreciate it, new reaction coming in after the $787 million settlement was reached in the dominion lawsuit against fox also had americans very quick to pull the trigger. now one young woman is dead and a young man s life is forever changed new information in that case from kansas city next. did youou know there s no tion? skechers talking about fool mr t is always in sketches, tmd sketches , tmd sketches. that s even the t and d sketches. there s no dance catchers, sketches, teeth, just comfort businesse
That our decision to resolve the dispute with dominion amicably instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial. allows the country to move forward from these issues. unquote let s bring back cnn legal analysts laura coates and elie honig. wow so laura 787,000,500. i can only assume that fox is cutting this check because they feared that after a jury trial, not only would they have to pay more, but it would become even more obvious. that they. are not a journalistic organization that their organization that is just chasing ratings and viewers and it doesn t really matter what they say. whether it s true or not. that s what their business model is, as my father would say, that s not chump change. you re not going to go ahead and pay that amount of money because you believe that you were ultimately truthful and that you