Anything. this is even outside of the court of public opinion, and we ve seen a lot with all the things that would have been entered into evidence. text messages, confirmation that what they believed was very in contrast to what they actually said on air, but the second, the judge said, look, you re not going to be able to cloak yourself in the first amendment and tell this jury that everything you ever say is protected speech. without consequence at all that was really the probably the beginning of these serious settlement discussions because then the leverage and the power dynamic. instantly shifted in favor of dominion. because then they all they had to prove. jake was not that what you said was false check. they ve already determined that but instead that you had either actual malice meaning you know what you said was false or you had every reason to believe that what you were saying response. and you said it anyway. and finally, you also have the notion here that you can t do a cl
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
Employees and the customers that we serve. nothing can ever make up for that. throughout this process, we have sought accountability and believe the evidence brought to light through this case underscores the consequences of spreading lies. truthful reporting in the media is essential to our democracy. dominion. our employees are people are partners are grateful to the court. for allowing us to process for the truth to come out. i cannot thank the election officials. that we serve enough without them. there is no democracy. and the work they tirelessly due to that end. and they deserve much better. we are grateful for all the support. we have received grateful to our legal team and want to acknowledge staple street capital. who have been unconditional in their support of dominion and our customers. i want to introduce you, tanya goose today principal and founder of staples street
Some knowing disregard or recklessness regard for the truth. this has a price tag with it, and it has a looming one. and as ellie said, i m going to interrupt right now. i m sorry because i m told the dominion lawyers are about to speak. let s listen in. would you like, please? please, just for us. appreciate it. thank you. justin nelson from suspend godfrey. proud council for dominion voting systems. the truth matters lies have consequences. over two years ago. a torrent of lies, swept
Readily understand their incentive here in settling this, laura, i m i m not a lawyer. i don t know much about this kind of thing. the dominion was doing for $1.6 billion. is that like a realistic price tag that they could have gotten from fox? what do you what do you think this situation? i mean, obviously, it s all speculative. but could they have gotten $1.6 billion? what do you think they would have had to fax would have had to offer to settle. fox believe that number was grossly exaggerated and not accurate, but what it was based on according to the dominion lawyers is the idea of either two things every time you re assessing damage, which results in either a reputational harm or otherwise, either the profit that you stand to lose. usually there is a fixed amount of time in terms of the impact statements that are made, you re a less profitable you calculate the profit the other way is kind of the enterprise. meaning what is the hit? you will take on a permanent basis to your actua