cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. we have some breaking news for you. i m jake tapper. moments ago, we learned there is a settlement a settlement in the high stakes trial between dominion voting systems and fox dominion was suing fox for $1.6 billion, saying that the network showed complete and utter disregard for truth and facts and accuracy. when they allowed guests and hosts to push false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election had been stolen from donald trump. cnn s oliver darcy is outside the courthouse in delaware. oliver. what do we know about the settlement? we know right now. the judge just announced actually moments ago, jake that this case has been settled out of court. we don t know any details about what happened. but there was this unexplained two hour delay in court proceedings. this settlement really comes right before the clock struck struck midnight jake opening statements were set to begin at 1 30. they did not as scheduled, and there was an unexp
imagine that? criminals on the street to get more crime instead, they let bad guys roam the street what better place to start than new york city. where videos of violence senseless attacks appear daily. jim jordan s new york city field trip this week is part of the radicalization of the american right joining forces with right wing media like fox and with the nra to create an atmosphere of vigilantism through a never-ending campaign of fear. also tonight how fox s settlement of the biggest media defamation case in history allows them to keep spreading dangerous misinformation but they do have many more legal challenges ahead, which you will probably never hear about on their shows. plus, 94 shots fired by police killing black motorist jayland walker, and none of the eight officers involved will face any consequences. we begin tonight with the late art bishop tez monday tutu and what he said were the three hardest words to say, i am sorry. in 2014 he wrote, we can co
imagine that? criminals on the street to get more crime instead, they let bad guys roam the street what better place to start than new york city. where videos of violence senseless attacks appear daily. jim jordan s new york city field trip this week is part of the radicalization of the american right joining forces with right wing media like fox and with the nra to create an atmosphere of vigilantism through a never-ending campaign of fear. also tonight how fox s settlement of the biggest media defamation case in history allows them to keep spreading dangerous misinformation but they do have many more legal challenges ahead, which you will probably never hear about on their shows. plus, 94 shots fired by police killing black motorist jayland walker, and none of the eight officers involved will face any consequences. we begin tonight with the
Fact checker later on a different bride. catherine some point in the future. try to say well, actually, here s an alternate reality or the truth, as many of us know it. that doesn t mean you didn t either earlier, defame someone, so this is what happens and many, many trials across the country all the time that once the reality of a jury of 12 deciding the fate to the tune of, well a billion or more in this case, suddenly the party say, you know what? let s be more reasonable. ellie um, there s so fox does this not infrequently. they paid tens of millions of dollars when it came to settling sexual harassment and assault lawsuits reportedly against bill o. reilly there was a big lawsuit being threatened, or at least some sort of out of state settled out of court settlement was reached with the family of seth rich. and a lot of the details of those settlements. we just do not know the public does not know. will we learn the details of this settlement? if
Dominion hasn t gone all the way through with this to the point of a jury verdict, they certainly have done a lot to expose the mendacity behind foxes reporting laura. does this settlement set any kind of precedent for defamation cases in the future or not just the settlement, but the entire case , let s let s be clear here. news organizations get sued all the time for defamation. usually the cases are thrown out of court because there is a first amendment in this country. it s very difficult. to prove defamation. this case looked pretty solid from where i said look, everyone who has a cell phone or has texted somebody or has engaged in online written memorialized communication. this sets a standard because now the statements that are made can be contrasted with what you ve said privately vs on air, which makes it a little bit easier, according to the this new statement here about the actual malice doesn t mean that you re going to prove it because somebody has a difference of opinion