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Steven Monacelli / @stevanzetti:
[Thread] Twitter suspends Wired's Dell Cameron, saying he broke hacked material rules, by reporting about a hack of anti-trans activist Matt Walsh's account — WOW: @dellcam has been suspended by Twitter after reporting about the hack of Matt Walsh's Twitter account https://twitter.com/...
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Dell Cameron / Wired: The Hacker Who Hijacked Matt Walsh's Twitter Was Just ‘Bored’
Steven Monacelli / @stevanzetti: .@dellcam received this explanation for the suspension after he reported on the hack of Matt Walsh's Twitter account for @WIRED https://twitter.com/...
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Wired's @dellcam was “permanently suspended” from Twitter shortly after publishing and tweeting this story. https://www.wired.com/...
Matt Novak / Forbes: Wired Journalist Banned From Twitter For Reporting On Hack Of Anti-Trans Activist Matt Walsh
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__: Fun fact: This is the very same rule that was used to block distribution of the New York Post story about Hunter Biden, the greatest First Amendment violation in American history. https://twitter.com/...
@wired: WIRED Statement on Dell Cameron's Permanent Twitter Suspension: WIRED learned Wednesday afternoon that senior reporter Dell Cameron's Twitter account was permanently suspended after he reported on Matt Walsh's Twitter account being hacked. 1/3
Elad Nehorai / @eladnehorai: The amount of effort Twitter has put into making Matt Walsh happy is extremely telling: Their VP of Trust & Safety publicly handled the case. And now they've suspended a journalist on his behalf. In the meantime, he incites violence against trans people and Nazis get verified. https://twitter.com/...
Kate Conger / @kateconger: @dellcam Dell was told that he violated the hacked materials policy. One of the things I've always loved about Twitter is the robust cybersecurity community here — can't see how that survives if you can't even talk about hacks that happen on this platform without losing your account.
Jeet Heer / @heerjeet: Would be curious what the journalists involved with The Twitter Files think of this. https://twitter.com/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: The @Wired journalist who reported on a hack of Matt Welsh's Twitter account has been “permanently suspended” by @Twitter. Unclear what @policy @dellcam violated or how; just reporting on hacked materials does not violate @TwitterSafety Rules: https://help.twitter.com/... @ellagirwin? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@zaackhunt: Hey @elonmusk how exactly does this fit into your definition of being a “free speech absolutist”? Or is it just free speech for me but not for thee? https://twitter.com/...
Bradley P. Moss / @bradmossesq: I'm sorry, a journalist reporting on a media figure's account being hacked is somehow a violation of Twitter's TOS? https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Keys / The Desk: Twitter bans Wired reporter over hacking story
Justin Ling / @justin_ling: Just a reminder that this website is *still* randomly suspending journalists for bullshit reasons and the more energy we put into Elon's sandbox of broken toys, the more we're contributing to it https://twitter.com/...
@kaylan_tx: Elmo out here suspending reporters again🙄 Started/Going https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@wired: Neither Dell's story nor his Twitter feed contained hacked materials. We do not believe his account violated Twitter's policy. 2/3
@ohshidt: Catastrophic failure: the owner of this website claiming free speech is back then banning reporters for reporting https://twitter.com/...
Dave Lee / @daveleebbg: On the eve of asking for media orgs to spend $000s on verification. I've been hearing from several today: it's not happening. https://twitter.com/...
@sparrowmedia: Journalism about a hack is not “sharing hacked materials” and thus is not a violation of Twitter @policy . @elonmusk I assume your love of free speech will embolden you to reinstate @WIRED reporter @Dellcam immediately? https://twitter.com/...
@andyharless: @stevanzetti @dellcam “The whole purpose of the attack, he says, was to stir up controversy and sow chaos on Twitter.” Mission accomplished.
Drew Harwell / @drewharwell: Another journalist suspended for reporting. This story: https://www.wired.com/.... With every day Twitter becomes increasingly hostile to journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: by Musk's standard all those NY Post people should have been banned for reporting on Hunter Biden's alleged laptop https://twitter.com/...
@xythar: feel like there was a big ruckus about a prior case of twitter banning reporting on hacked material. think someone wrote a bunch of files about it https://twitter.com/...
Steven Monacelli / @stevanzetti: @Cernovich Hey Mike do you have any idea what Julian Assange is known for https://twitter.com/...
Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken: You'd think that if Twitter had learned any lessons worth learning over the past few years, it would have been that the NYPost suspension, and others akin to it, are wrong. https://twitter.com/...
@cernovich: All they do is lie. Your boy solicited hacked materials. If that's ethical to you, be honest and defend what happened. Otherwise you're lying scum. https://twitter.com/...
Joseph Menn / @josephmenn: This story got author Dell Cameron permanently suspended for “distributing” hacked materials, by which I guess they mean quoting from a hacked DM in a news story. Musk, meet Streisand. https://www.wired.com/...
Kathleen Schmidt / @kathmschmidt: I hope book publishers are aware that it's a matter of time before authors' accounts start getting suspended on here. https://twitter.com/...
Lawrence Hurley / @lawrencehurley: Free speech absolutist, he said https://twitter.com/...
Kat Tenbarge / @kattenbarge: Dell Cameron was permabanned from Twitter for reporting on leaked emails between Matt Walsh and Steven Crowder that show Walsh's plans for his current trajectory: “There's certainly plenty of money to be made when you can get millions of hits online [...]” https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Will Oremus / @willoremus: Old enough to remember when Twitter suspending the @nypost for reporting on the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop was the centerpiece of Musk's “Twitter Files” https://twitter.com/...
Steven Monacelli / @stevanzetti: Here's the article that @dellcam wrote for @WIRED that he shared right before he was suspended https://www.wired.com/...
Bruce Arthur / @bruce_arthur: This site is a garbage fire! https://twitter.com/...
@wired: We have not received any further explanation from Twitter and our attempts to reach Twitter's press office were met with the customary poop emoji. We ask that the account be reinstated, and that Twitter provide an explanation. 3/3 - WIRED Managing Editor, Hemal Jhaveri
Stephen L. Miller / @redsteeze: Well Ben, one was actually soliciting hacked material. The other was a published news story and not based on hacked material. We know you know the difference. You're just dishonest. https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Braun Dubbels / @lisadubbels: After tomorrow, you'll have no idea if the journalist tweeting a story is actually that journalist, either. https://twitter.com/...
@aghamilton29: It's fine if you want to defend what he did, but let's be accurate about it: He publicly and knowingly solicited hacked materials and then published an article referencing specifics from materials he knew were the result of a hack. https://twitter.com/...
@samthielman: Good piece by @dellcam, who has been permanently suspended because Elon Musk is a little bitch: https://www.wired.com/...
Alex Griswold / @hashtaggriswold: This seems like a terrible precedent... half the reporters on this site have tweeted about hacked materials in connection with Sony, Hillary, etc. https://twitter.com/...
@jewishworker: There was no hacked material either in the article or Dell's tweets. He was suspended because Andy Ngo and Ian Cheong put him on blast like hysterical children for asking the hacker to contact him in a joking way. He initially thought Walsh was himself responsible. https://twitter.com/...
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap: Twitter Permanently Suspends Wired Senior Writer After He Interviews Matt Walsh Hacker
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Journalist Banned From Twitter After Reporting on Hack of Matt Walsh's Account
Filip Timotija / Mediaite: WIRED Journalist Suspended on Twitter After Reporting on Matt Walsh's Account Being Hacked
Dell Cameron / @dell@journa.host: “distribution of hacked material”
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Microsoft plans to drop Twitter support from its ad platform on April 25; users won't be able to access or manage Twitter accounts through Microsoft's tool — Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter's new high-priced API. — Twitter is being removed from yet another big B2B platform.
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Emma Roth / The Verge: Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft
Daniel Rubino / Windows Central: Microsoft rejects $42k+ Twitter API subscription, pulls it from ads platform
@glaad: “This is just one of many moves since Musk's takeover of Twitter that has made the platform more and more unsafe for LGBTQ people and advertisers” @sarahkateellis cc: @ashleynbelanger @arstechnica https://arstechnica.com/...
Paris Marx / @parismarx: just when you thought twitter's ad revenue couldn't sink any lower 📉 https://twitter.com/...
@realamvoice: 🚨 Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform after refusing to pay Twitter API fees. @Elon responds with claim “they trained illegally using Twitter data”, and is considering a lawsuit. https://twitter.com/...
Gavin Stevens / @gts_tweets: Just FYI, this doesn't mean what you may think it means. It means those “promoted” ads you have never seen for Xbox will not be shown. It doesn't mean Xbox and it's other twitter accounts won't still publish their posts/news. Lot of noise over a smart decision imo. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: @elonmusk @TitterDaily i am glad you liked my original reporting on this, Mr. Musk https://twitter.com/...
Sarah M / @forumsmeghan: Twitter is being removed from yet another big B2B platform. And this time it's one of the biggest companies in the tech industry. https://mashable.com/...
Evan Rosenfeld / @evan_rosenfeld: Companies that use Microsoft Advertising will still be able to manage and create content for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn through the platform, just as they were able to before.
@africatweetchat: Microsoft drops Twitter from its Digital Marketing Center's social media management tool. Starting April 25, 2023, users won't be able to schedule, create or manage tweets, view past tweets or access engagement on Microsoft Advertising platform 😮 #AfricaTweetChat https://twitter.com/...
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: as part of Microsoft Advertising, companies can manage its social media profiles alongside its paid social & search campaigns on 4/25, Microsoft will remove Twitter brands will still be able to manage their Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn there https://mashable.com/...
Matt Binder / @mattbinder: new from me: Microsoft is dropping Twitter from its advertising platform Twitter will be removed from Microsoft Advertising just before Twitter moves to its new high-priced API (starting @ $42,000 per month) no changes to other social media platforms https://mashable.com/...
Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:
Sources: the prospect of fired Fox News producer Abby Grossberg's secret recordings being played during trial helped push Fox News to its Dominion settlement — The prospect of a fired Fox News producer's secret recordings being played during trial helped push the conservative network …
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CNN:
Sources and the mediator detail how Fox and Dominion settled, after Dominion notified Fox that Rupert Murdoch and Tucker Carlson were among its first witnesses — Veteran mediator Jerry Roscoe was on a relaxing river cruise from Budapest to Bucharest celebrating his 70th birthday on Sunday when he received an urgent phone call.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: The Man Who Settled the Fox-Dominion Defamation Case From a Romanian Tour Bus
@katrinanation: When reality outpaces HBO series/NEWS-Dominion settlement came after mediator swooped in last minute - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Asha Rangappa / @asharangappa_: Great piece by @JeffSonnenfeld and Steven Tian on the financial fallout for Fox from the Dominion settlement...way more than meets the eye https://time.com/...
Marshall Cohen / @marshallcohen: Here's what happened behind the scenes between FOX NEWS and DOMINION, and how they clinched the historic $787 million defamation deal. It involves a European river cruise, frantic Zoom calls, and a Subway sandwich. full story from me & @oliverdarcy —> https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mark Mwachiro / Adweek: Here's How Fox News-Dominion Lawsuit Was Settled
Prof. Peter Doherty / @profpcdoherty: Does this impact in anay way on the ‘right to lie’? Fox was resigned to a tough trial. Then, a secret mediator stepped in. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: How secret mediation talks — driven by a mediator on a boat vacationing on the Danube River — led to a last-minute settlement in the Fox vs. Dominion trial... and why Fox eventually agreed to settle. A dive w/@sarahellison & @postroz: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: I expect that one or more Fox personalities ensnared in the case will exit in the coming months, though it will be done delicately, so that no one can definitively say that the dismissals were due to Dominion... https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Alternative headline: How an unsatisfying resolution was reached for democracy, without necessary apology, leaving Fox viewers ignorant as ever.... Fox was resigned to a tough trial. Then, a secret mediator stepped in. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: Breaking away from a luxury cruise to celebrate your 70th birthday to do work is just amazing boomer energy. https://www.cnn.com/...
Jon Nicosia / @newspolitics: Mediator Jerry Roscoe crafted the $787.5 million settlement in the Fox News-Dominion defamation case, while on vacation in Romania https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
Robert Young Pelton / @ryp__: Damned mediators..."I said yes," Roscoe told CNN on Wednesday, recalling advice his father gave him at the age of 16 about accepting work assignments while on vacation. “My dad told me that if someone needs you, they call you, and if they need you, you go."https://www.cnn.com/...
David Bauder / Associated Press: Fox News' $787 million settlement was wrangled by a mediator during a Danube River vacation cruise with his wife
Jacob Shamsian / Insider: Fox has more headaches coming after agreeing to pay $787.5 million to settle Dominion's defamation lawsuit
Kira Lerner / @kira_lerner: CNN spoke with the world-renowned mediator who has resolved wartime disputes in the Balkans, who said that reaching the Fox/Dominion settlement was among the toughest assignments he has ever faced https://www.cnn.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: FOX DESPERATE TO SETTLE: Murdoch's @WSJ breaks Dominion trial 1-day delay; Fox's planned attack on judge and Dominion last night never happened. Plus: How Nixon forced Fortas to resign. Can it be used against Clarence Thomas? MONDAY COUNTDOWN PODCAST: https://omny.fm/... https://twitter.com/...
Marshall Cohen / @marshallcohen: NEW: Dominion told Fox last week Murdoch + Tucker were lead witnesses. Mediator hired on Sun. night. He was on a river cruise in Europe when he got the call. Feverish talks over Zoom on Mon. Deal clinched after jury was sworn in Tues. w/ @oliverdarcy https://www.cnn.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “A deal wasn't easy to reach. Roscoe, a world-renowned mediator who has even resolved wartime disputes in the Balkans, told CNN that it was among the toughest assignments he has ever faced.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Sarah Boxer / @sarah_boxer: Rupert Murdoch and Tucker Carlson were going to be forced onto the witness stand ASAP. Mediator was on a birthday cruise from Budapest to Bucharest when he got the call. @oliverdarcy & @MarshallCohen scoop how the 11th hour Fox settlement went down: https://www.cnn.com/...
Sam Levine / @srl: New: Dominion was planning on calling Rupert Murdoch as its second witness, placing him on the stand to testify this week. The prospect of a settlement seemed dead Monday night, then a mediator brought it together in final hours https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: HOW IT HAPPENED: Here's a look behind the scenes of that historic settlement between Fox News and Dominion that “went down to the wire.” W/@MarshallCohen https://www.cnn.com/...
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Imgur plans to ban explicit images from May 15; it will allow artistic nudity but expects problems as it switches to a mix of automatic and human moderation — Image hosting platform Imgur is set to ban explicit images on its platform from May 15. The company updated its terms of service …
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Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Imgur says it will delete “old, unused, and inactive content” that's not tied to a user account, starting on May 15
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Anna Iovine / Mashable: Imgur to remove explicit images and old content
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Insider is laying off about 10% of its US-based staff, affecting editorial and commercial roles; the company employs approximately 950 people globally — The company president emailed staff to inform them at 7am Eastern time on Thursday. — Insider is laying off 10% of its staff in the US …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast: Insider to Lay Off 10 Percent of Staffers, Company Says
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News: Insider is laying off 10 percent of its US staff
David Slotnick / @david_slotnick: This is brutal, especially considering how aggressively Insider hired over the past few years. Sending solidarity to all of my former colleagues today. https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times:
Internal presentation: Google plans to deploy generative AI in ads, allowing advertisers to supply creative material which will be “remixed” to create campaigns — Big tech groups are racing to incorporate the groundbreaking new technology into their products
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James Vincent / The Verge: Google will offer customers AI tools to ‘remix’ content for ad campaigns: report
John Reed / @johnreedwrites: 'One person familiar with Google's presentation said they were worried the tool could spread misinformation, since text produced by AI chatbots can confidently state falsehoods: “It is optimised to convert new customers and has no idea what the truth is."' https://www.ft.com/...
Ruslan Trad / @ruslantrad: Waiting to see how authoritarian players who don't have regulators over their heads will use this feature in the near future. Ads and ad platforms are one way to push ideas and disinformation. Sometimes even Google can't detect in time bad behaviour. https://www.ft.com/...
Cristina Criddle / @cristinacriddle: SCOOP: Google will add its new generative AI to its advertising in the coming months, telling advertisers it “unlocks a world of creativity”. The tech will be able to create sophisticated ad campaigns https://www.ft.com/...
Lukasz Olejnik / @lukolejnik: It's here. Google to use generative AI to make on-the-fly ads. This thing could generate tailored ads on the bidding/auction phase. Making transparency very complex, not mentioning data protection, cybersecurity, disinformation. #GDPR #DigitalServicesAct https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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William Hughes / The A.V. Club: Paramount finally gets around to issuing a $50 million South Park counterclaim against Warner Bros.
@geekvibesnation: Paramount says Warner Bros. owes them $52M for streaming rights to #SouthPark (https://variety.com/...) https://twitter.com/...
Carl Sullivan / Flipboard:
Flipboard adds Mastodon accounts corresponding with editorial “desks” to curate content on four topics: news, tech, culture, and science — Flipboard joined the Fediverse a couple of months ago when we announced our Mastodon integration and launched our own community …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Flipboard brings editorial curation to Mastodon with ‘desks’ for news and discovery
@flipboard: Flipboard's editorial team has been curating news and content related to interests for a decade. Now, we're bringing our editorial desks and their curation into the Fediverse, starting with News, Tech, Science and Culture. https://about.flipboard.com/ ...
Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Two reporters in North Carolina were convicted on April 19 of trespassing following their 2021 arrests while covering a homeless encampment; they plan to appeal — Two local reporters in North Carolina were convicted Wednesday of misdemeanor trespassing after being arrested while covering …
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Kel Lyons / @kelan_lyons: Judge finds the two reporters guilty of second degree trespassing. Says there was no evidence presented to the court that they are journalists, but even so, the judge sees this as a “plain and simple trespassing case.”
@uspresstracker: BREAKING: In a North Carolina bench trial today, two @AvlBlade reporters were found guilty of trespassing while covering a homeless encampment sweep in December 2021. The decision was immediately appealed and will go to a jury trial : https://pressfreedomtracker.us/ ...
Kel Lyons / @kelan_lyons: The reporters' Attorney alleged the police arrested the reporters because they wanted the ability to disperse the protesters and clear the homeless camp without being seen. “These journalists were arrested in order to stop them from reporting,” he said.
Kel Lyons / @kelan_lyons: The reporters will appeal via a jury trial in Superior Court. Judge offered the reporters an option to not have a criminal record but they declined. “There are consequences for journalism across the US,” said @AvlBlade's @matilda_bliss. “We're going to fight this to the end.”
@freedomofpress: Wow. No evidence they are journalists? They literally report for a news outlet. They qualify as journalists even under the narrowest definition of the term. An awful ruling that will hopefully be reversed. https://twitter.com/...
Julia Rock / The Lever:
Fox says it can deduct the cost of its Dominion $787.5M payout; if Fox can write off the full payment, it could amount to an estimated $213M in tax savings — Fox's massive settlement with private equity-backed voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems didn't just spare …
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David Sirota / @davidsirota: 🚨NEWS: Fox News says it can claim a tax write-off for its defamation settlement with Dominion. The deduction would lower the company's tax rate, effectively forcing taxpayers to provide up to a $200 million subsidy to the company for its election lies. https://www.levernews.com/...
Alison Durkee / Forbes: Fox News Settles Dominion Defamation Case For $787.5 Million, Dominion Lawyer Says
Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast: Colbert Rips Fox News for Refusing to Cover Massive Dominion Settlement
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: Fox's Massive Dominion Settlement Is Tax Deductible: Report
Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite: ‘The View’ Fumes Over Fox News Not Having to Apologize On Air for Its Lies About Dominion
Rosa Flores / CNN:
County official Mark Jennings resigns after an Oklahoma newspaper released audio allegedly of him and others talking about killing journalists and Black people — An Oklahoma county commissioner allegedly heard on a recording of local officials that included remarks about lynching Black people and killing journalists has resigned.
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Jenn Burrill / @jennburrill: Local reporting matters: “A county commissioner in far southeast Oklahoma who was identified by a local newspaper as one of several officials caught on tape discussing killing reporters and lynching Black people has resigned from office” https://apnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kirk / @sankalots: “I was completely appalled and frightened, quite frankly,” said Willingham upon discovering the recording. He says he left his recording device inside a McCurtain County commissioners' meeting, where he intended to prove the officials were holding secret https://www.news9.com/...
David Beard / @dabeard: He was supposedly a public servant, caught on tape with other officials talking about murdering reporters and yearning for the days when you could just lynch Black people. Today, he quit under pressure. https://www.npr.org/...
@sebastian2blue: I wonder how many such conversations between RepubliKKKan politicians and law enforcement don't get recorded... https://www.npr.org/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: That this courageous rural newspaper doesn't have a website or an app ... you have to just admire the hell out of the family that owns and runs it. https://twitter.com/...
Allie Griffin / New York Post: Oklahoma official resigns after he's recorded discussing lynching black people, killing reporters
Peter F. Jackson / @pjackson_nl: If you listen to this audio, it's pretty clear they're not joking. No one laughs. They're lamenting - lamenting not being able to lynch or murder a journalist. https://twitter.com/...
David Matthews / New York Daily News: Oklahoma official resigns after being caught on tape threatening journalists, making racist remarks
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone: Oklahoma Official Caught on Tape Fantasizing About Lynching Black People Resigns
Fox News: Oklahoma county commissioner resigns after leak of audio discussing killing journalists, lynchings
The Hill: Oklahoma officials heard talking about hanging Black people in audio recording, governor calls for resignation
Jack Shafer / Politico:
For Fox Corp., which ended 2022 with $4.1B in “cash and cash equivalents” on hand, $787.5M is a bargain to avoid more embarrassment and continue its sleazy ways — For the media mogul, the massive Dominion settlement fee is just the cost of doing business.
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@erikwemple, Vanity Fair, Puck, @jaketapper, @nola_jt, @jimstewartson, @randallfrench14, @mollyjongfast, @sam87963167, @farrukh_shamsi, @eriqgardner, @abc, @oliverdarcy, @brianstelter, @bgrueskin, @svdate, @sykescharlie, @mattgertz, The Wrap, @alyssafarah, @barbmcquade, @hamiltonnolan, @chrisfralic, @nycsouthpaw, @armandondk, @beneltham, @mollyjongfast, @nycjim, @petersagal, New York Daily News, Variety, New York Times, @jamespmanley, @ronbrownstein, CNN, The Guardian and The Atlantic
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Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Here's a statement from Fox Corp.'s 2022 annual report pooh-poohing the ongoing lawsuit from Dominion over Fox News's election lies. It foresaw no “ material adverse effect” on the company. It just agreed to a $787.5 mn payout. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair: Fox News, Unapologetic and Unwavering, Steams Ahead After Staggering Dominion Settlement
Dylan Byers / Puck: The Fox-Trump Curse & the Murdoch Kiss of Death
Jake Tapper / @jaketapper: Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson says Fox is paying up $787,500,000 to settle the defamation case against Fox for its airing of numerous lies about Dominion Voting Systems. Fox has admitted telling lies, the company CEO John Poulos says in press conference.
Nola Jt / @nola_jt: $787 million to continue to have the privilege of destroying our parents' brains https://twitter.com/...
@jimstewartson: Dear @smartmatic: I know you have your own corporate agenda but please do not let @FoxNews off the hook. Either force them to stand trial and make Rupert testify, or have them correct every lie in detail **on the air**. A fine is not accountability. Thanks! https://twitter.com/...
Randall French / @randallfrench14: FOX NEWS lives to lie again thanks to a judge, mediators, SCOTUS' carveout of wide 1st amendment protections for political speech and the effect of a black majority jury on the FOX legal team Last minute brinkmanship and overseas assist end Fox case https://apnewjurys.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: “What now? I expect that one or more Fox personalities ensnared in the case will exit in the coming months, though it will be done delicately, so that no one can definitively say that the dismissals were due to Dominion.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Sam-Wise / @sam87963167: Destroy the Murdochs and ALL their Fox enterprises. https://twitter.com/...
Farrukh Shamsi / @farrukh_shamsi: “Smartmatic is suing Fox for defamation related to its coverage of D. Trump's stolen-election lie... the company's lawsuit has so far attracted only a fraction of the attention... it is demanding... $2.7B compared with Dominion's claim for $1.6B.” 😮 https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Eriq Gardner / @eriqgardner: One point I make here is that thanks to Trump indictment, NY lawmakers are now considering passing legislation that would allow TV cameras in the courtroom. Maybe Smartmatic v Fox News gets televised? https://puck.news/...
@abc: A day after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, a Fox spokesperson said Wednesday the network will be “ready to defend” itself against a similar suit from a second voting machine company. https://abcnews.go.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “Like the phone-hacking scandal, like the sexual harassment cases, like the Seth Rich case, like the coupon case, this settlement will allow the Fox media machine to return to cruising speed and even continue its sleazy ways.” Always read @jackshafer: https://www.politico.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “This settlement changes exactly one thing behind the scenes: Fox News as an institution will take greater steps to ensure that it doesn't leave itself vulnerable to further defamation claims” —@DylanByers https://puck.news/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: “Dominion sued the suppliers of disinformation—Fox, Newsmax, Rudy Giuliani. But you can't litigate away the demand for antidemocratic conspiracy theories.” — @brianstelter https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Charlie Sykes / @sykescharlie: This won't be a problem, will it? https://twitter.com/...
Josh Dickey / The Wrap: Fox News Isn't Out of the Woods Yet: $2.7 Billion Smartmatic Defamation Lawsuit Looms Larger Than Dominion
Alyssa Farah Griffin / @alyssafarah: Not the climactic trial many were anticipating but still an eye-popping sum. It's a shame that so many Fox News viewers will never hear the truth: that the lies spread about the election were false & people in power were lying to them. https://twitter.com/...
Barb McQuade / @barbmcquade: Not sure what to make of Dominion settlement. While Fox paid a huge penalty for airing dangerous lies, it seems like they bought their way out of trouble without admitting wrongdoing. Will $787.5M deter more lies or is it simply the cost of doing business? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hamilton Nolan / @hamiltonnolan: Fox News didn't do a discrete bad thing, Fox News is, in total, a right wing propaganda operation that uses “journalism” as a flag of convenience, which is also why it's bad for “journalists” to constantly appear on the Tucker Carlson show
Chris Fralic / @chrisfralic: “Dominion planned to have Hannity, Carlson, Bartiromo, Ingraham and Baier on the witness stand. Getting out from all of that for $787.5 million is a kind of bargain for a company with a market cap of $17.3 billion. Fox has $4.1 billion in cash on hand” https://www.politico.com/...
Armando / @armandondk: If Dominion had gone to trial won and been awarded 2 billion dollars Fox still wouldn't have had to apologize. That's not what the legal system does. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Eltham / @beneltham: Best analysis on the Fox vs Dominion case I've seen so far: Rupert wins again https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: This is why a lot of us feel like Fox won https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jim Roberts / @nycjim: Well said. via @jackshafer https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Sagal / @petersagal: Seems about right. https://twitter.com/...
S.E. Cupp / New York Daily News: Fox News admits now it lied, but can it stop?: Paying Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million may not change anything
Owen Gleiberman / Variety: Rupert Murdoch's Settlement of the Dominion Case May Have Cost Him $787.5 Million, but It's Still a Victory for Fake News
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: Reactions to Fox News's $787 Million Dominion Settlement
Jim Manley / @jamespmanley: He and his family have tried to ruin democracy on at least 3 continents https://twitter.com/...
Ronald Brownstein / @ronbrownstein: “When Murdoch was shamed over the phone-hacking scandal...observers hoped that maybe he or one of his children would amend the company's manner. But here we are a decade-plus later, and the Murdoch enterprise is just as contaminated as it ever was.” https://www.politico.com/...
Julia Horowitz / CNN: Dominion isn't Rupert Murdoch's costliest legal defeat. Not even close
Jane Martinson / The Guardian: Fox News and Rupert Murdoch have been humiliated, but they won't change their ways
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic: The Fox Lawsuit Was Never Going to Save America
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The Fox-Dominion settlement is the largest publicly disclosed one in a US defamation case yet; sources: Fox doesn't have to make an on-air correction or apology
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American Press Institute: OFF THE TOP — You might have heard: Fox News, Dominion settle defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million (Washington Post) …
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: The Fox News website's story on the Dominion settlement is only 161 words long. It makes no mention of the dollar amount and little mention of the substance, which it summarizes as involving “coverage of the post-2020 presidential election.” https://www.foxnews.com/...
Trip Gabriel / @tripgabriel: Murdoch's history of settling scandalous claims —$139 million in 2013 over phone hacking by London tabloid —$90 million in 2017 over sexual harassment by Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly. —$787.5 million to avoid being found guilty of “actual malice” today https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Sirota / @davidsirota: Fox News says it can assert that lying about elections and them having to pay a defamation settlement is a tax deductible business expense, which could reap the company a $200 million tax break. Let that sink in. https://www.levernews.com/...
Dan Primack / @danprimack: Lot of outrage over how Fox News can write off some of the Dominion settlement, but this also would have been true had Fox News gone to trial and lost.
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: “I'm sorry. This is going to be difficult to say with a straight face.” Jake Tapper can't help but laugh at Fox News' statement after reaching a $787 million settlement with Dominion. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Maass / @maassp: Not really a surprise that Dominion Voting Systems, owned by a private equity firm, let Fox News buy its way out of a defamation trial: “One terrible limb of American capitalism was always unlikely to save us from another terrible limb.” https://theintercept.com/...
Wall Street Journal: The Fox-Dominion Settlement — A verdict against the network might have hurt all of the press.
@11tulips: I don't see where Fox News has **publicly** admitted to lying. We shouldn't act as though they have. Dominion says: “Fox has admitted to telling lies about Dominion” Fox says: “We acknowledge the Court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false” https://twitter.com/...
Senator Bob Menendez / @senatormenendez: While being forced to admit their claims were false will hopefully deter such dangerous dishonesty by @FoxNews in the future, the undermining of our democracy by their deceit will cost our country far more than any financial figure they could agree to. https://apnews.com/...
@leonidragozin: “the Dominion case wasn't so much about Fox telling its audience what to believe. It was about the audience telling Fox what Fox needed to believe” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sean / @seanstanglanddh: This sucks. We deserved to see all their lies detailed in court. https://twitter.com/...
Bill / @billablog: It's not that Fox lied this time. It's that Fox has lied for so long about so much, they have now become slaves to the monsters they made. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kevin Deitsch / @kdeitsch_wx: You mean Fox News isn't really “news” and they make all sorts of things up? Shocker! 🤯 https://twitter.com/...
Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro: Though it's usually mentioned as an aside —if at all—in most coverage of the $787 million Dominion v Fox deal, it's important to keep in mind that Dominion is controlled by a private equity firm that bought a controlling stake for just $38.3 million. https://theintercept.com/...
Kurt Andersen / @kbandersen: About @foxnews and the lawsuit @poniewozik is his usual smart, correct, excellent-prose-writing self. (Example below.) But the headline, presumably written by an editor, is exactly wrong, of course—"Everybody" doesn't now know. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@nytopinion: “Fox has just shown the world what it's willing to pay to avoid the unmasking. But reality isn't done with Murdoch and the rest of them yet,” writes @michelleinbklyn. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Andrew Elder / @awelder: Journalism reality check: in Australia it's standard practice to sack journalists in response to management errors. Murdoch is imposing #ausmedia values onto the US https://twitter.com/...
Mark Mwachiro / Adweek: The Real Cost of Settlement in the Fox News-Dominion Case
Fritz / @con_carnage: Even though Fox News executives and the most popular hosts were communicating about how damaging it was for their fact checkers to check stories because it would drive too many viewers away to Newsmax, brainwashed idiots will still happily tune in to hear lies they like. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Finnerty / @finnertymike: Fox has abandoned news values for something else: “All this, trial or no trial, makes clear what Fox News really is. It's a service provider. That service is the maintenance of a reality bubble and the deference to beliefs that Fox's hosts helped shape.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maury Brown / @bizballmaury: The settlement with St. Louis over the Rams moving to LA was $790 million. Think about that. Dominion settled for less than that. Should have bled FOX for the full amount. Now Smartmatic has that settlement as a marker. https://twitter.com/...
Fernando Espuelas / @espuelasvox: “The evidence revealed that the people who run Fox, already anxious about viewer blowback over its election-night call of Arizona for Joe Biden were worried about losing its audience for good. “Getting creamed by CNN!” Mr. Murdoch wrote in an email.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
John Gibson / @gibsonradio: Shorter: Fox revenue from January to June for one year. Pffft. https://twitter.com/...
Sir Bryan Lee / @famousbl3: The question I've always had is if we know Fox News is lying...why are they allowed at White House Press Briefings 🤔 https://twitter.com/...
Hussein Ibish / @ibishblog: I've often written about this “higher truth” per Tucker's logic: You [Fox viewers] are the authentic voice of this country. So you deserve to feel right about your beliefs, You deserve to have the space to keep believing it, without us making that harder. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@therealzblog: This is good example of how the Cloud People live in a separate, manufactured reality. This guy is a content creator at the NYTimes. He genuinely believes this to be true, because the grotesque behavior of his employer does not exist in his reality. https://twitter.com/...
Ron Filipkowski / @ronfilipkowski: The IRS has repeatedly allowed corporations to count lawsuit settlements as a tax deduction for " legal expenses."https://www.levernews.com/ ...
Hussein Ibish / @ibishblog: Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now. Ummmm... no. Not the guy I describe here and millions of others like him. They never heard of any of this and insofar as they do, it's all just contemptible “fake news.” https://www.thenationalnews.com/ ... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Michael McFaul / @mcfaul: To all those who care about the truth, and to those of us who endure defamation every day on this platform, this is a huge victory! Fox News Settles Defamation Suit for $787.5 Million, Dominion Says https://www.nytimes.com/...
D Villella / @dvillella: Faux Spews will continue to lie and their viewers will continue to believe the lies. https://twitter.com/...
Amber / @bbtrashstan: Part of that settlement should include what lying POS's they are and disclaimers on all future airings. If that's not apart of it then there's zero accountability. https://twitter.com/...
Michelle Bhasin / @michellebhasin: Who is going to tell the FoxNews viewers? https://twitter.com/...
Todd Hallidy / @toddhallidy: This is an odd take. It was not Dominion's job to hold out for a show trial to delight Leftists or “save democracy.” Dominion was looking out for it's own interests, as was Fox News. They mutually settled a claim of wrongdoing, period. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Well, everybody but Fox viewers.... Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now https://www.nytimes.com/...
Angelo Carusone / @goangelo: 3/ Remember: Fox is renewing several cable carriage deals right now. Just to put this into context. The increases ... just the increases they are trying to get from cable companies is several times larger than the check they just wrote to Dominion.
@martinishark: Curiously @CNN was never so defined following its settling of a defamation case. https://twitter.com/...
@1414maple: This would be amazing if it spread thru all four corners of the USA. Can you help out a friend. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Fabien Major / @fabienmajor: I hope this story will inspire thousands of victims of Fox slander, defamation and misrepresentation to sue. Dominion's example shows beyond any doubt that Fox is knowingly lying. https://twitter.com/...
@bollywoodhq: Fox News owned by Rupert Murdoch family always settles $$ with victims of their criminal activities. What bothers me is that they never stop being an evil company after lawsuits, for which they pay money, gag orders to silence, & look for the next victim. https://theintercept.com/...
John Cusack / @johncusack: The quote says it all https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth Cole / @kennethcolereal: “Dominion case wasn't so much about Fox telling its audience what to believe. It was about the audience telling Fox what Fox needed to believe — or at least, what it needed to give the appearance of not not believing.” - @poniewozik https://www.nytimes.com/...
@froomkin: I'm a big @poniewozik fan, but I think he gets this wrong. Fox was not forced into lying for fear of its audience. Lying was its business model. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jonah Valdez / Los Angeles Times: Late-night hosts roast massive Fox News-Dominion settlement: ‘I want my trial!’
Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet: I'm not an expert but I am twisted about the defamation deal. As long as Fox doesn't say “sorry” and start truth telling it remains the lowest garbage pile of “journalism.” https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: “If Fox wants to get better at getting away with defamation, they will start organizing themselves like a criminal conspiracy where nothing is committed to writing unless it's in code. But that is a very, very difficult way to run a news organization.” https://lawandcrime.com/...
Angelo Carusone / @goangelo: 1/Fox's statement said they acknowledge “certain” statements they made about Dominion were not accurate. But the court found that not a single thing Fox said about Dominion was accurate. Based on this and other things, here's my warning: Fox is about to burn brighter and hotter
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost: Jake Tapper Presses Dominion CEO: ‘Why Not Force’ Fox News To Apologize On Air?
Alex Padilla / @alexpadilla4ca: The role of Fox News in propagating the Big Lie, and radicalizing MAGA Republicans to the point that they attempt to violently overturn an election, goes far beyond financial damages to a single company. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Scott MacFarlane / @macfarlanenews: Superior court here in Wilmington, Delaware has posted the judge's order relieving the special master of his duties in Dominion v Fox News civil suit Trial transcript is posted too. Makes it official: settlement was formally announced at 3:55p Tuesday. Ending a landmark case
Ryan Van Velzer / @ryanvanvelzer: “From the top down, the Murdochs and Fox created a network defined by a relentless pursuit of ratings that placed profit above politics, and partisan advantage above any sense of journalistic obligation. The public's right to know the truth rarely earned a hearing.” https://twitter.com/...
@jamilsmith: Dominion may have done a public service, to an extent. But it does not exist to serve the public interest, as @maassp notes here. It is a for-profit company owned by a small private equity firm. Private equity was never going to save American democracy. https://theintercept.com/...
James Poniewozik / Sydney Morning Herald: Exposed and afraid: Murdoch's goliath faces an uncomfortable truth
Don Moynihan / @donmoyn: The Murdochs have paid vast amounts of money before to make their problems go away. It does not seem to have made them any more virtuous. https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: “Fox has admitted to telling lies about Dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and the customers that we serve. Nothing can ever make up for that. Throughout this process, we have sought accountability,” https://www.npr.org/...
@steven_strauss: O'Reilly to his credit was never a birther - he actual did a segment explaining Obama was born in America and went over the evidence https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Brien / @timobrien: Bill O'Reilly invokes the AP Stylebook to rewrite the past. https://twitter.com/...
@waltisfrozen: Under the so-called “Fair and Balanced” template, Bill O'Reilly provoked the assassination of George Tiller. https://twitter.com/...
Renato Mariotti / @renato_mariotti: I recently watched some of the old debates between Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart on YouTube. At the time, in 2011 and 2012, O'Reilly had the #1 show on Fox News. But in those debates he sounded nothing like the Fox News of today, which has lurched even further to the right. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Wilkow / @wilkowmajority: Now the path is clear for voting machine companies to engage in future fraud because #Conservative news orgs will be fearful of reporting and it's not like left leaning orgs will expose the truth if the future fraud benefits the #democrats. https://apnews.com/...
David Axelrod / @davidaxelrod: If the Murdocks were willing to part with three-quarters of a billion to keep this suit from going to trial, imagine how devastating they believed the trial would have been! https://apnews.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Although Fox averted trial by settling Dominion's defamation case, what we've learned will define the network for years. My story: https://www.npr.org/...
Ron Fournier / @ron_fournier: It's nothing. It's a pittance. It's a small price to pay for attacking the heart of democracy, a people's faith in elections. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ted Lieu / @tedlieu: Based on the historic Fox News settlement we learn, again, that Trump lost Georgia. And Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. If you still believe the election was stolen, you're either dumb as rocks or you're an unAmerican sore loser who rejects the will of the voters. https://twitter.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill: Biggest winners and losers in the blockbuster Fox-Dominion settlement
Tom Fitton / @tomfitton: The Dominion shakedown settlement of Fox News doesn't change reality — the 2020 election was rigged six ways to Sunday. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Novack / The Hollywood Reporter: Dominion v. Fox News: What Just Happened?
Irina Ivanova / CBS News: This private equity firm is the biggest winner in the Dominion-Fox News settlement
Nick Confessore / @nickconfessore: One way to look at the Fox settlement: Dominion's owners just got 10x what the company was worth when they bought a majority interest in 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Bill O'Reilly: “Since I left FNC, the template changed from ‘Fair and Balanced’ to ‘tell the audience what it wants to hear.’ And millions of Trump voters, to this day, want to believe the 2020 election was rigged.” https://www.billoreilly.com/ ...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Astonishing anecdote from the NYT's Fox story, one that showcases the groveling obeisance that Murdoch's lieutenants must pay to their boss, even when Rupert himself knows better https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: Surprise! Fox News Mostly Avoids Airing How It Paid Out $787 Million For Spreading Election Lies
Tori Otten / New Republic: No Amount of Money Erases What We Already Learned About Fox in the Dominion Case
Hal Davis / @haldavis3: .@ErikWemple: the resolution requires a great deal of something that Fox News has in wheelbarrows (money) and very little of something it has in teaspoons (editorial integrity). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Lindy Li / @lindyli: As always, Murdoch got off easy The line items below are nothing more than the cost of doing business, already baked in and negligible for a company with a market cap of $17 billion Investors don't care and continue to be bullish on Fox Corp and Murdoch's “leadership” https://twitter.com/...
@erikwemple: Don't want to close the books on Dominion v. Fox News without thanking @SeanGOSullivan of the Delaware courts for his assistance with courthouse access/acclimation and answers to endless questions about timelines and schedules and so on. Great work.
@jakeadelstein: And that's a wrap. Rupert Murdoch learns that lying out your ass can cost you $787 million but that's chump change for the man. The settlement would only bother him if he had a conscience. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: One obvious takeaway from the Fox settlement was that it was predictable. Why? Yes, Fox had a weak case. But it's also because this is what Rupert Murdoch routinely does when his companies are faced with allegations of misconduct. More.... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Paul Farhi / @farhip: Before the Dominion case, Murdoch had paid out about $750 million in lawsuit settlements to various parties. And that's just the lawsuits that became public.
Clare Malone / @claremalone: Scenes from a Wilmington courtroom—and from cornering lawyers on elevators—my writeup of today's Dominion/Fox settlement. https://www.newyorker.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: We are sorry to inform you that private-equity firms do not share the same zeal for disclosure of Murdoch misdeeds that many others do. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Dominion's pretrial strategy — pushing out a lot of damning excerpts from Fox's internal emails/texts, or from depositions — was brilliant https://twitter.com/...
@erikwemple: One thing: Lots of folks who care about honest media in America will curse Dominion for settling. But consider: This litigation, even tho it didn't got all the way to a jury verdict, exposed Fox News to a strong dose of transparency and accountability.
Matt Weil / @mattiweil: For some perspective, this settlement from Fox News to a voting system vendor is more the 10x the amount of funding Congress appropriated to the states for elections in the FY23 budget @FoxNews is now a bigger funder of elections than the U.S. government https://twitter.com/...
Brian Klaas / @brianklaas: Yeah, this is the issue. Fox reporters try to hide behind the “we're on the news side!” excuse, but their salaries are paid by revenues generated by hosts who knowingly lie night after night to their audiences in ways that severely damage democracy. Can't get away from that. https://twitter.com/...
Al Franken / @alfranken: $787.5 million payment seems like an admission of guilt, doesn't it? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kurt Andersen / @kbandersen: So in just one week we've had two supposedly unbuyable things priced: knowingly and systematically causing many millions of Americans to believe a profoundly consequential and dangerous lie ($787.5M), and having Harvard rename half of itself after you ($300M). https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Trip Gabriel / @tripgabriel: Journalism reality check: At any mainstream newsroom in the country, TV or print, the revelation that top talent knowingly lied to protect a POTUS, and that top execs condoned it to “respect” the audience while firing actual reporters, would have led to mass resignations. https://twitter.com/...
Lindy Li / @lindyli: Even Fox's statement about the settlement was punctuated with lies, half-truths, and egregious euphemisms https://twitter.com/...
Jim Pickard / @pickardje: “one of the ugliest and most embarrassing moments in the history of journalism” https://twitter.com/...
Peter Maass / @maassp: Actually, if I do something really bad and you penalize me by taking 20 percent of my walking around money, it's not a “sizable hit” on my overall financials (especially if insurance covers some of my loss). https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: Bill O'Reilly, deciding to weigh in, cites Fox's “foolish coverage of the 2020 election.” “This is what happens when money becomes more important than honest information.” (O'Reilly, of course, cost Fox a pretty penny himself before he was fired.) https://twitter.com/...
Alexander Panetta / CBC News: Will a $787M US hit change Fox News? Don't bet a dime on it
Heidi Li Feldman / @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social: If the public reports of Fox's financial health are correct, no plausible amount of compensatory damages sought by #Dominion would likely deter #Fox from broadcasting false, defamatory statements again, so long as doing so favors the company's bottom line. …
Judd Legum / @juddlegum@journa.host: Fox News will likely try to recoup the $787 million settlement by negotiating higher carriage fees with cable providers. — Those providers will then pass the extra costs to you by increasing your monthly bill, even if you never watch Fox News …
Joshua Holland / @JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social: NYT: “Under the terms of the settlement, Fox News will not have to apologize or admit to spreading false claims on network programming, according to a person familiar with the details of the agreement.” — What absolute bullshit. …
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: Question to the legal beagles here: Is it a judge's role to push for settlement? Could that not be seen as justice detoured?
Benjamin Johns / @Theoreticalb@mastodon.social: @jeffjarvis Judges much prefer a settlement. Trials are expensive and a huge ask of jurors, especially long ones like this, and most judges are extremely protective of juror time. …
Heidi Li Feldman / @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social: @jeffjarvis A lot depends on what you mean by “push.” There is nothing unjust about a judge encouraging parties to focus on both the strengths and weaknesses of their respective cases and to assess whether …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post: Fox News says its court settlement reflects its “commitment to the highest journalistic standards”, showing that not even court evidence of perfidy can shame it
David A. Graham / The Atlantic: Fox News Lost the Lawsuit but Won the War
CNBC:
Fox Corp and its cable networks agree to pay $787.5M to Dominion Voting Systems to settle the defamation lawsuit over Fox's lies about Dominion's machines
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Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: 1/2 Remarkable statement from Fox to me just now in response to Smartmatic's lawyers saying they are ready to pick up where Dominion left off. “There is nothing more newsworthy than covering the president of the United States and his lawyers making allegations of voter fraud.” https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Smartmatic remains committed to clearing its name, recouping the significant damage done to the company, and holding Fox accountable for undermining democracy." 2/2
Kurt Andersen / @kbandersen: As of this morning, @FoxNews' coverage of the @dominionvoting defamation suit consists in its entirety of this truncated little self-congratulatory item on its web site. https://www.foxnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@gma: “It's a big step forward in democracy if our system can send a signal that if media companies lie ... and they do so knowingly, they will be prepared to pay a very, very high price.” — Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos on $787.5 million settlement reached with Fox News. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @semaforben: Statement from Smartmatic lawyer Erik Connolly: “Dominion's litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage caused by Fox's disinformation campaign. Smartmatic will expose the rest. 1/2
John Legere / @johnlegere: Fox News has officially settled with Dominion for $787.5 million over their claims about election fraud. Now, they have to get ready to go up against Smartmatic. https://www.msnbc.com/...
Steven Greenhouse / @greenhousenyt: This is such a dishonest disgrace from Fox NON-News. Here Fox reports on its settlement with Dominion & DOESN'T EVEN give the amount of the settlement. ($787.5 million) or a statement from the plaintiffs This shows that Fox continues not to tell the truth https://www.foxnews.com/...
Mary Tuma / @tumatime: I spent most of my time in graduate school analyzing, watching, and writing about Fox News. I made the case over and over that the most detrimental aspect — far beyond overt partisanship — is its blatant and persistent lying. I think the public would have benefited from a trial. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Christeson / @billchristeson: As the saying goes, “It ain't over til it's over.” https://twitter.com/...
Gabriel Gatehouse / @ggatehouse: The very highest journalistic standards on display in Fox News' incisive coverage here https://www.foxnews.com/...
@rubbrcatsimp: I'm sad we'll never know what Fox's genius legal argument involving Simpsons clips was going to be https://twitter.com/...
@slate: The $787.5 million Fox News settlement is less than the reported $1.7 billion Murdoch paid his second wife when they divorced, which puts the whole thing into dismal perspective. https://slate.com/...
Susan Tran / @susantran: This likely shutsdown the just appointed Special Master's investigation, right? https://twitter.com/...
@pabloreports: >> The settlement also spares the network from weeks of embarrassing testimony that would have put the widespread internal dysfunction at Fox News on full public display. ^ that time Dominion almost mattered https://www.politico.com/...
@gormogons: GP Because a settlement is clearly an admission of guilt, said the lawyer. Swalwell probably believes in the proposition “guilty until proven innocent” in criminal cases as well. https://twitter.com/...
Jawn Gonzalez / @johngonzalez: Ah shit really thought they'd learned their lesson https://twitter.com/...
Peter Clarke / @mediaactive: .@FoxNews had insisted that a victory for @dominionvoting would pose a broader threat to #media protections ...#FoxNews never managed to identify a single instance of legitimate newsgathering that would have been credibly endangered if #Dominion prevailed" https://www.politico.com/...
A.J. Katz / Adweek: GMA's George Stephanopoulos Interviews Dominion CEO About Its Settlement With Fox
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: A source has confirmed to @Axios that Fox News will not be required to give any apologies or retractions on its air as a part of the settlement deal.
@therecount: “Lies have consequences. The truth does not know red or blue.” — Dominion Voting Systems lawyer Justin Nelson celebrates Fox News' settlement of $787.5 million over its lies about Dominion in the wake of the 2020 election, sparing Fox News from a potentially damaging trial https://twitter.com/...
Allison Morrow / CNN: Who are the winners and losers of the Fox-Dominion case?
@dave_enna: The @WSJ, which has the same parent company as Fox News, is burying the massive settlement way downpage today on its site. It's a decent article, without tons of detail on Fox's months of lies.
Richard Tofel / @dicktofel: This is by a factor of more than 3x the largest dollar loss in a media libel case in American history. That is the best measure of both the falsity and Fox's fault in broadcasting it.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Notably, Murdoch acknowledged in his Dominion deposition that several of his top hosts “endorsed” Trump's election lies. That's far different than covering them. https://twitter.com/...
Andy Kroll / @andykroll: As someone who reported extensively on Fox News's high-profile settlement with Seth Rich's parents, I wanted to share a few observations about today's news. The $787 million sum is massive. This is a huge win for Dominion Voting Systems. A win for truth? Not so much... 🧵
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Newsmax, which also faces a major lawsuit from Dominion, issues statement saying it “stands by its coverage and analysis of the 2020 election” https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz: This is why Fox was never going to publicly admit fault as part of a Dominion settlement — it would have left them unbelievably vulnerable in the Smartmatic lawsuit, which deals with many of the same issues. https://twitter.com/...
Judd Legum / @juddlegum: Fox News will likely try to recoup the $787 million settlement by negotiating higher carriage fees with cable providers. Those providers will then pass the extra costs to you by increasing your monthly bill, even if you never watch Fox News Fox News lies You pay
Scott Galloway / @profgalloway: https://twitter.com/...
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: Fox News' online story about the Dominion settlement is truly amazing. It's less than 200 words, mentions Judge Davis praising Fox's lawyers, downplays Fox's airing of election lies, and doesn't include the $787 million settlement amount. https://www.foxnews.com/...
Dave Winer / @davewiner: Fox settled a lawsuit for $787 million that makes it impossible for them to credibly call themselves a “news organization.” So now, as a Spectrum cable subscriber, I'd like to stop subsidizing this fake news org, not my theory but now an established fact. https://www.memeorandum.com/ ...
Joe Miller / @joemillerjr: Dominion's fightback began 30 months ago, when it hired a crack comms team that sent more than 3,600 rebuttals to Fox in real time It's “a playbook for what people do in the future.” More in my analysis of how the historic $787.5m settlement was won. https://enterprise-sharing.ft.com/ ...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: If you think this settlement is going to change what Fox News does in a real way, you are going to be in for a rude surprise. https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian: Dominion's suit exposed how Fox damages democracy with its lies
David Wessel / @davidmwessel: Stable Street Capital, a private equity firm, bought a 76.2% stake in Dominion Voting for $38.3 million in 2018. Now Dominion is getting a $787.5 million settlement from Fox. https://www.reuters.com/...
Denver Riggleman / @repriggleman: BREAKING NEWS Smartmatic pops the bubbly. Calls Dominion. Plans a Twister party. Seriously, I know some people are disappointed, but the amount settled is a hell of an admission— Deliberate propaganda delivered to Americans. It's right there in black and white. Data data data.
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Dominion exposed Fox News as a dishonest outlet like never before. It's hard to consider the channel as anything other than a GOP propaganda profit machine void of the most basic ethics. The case shredded the very little that remained of its credibility. https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “For us, it was never really about Fox, per se. It was about telling the truth” https://twitter.com/...
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review: Fox News Finally Bows to the Inevitable, Cuts Losses in Dominion Case
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: How Fox's Massive Dominion Payout Could Spell Doom for Newsmax and OAN
Peter Weber / The Week: Making sense of the Fox News-Dominion settlement
Peter Kafka / Vox: Fox News won. Dominion won. The rest of us lost.
Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal: Fox Has Settled One Voting Machine Company's Defamation Case. Another Looms.
Brian Sullivan / @sullycnbc: The small Wall Street firm that bought Dominion Voting Systems 5 years ago for $39 million just got very, very, very rich on the Fox News settlement. https://www.reuters.com/...
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite: National Review Issues Scathing Indictment of Fox Settlement: ‘Disgraceful Situation’ Conservatives Are ‘Quietly Mortified By’
Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: The attorneys of former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, whose secret recordings spurred the appointment of a special master, react to the investigation being closed now that Dominion settled with Fox: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Arkin / @d_arkin: Scoop from me: The lawyer appointed as special master in the defamation trial will no longer investigate Fox News now that Dominion and the media giant have settled the case, according to a source familiar with the situation. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Eric Swalwell / @ericswalwell: Fox just gave us 787 million reasons to assume they're lying about everything and everyone ... https://www.cnn.com/...
ABC News: Fox settlement a ‘big step forward in democracy,’ Dominion CEO says in exclusive ABC News interview
Prem Thakker / New Republic: For Some Reason, Dominion Settles With Fox in Defamation Lawsuit Over Election Lies
Scott Galloway / @profgalloway: Fox-Dominion settlement — “one of the ugliest & most embarrassing moments in the history of journalism” @jaketapper 💯
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox Could Face Other Battles Following Dominion Suit
Michael Shermer / @michaelshermer: I am often asked “what's the harm in promoting false conspiracy theories?” We now have a number: $787.5 million. Will this harm Fox's viewership numbers? Nope. In fact, I predict ratings will increase along with ad revenue, making this a rational choice: https://www.reuters.com/...
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: What's Next for Dominion After Its $787.5 Million Settlement With Fox News?
James Fallows / @jamesfallows: 1/3 Fox has really learned its lesson! Look at the contrition on its home page right now. Oh, wait ... https://twitter.com/...
James Fallows / @jamesfallows: 3/3 And, don't worry, the story says absolutely nothing about the size of the settlement, or any admission of error. That will teach 'em! https://www.foxnews.com/...
Dan Primack / Axios: Fox News settlement turns Dominion into private equity gold
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Dominion CEO Defends Fox News Settlement Decision, Says “All Of The Facts We Had Discovered During The Case Had Already Come To Light”
Tom Tomorrow / @tomtomorrow: So Dominion got their cash and they're happy about that but the reputation-affirming/redeeming apology, eh whatever https://twitter.com/...
Reed Galen / @reedgalen: Of course they won't. https://twitter.com/...
David Amoyal / @davidamoyal: A massive let down https://twitter.com/...
Julia Cheiffetz / @jcheiffetz: From the jacket copy of @brianstelter's 2020 book HOAX: “We don't really believe all this stuff,” a producer says. “We just tell other people to believe it.” https://twitter.com/...
@pourmecoffee: All I know is Sean Hannity better have to be somebody's butler. https://twitter.com/...
Ken Meyer / Mediaite: George Stephanopoulos Presses Dominion CEO on Fox News Settlement: 'What You Didn't Get Was An Apology'
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “The settlement appears to have less to do with other media outlets than it does with the particularly outrageous facts and circumstances surrounding the conduct of Fox... This was a stunning case of media malpractice, and Fox is now paying for it.” https://www.politico.com/...
Andrew Lawrence / @ndrew_lawrence: congrats to tucker carlson and maria bartiromo who cost their company a months worth of revenue and will face zero repercussions for it
@adriennelaw: Less than 2 weeks ago, Fox settled a $250million suit for an undisclosed amount in connection with the election fraud lies. (We'll likely know the amount of the settlement after annual disclosures or at least this impending shareholder suit.) https://www.youtube.com/...
@dave_enna: Two hours after #FoxNews settled a defamation suit with a massive payment — a huge news story — its website has finally posted a story ... downpage. You can't see it here, but that TikTok challenge is up there ... https://twitter.com/...
@dave_enna: The story #FoxNews finally posted is eight paragraphs long. One long paragraph is the Fox statement, which includes this whopper: “This settlement reflects FOX's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”
@dave_enna: One reminder: This $750 million settlement is for MONTHS OF CONTINUED LYING on the air about the 2020 election. Very dangerous lies.
Moe Davis / @colmorrisdavis: After months and months of preparation and hours of fruitless discussions about a possible settlement, hearing the gavel bang in the courtroom has a way of clarifying the mind. https://twitter.com/...
Norm Eisen / @normeisen: Like everybody else, I wanted to see the likes of Carlson & Murdoch testify But this settlement is good for democracy & there are 6 more cases coming behind it! I'll explain at 6pmET @MarquardtA @CNNSitRoom w/ @GloriaBorger @shanlonwu @sarafischer https://www.cnn.com/...
Ron Filipkowski / @ronfilipkowski: We will see. https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth P. Vogel / @kenvogel: 🤔 @FoxNews, which spent months pushing false claims about the 2016 election to appease its viewers, now says it agreed to pay $787.5M to settle a resulting defamation lawsuit because it wants to help “the country to move forward from these issues.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Leah McElrath / @leahmcelrath: Next case against Fox News is a defamation case brought by Smartmatic: “Smartmatic remains committed to clearing its name, recouping the significant damage done to the company, and holding Fox accountable FOR UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY.” [Emphasis added.] https://twitter.com/...
Nazir Afzal / @nazirafzal: 1. Who pays $800m damages to a company valued at $80m? FOX NEWS does 2. Why would they do that? Because they lied about the 2020 election being stolen 3. Will the Trump Cult accept that? What do you think? https://twitter.com/...
Clare Malone / New Yorker: The Stunning End of Dominion's Case Against Fox News
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: Imagine buying stock in a voting-tech company that goes nowhere, only to see it make windfall profits from suing a conservative cable news channel
Gabriel Sterling / @gabrielsterling: @FoxNews pays @dominionvoting $787.5 million. Fox admits lying about Dominion & the ‘stolen’ election. The truth is important. The 2020 election wasn't stolen. It is all simply a lie. Hope this helps put that lie to rest. I'm not sure I'm optimistic. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@adriennelaw: Fox News also is facing a shareholder lawsuit for all of this litigation due to rampant on-air lies. With legal fees and settlements, the company will pay at least $2.5 billion. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Ralston / @ralstonreports: It never made any sense that Fox would let this go to trial. No one should be surprised. https://twitter.com/...
Robert Picardo / @robertpicardo: #Dominion accepted $787.5M for the damage caused by the lies of @FoxNews @TuckerCarlson , @seanhannity , @IngrahamAngle and @JudgeJeanine . Time now for #RupertMurdoch to cough up a few trillion for damage to our democracy. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
David French / @davidafrench: You do not agree to pay $787 million when you're confident you're going to win at trial *or* on appeal. Fox was cooked, even under New York Times v. Sullivan. This is a degree of accountability for one of the worst and most consequential media scandals of my lifetime. https://twitter.com/...
@ijbailey: This is true. But it's also fair to say that if they said this on air, it would change nothing for Fox News viewers. They'll just see it as a business decision. Remember when Fox lawyers said no reasonable person would believe what Tucker Carlson says? https://twitter.com/...
John Harwood / @johnjharwood: if Fox is not required under this settlement to tell viewers that its programs and personalities willfully fed them lies, that will be a huge missed opportunity for our country https://twitter.com/...
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum: Two sentences in Fox's statement worth lingering on. An admission: “We acknowledge the Court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.” ...and defiance: “This settlement reflects Fox's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”
Piyush Mittal / @piyushmittal: I'm glad Fox “News” had to pay Dominion $787.5 million. I wish one of the conditions of the settlement was for Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and the rest to admit to their audiences they lied and continue to lie. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ben de Pear / @bendepear: What a shame; it wasn't just @FoxNews on trial it was ultimately journalism and the truth in the dock Murdoch and everyone else should have been forced to take the stand; Fox News Settles Defamation Suit for $787.5 Million https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rachel Dzanashvili / @rachel_dz: Reminder: Fox News is not out of the woods reg. defamation lawsuits: Smartmatic spokesman said in a statement: “Dominion's litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage caused by Fox's disinformation campaign. Smartmatic will expose the rest.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nycsouthpaw: To put things in a different perspective, the $787.5 million settlement is about 87.5% of Dominion owner Staple Street Capital's $900 million AUM as reported last year.
Mike Rispoli / @rispolimike: It's sadly normalized that Fox News spreads lies and fear daily, and is consistently racist, xenophobic, transphobic...all to make money. Settlement or not, the Dominion case shows that our commercial media system continues fails us at every level without any accountability.
@bestforbritain: Reports of a $787.5 million dollar settlement. With legal fees and reputational hit in the markets, this will have cost Fox not far from a billion dollars. ~AA https://twitter.com/...
Ted Kemp / @tedkempcnbc: Dominion CEO John Poulos told reporters outside court that “Fox admits to telling lies” as part of the settlement. Lawyers for Fox said nothing as they left court when asked for comment. - @_DanMangan @KevinWilliamB @Lilliannnn https://www.cnbc.com/...
Aidan McLaughlin / @aidnmclaughlin: Dominion is hardly the end of trouble for Fox News. They now face a $2.6 billion defamation lawsuit from another election tech company, Smartmatic https://twitter.com/...
Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet: Fox News and Dominion settle election defamation lawsuit, judge says @CNBC. Too bad. The truth will never make it to the audience that is forever being lied to. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Ankush Khardori / Politico: Why Fox News had to settle the Dominion suit
Jane C. Timm / NBC News: Fox News settles Dominion defamation lawsuit
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg@mstdn.social: The settlement: a $787.5 million payment from Fox, according to Dominion's lawyers. — That's the cost of lying to America. Fox made $4.61 BILLION last quarter.
Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox to Pay $787 Million in Dominion Defamation Trial Settlement
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