Tag Archives: Dominion

TODAY: Opening Statements In Fox-Dominion Trial

Reuters reports: The courtroom showdown in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox Corp and Fox News is set to get underway on Tuesday, with jury selection due to be completed and opening statements delivered in a trial putting one of the world’s leading media properties in the crosshairs. After a one-day delay ordered by Delaware …

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Tent Will Shield Fox News Liars Entering Dominion Trial

NewsNation reports: It looks as though Fox News will be spared having its employees seen entering and exiting a courthouse in Delaware in its upcoming defamation trial. Fox News is reportedly seeking to settle the case before on-air personalities such as Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity must testify. Fox Corp. Chair Rupert Murdoch is also on the witness list. On …

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Dominion-Fox Judge: Trial Will Continue Tomorrow

The New York Times reports: A Delaware judge on Monday said that he had delayed by a day the start of a highly anticipated defamation trial over the spread of misinformation in the 2020 presidential election. The postponement of the trial was the latest twist in the case. Late Sunday, Judge Eric M. Davis said the proceedings would continue on …

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Former Fox News Host Urges Dominion Not To Settle

Yahoo News reports: Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has urged Dominion Voting Systems not to settle its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, amid reports the possibility of a last-minute deal is being discussed. “PLEASE Dominion ―- Do not settle with Fox! You’re about to prove something very big,” she tweeted Sunday. After leaving the network in 2016, …

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Fox Makes Last Minute Settlement Offer To Dominion

CNN reports: Dominion Voting Systems’ high-stakes defamation trial against Fox News, which was supposed to begin Monday, was abruptly delayed on Sunday evening, in a stunning eleventh-hour twist that threw into question whether a settlement was in the works. Opening statements were expected on Monday, but the Delaware Superior Court said in a surprise announcement that “the start of the …

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TOMORROW: Fox-Dominion Defamation Trial Begins

The Associated Press reports: Starting Monday in a courtroom in Delaware, Fox News executives and stars will have to answer for their role in spreading doubt about the 2020 presidential election and creating the gaping wound that remains in America’s democracy. Jurors hearing the $1.6 billion lawsuit filed against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems must answer a specific question: Did …

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Fox Formally Apologizes To Dominion Judge For Lying

CNN Business reports: Fox News formally apologized to the judge in the Dominion defamation case, taking responsibility for the “misunderstanding” regarding Rupert Murdoch’s role at the network that led the judge to launch an investigation into potential legal misconduct by Fox, according to a letter obtained by CNN. In the letter, which was dated Friday and filed with the court, …

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Jury Selection Begins In Fox-Dominion Defamation Trial

Deadline reports: Jury selection started on Thursday in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, as both sides appear to be headed for a trial next week. At the 7th floor of the Leonard Williams Justice Center in downtown Wilmington, DE, jurors are being questioned one by one behind closed doors in proceedings led by Judge Eric …

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Fox Sanctioned For Withholding Dominion Evidence

NBC News reports: Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis on Wednesday sanctioned Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corp., for withholding evidence in the Dominion defamation suit, and said he’s considering further investigation and censure. According to a person present in the courtroom, lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems played recordings Fox News producer Abby Grossberg made during 2020, which …

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Judge: Fox Lied About Murdoch’s Role At The Network

Deadline reports: A Delaware judge on Tuesday expressed anger over recent disclosure made by Fox that Rupert Murdoch is listed as an officer of Fox News, not just Fox Corp. “This is a problem,” Judge Eric M. Davis told Fox attorneys, saying that it could have impacted his previous rulings in the case. A Dominion attorney argued that the last-minute …

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Fox Seeks To Bar Mentions Of Riot At Dominion Trial

CNN Business reports: Fox asked a judge in court filings made public Thursday to prohibit references to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, as well as threats directed at employees of Dominion Voting Systems, when the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit it faces from the election technology company goes to trial later this month. “Dominion’s defamation claim has nothing …

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Trial Judge: Dominion Can Force Murdoch To Testify

CBNC reports: A Delaware judge said Wednesday that he would compel Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, and his son, CEO Lachlan Murdoch, to appear live in court for the upcoming trial in Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox and its networks. Earlier on Wednesday Dominion in a letter filed to the court urged Judge Eric Davis, who …

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Fox Says Its Top Hosts Will Testify In Dominion Trial

The Guardian reports: Fox News has named the primetime hosts Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity among witnesses it intends to make available at trial as it defends a $1.6bn defamation suit from Dominion Voting Systems, over the broadcast of Donald Trump’s lie about election fraud in his 2020 defeat by Joe Biden. In a Tuesday letter to the Delaware judge …

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Judge Sends Fox/Dominion Defamation Lawsuit To Trial

The Associated Press reports: A voting machine company’s defamation case against Fox News over its airing of false allegations about the 2020 presidential election will go to trial after a Delaware judge on Friday allowed a jury to decide whether the conservative network aired the claims with actual malice, the standard for proving libel. Superior Court Judge Eric Davis ruled …

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Fox News Memo: “Label All Biden Policies As Socialism”

Mediaite reports: More Dominion Voting Systems slides used during a recent court hearing in the voting company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News were made public on Friday. In an October 2020 email, Fox Corporation Senior Vice President Raj Shah wrote an email with the subject line, “Lengthy Memo re Tucker Carlson Tonight,” in which he suggested “any and …

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Fired Fox Producer: I Was Bullied And Coerced [Video]

NBC News reports: Prior to sitting for a deposition, Amy Grossberg met with Fox lawyers that August. She said they repeatedly coached her to refrain from going into detail about higher-ups at the network. “I realized that the answers that they wanted me to say were putting me in a very vulnerable position to be the company scapegoat,” she said. …

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WaPo: Why Won’t Murdoch Settle Dominion Lawsuit?

The Washington Post reports: Over a tumultuous decade, Rupert Murdoch’s sprawling media empire wrote more than a few big checks to stave off nasty court battles and negative headlines. Which has left many observers puzzled over why Murdoch hasn’t yet settled his highest-stakes legal battle to date: a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over bogus claims that an election-technology company rigged …

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Fox Tries To Block Murdoch From Dominion Testimony

NBC News reports: Lawyers for Fox News were met with skepticism Tuesday when they argued that Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch should be excused from testifying in court as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the company. At a hearing in Delaware Superior Court, Judge Eric Davis said he’d received a letter from Fox saying it …

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Top Fox News Hosts May Testify In Dominion Lawsuit

The Hill reports: Fox News’ biggest stars and most powerful leaders could take the witness stand in a Delaware courtroom next month as part of the network’s ongoing legal fight with Dominion Voting Systems, new court documents show. Hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham as well as Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott are among the individuals on …

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Fired Fox Staffer Seeks To Recant Dominion Testimony

Reuters reports: A newly fired Fox News producer is seeking to recant testimony she said network lawyers coerced her into providing as Fox defends against Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. Abby Grossberg said Fox’s lawyers left her feeling she “had to do everything possible to avoid becoming the ‘star witness’ for Dominion or else I would be seriously …

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