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The Los Angeles Times reports: People familiar with the situation who were not authorized to comment publicly said the decision to fire Carlson came straight from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch. Carlson’s exit is related to the discrimination lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg, the producer fired by the network last month, the people said. Carlson’s senior executive producer Justin Wells …

Fox News reports: FOX News media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the network announced on Monday. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” a FOX News Media spokesperson said in a statement. An interim program, “Fox News Tonight,” will air at 8 p.m. ET until …

The Daily Beast reports: Tucker Carlson and Fox News are parting ways, the network confirmed on Monday. The right-wing host’s final show was this past Friday. “FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor. Mr. Carlson’s last program …

“Let me just say this, Mr. President. I’ve talked to a lot of important people: Supreme Court justices, presidents, presidential candidates, brilliant people. And talking with you is really the most impressive conversation I’ve had. “Number one, there’s very few people who could sit there and speak the way you do from subject to subject to subject to subject. If …

“The overwhelming majority of media outlets were strongly against Fox, and therefore, were aiding Dominion. It’s been embarrassing. But Fox was also fighting for the First Amendment, which actually applies to liberal news outlets as well as right-leaning ones. In the end, both sides had incentives to settle. Fox wanted to avoid a parade of high-profile witnesses, and the judge …

Media Matters has the transcript: The defining strategic insight of the modern Democratic Party is that you don’t really need to convince anyone of anything. What matters is demographics. You need to import enough people from elsewhere, people who are financially dependent on you in order to live. That’s the story of the state of California. That’s why California changed. …

Agence France-Presse reports: Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch on Friday dropped a high-profile defamation case against an Australian website that accused his family’s conservative media empire of fueling the 2021 US Capitol riots. Lawyers for the Crikey website said that Murdoch, the eldest son of billionaire Rupert Murdoch, had abruptly “discontinued his defamation case” eight months into legal proceedings. …

“The dual sense of justice, that there’s one style of justice if you’re connected to liberals and there’s another type of justice — which is injustice — if you don’t agree with the in-crowd. Whether it’s on immigration, or China, or, you know, all the wars, or, you know, government spending, you’re a deplorable. They use the word ‘deplorable’ for …

“They are looking to take this case through trial. They are looking for the vindication of a jury verdict in their favor. That was their intention when they filed this lawsuit. That is their intention today. Smartmatic spent over 20 years building a global reputation as being one of the very best election technology companies in the world. “And in …

Lever News reports: Fox’s massive settlement with private equity-backed voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems didn’t just spare the conservative news organization from a lengthy public defamation trial or a full public reckoning for its election lies — it could also mean a tax break as large as $213 million, according to a Lever review. Thanks to an arcane line …

Mediaite reports: The New York Post published and deleted a story featuring Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s new $5.5 million Florida home. Its Page Six section published a photo of the house with it circled. The Post is owned by News Corp., which like the Fox News-owned Fox Corp., is part of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. The article focused on …

From a statement just read on-air by Newsmax hosts: Newsmax believes that the facts at issue in Dominion’s case against us are materially different from those that may have driven Fox to settle and no conclusion about Newsmax should be drawn from that settlement. Newsmax stands by its coverage and analysis of the 2020 election and will continue to vigorously …

Axios reports: Fox News’ $787 million defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems ends one lawsuit over the airing of election lies, but there are plenty more to come. In dodging a trial, Fox was able to spare its executives and hosts further embarrassment on the witness stand. But the agreement also set a new benchmark for how much Fox is …

CNN Business reports: The right-wing network said in a statement that it “acknowledge[s] the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false,” referring to Davis’ recent ruling that 20 Fox News broadcasts from late 2020 contained blatantly untrue assertions that Dominion rigged the presidential election. But Fox won’t have to admit on-air that it spread lies about Dominion, …

“A two-hour mystery behind closed doors turned into a sudden and dramatic last-minute settlement between Fox and Dominion, ending one of the most heavily covered media lawsuits in the modern era. “Judge Eric Davis had already helped select and seat a jury and announced that opening arguments would begin right after lunch. And then, late today, the judge emerging and …

ABC News reports: Dominion Voting Systems, in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit, has accused Fox News of knowingly pushing false conspiracy theories that the voting machine company rigged the 2020 presidential election in Joe Biden’s favor, in what Dominion claims was an effort to combat concerns over declining ratings and viewer retention. “We are pleased to have reached a settlement …

The New York Times reports: The judge in the Fox News defamation case said on Tuesday that the case was resolved, abruptly ending a long-running dispute over misinformation in the 2020 election just as a highly anticipated trial was about to begin. It was a last-minute end to a case that began two years ago and after the disclosure of …

The Washington Post reports: Opening statements are expected to begin Tuesday now that a jury has been selected in Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News. The case will test the limits of U.S. libel law and has major implications for Fox. Early on in the proceedings, a public relations staffer for Fox News was asked to …

NBC News reports: Ex-Fox News producer Abby Grossberg said she recently found more evidence relevant to Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against her former employer and plans to turn it over to the court. Grossberg, who worked as a senior producer for hosts Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson, alleged in a new sworn statement obtained by NBC News that Fox …

Media Matters has the transcript: Let me tell you something. Never before in American history has a president been indicted by a DA or an attorney general. It’s never been tested. The truth is that you can’t really indict a sitting president at the federal level. It’s never been imagined at the state and local level, so why am I …