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“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 …

“I didn’t vote for Donald Trump. I actually voted for Biden. Not saying I’m a huge fan of Biden because I would think that would probably be inaccurate. But, you know, we have difficult choices to make in these presidential elections. It’s not, I would prefer, frankly, that we put someone in, just a normal person as president. A normal …

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 …

NPR reports: At the Republican National Committee’s spring retreat in Tennessee over the weekend, a swing-state GOP governor told major donors the party’s future political success depended in part on Fox News. In a speech about attracting independents and young people to the Republican Party, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said he had urged Fox News to break out of …

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 …

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 …

Mediaite reports: Fox News’s top-rated host, Tucker Carlson, accused the media and U.S. government of lying about the war in Ukraine, reportedly on the basis of altered versions of leaked military documents shared by a well-known pro-Russian propagandist. Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign-affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov interviewed the woman behind the social media channel, from which …

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 …

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, …

From a Truth Social post time-stamped at 2:39AM: IF FOX WOULD FINALLY ADMIT THAT THERE WAS LARGE SCALE CHEATING & IRREGULARITIES IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WHICH WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR THEM, & FOR AMERICA, THE CASE AGAINST THEM, WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED AT ALL, WOULD BE GREATLY WEAKENED. BACK UP THOSE PATRIOTS AT FOX INSTEAD OF …

Politico reports: Prosecutors did not withhold or “suppress” Jan. 6 security footage — aired in February by Tucker Carlson — from the Proud Boys now on trial for seditious conspiracy, a federal judge ruled late Sunday. U.S. District Court Judge Tim Kelly used his 10-page order to knock down a series of thinly premised but eye-popping allegations lodged by one …

The Daily Beast reports: A teaser trailer of Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s upcoming interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson was released Sunday—which features Musk making the extremely serious (and currently unsubstantiated) allegation that various unnamed government agencies had full access to Twitter users’ direct messages before his takeover. “The degree to which various government agencies effectively had full access …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Media Matters has the transcript: The only man who has been taken into custody — or likely ever will be — is a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsmen who leaked the slides that showed that Lloyd Austin was lying. He revealed the crimes, therefore he’s the criminal. That’s how Washington works. Telling the truth is the only real sin. Now, …