Eric Davis

Fox News’s $787.5 million settlement agreement with Dominion Voting Systems is a hefty chunk of change. It’s one of the largest defamation payout ever for a defamation suit representing more than half of its total profit from last year, though the right-wing media company will likely sustain the blow. But the payout itself has led to a massive wave of speculation and conjecture. Was Fox going along with its previous settlement goal, or was it more concerned about what would come out in court?NPR Is Going Dark on Twitter |…

Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News have reached a settlement in the companies’ two-year-long defamation dispute. The agreement was announced by the case’s presiding judge in court on Tuesday afternoon, according to multiple reports—coming just hours after jury selection was completed. The decision by both parties to settle moves what could’ve been a landmark case for media and misinformation out of the courtroom, and thus out of the public eye.How Can You Be a Steward of Good Tech in 2023? | Gizmodo InterviewThe…

Fox News’ defamation trial, set to begin Monday, has been delayed by a day after the conservative cable channel proposed an out-of-court settlement. The news station is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems, the maker of a small number of voting machines used in the 2020 presidential election, for its claims that the voting process was rigged against former President Donald Trump.NPR Is Going Dark on Twitter | Future TechDelaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis said in a statement posted on Twitter that the trial and jury…

Fox News is going to need to rethink its strategy and excuses for why it promoted the lies of the 2020 election deniers. On Tuesday, a Delaware judge said during a pre-trial hearing that Fox News won’t be allowed to try and convince jurors its promotion of the “big lie” conspiracy was all just regular journalistic practice covering a sitting president.A Transformer Is Headed to the Moon“Just because someone is newsworthy doesn’t mean you can defame someone,” Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davistold Dominion and Fox’s…

Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch Photo: Mary Altaffer/Associated Press A Delaware judge said…

Frequent protesters stood in front of the Fox News building in New York City last month with signs citing court documents stemming from the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit.Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images)Fox News will be forced to defend its promotion of the “Big Lie” in court, as a Delaware judge ruled that a jury would need to decide whether there was “actual malice” in how the network let election disinformation loose upon its millions of viewers.William Shatner on Jeff BezosOn Friday, Delaware Superior Court…