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In reply to the discussion: Dominion Voting Sues Fox for $1.6 Billion Over 2020 Election Claims [View all]riversedge
(70,187 posts)20. @JoyceWhiteVance Dominion will have to prove Fox defamed then with "actual malice," that Fox knew t
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Dominion will have to prove Fox defamed then with actual malice, that Fox knew that the reporting was false or acted with reckless disregard to its truth. Should be interesting since Sidney Powell says everyone should have known her stories weren true.
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Sullivan, the public safety commissioner in Montgomery, Alabama was suing the NYT when SCOTUS created the actual malice standard, which protects media entities & presumably Fox in this case. If it doesnt apply, Dominion has an easier path.
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Dominion Voting Sues Fox for $1.6 Billion Over 2020 Election Claims [View all]
BeyondGeography
Mar 2021
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To piggyback on this just to note their current lawsuit tally - also from the article
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2021
#6
"Fox has been a huge part in creating an alternative reality for a large part of the population."
Botany
Mar 2021
#13
They need to add "on-air personalities" to that lawsuit. I want to see Hannity, Ingraham,
catbyte
Mar 2021
#9
@JoyceWhiteVance Dominion will have to prove Fox defamed then with "actual malice," that Fox knew t
riversedge
Mar 2021
#20
Of course they it did with actual malice. I guess proving it will be the issue
PortTack
Mar 2021
#24
' Fox News has released a statement saying it stands by their coverage.'.................
riversedge
Mar 2021
#31
I just watched a YouTube video this morning with John Cleese and Eric Idle of Monty Python fame.
iscooterliberally
Mar 2021
#34