Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion

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Also sued is Sidney powell & Rudy Guliani

NY Times 2/04/21

Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion
 

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In the latest volley in the battle over disinformation in the presidential election, Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation has been sued by an obscure tech company that has accused his cable networks of defamation and contributing to the fervor that led to the siege of the Capitol.

The suit pits Smartmatic, which provided election technology in one county, against Donald J. Trump’s longtime favorite news outlet and three Fox anchors, Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro, all ardent supporters of the former president. A trial could reveal how Mr. Trump’s media backers sought to cast doubt on an election that delivered a victory to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and a loss to an incumbent who refused to accept reality....

 

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Well bless their little hearts. Guess they didn't think the fairy tales they were spinning would ever catch with them.

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Ha ha ha ha, snort, ha ha ha ha, gasp, cough, ha ha ha. ???

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3 hours ago, NRSKarenRN said:

Also sued is Sidney powell & Rudy Guliani

NY Times 2/04/21

Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion
 

 

Good!  There are opinions based on false information and there are facts!  Trump and his sycophants at Fox Noise tried to blur the lines between lies and facts for too long.  I hope this technology company prevails!  There is 4 years and more of evidence... may more law suits come from others too!

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Back in the day conservatives and liberals disagreed on policy or procedure but agreed on facts.  Today's average conservative has been fed a steady stream of lies and misinformation  (propaganda) for years.  That lying escalated to monstrous proportions by this last election. The consequence of that design and plan has resulted in mass ignorance of facts and belief in obvious lies.  The general Trump supporting conservative voting base doesn't appear capable of discerning fact from fiction at this moment in time.  Maybe there's going to be some consequence for that intentional dishonesty.  It might be too late.  We may have allowed the radicalization of the terrorists who will collapse or republic to occur right in the middle of our bible belt. 

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Not unexpected.....  await further changes due to decreased ratings and lawsuit.

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Dominion Voting Company preserving "evidence" for its lawsuit.

 

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Do you think that Fox is going to try to say that they aren't responsible for what those commentators and talking heads say during their time slots?

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Yep....

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Three days before the protest that turned into the riot, Fox News host Mark Levin told viewers, "If we don't fight on Jan. 6 on the floor of the Senate and the House — and that is the joint meeting of Congress on these electors — then we are done."

https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20210104_040000_Life_Liberty__Levin/start/147/end/220?q="January+6"

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55 minutes ago, herring_RN said:

Three days before the protest that turned into the riot, Fox News host Mark Levin told viewers, "If we don't fight on Jan. 6 on the floor of the Senate and the House — and that is the joint meeting of Congress on these electors — then we are done."

https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20210104_040000_Life_Liberty__Levin/start/147/end/220?q="January+6"

Do you think they should share in accountability for the violence?

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I believe I  must shall not bear false witness against my neighbor. this includes forbidding bribery, forgery, libel, slander. It encourages telling the truth and nothing but the truth. I will leave punishment up to law enforcement, elected lawmakers, and pray for those who have to decide.

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

 We need to expand the notion of accountability for the Capitol attack

As the shock over the attack on our Capitol wears off, blinding fury takes its place. The risk is not that we overreact but that we underreact.

As a preliminary matter, we must reject the argument from defensive Republicans that their Big Lie about a fraudulent election is unrelated to the violence that ensued. Belief that the election was stolen was the driving force behind the mob on Jan. 6. And where did they get that idea from?

The 126 House members who signed a brief seeking to overthrow the election; the efforts from Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to object to the electoral college votes (even after the violence); talk radio figures who reinforced the Big Lie; Fox News hosts who played along to stoke the fire; and Newsmax and One America News, home to the wildest election conspiracy theories... (Disclosure: I am an MSNBC contributor)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/11/we-need-expand-notion-accountability-capitol-riot/

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