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, had resigned themselves to covering this sure-to-be-revealing, probably comical, and most importantlydefamation trial. While the $787.5 million that Fox will pay to Dominion—for broadcasting blatant lies alleging that the company had somehow manipulated the 2020 election results—is quite a bit less than the $1.6 billion the company had asked for, as far as I can tell it’s still one of the largest settlements in American history. That said, it’s also pocket change compared to the reported $1.
“That’s a no-win argument for me,” said Wolff—and for a long time this afternoon, it looked like this entertaining contretemps would be the most dramatic thing to happen inside Judge Davis’ courtroom today. Davis, who prides himself on being a punctual man, had ended Tuesday morning’s session by announcing that we would reconvene at precisely 1:30 p.m. to hear Dominion attorney Stephen Shackelford and Fox attorney Dan Webb deliver opening statements, which were scheduled to last for 75 minutes and 90 minutes, respectively. But after briefly taking the bench a few minutes after 1:30, Davis then returned to his chambers, declining to explain his departure to the gallery.When 2 p.m.
BrynnTannehill Murdoch just didn't want to testify.
funny
BrynnTannehill In terms of dollars per year known though…
But Dominion made 6x there calculated damage estimate, which was around $112 M.
Doesn’t matter as it symbolic to win this case and the message is quite clear.
Actually it doesn’t. Glib, though.