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Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Can't Dismiss This!

Fox isn't gonna shake the lawsuit.

Fox, Newsmax, OANN and Real America Voice could lose a lot of money if Dominion and Smartmatic win their libel and defamation case.

After Washed Up 45 lost his bid for a second term, he amd his extremist base were fed a daily dose of conspiracy theories and baseless claims of voter fraud.

They made claims that Dominion machines were changing votes from Washed Up 45 to Joe Biden, the rightful winner.

It lead to death threats against workers and the company's reputation as a legitimate business was damaged.

The Murdochs knew that the election was over. But they allowed their primetime talent from Fox and its Business network to push misinformation.

Now a Delaware state judge has dismissed Fox's attempts to have the lawsuit dropped.

In the $1.6 billion lawsuit, Dominion accuses Fox Corp, and the Murdochs specifically, of allowing Fox to amplify false claims that the voting company had rigged the election for Joe Biden.

Fox Corp had attempted to have the suit dismissed, but a Delaware judge said Dominion had shown adequate evidence for the suit to proceed. Dominion is already suing Fox, as well as OAN and Newsmax. The other two could be wiped out if the lawsuit favors Dominion.

“These allegations support a reasonable inference that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch either knew Dominion had not manipulated the election or at least recklessly disregarded the truth when they allegedly caused Fox News to propagate its claims about Dominion,” Judge Eric Davis said.

Davis’s ruling is not a guarantee that Fox will be found liable. But the judge made it clear that this isn’t some frivolous attempt by Dominion – and media and legal experts think Fox could be in real trouble.

The Jan. 6 Committee have also considered having investigations into Fox personalities who had contact with Washed Up 45. 

Many of the media personalities were forced to correct the record but the damage was done.

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