Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion Smartmatic accused Rupert Murdoch’s network of promoting a false narrative about the 2020 election that damaged the company. Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation and three of its popular anchors are the targets of a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed on Thursday by a company that became a prominent subject of discredited theories about widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Smartmatic, an election technology company, filed the suit in New York State Supreme Court against the Fox Corporation, Fox News, and the anchors Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro. As part of the same action, the company is suing Rudolph W. Giuliani and Sidney Powell, who made the case for election fraud as guests on Fox programs while representing President Donald J. Trump. In its 276-page complaint, Smartmatic argues that Mr. Giuliani and Ms. Powell “created a story about Smartmatic” and that “Fox joined the conspiracy to defame and disparage Smartmatic and its election technology and software.” “The story turned neighbor against neighbor,” the complaint continues. “The story led a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol.” Right-wing outlets, including Fox and its upstart competitors Newsmax and OANN, have given significant broadcast time to those seeking to subvert the election outcome at a time of a rancorous political divide, when conspiratorial notions have moved into the mainstream. Smartmatic is seeking damages of “no less than $2.7 billion,” the complaint says, and is requesting a jury trial. Its move against Fox followed two lawsuits filed last month by Dominion Voting Systems: one against Mr. Giuliani, the other against Ms. Powell. Dominion is another company named by conspiracy theorists claiming election fraud. Even after the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, a deadly riot that was led by Trump loyalists, the talk of fraud has not fully died down. In an appearance Tuesday on Newsmax, Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and one of Mr. Trump’s most ardent supporters, launched a verbal attack on Dominion. In a sign that Dominion’s lawsuits have had an effect on right-wing media, the Newsmax co-anchor Bob Sellers cut off Mr. Lindell and read a statement: “The election results in every state were certified. Newsmax accepts the results as legal and final. The courts have also supported that view.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/...reszXemS1kqy8DqDeKS76MQS4HIvUJQjQy7GPDfP9ASlY
Let's see how far this goes. We were only able to see three complaints in entirety. The identified news people may also be defended by their parent corporation. I know working for municipal governments, over the years, as a benefit, that is the case. Could there be a settlement? This will take years to complete. I suspect more shit shows will be on the horizon.
Slippery slope here. Get ready for sue-fest 2021. Fox News (unfortunately) isn’t the only media outlet that peddles total nonsense as a business model. Can we just repeal the 1st amendment already? Causes too many problems. Too many hurt feelings.
Libel and slander laws have always been violations of the first amendment, but the liberal courts keep them alive.
2+2 does not always equal 4 either. If you use significant figures for instance. Or you can just be silly and argue if you put two 2's together, you get the number 22 and not the number 4, but that is quite arbitrary isn't it?
Did Biden and Kamala win the election? Sure Was it stolen, rigged, or fixed? Steal /stēl/ verb past participle: stolen take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. Biden took the presidency which belonged to Trump without his permission or the intent to return it. Rig /riɡ/ verb past tense: rigged; past participle: rigged set up (equipment or a device or structure), typically hastily or in makeshift fashion. The election required a makeshift setup, hastily utilizing an unusual method or structure of voting (mail in voting). Therefore it was rigged. Fixed /fikst/ adjective adjective: fixed fastened securely in position. "a fixed iron ladder down the port side" Once the results were confirmed by congress on the 6th, the election became fixed.
Picky picky. Now you're going to claim that you actually completed the first 8 years of grammar school. Braggart.
2.4 when rounded off is 2. But when you add 2.4 + 2.4 you. Get 4.8. Rounded off, is 5. 2+2 = 5 and the earth IS flat!
