Kimmel Disses Dominion for Settling With Fox News: ‘They Took the Money Instead’ (Video)
19.04.2023 - 13:15
/ thewrap.com
Like a lot of people on Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel was very disappointed that the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News ended in a settlement. But Kimmel didn’t just call out Fox News which, all things considered got a pretty good deal. He also dinged Dominion for abandoning the high-minded justifications it insisted were behind the lawsuit.
“They took the money instead,” Kimmel declared, adding later that “[Fox] can go right back to sodomizing the country, while Dominion and their lawyers go shopping for yachts, I guess.”For those catching up, Dominion sued Fox News for defamation because the network, as part of its larger efforts to platform Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, allowed its on-air talent and many guests to spread lies that Dominion somehow helped rig the election for Joe Biden, doing tremendous damage to Dominion’s business.And they had a very strong case. In addition to the fact the election wasn’t actually stolen, during the discovery phase of the trial, a mountain of evidence was unearthed that essentially proved Fox knew good and well that the claims were lies and continued to air them anyway. Fox even broke the law by withholding evidence during discovery.
But on Tuesday, the jury trial that was scheduled to begin instead was canceled when Fox and Dominion announced a settlement. Fox has agreed to pay Dominion $787 million, a huge sum to be sure, but only about 4% of the company’s current total net worth. In addition, Fox isn’t required to admit wrongdoing or even apologize.
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