Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

THE TRUTH ABOUT: 14 - The Untold Story

Murdoch's decision to drop Crikey defamation case is 'best case scenario' for everyone

The legal to and fro surrounding the 2021 US Election has seen Fox News retreat from its second defamation case this week.

ABC News

Smartmatic wants "apology" from Fox News

Lawyer for the other voting-tech company suing Fox tells Jake Tapper they want network to eat crow in public

Salon

Fox News and its audience became hooked on lies – now they can’t break the habit

Evidence revealed in the Dominion case exposed the channel as the hostage of its viewers’ fantasy: a Trump election victory, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The mouse that roared: how a little Australian website stared down Murdoch’s millions

Incensed by an opinion piece, Lachlan Murdoch came at Crikey with guns blazing. But in the end he walked away – for the second time in a week

The Guardian - AU

Lachlan Murdoch’s decision to drop the Crikey defamation suit atones for the misjudgment of suing in the first place

Discontinuation of defamation proceedings was no less remarkable than the decision to sue the minnow publisher

The Guardian - AU

Quiz of The Week: 14 - 21 April

The escalating violence in Sudan has dominated global headlines this week amid fears of a potential civil war in the Northeast African country that could cause chaos in the wider region.

The Week

Smartmatic reveals what it will take for it to settle with Fox News after Dominion payout

Dominion case is far from Fox News’ only legal troubles as the network still faces lawsuits from Smartmatic, former producer Abby Grossberg and its own shareholders

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation suit against Australian outlet after Fox News’ Dominion settlement

‘Murdoch sued us, and then dropped his case. We are proud of our stand. We won’

The Independent UK

Fox News libel settlement with Dominion may be a ‘bargaining chip’ for other litigants

Other parties with their eyes on Fox News might use its recent settlement with Dominion to their advantage.

The New Daily

Fox and "friends": Who needs enemies?

Salon

Editorial: No trial, no error: Fox News’ Dominion lies weren’t innocent mistakes

Fox News has avoided going to trial by reaching a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over the network’s smearing of the company following the 2020 election.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Fox News and the prison of profit

I am not a Fox News fan, so I was curious what the conservative media company’s viewers made of this week’s massive $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over broadcasting lies that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.

Los Angeles Times

ABC thumbs its nose at News Corp and Acma with rerun of Fox and the Big Lie

Revamped Sarah Ferguson documentary to air on Four Corners after initial version sparked complaints. Plus: the Australian’s own goal

The Guardian - AU

Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey

Move comes days after Fox reached a $US787.5m settlement with the voting equipment company Dominion in a separate defamation lawsuit

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Pauline Hanson claims list of Indigenous 'demands' found via FOI shows 'dangers' of a Voice to Parliament. What's actually in the documents?

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has told parliament that Freedom of Information documents show the "danger" of the Voice to Parliament. So what's actually in the documents?

Los Angeles Times

Conservative commentator Dan Bongino leaving Fox News

Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and New York City cop turned conservative talk show host, told his radio listeners Thursday he is leaving Fox News where he had a weekly TV show since June 2021.

Reason

The Fox/Dominion Settlement Highlights the Importance of Discovery in Proving 'Actual Malice'

Critics argue that excessively strict pleading standards prevent plaintiffs with meritorious defamation claims from obtaining the evidence they need to support them.

Los Angeles Times

Late-night hosts roast massive Fox News-Dominion settlement: 'I want my trial!'

Stephen Colbert just wanted to see media mogul Rupert Murdoch take the stand in court and "put his hand on the Bible and burst into flames."

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

Colbert: ‘Fox has to have liability insurance – to ensure their ability to lie’

Late-night hosts discussed the major settlement in the Fox News-Dominion case – and who might be next to pay out

Salon

Fox lessons: Time to break up Big Media

Of course Dominion was out for a payday — we can't expect capitalism to bring down Fox News and save democracy

The Independent UK

How one man helped bring Fox News and Dominion to a settlement from onboard a European river cruise

Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems pulled back from the brink of a contentious libel trial with a little assist from overseas

The Independent UK

Dominion v Fox News: The people and networks still being sued by voting company over election lies

Dominion has pending lawsuits against right-wing networks Newsmax and OAN, and Trump allies Mike Lindell, Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK

Fox News finally covers the Dominion trial, fails to mention how much they’re paying to make it go away

The settlement robs the public of any further revelations about Fox News’ impact on democracy

The Independent UK

Fox News could use Dominion payout to get a tax break, report claims

Fox official confirms ‘tax deductibility’ of settlement, ‘but not the amount’ of tax break

Salon

Mainstream media can't let Fox back in

Fox desperately wants to be treated like a real news organization — yet they have no plans to start acting like one

1 … 13 14 15 16

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations