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FOUND: 18 - What They Never Told You

Dominion lawyer says ‘lies have consequences’ as Fox settles defamation suit for $787.5m – as it happened

Settlement comes just as opening statements were to begin in trial

The Guardian - US

Watch live: Opening arguments begin in Dominion and Fox News trial after delay

Watch live from the Delaware Superior Court as opening arguments get underway in the Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News trial on Tuesday, 18 April, after judge Eric Davis delayed proceedings on Monday.

The Independent UK

Fox News gave Trump’s 2020 election lies a platform. Is the right-wing network about to pay the price?

A closely-watched case in Delaware will give jurors a rare chance to decide if the network is responsible for statements about a voting machine company thrust into the centre of bogus 2020 election claims. Alex Woodward reports from Wilmington

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First Thing: West prepares for Putin to use ‘whatever tools he’s got left’ in Ukraine

Officials braced for nuclear threats and cyber-attacks as part of Russian response to predicted counteroffensive. Plus, what’s behind the disgusting food of TikTok?

The Guardian - UK

If Dominion prevails against Fox News, that won’t harm press freedoms

Quite a few observers, including liberals, are anxious that a victory for Dominion could backfire. Those worries are misplaced

The Guardian - US

How election lies, libel law are key to Fox defamation suit

A major defamation lawsuit against Fox News is set to go to trial, carrying the potential to shed additional light on former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies and reveal more about how the right-leaning network operates

The Independent UK

Dominion’s $1.6bn trial against Fox News over election lies delayed

Trial represents one of the more muscular efforts to hold the powerful news outlet accountable for role in spreading falsehoods

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First Amendment history hurts Fox News

For the last few decades, various powerful American courts have reshaped how the First Amendment impacts our lives

Salon

Lawsuit against Fox for false election claims heads to trial

Opening statements are expected in a voting machine company's defamation lawsuit against Fox News for airing groundless claims of fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election

The Independent UK

Fox News, Dominion settle $1.6 billion defamation case

Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies about the 2020 presidential election.

France 24

Fox News Dominion lawsuit – live: Network admits some statements were ‘false’ but avoids apology in $787m deal

‘Money is accountability, and we got that today from Fox,’ Dominion attorney said outside court.

The Independent UK

‘Fox News is in big trouble’: Trump’s warning to Murdoch

Donald Trump has urged Rupert Murdoch to embrace his false allegations of voter fraud if the media mogul testifies in the Fox News trial.

The New Daily

GOP governor says he's urged Fox News to break out of its 'echo chamber'

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he speaks with Fox leadership "all the time." He questioned panels whether Fox is doing enough to "grow the team." Sununu was addressing GOP donors in Nashville.

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This Supreme Court precedent could protect Fox News. The right has been trying to get rid of it for years

Vital protections for a free press have long been the target of right-wing figures, which have been trying to chip away at the same defence that Fox needs to beat its defamation case, Alex Woodward reports from Delaware

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Michael Hiltzik: Hate Fox News? Too bad — you still have to pay for it

Let's say you hate Fox News.

Salon

Fox settlement talks signal "weakness"

Fox may be trying to stop "negative headlines and limit the precedent this might set in the future," professor says

Los Angeles Times

Jean Guerrero: The lies of Fox News hurt far more than just Dominion Voting Systems

Fox News is now on trial for defamation, not for its years-long assault on American democracy and civil discourse.

The Guardian - UK

‘It avoids a public grilling’: why Murdoch could settle Dominion’s Fox News lawsuit

Defamation trial threatens billionaire’s reputation – as well as ambition to reunite TV and newspaper empires

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Salon

Fox plot to appeal case may backfire

Network lawyers have privately predicted they will lose to Dominion but prevail on appeal, report says

The Independent UK

Trump says Fox News should stand by his election lies to weaken Dominion lawsuit

Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems are set to go to trial this week

The Independent UK

Fox News plans to fight Dominion’s defamation case by pointing finger at Trump and other ‘defamers’

The judge presiding over the high-profile case delayed the start by one day, while attorneys for the right-wing media network suggest that the former president made similar claims that Dominion says were defamatory

The Independent UK

Fox News case judge announces trial delay, gives no reason

The Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News has announced a delay in the start of the trial until Tuesday, giving no reason in announcing the recess

Axios

Judge says trial for Dominion case against Fox will proceed Tuesday

The judge did not mention anything about a potential settlement.

The Guardian - US

Dominion v Fox News: what’s at stake in the $1.6bn defamation lawsuit

High-profile trial over Fox’s airing of false claims of election fraud begins, and could see Rupert Murdoch testify

Salon

Fox settlement talks suggest cold feet

Fox "should have pursued this strategy long ago," says ex-prosecutor, before damning messages became public

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