Current Affairs General US politics (ie, not POTUS related)

[Eggs]

….circa £800m settlement by Fox is surely a victory for Democracy.

Amazing that in this day and age a major news network can basically lie in support of their own political agenda. imagine in the worlds biggest democracy, tuning into a news that continually tells you what you want to hear rather than the truth. It’s difficult to take the moral high ground when reporting on Russia.

I wondered if Dominion could now go after Trump.

 

[Harryflashman]

….circa £800m settlement by Fox is surely a victory for Democracy.

Amazing that in this day and age a major news network can basically lie in support of their own political agenda. imagine in the worlds biggest democracy, tuning into a news that continually tells you what you want to hear rather than the truth. It’s difficult to take the moral high ground when reporting on Russia.

I wondered if Dominion could now go after Trump.

The problem is they’ll pay the money and haven’t got to acknowledge never mind apologise on air they’ve lied , their audience won’t even take on board that they’ve been deceived never mind to such a huge extent .

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

….circa £800m settlement by Fox is surely a victory for Democracy.

Amazing that in this day and age a major news network can basically lie in support of their own political agenda. imagine in the worlds biggest democracy, tuning into a news that continually tells you what you want to hear rather than the truth. It’s difficult to take the moral high ground when reporting on Russia.

I wondered if Dominion could now go after Trump.

I kind of wish it had gone to court just so they could have been stupendously trounced

 

[Walken]

I’m suspecting like ours your prisons are full of people who’ve made what they’d describe as ‘simple mistakes ‘ yet this bloke keeps his seat on the Supreme Court . I do worry the world is broken

Not like its his first little mistake either

 

[Walken]

….circa £800m settlement by Fox is surely a victory for Democracy.

Amazing that in this day and age a major news network can basically lie in support of their own political agenda. imagine in the worlds biggest democracy, tuning into a news that continually tells you what you want to hear rather than the truth. It’s difficult to take the moral high ground when reporting on Russia.

I wondered if Dominion could now go after Trump.

I don't see it that way, they have just bought the right to continue to lie. No big deal for them as its not about fox being directly profitable

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

The problem is they’ll pay the money and haven’t got to acknowledge never mind apologise on air they’ve lied , their audience won’t even take on board that they’ve been deceived never mind to such a huge extent .

While i hear you, i'm more cynical than this in that the people that watch Fox News already live in an alternate reality, so it really doesn't matter - they could be told to their faces "we're lying to you" and it wouldn't matter - it's all about the dopamine rush of owning the Libs for them. They are gone.

but for anyone other than the 40% MAGA crowd, I'm talking about the moderate that's out there that still thinks it's an equivalent "both sides" issue of news spin and doesn't consume all their media from Fox News or Newsmax, this is an eye opening settlement. If we can continue to get wins to turn those people into anti-Republicans, these are the parts of the electorate that matter to win national elections.

TLDR: MAGA is gonna MAGA. Continue to focus on those worth saving

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

I kind of wish it had gone to court just so they could have been stupendously trounced

I do too, but the reality is there's ALWAYS risk when going to trial b/c you're dealing with a jury. And while we can sit here without skin in the game and say just go to trial to air all the dirty laundry, Dominion just won a settlement that's anywhere from 8x-10x the valuation of the Company, from what I've read.

Hopefully Smartmatic can keep Fox News' lies in the forefront of peoples' consciousness through their defamation suit

 

[Harryflashman]

I do too, but the reality is there's ALWAYS risk when going to trial b/c you're dealing with a jury. And while we can sit here without skin in the game and say just go to trial to air all the dirty laundry, Dominion just won a settlement that's anywhere from 8x-10x the valuation of the Company, from what I've read.

Hopefully Smartmatic can keep Fox News' lies in the forefront of peoples' consciousness through their defamation suit

I’d have liked them to take it to court but I’m saying that like so many because I’m on the outside. If I was dominion not a chance I’m rolling the dice on that kind of money , however strong the case looks . As you say dominion was valued at around $40m , who could turn down that kind of money in the pursuit of an ideal ?

 

[Moomin]

I do too, but the reality is there's ALWAYS risk when going to trial b/c you're dealing with a jury. And while we can sit here without skin in the game and say just go to trial to air all the dirty laundry, Dominion just won a settlement that's anywhere from 8x-10x the valuation of the Company, from what I've read.

Hopefully Smartmatic can keep Fox News' lies in the forefront of peoples' consciousness through their defamation suit

Dominion can use the profits to fund it's other cases against OAN and Newsmax and still be in mega profit.

Fox News and Murdoch would have dragged the case out for years via the appeals courts. When you have the deep pockets of Murdoch you can buy your justice.

 

[Harryflashman]

Dominion can use the profits to fund it's other cases against OAN and Newsmax and still be in mega profit.

Fox News and Murdoch would have dragged the case out for years via the appeals courts. When you have the deep pockets of Murdoch you can buy your justice.

Main take from this when murdoch spoke to the leverson enquiry 22 years ago and said

“This is the most humble day of my life … my companies have zero tolerance for lying… We were ashamed of what had happened ... We had broken our trust with our readers… one rogue employee “

We can now see that he’s a honest guy whose influence on British and now American media isn’t anything any of us should be concerned about .

 

[LinekersLegs]

Only one person’s account but if widespread it would be remarkably short sighted of RDS to have not built up support of other Republicans.

 

[trueblue84]

Main take from this when murdoch spoke to the leverson enquiry 22 years ago and said

“This is the most humble day of my life … my companies have zero tolerance for lying… We were ashamed of what had happened ... We had broken our trust with our readers… one rogue employee “

We can now see that he’s a honest guy whose influence on British and now American media isn’t anything any of us should be concerned about .

When the old ballbag dies, I hope the media all run articles about him being a nonce. No evidence and he wouldn't be alive to argue against it. A horrible thing to do and we can only assume it is what he would've wanted.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Harryflashman]

Only one person’s account but if widespread it would be remarkably short sighted of RDS to have not built up support of other Republicans.

Remarkably short sighted you say , Isn’t this the fella who’s apparently all but declared war on Disney in Florida despite being governor ? Seems on brand .

Fascinating that trump had checked on Stuebe’s welfare but deSantis hadn’t , the bloke does seem to be quite unpleasant.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I do too, but the reality is there's ALWAYS risk when going to trial b/c you're dealing with a jury. And while we can sit here without skin in the game and say just go to trial to air all the dirty laundry, Dominion just won a settlement that's anywhere from 8x-10x the valuation of the Company, from what I've read.

Hopefully Smartmatic can keep Fox News' lies in the forefront of peoples' consciousness through their defamation suit

I suppose if there are no other lawsuits waiting in the wings we might get some admission of guilt by Fox in any Smartmatic settlement but I doubt it.