Name: Dominion Voting files defamation lawsuit against Fox News
Uploaded: 2021-03-26
Duration: 1 min 36 s
Description: Its seeking $1.6 billion in damages.

Dominion Voting files defamation lawsuit against Fox News

Fox gave life to these lives. You know, Fox took this small flame and they turned it into a raging fire. And if in this case, it doesn't rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster than nothing does, Fox published these false and defamatory statements not once but repeatedly. They did it again and again, week after week after week. They did this by intentionally providing a platform for guests like Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani to appear on Fox programming. Who Fox and its host, New, were completely unreliable sources and would tell these lies on Fox is there. Fox also did this through statements made by and through Fox's own agents, including Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs, Janine Pirro, Sean Hannity and others who endorsed, repeated and amplified these lives. Fox published these false and defamatory statements to make a profit at Dominions expense and at the expense of the truth. Fox was facing competition from other conservative media outlets for viewers, including viewers unhappy with Fox's initial coverage of the 2020 presidential election. So Fox knowingly lied about Dominion in order to keep increase in wind back viewers. Dominion is a strong supporter of the Free Press and the First Amendment. But the First Amendment guarantees the free press, not a consequence. Free press. The Constitution does not give publishers license to defame. So, as Tom said earlier, we're not making new law here. We are enforcing the existing law in one of the most extreme cases any of us have ever seen.