Fox News Sued By Dominion Voting For Defamation Over Election Conspiracy
Topline
Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit Friday against Fox News taking aim at the network for spreading false claims about its voting machines to improve its ratings, marking the fourth lawsuit the voting company has filed over a false election fraud conspiracy theory involving the machines that has gained traction on the far right.
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Key Facts
The lawsuit follows previous Dominion lawsuits against pro-Trump attorneys Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, and comes after rival voting company Smartmatic also sued Fox News regarding claims against their machines.
“Fox set out to lure viewers back—including President Trump himself—by intentionally and falsely blaming Dominion for President Trump’s loss by rigging the election,” the lawsuit, filed in state court in Delaware, alleges.
Crucial Quote
“The truth matters. Lies have consequences. Fox sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process,” the lawsuit alleges. “If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.”
Chief Critic
Fox News has not yet responded to a request for comment, but the network has previously denied similar defamation claims against it by Smartmatic. “The public had a right to know, and Fox had a right to cover, that the president and his allies were accusing Smartmatic (and others) of manipulating the election results, regardless of the ultimate truth or accuracy of those allegations,” a motion to dismiss the Smartmatic lawsuit alleges.
Further Reading
Voting Company Smartmatic Sues Fox News, Giuliani, Sidney Powell For Defamation (Forbes)
Dominion Voting Sues Sidney Powell For Defamation Over Election Conspiracy—And Others May Be Next (Forbes)
Dominion Voting Sues Rudy Giuliani For $1.3 Billion Over Election Conspiracy (Forbes)
Dominion Voting Sues MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell For Defamation Over Election Conspiracy (Forbes)
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