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    Fox News-Dominion settlement doesn't end crisis for Rupert Murdoch's empire

    by Meg James, Los Angeles Times Apr 19, 2023 5 minutes
    Justin Nelson, joined by fellow members of the Dominion Voting Systems legal team, speaks to members of the media outside the Leonard Williams Justice Center in Wilmington, Delaware, on April 18, 2023.- Vote machine maker Dominion and Fox News settled a defamation case over falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election aired on the conservative TV network, a...

    LOS ANGELES — Fox Corp. has settled the defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, but the company's troubles are far from over.

    Beyond the $787.5 million payout to end the Dominion case, Fox now must contend with a second defamation suit filed by a rival voting machine company, Smartmatic USA, which has demanded $2.7 billion.

    And Fox investors also are lining up with their own lawsuits, alleging that Rupert Murdoch and other board members were derelict in their duties by allowing Fox News to promote election lies, which harmed the network's reputation as a news organization.

    Revelations from emails and text messages, disclosed in the court motions, tarnished Murdoch and high-profile hosts, including Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Maria Bartiromo. Murdoch and others privately indicated they knew former but they appeared to be more interested in protecting Fox News'

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