Fox Fake News Is in trouble Once again - Thanks To Smartmatic

[bver_hunter]

BREAKING: Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corp suffers a crushing defeat as a New York court rejects their request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by voting systems company Smartmatic against Fox News.
And it gets even better...
Smartmatic is suing Fox for over $2 billion after the right-wing news network allegedly knowingly broadcast false, damaging information about the company's software after the 2020 election.
Fox has absurdly insisted that the lies — which helped boost the network's ratings — were fair game and "newsworthy" because Donald Trump and his minions were pushing them at the time.
"We will be ready to defend this case surrounding extremely newsworthy events when it goes to trial,” Fox told The Hill. "As a report prepared by our financial expert shows, Smartmatic’s damages claims are implausible, disconnected from reality, and on their face intended to chill First Amendment freedoms."
What's more, Smartmatic has issued subpoenas to key members of Fox Corporation's board of directors.
Fox has had poor legal luck fighting back, as just last month they lost a bid to acquire information about federal charges against Smartmatic stemming from alleged bribery in the Philippines.
So far, this legal war is decidedly tilting in Smartmatic's favor.
Given the fact that Fox agreed in 2023 to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787 million to settle a different defamation lawsuit, the odds of this ending poorly for Fox seem high.

 

[bver_hunter]

Fox Corp must face Smartmatic $2.7 billion defamation claim

Fox Corp (FOXA.O), opens new tab, the parent of Fox News Network, failed to convince a New York state appeals court to dismiss a defamation claim in electronic voting systems company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion lawsuit over the network's 2020 post-election coverage.
A five-judge panel of the Appellate Division in Manhattan ruled on Thursday that Smartmatic sufficiently alleged the Fox parent was directly liable for on-air statements suggesting Smartmatic helped rig the 2020 U.S. presidential election to favor Democrat Joe Biden over Republican Donald Trump.

Claims that the parent directed on-air talent to undertake a disinformation campaign, and played an active role in coverage, "sufficiently allege Fox Corporation's 'direct liability' for the challenged defamatory statements," the court said.
The appeals court also said Smartmatic's failure to allege that the Fox parent "wholly dominated" Fox News Network meant the parent could not be liable for defamation on that basis.
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"We will be ready to defend this case surrounding extremely newsworthy events when it goes to trial," Fox Corp said in a statement. "Smartmatic's damages claims are implausible, disconnected from reality, and on their face intended to chill First Amendment freedoms."
J. Erik Connolly, a lawyer for Smartmatic, in a statement said the parent company "must now answer for its actions at trial."
Smartmatic claimed that Fox broadcast lies about its technology to boost ratings, and keep Trump supporters from defecting to right-wing networks Newsmax and One America News.

The company has said it provided technology for the 2020 election only to Los Angeles County, which Biden won. Smartmatic has offices in London and in Boca Raton, Florida.
Other defendants include host Maria Bartiromo and the estate of late host Lou Dobbs.
In April 2023, Fox reached a $787.5 million settlement in a similar defamation lawsuit by voting technology company Dominion Voting Systems, as a trial in Delaware was about to begin.

The case is Smartmatic USA Corp et al v Fox Corp et al, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1st Department, No. 2024-01388.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/fox-must-face-smartmatic-27-billion-defamation-lawsuit-ny-appeals-court-rules-2025-01-09/

 

[K Douglas]

What did Fox New say that was knowingly wrong?

 

[squeezer]

What did Fox New say that was knowingly wrong?

That the machines are rigged. That's all. HAHAHAHAHAHA

You can't make this shit up.

 

[jalimon]

That the machines are rigged. That's all. HAHAHAHAHAHA

You can't make this shit up.

Remember Squeezer the motto of Trumpers is deny deny deny. Nothing they do is ever wrong.

A 2.7 billion fine once transferred in CDN will make some canadian shareholders quite happy

 

[Frankfooter]

Remember Squeezer the motto of Trumpers is deny deny deny. Nothing they do is ever wrong.

A 2.7 billion fine once transferred in CDN will make some canadian shareholders quite happy

They will post here then go back to their echo chamber that repeats all the lies they post here, forget they failed, then come back and repeat them again and again.