Opinion: Dominion suit puts focus on bad journalism
The nation’s democratic guardrails held after former President Donald Trump tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, with dozens of courts — and a series of honorable election officials — rejecting his baseless ballot-stuffing theories.
An ongoing $1.6-billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems, the company that sells electronic voting machines across the country, against Fox News offers some answers. Recently disclosed depositions of top Fox News officials suggest that the network’s hosts, executives and fact-checkers knew that Trump’s claims were false.
It’s a high bar to prove defamation, but the depositions bolster Dominion’s allegations. In the terms of such lawsuits, malice stems from knowingly making false statements or recklessly disregarding the truth. If the depositions are correct, then Fox News did so on a repeated basis. No wonder the court has allowed the case to proceed.
This case will wind through the courts for months, but it’s clear the prime network catering to right-leaning voters spun a narrative that undermined Americans’ faith in the security of our democratic electoral system. Fox reportedly has silenced its anchors on the matter, so its viewers are unlikely to learn about the lawsuit’s details.
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