Maybe dumbass Trumpers will stop parroting clueless conspiracy theories? Nahhh dumbasses never learn... https://www.newsweek.com/smartmatic...argest-defamation-suits-ever-filed-us-1566933
Well, time to put another libby leftist loser on ignore. He/it can join the rest of them where they belong. In the garbage can of life at the bottom of the totem pole.
In Maria Bartaromo’s and Lou Dibs’ defense, they’re both very concerned about debt and deficits again. So there’s that.
Fox cancels Lou Dobbs’ show. They’re going to have to do a lot more firing to cover $2 billion though...
Soon Fox will be coughing up another big chunk of cash. If they were smart, Fox would settle this suit for several hundred million (like they did the other case from Dominion) rather than lose $2.7 Billion. Fox loses appeal to duck $2.7 billion Smartmatic defamation suit Judges ruled that a suit filed by Smartmatic against Fox Corp. can proceed. https://www.salon.com/2025/01/09/fox-loses-appeal-to-duck-27-billion-smartmatic-defamation-suit/
Newsmax settled with Smartmatic for $40 Million. Newsmax paid $40 million to settle defamation suit over US 2020 election claims https://www.reuters.com/business/me...ion-suit-over-2020-false-election-2025-03-13/ March 13 (Reuters) - Cable outlet Newsmax Media has paid $40 million to settle allegations it defamed Smartmatic by reporting false claims that the voting machine company helped rig the 2020 U.S. election for Joe Biden over Donald Trump, according to a regulatory filing. The companies settled privately last year, but the amount was disclosed in a Newsmax investor document dated March 7. Representatives of Newsmax and Smartmatic did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment. Smartmatic sued Newsmax in 2021, alleging it broadcast damaging misinformation falsely claiming the company switched votes in the 2020 presidential election, that its machines were hacked and that it was funded by corrupt dictators. Smartmatic alleged that Newsmax profited from its false reporting. Trump amplified Newsmax's reporting on social media and the broadcaster's audience jumped 10-fold after the election, vaulting it over cable news rivals such as CNBC and Fox Business, according to Nielsen Ratings. Advertisement · Scroll to continue Newsmax said it had a First Amendment right to report claims by Trump and his supporters, which were often made in court filings challenging the election. The company clarified its reporting about Smartmatic in December 2020 and invited Smartmatic representatives to come on air to explain their side of the story to Newsmax viewers. Smartmatic did not accept that invitation. Smartmatic did not publicly estimate the damages at stake, but Newsmax told the court on September 16 the voting machine company was seeking $400 million to $600 million. Smartmatic has sued Fox News in New York for $2.7 billion over that conservative network's 2020 election coverage. Fox (FOXA.O), opens new tab agreed to settle defamation claims by Dominion Voting Systems last year for $787.5 million, which legal experts said was the biggest defamation settlement by a U.S. media company in history.