That all sounds reasonable. And, in fact, I can’t think of any case involving a business suing because their business reputation was attacked, in which the question of whether the business was “fair game” due to being “a public figure” even arose. Not that I’m any expert, but there seems to be a fundamental difference between a person’s reputation and a business entity’s reputation. The latter is a dollars-and-cents asset, after all.
Dominion’s voting machines are not a side-line; they are the whole business. Giuliani and the Fox News hosts (and others) said flat out that the company’s products were defective to the point that they were useless for the purpose for which they’d be purchased. So that’s the entire value of the business at stake.
Aside from wanting to see Giuliani held accountable for his atrocious conduct, I’d really like to see the Murdochs pay a price for their choice to run a business based on profiting from lies.
And the only kind of price they’d understand is one that empties their pockets.
…wouldn’t it be absolutely delicious if this and other lawsuits related to the election fraud scheme bankrupted every single right-wing media outlet…Fox, NewsMax, Fox Business, OANN, all the dumbass radio shows and podcasts, all of them…
OK, I know that’s way too much to hope for, but it would be the ultimate addition to the “Everything Trump Touches Dies” Hall of Fame.
Oh, please let this kill Fox News. Maybe Mike Bloomberg can buy it on the cheap.
I recall an episode from way, way back when DJT was the guest judge on MasterChef or some such show. They prepared an elegant, high-end steak; it looked delicious. His only comment was “it needs a sauce”, as if a high-end steak could be improved by some ketchup. That’s the first time I decided (well before the election) that he didn’t know what he’s talking about.
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Monday it will not make contributions from its political action committee this election cycle to any Congress member who voted against certifying the results of the presidential election.
Earlier this month, following the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol, the tech giant had paused all political contributions to reassess its policies toward political contribution.
“Following that review, the NetPAC board has decided that it will not be making any contributions this cycle to any member of Congress who voted against certification of the election results,” a Google representative said in a statement.
Republicans appear to be considered bad for business, these days - or at least, for corporate image.
Fox has a market cap of $19 billion, so unfortunately it’s not going out of business from this. But Herring Networks / OANN is tiny - they could be at risk if this case has legs.
And then there’s people who get annoyed if you do taste the dish before deciding how much salt to add, on the theory that you should have trusted them to put the perfect amount of salt in it for the average person, and that you are only adding more because you like more salt than average.