# This Just In...Fox News Channel is bunch of lying fucks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180 "2021-01-22T06:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 82
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1622 "2023-04-18T20:37:47Z")
Smartmatic, party of one? Your table is ready. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1623 "2023-04-18T20:59:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Nothing on the Fox news site…of course. I wonder if there is any requirement for Fox to put anything on their website about the settlement, and apologize there for lying? Otherwise, they will just toss it down the memory hole, and Fox viewers will continue to believe the lies that Fox peddled. ETA: I think one reason Fox caved at this late hour was the court’s imposition of the special master to investigate what documents Fox had failed to disclose. I strongly suspect there are some major smoking guns that Fox was hiding, and they hope this settlement will keep them under wraps. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1624 "2023-04-18T21:07:56Z")
I’ve also seen speculation that the court ordering Rupert be made available to testify was the last straw. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1625 "2023-04-18T21:14:10Z")
Makes sense. If he ever placed his hand on a bible, he’d burst into flame. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1626 "2023-04-18T21:29:19Z")
The rest of the pukes are still on the hook, right? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1627 "2023-04-18T21:30:30Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I wonder if there is any requirement for Fox to put anything on their website about the settlement, and apologize there for lying? Apparently not: > Fox News anchors will not have to acknowledge on-air that it told election lies about Dominion Voting Systems as part of the terms of its settlement, a representative for the election technology company told CNN. I imagine that alone added a few hundred million to Dominion’s final number. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1628 "2023-04-18T21:31:26Z")
Fox News viewers will never know. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1629 "2023-04-18T21:38:44Z")
Even if told by Fox, they would not believe. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1630 "2023-04-18T21:39:18Z")
I don’t know about that. Trump held up a Bible and he didn’t burn. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1631 "2023-04-18T21:41:37Z")
IIRC, he held it upside down, so maybe that prevented him from burning? A kind of unintentionally avoided curse by stupidity? Blessed are the simple minded… ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1632 "2023-04-18T21:44:14Z")
I posted in P&E that hat Fox News website makes no mention of the settlement anywhere ### [Special counsel finds Biden Cabinet secretary violated federal law during 2022 election cycle](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/office-of-special-counsel-finds-hhs-secretary-becerra-violated-federal-law#&_intcmp=fnhpbt1,hp1bt) is the headline. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1633 "2023-04-18T21:55:03Z")
$800m is half of what was asked, without much further legal ado. For Dominion, that must seem very balanced. But is it fair? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1634 "2023-04-18T21:57:24Z")
Which of course is highly misleading since it gives the impression that this person violated serious campaign laws rather than just made a minor Hatch Act infraction. Yes the Hatch act is important and he shouldn’t have done it and it was good that he apologized, it was peanuts compared to the violations that the Trump administration made flagrantly on a daily basis. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1635 "2023-04-18T21:58:12Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > $800m is half of what was asked, without much further legal ado. For Dominion, that must seem very balanced. But is it fair? Well, it’s about 5% of Fox’s net worth. And there are more lawsuits to follow, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1636 "2023-04-18T22:01:42Z")
SmartMatic Voting Systems (?) sued Fox for $2.7B, I think (but don’t know how to spell it since heard this on TV) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1637 "2023-04-18T22:06:17Z")
Smartmatic, yes. > **[Fox News braces for more turbulence as second defamation lawsuit advances](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/13/smartmatic-defamation-lawsuit-against-fox-news)** > > New York court greenlights $2.7bn suit against news channel by election company Smartmatic over 2020 presidential election lies ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1638 "2023-04-18T22:12:50Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > $800m is half of what was asked, without much further legal ado. For Dominion, that must seem very balanced. But is it fair? But no appeal, and no judge knocking the dollar amount down. I wonder if everything Dominion has gathered can be used by the next plaintiff? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1639 "2023-04-18T22:16:52Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I wonder if everything Dominion has gathered can be used by the next plaintiff? I wonder if Fox’s failure to disclose can be used by the next plaintiff when they are deposing witnesses and getting documents from Fox. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1640 "2023-04-18T22:40:48Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > $800m is half of what was asked, without much further legal ado. For Dominion, that must seem very balanced. But is it fair? This is the amount because the case is over in the present day. They were accounting for the value of the same money if Dominion had to wait 10 years to get through the appeals before they could get a final judgment and collect. And the above of course assumes that Dominion would have gotten a verdict favorable to their case – which is easy to forecast with OPM (Other People’s Money). There’s nothing that focuses the mind of litigating parties like staring at 12 (or in this case, 24, including alternates) and hoping like hell you can convince each and every one of them of the merits of your case. I’m disappointed, but not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1641 "2023-04-18T22:55:44Z")
It is actually on the Fox News website but get a load of their weak ass “our bad” statement. From my viewpoint, they word it to make it sound like Dominion was the one spreading falsehoods, claim they have the highest journalism standards, and then hope to see peace and love and not this divisiveness that seems to have popped up for some unknown reason. 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄 > [@](#): > > “We are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute with Dominion Voting Systems,” the network said Tuesday in a statement. “We acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false. This settlement reflects FOX’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues.” > **[FOX News Media, Dominion Voting Systems reach agreement over defamation lawsuit](https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-media-dominion-voting-systems-reach-agreement-over-defamation-lawsuit)** > > FOX News Media and Dominion Voting Systems reached a multimillion-dollar agreement following a legal battle that was expected to go to trial this week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180.md?page=83)