Settle For This

Everyone was looking forward to the civil trial brought about by the lawsuit of Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News for lying about the ballot services firm and especially looking forward to seeing not just Rupert Murdoch by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham having to take the witness stand.  Instead, he settled out of court and the trial of this still-young century never happened.

Fox News' critics say that Rupert Murdoch was the big loser because Dominion was able to prove before the trial that he knew that everything said about the 2020 presidential election on Fox was a lie, and that everyone from Murdoch on down - even Tucker Carlson - was eager to get Donald Trump behind them, and Murdoch was forced to pay Dominion $787.5 million in damages.  But the truth of the matter is that Murdoch bought himself a settlement that, had the suit gone forward and been ruled in Dominion's favor, would have been twice as expensive, as Dominion was seeking $1.6 billion.  Such a payout might have devastated the company and destroyed the already tattered reputations of their on-air pseudo-personalities, who know don't have to take the witness stand and admit having lied to their viewers under cross-examination.   

And on top of it all, Fox News never has to admit on the air to its own viewers that the network lied abut the 2020 presidential election being stolen. 

Murdoch gets to put the matter behind him at a discount and continue to run Fox News as he always has.  Fox News isn't going to reform itself and concentrate more on the truth going forward.  The network is still going to slant and bend the truth - and sometimes disregard it - in its never-ending quest for ratings.   

And we can expect more lies from Tucker Carlson that threaten to destroy the country.