$787.5 Million You Cucks

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The problem with Dominion's case is there has to be malice and there wasn't any there. At least that's how it was supposed to be. Fox didn't get in trouble because their talk show hosts were saying Dominion's voting machines were crooked. They got in trouble for allowing others to come on their shows and say Dominion was crooked. Do you know what that's going to do to news media? Everyone will be scared shitless to bring anyone on.

The bar has now been lowered. Do you know how many lawsuits this is going to create? FNC represents just a small fraction of the news media. The media is protected by corrupt judges and juries in blue states but this new standard is going to hit liberal media hard in red states where cases are winnable. The libs will only have themselves to blame.

I'll tell you exactly why FNC settled.

But first what is hilarious is the thread starter, Bart Hanson, came on with the "SEE THAT YOU CUCKS!!! 767 BILLION!!!!! THAT'S 767 BILLION!!! FNC TOOK IT UP THE ASS AND YOU CUCKS KNOW IT!!!!"

A long suffering and insufferable liberal, Bart was giddy with joy at the news. LMAO! What an idiot.

Okay, so why did FNC settle? No brainer. To quickly get it out of the news cycle for cheap. How cheap? Dominion's case was for the equivalent of about 4 weeks of revenue for FNC. They settled for about 2 weeks of revenue.

That's big big big big money to Bart Hanson. But it's chickenfeed to FNC.

The problem with Fox's case is they settled, which makes the perceived problems you have with Dominion's case irrelevant.

Basically, what you're saying is that Fox should be free and clear because they brought guests on to do the lying for them. I'm a big First Amendment guy, absolutely, but you're literally defending that the press should have the opportunity to knowingly lie to the American people on FA grounds. I'm not certain that's what the framers had in mind.

More than lying to the American people, lying to the American people about the integrity of elections. Also, states that don't use Dominion (or the other) voting systems also must have been in on it. You get that? All fifty states in on the fix. Every single one of them. Why?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_U...ntial_election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_U...ntial_election

Granted, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein not running had something to do with it, but in EVERY. SINGLE. GODDAMN. STATE. Biden got a greater percentage of the vote in 2020 as compared to Clinton in 2016. Most states that Trump won, he did so by smaller margins than were the case in 2016.

So, what case are you making? That every state is lying---including deeply red states that should WANT Trump to win? If we accept both:

1.) Biden got a greater vote share than Clinton...which makes sense for at least four reasons, including:

1a.) He was more popular than Clinton and had a better net favorability rating.

1b.) The absence of any significant third-party candidates.

1c.) The result basically aligns with the polls (not a huge miss).

1d.) The Left were more determined to cast a vote FOR TRUMP TO LOSE than they were last time around. They weren't voting for Biden; they were voting against Trump.

2.) In most states, including those Trump won, Biden made gains in % difference compared to Clinton.

Accepting those two things as true, then the result makes absolute sense. Again, you would need all fifty states in on the fix.

For example, Trump won Montana by more than 20% in 2016. In 2020, he won Montana by 16.37%. Are you going to tell me Montana lied about the results to Trump's detriment? Why would Montana do that?

Looking at a swing state, Trump won Pennsylvania by 0.72% in 2016; in 2020, he lost by 1.16%.

In other words, in terms of difference in vote share, Montana had a wider swing than did Pennsylvania and you're going to tell me anything looks suspicious?

Now, perhaps you are opposed to mail-in voting and would backpedal and say that's what you mean by, "Cheating." I'm not opposed to mail-in, but I do think people should have to enclose a copy of their ID. More than that, I'm not opposed to Government requiring people to show ID to vote PROVIDED they will give free voter ID's to anyone without a driver's license who is a citizen, has a social security number and asks for one.

Do I think there is widespread election fraud? Absolutely not. Would I be perfectly happy to take actions that would make fraud closer to impossible? Prior to 2020, I'd have called it superfluous, but now I will say I would definitely take the actions in the paragraph above simply so that we don't have a repeat of this mess with a bunch of crybaby Evangelicals.

If you are right and Fox News actually gave a shit about this country, which they don't, then they would have fought this in court and won, or alternatively, lost and took it all the way to the SCOTUS. I do hope that it happens and some news organization does exactly that in order for us to know where the laws are. I also tend to think that the SCOTUS will err on the side of free speech.

With that, I think that news organizations should certainly be permitted to be wrong about something. I don't think they should be permitted to make unqualified statements, or allow such statements to be made, knowing that those statements are slanderous lies. Even lying is fine as long as they qualify it. You seriously can't be defending that news organizations should be allowed to knowingly lie without qualification. I know that most conservatives only pretend to have any actual principles, but I expect better from you. The press cannot fucking deliberately tell unqualified lies to the American people. Period. It's not defensible.

I mean, we both agree that Fox settled because they don't want a trial. I think it's both what you said (get it out of the media, ironically enough) and what I said (not wanting things to come to public light, also ironically enough). If you're worried about Freedom of the Press getting trampled on, and Fox News shared your concerns, then they would fight.

But, again, you care about this country; Fox News does not.