Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of Donald Trump’s voter fraud claims, settled its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for $787.5 million. However, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York congresswoman, believes that Dominion should have refused to settle until Fox News apologized on air for spreading Trump’s lies about voter fraud in the 2020 election. Legal filings revealed that Fox News hosts repeated claims they knew to be untrue, as executives feared viewers would desert the network for right-wing competitors One America News and Newsmax. Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old media mogul and Fox News owner, was among witnesses due to testify.
Ocasio-Cortez believes that Dominion should have demanded an apology from Fox News before settling the lawsuit. She argues that the media platform should be held accountable for incitement of violence, especially after the January 6 Capitol attack, which resulted in nine deaths and hundreds of arrests. Ocasio-Cortez also believes that politics should solve issues that the courts are left to solve, such as questions of freedom of speech and accountability for incitement of violence.
The settlement between Dominion and Fox News has caused widespread comment, with some late-night hosts constructing their own on-air mea culpas. Ocasio-Cortez believes that media platforms like Fox News should be subject to federal law and regulation in terms of what is allowed on air and what isn’t. She argues that incitement of violence is a clear line that media platforms should not cross.
In conclusion, the settlement between Dominion and Fox News has raised questions about accountability for incitement of violence and the role of politics in solving issues that the courts are left to solve. Ocasio-Cortez believes that media platforms like Fox News should be held accountable for incitement of violence and subject to federal law and regulation. She argues that Dominion should have demanded an apology from Fox News before settling the lawsuit.
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