Fox News, Newsmax, OAN defamation lawsuits (Dominion, Smartmatic, etc.)

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More lawsuits – and perhaps more settlements – might be coming. Here’s a breakdown of the related litigation that’s still pending.

What’s next for Fox?​


In some ways, this isn’t the end of Fox News’ legal headaches. It’s only halftime.

While the right-wing network will avoid having to apologize or issuing an on-air retraction over the false Dominion claims that infected its air, Fox is still facing another major defamation lawsuit stemming from many of the same lies that were at the heart of the Dominion case.

Smartmatic, another voting technology company, sued Fox for defamation following the 2020 election and is seeking $2.7 billion in damages from Fox and other defendants.

That lawsuit was filed in New York state courts, and a trial isn’t expected anytime soon.

“Dominion’s litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage caused by Fox’s disinformation campaign,” Smartmatic lawyer Erik Connolly said in a statement after the settlement. “Smartmatic will expose the rest. Smartmatic remains committed to clearing its name, recouping the significant damage done to the company, and holding Fox accountable for undermining democracy.”
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What’s next for Dominion?​


Dominion still has a bevy of pending lawsuits against 2020 election deniers.

They’re suing right-wing TV networks Newsmax and OAN, which went even further than Fox News in their promotion of unhinged and debunked conspiracy theories about supposed election-rigging.
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searcher said:
The Dominion lawsuit was just the beginning for Fox News. Yes, the conservative cable network settled Dominion's defamation claims for a whopping $787.5 billion, but Fox isn't done in the courtroom. Another voting technology company, Smartmatic, is also suing Fox for airing untrue claims about the firm's role in the 2020 election that Donald Trump falsely said had been stolen from him.

https://news.yahoo.com/smartmatics-lawsuit-against-fox-news-092505796.html
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Fox has a market cap of 17 billion so how do they pay fines of 787 billion? Never mind, I see now it was million and not Billion. Stilll seems like a huge settlement and very quickly. Any normal corporation would drag this out for years.
 
Cigarlover said:
Fox has a market cap of 17 billion so how do they pay fines of 787 billion? Never mind, I see now it was million and not Billion. Stilll seems like a huge settlement and very quickly. Any normal corporation would drag this out for years.
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They are on the same side and this clearly looks like a bailout to me.
 
Cigarlover said:
Fox has a market cap of 17 billion so how do they pay fines of 787 billion? Never mind, I see now it was million and not Billion. Stilll seems like a huge settlement and very quickly. Any normal corporation would drag this out for years.
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I'm sure part of the deal is Fox will get increased ad revenue for selling out.
 
  • Smartmatic subpoenaed Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, which has since become his MAGA PAC.
  • The subpoenas were issued for Smartmatic's defamation lawsuits against Fox News and Newsmax.
  • Trump's lawyers defamed Smartmatic with election conspiracy theories, Smartmatic says.
Smartmatic subpoenaed ex-President Donald Trump's former campaign operation this week as part of its defamation lawsuits over election conspiracy theories.

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The dominos are continuing to fall for Fox News.

One month after firing its most prominent host and election fraud peddler Tucker Carlson — and settling a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million — the network is reportedly dissolving its investigative unit and laying off reporters.

“The rank and file journalists are getting let go,” one Fox employee told Rolling Stone in an article published Friday. “Meanwhile, upper management are sitting pretty while they are the execs responsible for the Dominion debacle. We are the sacrificial lambs.”
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Fox News Axes Investigative Unit Following Dominion Voting Systems Settlement: Report

One employee said, “the rank and file journalists are getting let go” as “the sacrificial lambs” — while “upper management are sitting pretty.”
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Dominion Voting Systems, in winning a $787 million defamation settlement with Fox News, is no longer in the election technology business, says San Diego-based Herring Networks.
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In a new countersuit, the owners of One America News Network argue that Dominion is in the suing-for-profit business.

Dominion has adopted a business model that has nothing to do with voting machines, software or technology, says OAN’s suit in its own election-lies case filed Friday in D.C. federal court.
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Dominion is potentially facing political backlash over their court victory as Oklahoma and Texas consider dropping Dominion:

krcrtv.com

Oklahoma lawmakers want state to reject Dominion Voting Systems over Tucker Carlson firing

A group of Oklahoma lawmakers filed a resolution on Tuesday to reject alleged attempts by Dominion Voting Machines to silence Tucker Carlson.
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MSN

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Truth is something Fox stays far away from.

Fox News runs with fake story about migrants displacing homeless veterans​

May 22, 2023


5:26

Last week, Fox News went all in on a story about migrants displacing veterans from a New York hotel, featuring it on no less than 15 different shows. The network even claimed to have substantiated the reporting themselves. But then the whole thing unraveled.
 

Fox News to pay $12 million to settle fired producer Abby Grossberg's lawsuit​

  • Fox News has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Abby Grossberg, a former producer.
  • She had alleged the network coerced her into giving a misleading testimony in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case.
  • Fox settled with Dominion in April, agreeing to pay the company $787.5 million.
Full story:

MSN

www.msn.com
 
searcher said:

Fox News to pay $12 million to settle fired producer Abby Grossberg's lawsuit​

  • Fox News has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Abby Grossberg, a former producer.
  • She had alleged the network coerced her into giving a misleading testimony in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case.
  • Fox settled with Dominion in April, agreeing to pay the company $787.5 million.
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MSN

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Fake news!
 

A former Trump supporter who got caught up in a January 6 conspiracy theory sues Fox News​

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DOVER, Del. (AP) — A former Donald Trump supporter who became the center of a conspiracy theory about Jan. 6, 2021, filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, saying the network made him a scapegoat for the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Raymond Epps, a former Marine who said he was forced from his Arizona home due to threats, is asking for unspecified damages and a jury trial.

He filed his lawsuit in Superior Court in Delaware, the same court where Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox for lies broadcast following the 2020 presidential election. Shortly before a trial was to begin this spring, Fox agreed to pay Dominion $787 million to settle the charges.

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MSN

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searcher said:

A former Trump supporter who got caught up in a January 6 conspiracy theory sues Fox News​

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DOVER, Del. (AP) — A former Donald Trump supporter who became the center of a conspiracy theory about Jan. 6, 2021, filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, saying the network made him a scapegoat for the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Raymond Epps, a former Marine who said he was forced from his Arizona home due to threats, is asking for unspecified damages and a jury trial.

He filed his lawsuit in Superior Court in Delaware, the same court where Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox for lies broadcast following the 2020 presidential election. Shortly before a trial was to begin this spring, Fox agreed to pay Dominion $787 million to settle the charges.

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Fake News!
 

Facing Big Lie defamation lawsuits, Newsmax adds election disclaimer to Trump's interview​

Right-wing cable outlet Newsmax aired an election disclaimer immediately following its prerecorded interview with former President Donald Trump, in which the three-time-indictee repeated his unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. In the sit-down with host Eric Bolling, Trump complained about his latest indictment over efforts to subvert 2020 election results and his potential upcoming charges in Georgia for meddling in the state's election. "I believe I won that election by many many votes," the current GOP frontrunner told Bolling.

But once the interview came to an end, the conservative anchor cut to a brief disclaimer: "Alright, folks. Now, just a note. Newsmax has accepted the election results as legal and final," he announced before transitioning to the next segment. Newsmax is currently facing defamation lawsuits from voting software technology companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic for airing false claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election in line with Trump's allegations that it was "rigged." Last month, according to Rolling Stone, Smartmatic subpoenaed Newsmax employees for their personal communications and work, and in a court filing last week, Dominion requested all relevant correspondence between the channel's staffers and Trump administration officials in the wake of the 2020 election. Fox News, which faced a similar suit from Dominion and faces another suit with Smartmatic, settled with the former for $787.5 million earlier this year.

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Rudy Giuliani accused of ‘dog ate my homework’ excuses in $2.7bn voting machines defamation case​

Voting company Smartmatic tore into Rudy Giuliani for fabricating “excuse after excuse” to avoid handing over documents in its $2.7bn defamation suit involving him and Fox News for spreading misinformation about the 2020 elections.

After the 2020 elections, the voting system company filed a $2.7bn lawsuit against Fox News, as well as former New York City mayor Mr Giuliani and attorney Sidney Powell, after the network ran numerous reports which alleged the firm conspired with Venezuela’s socialist government to steal the 2020 elections from Mr Trump.

“‘The dog ate my homework.’ ‘I have to wash my hair.’ ‘I can’t go out, I’m sick.’ Since the dawn of time, people have made up excuses to avoid doing things they do not want to do. This is exactly what Giuliani has done here,” Smartmatic wrote in court filings on Monday.

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Rudy Giuliani accused of ‘dog ate my homework’ excuses in $2.7bn voting machines defamation case

‘The dog ate my homework.’ ‘I have to wash my hair.’ ‘I can’t go out, I’m sick.’
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Judge lets Smartmatic expand 2020 election defamation suit against Newsmax​

ADelaware judge on Wednesday rejected Newsmax’s attempt to throw out part of a defamation case brought by the election technology company Smartmatic against the right-wing network.

Smartmatic sued Newsmax after the network repeatedly aired false claims about the 2020 election — specifically the lie that the company’s software was involved in an international plot to rig the presidential election against Donald Trump. The company later updated its lawsuit to add 26 additional examples of alleged defamation, claiming it found the new material during the discovery process, when Newsmax turned over “hundreds of hours” of broadcasts.

Newsmax, a smaller pro-Trump network, denies the allegations.

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Fox hit with another 'significant' lawsuit over false claims in 2020 election: report​

Investors of the Fox Corp. networks have looked like they were going to sue the company since their court deal with Dominion Voting Systems and ongoing litigation with Smartmatic. The stock price fell after the settlement was announced.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that among the investors in Fox was the New York Pension funds. They are now suing Fox and the board of directors saying that they had a duty to shareholders to be transparent about the legal crisis that came from their broadcast of 2020 election lies.

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A new lawsuit sheds fresh light on how Fox News’ propaganda machine works from the inside — at the same time that the network is trying to extract even more from cable news subscribers. Former Fox News producer Jason Donner is suing the network, alleging that he was fired for challenging its coverage of the 2020 election, the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, and vaccines. Donner’s lawsuit, including a new filing this week, is a first-person perspective on how the sausage is made, as truth-tellers are marginalized and ultimately forced out.

In recent years, we’ve seen a mountain of evidence unearthed via the legal system showing that Fox News operates as a propaganda outlet. Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox, which resulted in a record $787 million settlement, revealed how the network was a clearinghouse of misinformation. Media Matters President Angelo Carusone has described the Dominion filings as offering “a keyhole view into the day-to-day industrial-scale deceit that takes place at Fox.”

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Opinion | ‘You’re gonna get us all killed’: New lawsuit provides harrowing look at Fox News’ lies

Another tantalizing glimpse inside the Fox News machine.
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‘Tons of Crazy’: The Inside Story of How Fox Fell for the ‘Big Lie​

Less than an hour after Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News projected that Joe Biden had defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, Murdoch decided to send Trump a message: You lost, get over it.

“Should we say something Donald might see?” the mogul wrote to Col Allan, his friend and handpicked editor of the New York Post, midday on Nov. 7.

The resulting editorial was titled “President Trump, your legacy is secure — stop the ‘stolen election’ rhetoric.” Murdoch and his son Lachlan reviewed the draft in advance. Lachlan said it looked great. Murdoch agreed but, ever the newspaperman, he flagged a few typos before it went to press.

The editorial gave Trump point-by-point directions on handling his loss with decency, starting with advice about his personal attorney: “Get Rudy Giuliani off TV. Ask for the recounts you are entitled to, wish Biden well, and look to the future.” As soon as it was posted online, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott told Lachlan she would circulate it inside Fox, and then she wrote to PR chief Irena Briganti, “I’m sending this around to our staff.”

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‘Tons of Crazy’: The Inside Story of How Fox Fell for the ‘Big Lie’

A play-by-play from inside Fox reveals how the network poisoned politics — and lost $787.5 million.
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NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch is set to be questioned under oath on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of voting technology company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp (FOXA.O) over coverage of debunked vote-rigging claims involving the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a person familiar with the matter said.

Murdoch will be deposed in Los Angeles, according to that person, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The deposition does not appear on the public docket for the case.

www.reuters.com

Rupert Murdoch to be deposed in Smartmatic defamation case against Fox

Rupert Murdoch is set to be questioned under oath on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of voting technology company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp over coverage of debunked vote-rigging claims involving the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a person familiar with the...
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Fox News' 7 Deadly Sins: How the network hooks viewers on envy and fear​

Fox isn't reporting the news or making logical arguments. It's building a paranoid narrative targeting deep anxiety​


Over the course of the last month I’ve spent a lot of time watching Fox News. Full disclosure: I am a committed progressive activist and, therefore, strongly disagree with most of what I hear and see in the conservative media. However, I believe it behooves liberal critics of right-wing ideology to take seriously its appeal to millions of its followers and to make a sincere attempt to understand the ways it resonates with many people, and even to emphasize with those people as we may deplore their political decisions.

The world according to Fox News invariably seems to involve some combination of the following seven deadly sins:

  1. "Illegal aliens," i.e, undocumented immigrants, are flooding into our country and pose a threat to our everyday life.
  2. Democratic-governed cities are exploding with homelessness and violent crime.
  3. The FBI and Justice Department have been weaponized by Democrats and are persecuting innocent public officials — the most noteworthy one being Donald Trump,
  4. The current administration, under the leadership of criminal gangsters Joe and Hunter Biden, has surrendered power and influence to America’s new primary enemy, China. (In contrast, our former archenemy, Russia, turns out to be not so bad, making aid to Ukraine a complete waste of time and money.)
More about Fox here:

www.salon.com

Fox News' 7 Deadly Sins: How it hooks viewers on envy and fear

Fox isn't reporting the news or making logical arguments. It's building a paranoid narrative targeting deep anxiety
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Voting companies go to court over 2020 election claims as Trump returns to the ballot​

Defamation lawsuits filed by the voting companies are expected to drag Trump allies and reams of evidence into court next year.

Dec. 7, 2023, 6:00 AM EST

Voting machine companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic are heading back to court next year, likely dragging reams of new evidence and allies of Donald Trump into open court just as the former president again seeks a second term.

The companies were both accused of rigging the 2020 election by Trump allies and conservative media outlets, despite the fact that there is no evidence of significant voter fraud. Both have filed separate lawsuits alleging defamation against Fox News, Newsmax, Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, prominent election denier Mike Lindell and his company MyPillow, and others.

In 2024, as Trump navigates the primary season and potentially a general election, too, more than 10 of these cases will be playing out in courtrooms across the country.

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Voting companies go to court over 2020 election claims as Trump returns to the ballot

Defamation lawsuits filed by the voting companies are expected to drag Trump allies and reams of evidence into court next year.
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Judge rules Fox News can go ahead with counterclaim against Smartmatic​

Fox News is trying to fight off the defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic by challenging the voting machine company's damages claim.

The conservative news channel is being sued by Smartmatic for $2.7 billion. The suit claims former President Trump’s lawyers falsely accused the company of manipulating vote counts in the 2020 presidential election, and that Fox News and three of its on-air hosts — Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro — presented the disinformation on their programs.

Fox News — which admitted it presented false statements in its coverage when it settled a similar suit from Dominion Voting Systems — has said the damages being sought by London-based Smartmatic are not reflective of the company's value and aimed at chilling the conservative network's free speech rights.

New York Supreme Court Judge David B. Cohen ruled Wednesday that Fox News' counterclaim can go forward. Smartmatic had attempted to get the counterclaim dismissed.

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Michigan lawyer who claimed election fraud arrested after Dominion hearing​

An attorney for former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne was detained at the federal courthouse in Washington on Monday after defending her decision to disseminate internal documents from Dominion Voting Systems in an effort to revive long-debunked claims about the 2020 election.

Stefanie Lambert was facing a bench warrant from a state court in Michigan, where she is accused of taking part in a conspiracy to tamper with voting machines in hopes of finding proof of fraud. She is simultaneously representing Byrne, who is being sued for defamation by Dominion over related falsehoods claiming the firm’s machines enabled vote tampering.

The U.S. Marshals office in a statement confirmed Lambert was arrested on Monday afternoon.

In D.C. court Monday, Lambert admitted that she made public emails she obtained as Byrne’s lawyer and shared them with a southwestern Michigan sheriff who was also investigated as part of that alleged plot. Over 2,000 pages of the documents were put on the social media site X this month by an account using the sheriff’s name and photograph.

Dominion requested Lambert be removed from the case following the release of the documents.

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searcher said:
Full disclosure: I am a committed progressive activist and, therefore, strongly disagree with most of what I hear and see in the conservative media.
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He should also point out the fact that he hates America's Founding principles, too. All self proclaimed "progressives" do.


searcher said:
"Illegal aliens," i.e, undocumented immigrants, are flooding into our country and pose a threat to our everyday life.
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That is true. Illegal aliens ARE flooding into our country by the millions.
Are you so blind that you delude yourself into thinking it's not true?


searcher said:
Democratic-governed cities are exploding with homelessness and violent crime
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Another truth. Especially on the West coast. Can you really not see that we have a severe homelessness problem?


searcher said:
The FBI and Justice Department have been weaponized by Democrats and are persecuting innocent public officials — the most noteworthy one being Donald Trump,
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That is in fact what they are doing. There's been documents released by the Judge that clearly shows that the DOJ and the white house legal team have been involved in these trial against Trump.
.....but have previously claimed (falsly) that they were not doing that.
.....but now proof exists that they are doing that. Why do you ignore it? Are you against your fellow Americans being treated fairly and receiving the same due process that you'd want for yourself?



searcher said:
The current administration, under the leadership of criminal gangsters Joe and Hunter Biden, has surrendered power and influence to America’s new primary enemy, China.
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Right now there exists records showing at least $24 million being given to the Biden family by foreign interests buying "the Biden brand". Mostly our nations enemies.

Why are you mot exhibiting the same level of outrage over that, that you do over the proven to be fake Trump-Russia collusion allegations that were started by the wretched old hag and the democrats?

Money to Biden has been proven, as well as the fact that he is a pedophile who took showers with his own 14yo daughter. Why no outrage about that?

If we had proof of Trump showering with a 14yo Ivanka, you'd be on that like white is on rice. Lol
 
As Newsmax hurtles towards two major defamation trials over its coverage of the last presidential election, the conservative cable news network is pinning its hopes of survival on an audacious plan to go public.

Newsmax announced a bid last week to raise $225 million from investors in anticipation of an IPO later this year or early next. It’s offering 30,000 shares at $5,000 each to accredited investors in an apparent attempt to mimic the success of Donald Trump’s Truth Social, a media company that, despite steep financial losses, has boomed thanks in no small part to retail investors looking to give the former president a boost.

“Now more than ever, especially in this election year of 2024, America needs Newsmax and you can join with us as an investor,” Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy said in a press release.
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Sources who spoke with Mediaite described the public offering as an effort to stave off financial ruin as the network faces two potentially fatal defamation lawsuits from election tech companies Smartmatic and Dominion. Both allege Newsmax promoted false claims the election was stolen from Trump in a bid to lure viewers and juice profits. Newsmax has denied those claims.

“It appears Newsmax is trying a Hail Mary pass to secure a financial lifeline with low info investors since legitimate funding sources will likely run from this,” said one Newsmax insider with knowledge of the company’s finances.
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Newsmax Lost $42 Million Last Year. Can an IPO Save The Network From Death By Dominion?

As Newsmax hurtles towards two major defamation trials over its coverage of the last presidential election, the conservative cable news network is pinning its hopes of survival on an audacious plan to go public.
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A billionaire is boosting a major defamation lawsuit against Fox News​

Smartmatic, the voting technology company enmeshed in complex defamation lawsuits against Fox News and Newsmax, has a powerful new financial ally: billionaire tech entrepreneur Reid Hoffman.

Hoffman, a co-founder of LinkedIn, has made a multimillion-dollar investment intended in part to help the company sustain its costly litigation. Smartmatic has said the two news outlets smeared it by airing bogus claims of rigged vote counting in the 2020 election.

In a statement provided to The Washington Post, Hoffman alluded to the toll taken on Smartmatic, which has spent tens of millions on legal costs related to the suits. “Smartmatic built a global business by using technology to better engage citizens, regardless of party or ideology, by making voting simple and trustworthy,” Hoffman said. “After Donald Trump lost in 2020, however, Smartmatic became a target of the defamatory campaign to overturn his defeat.”

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, by making voting simple and trustworthy,”
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Trustworthy to who?

They keep everything a secret, as to how it works and it is proprietary software. There's no way to verify accuracy. We are required to just trust them.

It's impossible to have a truly trustworthy election process if the very people the results apply to, have no way to know for certain if those results are accurate.

We need to ban electronic voting and vote counting. Use paper ballots and have multiple hand counts so that everyone can be satisfied that the count is accurate.
 
Joe King said:
Use paper ballots and have multiple hand counts so that everyone can be satisfied that the count is accurate.
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That may work in the sticks but what about heavily populated areas?

Where I'm at its electronic. There are a lot of polling places, and I cannot recall any problems.
 
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