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The network has agreed to pay $787.5m for promoting election lies, but mentions of the case were few and far between

Fox News’ nearly $800 million settlement of a voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit marks the first milestone in a larger legal strategy designed to combat the false claims and conspiracy theories about elections that have rippled through the U.S. for nearly three years

In a landmark settlement, Fox Corp and Fox News have agreed to pay Dominion $US787.5 million over defamation allegations.

Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a voting machine maker’s defamation lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election broadcasts, striking a deal on the brink of a potentially embarrassing six-week trial.

Fox claimed isettlement demonstrated its ‘continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards’

The Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit against Fox News was one of the most hotly anticipated cases in America. In the end, most of the action happened outside the courtroom.

Fox says the network acknowledges ‘the court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.’

Agreement reached after the jury was sworn in on Tuesday morning following lengthy delay to start of opening statements

Fox News has struck a deal averting a trial in the blockbuster defamation suit filed by the election-tech company Dominion Voting Systems over spurious claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.