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Opening statements are expected in a voting machine company's defamation lawsuit against Fox News for airing groundless claims of fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election

Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies about the 2020 presidential election.

‘Money is accountability, and we got that today from Fox,’ Dominion attorney said outside court.

New York (AFP) - Opening arguments are expected Tuesday in a highly anticipated defamation trial between US voting machine maker Dominion and Fox News that tests the extent of free speech rights for media in America -- even when broadcasting election falsehoods.

Donald Trump has urged Rupert Murdoch to embrace his false allegations of voter fraud if the media mogul testifies in the Fox News trial.

The judge in the long-awaited court case has pushed back jury selection by 24 hours with no explanation.

Vital protections for a free press have long been the target of right-wing figures, which have been trying to chip away at the same defence that Fox needs to beat its defamation case, Alex Woodward reports from Delaware

Fox may be trying to stop "negative headlines and limit the precedent this might set in the future," professor says

Defamation trial threatens billionaire’s reputation – as well as ambition to reunite TV and newspaper empires

Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems are set to go to trial this week

The judge presiding over the high-profile case delayed the start by one day, while attorneys for the right-wing media network suggest that the former president made similar claims that Dominion says were defamatory