If they only had services in one county, proving damages is going to be very difficult to do. But, headlines were written, so they got what they wanted.
Also, to win a libel suit, you have to prove the other party knowingly lied and did it to cause harm. Its unlikely the Trump campaign had any real knowledge of the voting system's inner workings. To prove then that it was a lie, they would have to open themselves to scrutiny. If they do that, and there are deficiencies found (almost a given in tech sector), then the lawsuit could back fire. This will be settled or abandoned one the news cycle is done with it.
The Smartmatic lawsuit described in Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion [nytimes.com] "accuses Rupert Murdoch’s network of promoting a false narrative about the 2020 election that damaged the company." and notes on-air commentary from Sidney Powell and Lou Dobbs:
“The Smartmatic software is in the DNA of every vote-tabulating company’s software and systems,” Ms. Powell said later on the show.
Mr. Dobbs added, “We don’t even know who the hell really owns these companies, at least most of them.”
and Smartmatic offers this:
The suit argues that claims made on Fox were demonstrably false, given that Smartmatic’s technology was used only in Los Angeles County and not in any of the contested states during the 2020 election.
Given that Fox News self-identifies as a News Organization, it's pretty clear that they could researched things, if they cared to.
Haha, sure, you must do something pretty egregious to be held liable as a corporate media company. The only case that comes to mind is the Nick Sandman case which CNN paid out big bucks because they were actually libeling a person. In this case, they were reporting on rumors that turned out, not necessarily false but rather unprovable or unrelated, they didn't libel a person, at best, they smeared a corporation which already had a piss-poor reputation for its part in banana-republic elections for the last f
CNN and other news outlets invented facts that were not in the initially released snippet of video of Sandman & the Native American - they showed a video of sandman standing still, not talking, not moving. And said that he approached the old man, said horrible things, and insulted the Native American.
In other words, they made up facts.
Then, when the expanded video was released, and it was shown that the boys were themselves approached & surrounded, insulted and called horrible names, CNN and the rest of the media tripped all over themselves refusing to report it, and clung fast to their racist, white privileged claims about the boys for (seemingly) weeks.
They refused to correct any earlier false claims, they doubled-down and never stopped.
They were bound to lose, their actions sealed their fate.
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The Smartmatic lawsuit described in Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion [nytimes.com] "accuses Rupert Murdoch’s network of promoting a false narrative about the 2020 election that damaged the company." and notes on-air commentary from Sidney Powell and Lou Dobbs:
“The Smartmatic software is in the DNA of every vote-tabulating company’s software and systems,” Ms. Powell said later on the show.
Mr. Dobbs added, “We don’t even know who the hell really owns these companies, at least most of them.”
and Smartmatic offers this:
The suit argues that claims made on Fox were demonstrably false, given that Smartmatic’s technology was used only in Los Angeles County and not in any of the contested states during the 2020 election.
Given that Fox News self-identifies as a News Organization, it's pretty clear that they could researched things, if they cared to.
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Haha, sure, you must do something pretty egregious to be held liable as a corporate media company. The only case that comes to mind is the Nick Sandman case which CNN paid out big bucks because they were actually libeling a person. In this case, they were reporting on rumors that turned out, not necessarily false but rather unprovable or unrelated, they didn't libel a person, at best, they smeared a corporation which already had a piss-poor reputation for its part in banana-republic elections for the last f
Re: This is symbolic (Score:4, Informative)
CNN and other news outlets invented facts that were not in the initially released snippet of video of Sandman & the Native American - they showed a video of sandman standing still, not talking, not moving. And said that he approached the old man, said horrible things, and insulted the Native American.
In other words, they made up facts.
Then, when the expanded video was released, and it was shown that the boys were themselves approached & surrounded, insulted and called horrible names, CNN and the rest of the media tripped all over themselves refusing to report it, and clung fast to their racist, white privileged claims about the boys for (seemingly) weeks.
They refused to correct any earlier false claims, they doubled-down and never stopped.
They were bound to lose, their actions sealed their fate.