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Fox isn't handing over documents that are required to be handed over to Dominion.
"......an attorney for Dominion said there was concern regarding certification requirements and evidence – such as certain board meeting minutes and the results of searches of personal drives – that have yet to be produced by Fox and its cable TV networks. While this issue was already raised in July and January, the Dominion attorney said Wednesday they are still missing documents." >

They're trying to drag it out as long as possible because they know Dominion has them dead to rights on the facts of the case. >

Fox took Trump's bait and look where both are now, legally speaking. Seems like the chickens are coming home to roost. >

I so want these losers to face severe penalties for their nonsense, but my hope is shriveled up. >

Keep your hope alive. Dominion is likely to win substantial damages in this case. >

Yeah, that's great and all, but what I want is for the lawyers responsible for this bullshit to be sanctioned.  There is no excuse for this kind of crap, and (after the)/(during the ongoing) Alex Jones fiasco.  I want judges to be infinitely less tolerant of this kind of shit.
Lawyers need to pay, so that lawyers stop getting paid for doing this crap on behalf of their clients. >

As a lawyer, I can say that we can’t make our clients do anything. The indication in the article is that Fox is dragging its feet, not the lawyers. What do you think the attorneys need to do differently, accepting the fact that we cannot make our clients do anything? >

You can be picky. You can have standards. >

Exactly. You can say no. >

Oh look, this sort of shady bs is how Alex Jones ended up with a default judgment. >

Partly, yeah.
But it's also worth remembering Jones and his lawyers did waaaay more than just ignore document requests. They skipped appearances, lied about their whereabouts, got caught in numerous lies, purposely sent "experts" who knew nothing about what they were testifying on after getting multiple chances to correct it... The list goes on. It's funny considering the billion dollar judgement, but Jones actually got treated with kid gloves. >

Jones was basically a toddler who hastily threw a rug over the broken lamp and wouldn't go into the other room when the parents call for him. 
FoxNews, while being obstinate, is at least pretending to follow some version of courtroom decorum at this time. >


Hannity reportedly admitted he didn’t believe Dominion cheated Republican Donald Trump in the 2020 election, which Democrat Joe Biden won. The reported statements differ from the claims made on Hannity’s show following the election.
Documents and depositions have otherwise remained private. The New York Times recently requested that the documents in the case be unsealed.

I would love love love to see those depositions be made public. >

It's going to be 'of course biden won, hell I voted for the guy. I'm not a crazy dumbass like my listeners, I'm just an entertainer' 
And then noone on the right ever cares, because they enjoy the happyrage victimhood buzz he gives them >

Since this is a civil suit, if Fox does not comply or claims that the records are now destroyed in some way, it is to be assumed in the most negative light for them. This is not good for them. You can't just ignore deadlines in defamation cases. Alex Jones can give you a couple billion reasons why.

"We have not gotten anything. We pointed out categories of missing documents for both Fox News and Fox Corp that are still missing. And we are not talking about a document slipping through ... we are talking about categories of documents,” said Dominion attorney Justin Nelson on Wednesday.

This is probably the most damning part. A jury (if they go in front of one) will be instructed to assume that they intentionally withheld information because of the light it would cast them in. If they elect for a bench trial, the judge is going to know what game is being played and penalize them for it as well. >

Also it doesn't have to be unanimous. So fox can't be saved having just one nutter on the panel, they would need like, 6. >

Yup, this is the part that really is not going to help them out. I agree with the high standards for criminal but companies shouldn't be able to get out of massive fraud by finding one person they've defrauded who won't admit it. >

Would be awesome to see Fox default, their profits were ~$1.2 billion in 2022. A default judgement of $1.5 billion might literally bankrupt them >

$1.5B would wipe out their ready cash. Their investors(murdock) would bite the bullet and pay it, after a settlement reduction, of course, because they will make $1.2B next year. And the year after. And so on. 1.5B sounds like a lot. And it is, but they really should have gone after more. A 3-4 year stint of being completely in the red might end a network. Wiping off a single year's profits? Unlikely >

Yha...1.2 billion in PROFITS...how much debt could fox take to cover this with ease? News caster gear aint cheap and can be used as leverage for a favorable loan agreement...now this fine with the orders that fox shut down however. >

Operating costs plus profits times 4-6 years.  Minimum settlement designed to kill off Fox News.  $1.5B is a reasonable amount of money to seek after the wisp of any future contracts was snatched from Dominion.  That's all the contracts they would get for the decade it will take to revitalize their image.
A smart CEO would just rename the company, though. >

Force fox news to also announce redactment about anything related to dominion with no hints its related to a court order. We need to start forcing news to actually act like news stations. >

Fairness in reporting, iirc(which I'm pretty sure I don't), act.  Shows had to report on both sides of an issue, up until it was repealed, just before Fox news was launched, and the reason they could claim no one would actually call their shows "news." >

Didn't Tucker have to swear in court that no reasonable person should watch his show and expect the truth or something like that? I would like more of that please. >

No, it was the argument the Fox lawyers used, that a 'reasonable' person wouldn't believe he's stating facts. >

Ah that's right. Kind of makes it better that that's the official legal strategy. >

And somehow their shares are up 3%? I really hope this puts them out of business. >

Any chance this can force them off the air? I need a miracle today >

It would take more than a miracle to do that, and, as despicable and damaging as Fox is to this nation, I would still find it hard to support the government shutting down any domestic news organization. (Even, as is the case with Fox, using 'News' in their name is just a sick joke.) >

"Look, it's hard enough making this shit up and then you want us to prove it? Are you people nuts?" >

Can we get a petition going to ask that Dominion demands no monetary compensation but rather agrees to get Fox shut down or ownership control to dismantle it? >

Murdock owns Fox News, News Corp., New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Marketwatch, The Sun, National Star, Chichago Sun-Times, HarperCollins, Star TV, MySpace, Wall Street Journal, NewsCore, Yes Network, and about 100 others around the world.    
Even if Fox News is dismantled, he has hundreds of other outlets to push his agenda.    Also has the capital to simply go out and buy another news corporation.   Murdock controls news, movies, magazines, markets, ect.  He is more powerful than the government. >

Fox News is the one asset with effective mass reach amongst those. Thankfully Murdoch no longer wields the clout of MySpace. He sold it to Justin Timberlake in 2011, who later sold it to Time. >

Usually, when stuff like this is happening, it’s because what would be found under discovery likely leads to a series of events far greater than that of the subject investigation. >

Ultimately Foxnews will skate around liability by claiming they are entertainment/parody/satire whatever BS excuse. >

Unless Trump saying it counts as evidence, they have none.  Lol >

Dan Webb.  He used to be Federal Attorney for Chicago.  then he went to the dark side and worked for Jim Thompson for a long time. >

I wish this was where we merged with the DS9 timeline. >

Alex Jones? 
Dominion gets summary judgement and Fox moves on to appeal of the damages. Fox really doesn't want a trial and Dominion is insisting on one >

Fox's lawyers are trying the Jones Defense.
Can't wait for when Roger Ailes is asked if he knew one of them turned Fox's entire computer networks over to Dominion. >

No different then trolls fighting to get the most downvotes.