Fox News' Manhattan headquarters in 2019 (Ajay Suresh/Flickr) The $787.5 million that Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems is the largest publicly known defamation settlement by an American media company. Many who'd hoped that Fox would receive a more severe punishment for knowingly spreading lies about the 2020 election, including the alleged role of Dominion's voting machines in 'stealing' it from Donald Trump, were disappointed by the unexpectedly sudden resolution. Fox did not have to offer an apology or admit to any specific wrongdoing; instead, it issued a short statement acknowledging 'the Court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false' and cynically insisted on its 'commitment to the highest journalistic standards.

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