OA718: Why Fox News "Has a Nuanced Approach to Falsity"
Added 2023-04-03 06:25:47 +0000 UTCToday, Liz and Andrew break down the latest ruling in Delaware granting Dominion partial summary judgment in its defamation lawsuit against Fox. Learn exactly why this is a devastating ruling and what it means for the future of everyone's favorite "Fair and Balanced" news channel.
In the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew update everyone on the latest between Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and clueless goon Gym Jordan.
This is the first paid post of April on Patreon and was released early for our Patrons!
Notes
OA 705
https://openargs.com/oa705-can-dominion-really-take-down-fox-news/
Summary Judgment Order https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23738695/dominion-fox-summary-judgment-order.pdf
3/31 Bragg Letter
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000187-37d2-dd77-a1cf-7ff7d0920000
Comments
I really love the show more with Liz. I’m interested in the content and before I wasn’t interested in the non-lawyer discussion or jokes. The first few episodes with Liz were a little awkward, but now Liz and Andrew have a very nice rhythm. I love the give and take, the clarifications, explanations, the different opinions, the humor. Really excellent show. Please put Liz on the show art already!
Ana Concepción Castro
2023-04-08 17:31:17 +0000 UTCListener Q: I loathe to even put this in print as I'm scared it'll somehow jinx reality or manifest the scenario somehow. But I wanna ask about a scary-universe version of Fox v Dominion. Say we have a Trump/Desantis 2024 POTUS and Roberts retires granting a 6th ultraconservative SCOTUS seat (and making Clarence Thomas chief?). We know how this court treats precedent, as well as "superprecedent" (whatever that means). Say Fox appeals the ruling and SCOTUS grants cert, how would a right-wing ruling in Fox v Dominion overturn NYT v Sullivan? What would this hypothetical new standard for slander/defamation look like? Y'all keep noting disbelief that Fox has let the lawsuit go this far without settling but let's don the tinfoil hats and grant the Christian nationalist conservative agenda, might there be a certain scary-universe reason for allowing the suit to get this far? Is this a possible method by which all the current right-wing grandstanding about defamation is revised in the law? Love what y'all do and welcome to the show, Liz!
BusylilBB
2023-04-03 19:37:56 +0000 UTC
