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A response to those ranting about the Dominion/Fox settlement

First: this wasn't about vengeance, it was about justice. The goal was never about "taking down" Fox because it wasn't going to happen. If the case had gone forward and Dominion had won, there wouldn't have been a judicial statement about Fox's lying about the election, or even about Fox lying about Dominion. There would have been a financial penalty imposed on Fox, which is precisely what happened in the settlement.

Second: all the evidence of Fox's falsehoods -- the conversations, the texts, the emails -- ARE ALREADY PUBLIC and judicially noticed. The only open question for the trial to decide was proof of malice and the extent of financial damage to Dominion's reputation. There weren't going to be any smoking guns or surprise witnesses; the only thing you missed out on was a withering cross-examination of Rupert Murdoch or Sean Hannity.

Third: the trial and its verdict wasn't going to change any minds. Base Democrats and Republicans have their minds set, and the politically indifferent people in the middle weren't going to be fixated on the trial details.

Fourth: if it makes you feel better, there are other trials coming, including Smartmatic, and Fox shareholders that will be going after their own pounds of flesh; this settlement is going to help speed things up in those cases.

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Re: A response to those ranting about the Dominion/Fox settlement
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2023, 11:50:02 AM »
OK, can we try all MSM folk for perpetuating the Trump-Russia Collusion Delusion?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Kids in Cages lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump did nothing about Covid lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump Advised Drinking Bleach lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump Advised Using Horse Dewormer lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Unsafe Trump Vaccine lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump Did Not Advise Getting Vaccinated lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump Ukraine Quid Pro Quo lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump Caused the 1/6 Insurrection lie?

Just a few major MSM slanderous whoppers off the top of my head ...
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Re: A response to those ranting about the Dominion/Fox settlement
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2023, 02:20:33 PM »
OK, can we try all MSM folk for perpetuating the Trump-Russia Collusion Delusion?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Kids in Cages lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump did nothing about Covid lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump Advised Drinking Bleach lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump Advised Using Horse Dewormer lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Unsafe Trump Vaccine lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump Did Not Advise Getting Vaccinated lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump Ukraine Quid Pro Quo lie?

OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Trump Caused the 1/6 Insurrection lie?

Just a few major MSM slanderous whoppers off the top of my head ...

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Re: A response to those ranting about the Dominion/Fox settlement
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2023, 02:41:58 PM »
They've had this odd notion for years, and I don't see how they can believe it would work, except that they're crazy and can't reason beyond that of a child. Here it is.

They always believed if they could just get Rush Limbaugh off the air, that would somehow confirm their ideology as being superior.

They've always believed if they could just get Fox News off the air, that would somehow confirm their ideology as being superior.

They've always believed if they could just get the Fairness Doctrine reinstated, that would somehow confirm their ideology as being superior.

First, I would say that if your ideology is so weak it must have no opposing viewpoints in order to survive, which they obviously believe to be the case, then there's no censorship that's going to save it in the long run. Second, the belief that conservatism is just one knock-out punch away from being irrelevant is a fools errand.

If only Fox News would go away.... If only RW radio would cease.... If only....

Yet, here they are again. "If only the viewers of Fox would admit that they're being lied to. See, the courts proved they do." They never stop to consider all the lies we've caught the left engaging in over the decades. The leftists want so badly for conservatives to repent and become sheeple like them. When we don't, it only frustrates them further and they start lashing out.

But, they won't let go of the "This one thing will get the ball rolling" nonsense. It never serves them well. And the beauty is that they can read this and their childlike minds only have the single choice of dismissing it.

But, it gives us entertainment. So on with the show!

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Re: A response to those ranting about the Dominion/Fox settlement
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2023, 04:39:02 PM »
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OK, can we try all MSM folk for the Kids in Cages lie?

I believe that is the truth but it was obama who did it  :thatsright:
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Re: A response to those ranting about the Dominion/Fox settlement
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2023, 05:10:22 PM »
They've had this odd notion for years, and I don't see how they can believe it would work, except that they're crazy and can't reason beyond that of a child. Here it is.

They always believed if they could just get Rush Limbaugh off the air, that would somehow confirm their ideology as being superior.

They've always believed if they could just get Fox News off the air, that would somehow confirm their ideology as being superior.

They've always believed if they could just get the Fairness Doctrine reinstated, that would somehow confirm their ideology as being superior.

First, I would say that if your ideology is so weak it must have no opposing viewpoints in order to survive, which they obviously believe to be the case, then there's no censorship that's going to save it in the long run. Second, the belief that conservatism is just one knock-out punch away from being irrelevant is a fools errand.

If only Fox News would go away.... If only RW radio would cease.... If only....

Yet, here they are again. "If only the viewers of Fox would admit that they're being lied to. See, the courts proved they do." They never stop to consider all the lies we've caught the left engaging in over the decades. The leftists want so badly for conservatives to repent and become sheeple like them. When we don't, it only frustrates them further and they start lashing out.

But, they won't let go of the "This one thing will get the ball rolling" nonsense. It never serves them well. And the beauty is that they can read this and their childlike minds only have the single choice of dismissing it.

But, it gives us entertainment. So on with the show!

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Yep. It's as if they think the whole conservative movement in the country is nothing but a delusion caused by "FaUX NoISe" or conservative commentators.