Fox News brought legal woes upon itself by trading in constant lies

I wholly support the lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems. The company was, in fact, defamed and its reputation unfairly damaged by the lies on Fox News.

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Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News, claiming the station and its personalities — such as Tucker Carlson — willfully aired and supported lies about the voting machines company.

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As one who watches MSNBC and CNN, I could not be more gleeful about the legal woes of Fox News, which is nothing more than a propaganda arm for the right wing of the GOP.

MSNBC and CNN consistently told their viewers the truth about the 2020 presidential campaign. And they constantly had fact-checkers to refute all the lies coming from Donald Trump and his campaign. Meanwhile, Fox News defended virtually everything Trump said and did. Worse, Fox News presented liars such as the lawyer Sidney Powell, knowing fully that these people were telling lies, hoping to help Trump’s campaign.

I wholly support the lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems. The company was, in fact, defamed and its reputation unfairly damaged by the lies told by and on Fox News. As Dominion alleges in its suit, Fox News knew these were false claims, yet it went ahead and aired them, seeking to profit from them.

I am just tickled by the plight of Fox News.

Herb Vermaas, Salem, Illinois

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