Now, imagine if Dominion had not settled, the case had gone to trial, and FOX had won -- which experts said could definitely have happened. Tucker would be the hero of FOX today.
@lauren I think the more likely outcome would have been that Dominion would have won but the damages would have been far less, maybe a few years' worth of profits. So, maybe $40 or $50 million. It made sense for Dominion to take the settlement.
@not2b There was a consensus that if Dominion won at trial an appeals court would indeed have likely slashed the settlement way down.
@lauren Yeah, my reading of the tea leaves is that Fox became deeply concerned that something worse than "We have to admit we were wrong as part of the settlement" was waiting in the discovery phase (secret phone call with a Trump operative about how it would be super-cool and neat if they pushed a narrative that the voting machines were hacked because it'd really help Trump out and second-term President Trump would help them out, maybe?).
