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May 04

Fox opposes other news organizations trying to uncover lawsuit documents

By David Bauder, Associated Press

Fox News is opposing an effort by three news organizations to reveal documents related to its recently settled defamation lawsuit, saying that material would do nothing but 'gratify private spite or promote public scandal.

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Apr 24

Tucker Carlson out at Fox News, ‘agreed to part ways,’ network says

By David Bauder, Associated Press

The network said in a press release Monday that the popular and controversial prime-time host's last program aired on Friday.

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Apr 18

What to know about the Fox News defamation lawsuit

By Jennifer Peltz, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

Fox News settled a major defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million on Tuesday, according to the voting machine company that sued the top cable news network.

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Apr 16

Fox News, 2020 election lies set to face jury in Dominion lawsuit Monday

By David Bauder, Associated Press

Starting Monday in a courtroom in Delaware, Fox News executives and stars will have to answer for their role in spreading doubt about the 2020 presidential election and creating the gaping wound that remains in America's democracy.

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Apr 13

Jury selection begins in defamation lawsuit against Fox News

By Randall Chase, Associated Press

Jury selection has begun behind closed doors in a defamation lawsuit seeking to hold Fox News responsible for repeatedly airing false claims related to the 2020 presidential election.

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Mar 11

Records released in Fox defamation suit show pressures on network’s journalists

By David Bauder, Associated Press

The released documents related to Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox offer insight into how the network's stars and leadership responded at a time of high anxiety and how giving its audience what it wanted to hear took precedence over reporting…

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Oct 22

Alex Jones seeks new trial after $965 million verdict in Sandy Hook lawsuit

By Dave Collins, Associated Press

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats…

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Oct 12

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Jury orders conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay Sandy Hook families nearly $1 billion

By Amna Nawaz, Dorothy Hastings

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay nearly $1 billion for the lies he spread about the Sandy Hook school massacre in 2012. Jones falsely claimed the attack was a hoax and accused a grieving parent of being…

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Oct 12

Judge rules Trump must sit for deposition in defamation lawsuit

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

A judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump will have to sit for a deposition next week in a defamation lawsuit filed by a writer who says he raped her in the mid-1990s.

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Oct 07

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Jury deciding how much money Alex Jones will pay Sandy Hook families for years of lies

By Stephanie Sy, Dorothy Hastings

A Connecticut jury will soon decide how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has to pay families from the Sandy Hook shooting. That's part of a defamation suit filed after Jones lied and called the shooting a hoax and the…

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