{"id":2290501,"date":"2024-07-08T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-megadonor-throws-millions-behind-lawsuit-against-fox-news\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T12:46:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:46:55","slug":"democratic-megadonor-throws-millions-behind-lawsuit-against-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-megadonor-throws-millions-behind-lawsuit-against-fox-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Megadonor Throws Millions Behind Lawsuit Against Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-megadonor-throws-millions-behind-lawsuit-against-fox-news%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2290501&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Smartmatic&#8217;s \u200cdamages claims against \u2062Fox News\u2063 are \u2064considered \u200chighly implausible. This statement is based on\u2062 the fact that Smartmatic&#8217;s claims\u2064 of damages against Fox News are related to reports that the network aired\u200b false and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-calls-2-7-billion-smartmatic-lawsuit-attack-on-first-amendment-moves-to-dismiss\/\" title=\"Fox News Calls .7 Billion Smartmatic Lawsuit Attack On First Amendment, Moves To Dismiss\">defamatory statements<\/a> about the company during the 2020\u200b presidential election. \u200cSmartmatic has accused Fox News of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-new-top-national-security-lawyer-deletes-tweets-has-history-of-pushing-conspiracy-theories\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s New Top National Security Lawyer Deletes Tweets, Has History Of Pushing Conspiracy Theories\">spreading baseless conspiracy theories<\/a> about\u200d the integrity of the election and its \u200dvoting technology.<\/p>\n<p>However, proving damages\u2062 in a defamation case can be challenging, especially when involving public figures or entities \u2063such as Smartmatic and Fox News.\u2062 To successfully \u2063argue for damages, Smartmatic would need to demonstrate how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-left-wing-media-promoted-a-baseless-covid-conspiracy-theory\/\" title=\"How The Left-Wing Media Promoted A Baseless COVID Conspiracy Theory\">false statements made<\/a> by Fox News directly harmed their reputation and resulted in financial losses.<\/p>\n<p>Given\u2062 the nature \u2063of the\u2064 case and the legal standards for proving damages \u2062in defamation claims, some legal experts believe that\u2062 Smartmatic&#8217;s claims against Fox News may face significant challenges in court. Additionally, Fox News has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wash-post-how-the-supreme-court-will-likely-vindicate-bill-barr-on-the-cooked-up-enron-obstruction-felony\/\" title=\"Washington Post: The Supreme Court Likely to Uphold Bill Barr&#039;s Position on the Enron Obstruction Felony\">robust legal defenses<\/a>, \u2063such as the defense of truth or fair comment, which could further complicate \u200bSmartmatic&#8217;s case.<\/p>\n<p>while it is not impossible for Smartmatic to successfully argue for damages \u200dagainst Fox News, the legal hurdles and complexities involved in defamation cases make the \u200coutcome uncertain and the\u200d damages claims highly implausible.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Smartmatic\u2019s damages claims against Fox News are highly implausible&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smartmatic&#8217;s claims for damages against Fox News are not very believable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4009,32135,4585,8300,4961],"class_list":["post-2290501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democratic","tag-fox-news","tag-lawsuit","tag-megadonor","tag-millions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}