Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company's lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about the 2020 presidential election.The stunning settlement emerged just as opening statements were supposed to begin, abruptly ending a case that had embarrassed Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 over several months and raised the possibility that network founder Rupert Murdoch and stars such as Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity would have to testify publicly.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The truth matters. Lies have consequences,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson told reporters outside a Delaware courthouse after Superior Court Judge Eric Davis announced the deal.Video above: Dominion CEO delivers remarks after Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 settles with DominionOutside of the $787.5 million promised to Colorado-based Dominion, it was unclear what other consequences Fox would face. Fox acknowledged in a statement 바카라 게임 웹사이트�the court바카라 게임 웹사이트�s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false,바카라 게임 웹사이트� but no apology was offered.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Fox said. Its lawyers and representatives offered no other comment or details about the settlement.Asked by a reporter whether there was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�anything to this other than money," Dominion CEO John Poulos did not answer.The deal is a significant amount of money even for a company the size of Fox. It represents about one-quarter of the $2.96 billion the company reported earning last year before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization 바카라 게임 웹사이트� a figure often used to approximate a company's cash flow.The settlement also follows a $965 million judgment issued last year against Alex Jones by a Connecticut jury for spreading false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre.Coupled with other lawsuits in the pipeline, the agreement shows there is a real financial risk for conservative media that traffic in conspiracy theories. What remains unknown is how much of a deterrent this will be. Even as the Dominion case loomed this spring, Fox's Tucker Carlson aired his alternate theories about what happened at the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.Dominion had sued Fox for $1.6 billion, arguing that the top-rated news outlet damaged the company's reputation by peddling phony conspiracy theories that claimed its equipment switched votes from former President Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden. Davis, in an earlier ruling, said it was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�CRYSTAL clear바카라 게임 웹사이트� that none of the allegations about Dominion aired on Fox by Trump allies were true.Video below: Clarified: Dominion vs. Fox 온라인 바카라 게임Dominion set out to prove in the lawsuit that Fox acted with malice in airing allegations that it knew to be false, or with 바카라 게임 웹사이트�reckless disregard바카라 게임 웹사이트� for the truth. It presented volumes of internal emails and text messages that showed Fox executives and personalities saying they knew the accusations were untrue, even as the falsehoods were aired on programs hosted by Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeannine Pirro.Records released as part of the lawsuit showed that Fox aired the claims in part to win back viewers who were fleeing the network after it correctly called hotly contested Arizona for Democrat Joe Biden on election night. One Fox Corp. vice president called them 바카라 게임 웹사이트�MIND BLOWINGLY NUTS.바카라 게임 웹사이트�During a deposition, Murdoch testified that he believed the 2020 election was fair and had not been stolen from Trump.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Fox knew the truth,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Dominion argued in court papers. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It knew the allegations against Dominion were 바카라 게임 웹사이트�outlandish바카라 게임 웹사이트� and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�crazy바카라 게임 웹사이트� and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�ludicrous바카라 게임 웹사이트� and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�nuts.바카라 게임 웹사이트� Yet it used the power and influence of its platform to promote that false story.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Several First Amendment experts said Dominion바카라 게임 웹사이트�s case was among the strongest they had ever seen. But there was real doubt about whether Dominion would be able to prove to a jury that people in a decision-making capacity at Fox could be held responsible for the network바카라 게임 웹사이트�s actions.Dominion's Nelson called the settlement 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a tremendous victory바카라 게임 웹사이트� and noted that there are six more lawsuits pending regarding election claims.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We settled because it was about accountability,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Nelson said in an interview. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Our goals were to make sure that there was accountability for the lies, and to try to make our client right. And we accomplished both goals.바카라 게임 웹사이트�It's hard to tell what the deal will mean financially for Dominion. The company would not provide its most recent earnings, saying the figures were not public.In the weeks leading up to the trial, Davis significantly narrowed Fox바카라 게임 웹사이트�s potential line of defense, including nixing the network바카라 게임 웹사이트�s argument that it was merely airing newsworthy allegations. 온라인 바카라 게임worthiness is not a defense against defamation, he said.In a March 31 ruling, he pointedly called out the network for airing falsehoods while noting that bogus election claims still persist more than two years after Trump lost his bid for reelection.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The statements at issue were dramatically different than the truth,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Davis said in that ruling. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�In fact, although it cannot be attributed directly to Fox바카라 게임 웹사이트�s statements, it is noteworthy that some Americans still believe the election was rigged.바카라 게임 웹사이트�In its defense, Fox said it was obligated to report on a president who claimed that he had been cheated out of reelection.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We never reported those to be true,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Fox lawyer Erin Murphy said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�All we ever did was provide viewers the true fact that these were allegations that were being made.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Dominion had sued both Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 and its parent, Fox Corp, and said its business had been significantly damaged. Fox said the company grossly overestimated its losses, before agreeing to pay about half of what Dominion had asked for.In a 1964 case involving The New York Times, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the ability of public figures to sue for defamation. The court ruled that plaintiffs needed to prove that news outlets published or aired false material with 바카라 게임 웹사이트�actual malice바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트� knowing such material was false or acting with a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�reckless disregard바카라 게임 웹사이트� for whether or not it was true.That has provided news organizations with stout protection against libel judgments. Yet the nearly six-decade legal standard has come under attack by some conservatives in recent years, including Trump and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who have argued for making it easier to win a libel case.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The larger importance of the settlement ... is that the high level of protection for news media in a defamation case remains intact for now,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Doreen Weisenhaus, an instructor of media law at Northwestern University.In documents released in recent months, Fox executives and anchors discussed how not to alienate the audience, many of whom believed Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s claims of fraud despite no evidence to back them up. Fox바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Tucker Carlson suggested a news reporter be fired for tweeting a fact check debunking the fraud claims.Some of the exhibits were simply embarrassing, such as scornful behind-the-scenes opinions about Trump, whose supporters form the core of the network바카라 게임 웹사이트�s viewers. Text exchanges revealed as part of the lawsuit show Carlson declaring, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I hate him passionately,바카라 게임 웹사이트� and saying that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�we are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 announced the settlement on Neil Cavuto바카라 게임 웹사이트�s afternoon news show. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a done deal,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a settlement and for at least Fox, it appears to be over.바카라 게임 웹사이트�But Fox바카라 게임 웹사이트�s legal problems may not be over. It still faces a defamation lawsuit from another voting technology company, Smartmatic. Its lawyer, Erik Connolly, said Tuesday that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Dominion바카라 게임 웹사이트�s litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage caused by Fox바카라 게임 웹사이트�s disinformation campaign. Smartmatic will expose the rest.바카라 게임 웹사이트�___Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz in New York and Nicholas Riccardi in Denver contributed to this report.