God help America

[facthunter]

A minister of religion and there are Lay Preachers.   Nev

[Marty_d]

7 hours ago, facthunter said:

and there are Lay Preachers.   Nev

Well that makes sense, given the picture. 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Looks like Fox decided to settle out of court and pay Dominion around USD$787m... While this is a win for Dominion and their venture capital owner, it is a loss to public justice as now the hearing will not happen and the evidence, which appears to have been quite damning, will not be aired.  Another case of if you have money, you can escape justice.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/18/media/fox-dominion-settlement/index.html

 

[facthunter]

Can't imagine the share holders will be that amused. Newscorpse faces other challenges along similar lines. It hasn't come out as well as it would have under cross examination but it's CLEAR the management is less responsible in it's conduct than could be desired when  such an amount is negotiated to settle it. The option was always there and stressed by the Judge. I'm not suggesting there's anything improper in that.  Nev

[kgwilson]

The other voting machine company Smartmatic has a $US2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox so they may settle for a similar of maybe larger amount.

[facthunter]

I think it was about 75% of the amount sought so reducing your costs it's about the same  nett result.  Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

I thought Dominion wqere after 1.6bn.. so a little more than a 25% reduction (https://www.npr.org/2023/04/14/1169858006/the-math-behind-dominion-voting-systems-1-6-billion-lawsuit-against-fox-news) . I have read in the media that a lot of the legal experts were predicting that they were likely to have won the case itself. In teh US, civil cases are heard by a judge and jury (not so, generally, in the UK, except for defamation). I think they may have settled because the way a jury will go is totally unpredictable...  Bird in the had, etc...

 

 

 

Edited April 19, 2023 by Jerry_Atrick

[facthunter]

There's a bigger case to  follow and the Crikey one here. Shareholders are NOT amused.. Exposed Knowingly telling lies. Surprise surprise.  Nev

[old man emu]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

Exposed Knowingly telling lies.

Can we even trust the date printed on the banner line of a newspaper?

[facthunter]

Haven't bought one since 1973..  Nev

[Old Koreelah]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Haven't bought one since 1973..  Nev

You don’t have to, Nev. Wherever you go- waiting rooms, foyers of businesses, train stations… -copies of the Daily Terrograph are laying there like snakes, ready to lower the quality of public knowledge.

[pmccarthy]

Yeras ago my dog started eating kangaroo sh*t after bringing in the Murdoch paper, to get the taste out of his mouth.

[facthunter]

OK I reckon the Terrorgraph is about the worst and the Herald Sun in Vic close behind. I think the Merde ock's woes are just beginning. There are other cases pending and the shareholders are getting testy at the loss of reputation (ha Ha). Getting found out I mean. Like when it costs dollars. Up till then It's just fine. There's nothing new about the way they have always done things. Nev

[Old Koreelah]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

…I think the Merde ock's woes are just beginning…

There's nothing new about the way they have always done things.

For OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS the family has been manipulating democracy; first in Australia, then recently they moved to the big league.
The attempted coup in Washington might have been their crowning achievement.

 

[rgmwa]

54 minutes ago, Old Koreelah said:

The attempted coup in Washington might have been their crowning achievement.

 

Hopefully to be followed by their downfall.

[nomadpete]

8 hours ago, rgmwa said:

Hopefully to be followed by their downfall.

The depressing thought is........

 

Who or what would fill the ensuing vacuum?

[facthunter]

Someone with a shred of integrity. Who  cares? The celebration will go on  for ages. There should be a limit to the damage any one individual can be responsible for.  Nev

[rgmwa]

3 hours ago, nomadpete said:

The depressing thought is........

 

Who or what would fill the ensuing vacuum?

Would be hard to find anyone more cynical, transactional and ruthless than Murdoch is, so couldn’t be much worse. Probably lots of Qanon type fringe groups, but they wouldn’t have Murdoch’s clout.

[red750]

21 hours ago, facthunter said:

Terrorgraph is about the worst and the Herald Sun in Vic close behind

$2-80 per day for the H-S. Overpriced when it was 50c.

[facthunter]

They are free in many Hotel Foyers. Keeps their circulation numbers up. Nev

[red750]

I sometimes read them at the Men's Shed if here's something in particular I want to see. Otherwise I don't bother. 

[kgwilson]

Their only good use in years gone by was for fish & chip wrapping. Now they are no good for this either.

[spacesailor]

Toilet Paper of Old .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

BIDET sales have slumped. They keep blocking up. There's an opening for personalised Toilet Paper. Has a Portrait of your  MOST " hated person" on  every length.. Satisfaction guaranteed. Nev

[old man emu]

I use bum fodder with crossword puzzles on it because I'm a smart rs