The cost of lying and/or being gullible

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Oh the irony.....

These stations/"news" people gave into the lies of a stolen election to attract gullible Republican viewers, increase ratings, sell advertising and make money.

Now that money is going bye-bye.

Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims
DENVER (AP) — The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, according to documents filed Monday.

The settlement comes after Fox News Channel paid $787.5 million to settle a similar lawsuit in 2023 and Newsmax paid what court papers describe as $40 million to settle a libel lawsuit from a different voting machine manufacturer, Smartmatic, which also was a target of pro-Trump conspiracy theories on the network.

Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis had ruled earlier that Newsmax did indeed defame Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems by airing false information about the company and its equipment. But Davis left it to a jury to eventually decide whether that was done with malice, and, if so, how much Dominion deserved from Newsmax in damages. Newsmax and Dominion reached the settlement before the trial could take place.

Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims

The conservative network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.

apnews.com

 

[zymurgy]

The Clinton Surplus is a great example of this form of lying - and the cost of it

We did not have a real surplus - overall debt went up every year in office. Borrowing from social security during the years it was actually solvent does not equate to a surplus

Bush ran with that lie though - a government should not have a surplus, so he used Clinton's lie to pave the way for tax cuts.

 

[Nordberg]

The Clinton Surplus is a great example of this form of lying - and the cost of it

We did not have a real surplus - overall debt went up every year in office. Borrowing from social security during the years it was actually solvent does not equate to a surplus

Bush ran with that lie though - a government should not have a surplus, so he used Clinton's lie to pave the way for tax cuts.

What were you responding to? Typical diversion. The thread did not include Dominion's much larger suit against Fox Gnus. Newsmax deserves to pay for blatant and obvious lies that hurt a business.