"Fox News and Dominion reach historic settlement in defamation suit"

Veteran mediator Jerry Roscoe was brought in to mediate the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News just hours before the trial was set to begin. After a whirlwind 24 hours of negotiations, a historic deal was reached, with Fox News agreeing to pay $787.5 million and "acknowledging" the court's finding that it repeatedly aired false claims about Dominion. The settlement averted what would have been a high-wattage trial that would have forced the right-wing talk network to reckon further with the election lies it aired in the wake of the 2020 presidential contest.