Dominion Voting Systems' decision to settle a $787.5 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News was big news Tuesday and Wednesday, with major media outlets running headlines in print, online and push notifications.
But Fox News itself ignored it.
The conservative paper's digital operations published a very brief story about the deal, which Fox executives and CEOs said in 2015. In the 2020 presidential election, he has avoided much evidence that the network will be wary of false claims. .
Fox News host Neil Cavuto briefly read the news of the settlement on his Tuesday afternoon show, citing The Wall Street Journal, which owns Fox founder Rupert Murdoch. Journalist Howard Kurtz quickly appeared on Cavuto's show to discuss the deal, calling the network conspiracy theory "absolutely false."
The 6:00 p.m. Special Deal with Brett Baier also aired a short segment about the Kurtz deal.
"Dominion's attorney gave reporters one dollar for the settlement, but I couldn't confirm that personally," Kurtz told the Fox audience.
In total, Fox News' coverage of the historic settlement was about six minutes, the New York Times reported.
Kurtz previously barred Fox News from covering the story — the network had little or no coverage of Dominion's defamation suit before April.
Researcher Juliet Jeske, who wrote "Fox News Decoding," told HuffPost that she had no word on the ending of "The Five." Even the morning show ignores the story.
The voting technology company is suing Fox for $1.6 billion, minutes after a court hearing as lawyers wrapped up the case.
Dominion's lawyers and CEO objected to evidence that lying has consequences. But Jeske, who questioned the impact, told HuffPost: “Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to change anything on the network.
"Fox renews its contracts with the cable companies. If the cable companies lower the fees they pay to Fox, that could have an impact," he said.
According to media affairs president Angelo Caruso, Fox is reportedly in the process of negotiating new service terms with several major cable companies that typically pay large sums of money for Fox channels.
