Fox News Host Known for ‘Bombshell’ Lawsuit Says Dominion Settlement ‘Won’t Change the Way Fox Does News’ (Video)
thewrap.comFox Corporation’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems during an appearance on CNN with host Anderson Cooper on Wednesday, arguing that the conclusion of the $1.6 billion legal fight won’t result in meaningful change at the conservative news channel. “I don’t think this will change the way Fox does news, and therefore I don’t think it will change the way viewers view them,” she told Cooper.
Carlson, who reached her own $20 million settlement after suing then-Fox CEO and chairman Roger Ailes for sexual harassment, said she was surprised that the case with Dominion went on for as long as it did. “I’m not a lawyer.
I didn’t take the LSATs. But I feel like I’m sort of a half lawyer after everything I’ve been through, and the one thing you learn is that you should never put your CEOs or C-suite executives under deposition unless you’re pretty sure that you have a solid case,” she said. “So I was really surprised that they allowed all of that information and mistruths to be able to go public.”Carlson emphasized that Fox ultimately decided to settle the case because they “saw the writing on the wall.” “The judge had several rulings during hearings that were not in their favor, and it could’ve also been the makeup of the jury.
Remember, the jury was seated and maybe they didn’t like what they saw,” she explained. “Also, I think that they obviously did not want their top hosts to be coming in and be media fodder for five or six weeks under oath.
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