Earlier this week, Fox News settled its defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, and conservative radio host Charlie Kirk fears the precedent that has been set by the cable news channel.
During The Charlie Kirk Show, the Turning Point USA founder claimed that the trial was not about correcting false statements as much as it was about harming conservative media outlets.
“This sets a very, very dangerous precedent for conservative and heterodox media,” Kirk argued. “This is not about whether or not you agree or disagree with Fox News, this is not about whether or not you hate Fox News or love Fox News, the reason this case goes as far as it did — and reached the ludicrous damage amounts it did — is because the aggressive lawyers and the accommodating court.”
Kirk then appeared to claim that Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis was influenced by the media coverage centered on the trial, saying that Fox needed to settle after Davis had already ruled that the network was guilty of knowingly airing false statements.
“Remember, judges read newspapers, too. The media was cheerleading for this non-stop. Every move of this trail was covered by The New York Times, covered by The Washington Post, so there was a media cover job,” continued Kirk. “This is not about Fox News. This is about whether or not we should change our legal standards just to get Fox and get conservative media companies. This is not about justice. This is about vengeance.”
He added that America needs an outlet like Fox News, and appreciated that the network was available in 100 million homes around the nation.
