No one knows humiliating Fox News settlements better than disgraced cable star Bill O’Reilly. The former Fox host — who was ousted from the network in 2017 after revelations that the network had secretly settled a series of sexual harassment lawsuits against him — has weighed in on his former employer’s massive payout to Dominion.
On Tuesday, Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle a defamation case brought against the network. The company sought $1.6 billion in damages from Fox, claiming the network’s airing of conspiracy theories related to their voting machines’ use in the 2020 election caused them irreparable harm. Fox agreed to shell out nearly half the demanded value to avoid airing even more of its dirty laundry in a jury trial and prevent high-profile executives and hosts from taking the stand.
The case was one of…
