“The View” co-hosts are expressing disappointment with Fox News’ massive settlement of Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg noted, “Fox News CEO Rupert Murdoch admitted in a deposition that the network knew they were pushing lies.”
“So should they have had to like go onto their own network and say, ‘Look, yes we lied to you all. And we knew it. And we know it and we had to pay this money because we lied to you all,'” she asked.
Goldberg pointed out that the terms of the settlement do not require the network to make an on-air apology or statement.
“What was the point of all this then?” she asked.
Sunny Hostin chimed in, “I think that’s my biggest problem with it because we already know that the Fox News viewer exclusively gets his or her news from Fox News on-air. They don’t read other newspapers, they don’t get their news from any other outlet.”
“So the fact that The New York Times is covering it and CNN is covering it, we’re covering it, that’s fine. But they need to be able to get on-air and tell their viewers, ‘You can’t trust us. We lied to you. We affected our very democracy. Some of our anchors can’t be trusted,” she continued.
Hostin added, “Anything under $1 billion, I don’t think sends the right message … It just didn’t sting enough.”
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Racist Sunny Hostin suggests Fox News viewers are ignorant and have no idea that the defamation suit was ever going on.
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 19, 2023
She also whines that the settlement wasn't enough. "Anything under $1 billion, I don't think sends the right message … It didn't sting enough." pic.twitter.com/faVWwpp6hJ
Joy Behar said she believes the settlement is “okay.”
She pointed out the network is also facing another lawsuit. Additionally, she suggested Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Sean Hannity should be fired.
Still, Goldberg said, “I don’t like the idea that they don’t have to say it out loud… hoping that people will read the deposition.”
“I wanted them to have to say, ‘We lied. And we knew we were lying but we lied anyway.'”
Despite The View pushing disinformation about the 2016 election being stolen and calling Trump an "illegitimate" president, Whoopi wants Fox to say, "We lied. And we knew we were lying but we lied anyway." pic.twitter.com/GvCdqjuUCS
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 19, 2023
On Tuesday, it was revealed Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle the lawsuit, which is reportedly one of the largest settlements ever for a defamation case.
Justin Nelson, a lawyer for Dominion, said about the news, “The truth matters. Lies have consequences. Over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept Dominion and election officials across America into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to Dominion and the country.”
“Today’s settlement of $787.5 million represents vindication and accountability,” he added.
