Bill O’Reilly, the protagonist of one of Fox’s greatest scandals, said the network’s $787.5 million payout to Dominion is the consequence of telling the audience “what it wants to hear”
$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 airingin a jury trial and prevent high-profile executives and hosts from taking the stand.
The case was one of the most high-profile lawsuits against a news network in recent memory, but Fox is no stranger to reaching settlements to avoid public litigation. Over the course of O’Reilly’s tenure at Fox, the network paid aroundto bury at least six harassment lawsuits against him. But occupying several lines on Fox’s legal balance sheet didn’t stop O’Reilly from weighing in on the Dominion suit.
“This is what happens when money becomes more important than honest information,” O’Reilly wrote in a message on his website. “Since I left FNC, the template changed from ‘Fair and Balanced’ to ‘tell the audience what it wants to hear.’ And millions of Trump voters, to this day, want to believe the 2020 election was rigged.” O’Reilly had previously called the lawsuit a"This is what happens when money becomes more important than honest information.
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