The Blockbuster Fox Defamation Trial That Wasn’t

<p>At the very last minute, both Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News decided to settle their closely watched defamation lawsuit, rather than make their cases at trial.</p><p>Jeremy W. Peters, who covers media and politics for The Times, was inside the courtroom as it happened.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jeremy-w-peters">Jeremy W. Peters</a>, a media and politics correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/business/media/fox-dominion-defamation-settle.html">The settlement</a> with Dominion Voting Systems was another extraordinary twist in a case that exposed the inner workings of the most powerful voice in conservative news.</li><li>The settlement averts <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/18/business/fox-news-dominion-trial-settlement#fox-news-dominion-defamation-trial">what would have been a landmark trial</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>