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Both parties declined to share details about the settlement.
I hope someone leaks the terms they settled for.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said TuesdayĀ that they had settled aĀ defamation lawsuit stemming from the outletās lies about the 2020 election.
Smartmatic filed its lawsuit against OAN in 2021, alleging that the right-wing conspiracy network āvictimizedā the company and spread lies about its role in the 2020 election to āincrease viewership and revenue.ā
Smartmatic still has pending lawsuit against Fox News, the smaller conservative channel Newsmax, and several pro-Trump figures who also pushed lies about the election.
The channelĀ worked closelyĀ withĀ Russian operativesĀ on a propaganda-style documentary duringĀ Trumpās firstĀ impeachment in 2019Ā over allegations heĀ pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.
OANĀ settled a defamation suitĀ in September with former Dominion executive Eric Coomer,Ā whose case revealed how the network worked with former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and others to lie about the election.
In its lawsuit, Smartmatic alleged OAN hosts and guests made dozens of false claims about the companyās role in the 2020 election.
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Haha I forgot about these guys.
Cases like these might save the next election because people wonāt be able to lie about specifics or provide a platform for bad faith actors. I hope good journalists ask the election deniers which company they are referring to, so they can be held accountable if theyāre untrue.