I thought this was an interesting case! Fox News is facing another defamation lawsuit and this one looks promising. The New York State Supreme Court greenlighted the lawsuit yesterday. Smartmatic USA Corp et al v Fox Corp et al, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1st Department, No. 2022-01291
“The earth is round, two plus two is four, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 election…” this is the opening statement Smartmatic used when launching their defamation lawsuit against Fox News in 2021.
It was announced yesterday by the Guardian, on March 13th, that a New York court has given the go ahead to Smartmatic’s 2.7 billion dollar law suit against Fox News for defamation. Fox has been trying to have the case dismissed with no luck. Smartmatic claims that Fox News (including hosts and guests) made over 100 false statements about the company while attempting to promote the “big lie” that Biden did not fairly win the election. Fox News promoted Trump’s stolen election theory by inventing a story that Smartmatic helped Biden win.
For example, Fox News stated as fact that Smartmatic miscounted ballots in six battleground states. However, Smartmatic technology was only used in one county. Fox News also stated that Smartmatic was secretly working with another vote counting software “dominion”, in reality they are competitors. More flagrant “facts” include that Smartmatic was in a conspiracy with foreign governments to rig the vote for Biden. The network also stated that Smartmatic was founded in Venezuela by corrupt dictators. In reality, the company was founded in Florida by Americans. I’ve included some links if you’re interested in reading more.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/13/smartmatic-defamation-lawsuit-against-fox-news