Description:
The definitive story of Dominion v. Fox, the battle over election lies that changed the future of democracy
Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network is the watershed media case of the century. After an onslaught of attacks by several Fox News hosts and guests insisting that Dominion's voting machines were rigged to steal the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump, the previously little-known voting technology company decided to fight back. Over the next two years, their libel litigation laid bare the inner workings of the seemingly unassailable Fox Corporation and the thoughts of the media conglomerate's most high-profile stars, guests, and executives.
On the morning the trial was set to begin, the parties reached an unprecedented settlement of $787.5 million. The media lamented that secrets from Fox's top talent and owners would never come to light, but now the full, shocking truth has finally been revealed. Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody exposes the true story of the election lies that shook Fox News and the nation. Media lawyer and author Ian Rosenberg transforms thousands of pages of legal documents into a compelling behind-the-scenes narrative. He presents the saga as a riveting three act drama that answers the vital questions: why Fox News broadcasted flagrantly false claims about election fraud; what the legal action uncovered about Fox's power structure and the actual malice standard; and how the aftermath will fundamentally impact the future of libel law, the media, and our democracy.
Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody provides a clear-eyed, expert analysis of this history-making lawsuit, and what it means for our country today.
Brief description: Ian Rosenberg is a media lawyer who has specialized in First Amendment, libel, and intellectual property law for over 25 years. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Brooklyn College. Rosenberg graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Cornell Law School. He is the author of The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms and Free Speech Handbook (art by Mike Cavallaro), a nonfiction graphic novel.
Review Quotes: "Veteran media lawyer Ian Rosenberg takes us behind the scenes and shows us not just the legal drama but the human drama that made Dominion's showdown with Fox a signature moment for democracy and press freedom in a time when truth itself is under attack."--David McCraw, author of Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts