I soooo wish these companies wouldn't settle. It's probably "business smart", but I wan't someone to admit their wrongs. (wishfull thinking)
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And that’s exactly why they wanted to settle; trying to avoid having to publicly admit it
Apparently "held accountable" is "got secret amounts of cash".
Did you mean "had to pay secret amounts of cash"? Because Newsmax is paying here, not getting.
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Beautiful ... disrupt an election and tie up the explanation long enough that everyone forgets about it all and the next election comes along so that they can do it all again.
The power of money is that you can do whatever you want and whenever you're actions are challenged or made accountable, you just throw everything in court long enough to the point where no one pays attention, no one remembers and no one cares any more.
I appreciate the irony of a so-named "news" corp keeping the terms of the settlement secret
confidential settlement
FFS! I know that that's how it usually goes, but it's 100% crucial to the public interest to KNOW the terms and amount!
It shouldn't ever be allowed for a settlement in a case like this to be kept secret.
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know, Smartmatic, Just Made A Great Point, getting the settlement.