Welcome to the beat. I am Ari Melburn. All eyes have been on the Delaware courtroom in the scene outside of it where Fox

News is trial was actually slated to begin today

This very Monday the jury had been chosen the judge had set today for this actual trial to begin

But if you can see where I'm going with this the trial did not begin today in a last minute development that has been noticed

Everywhere from Washington DC where so many politicians have a symbiotic relationship with Fox on the right to Fox headquarters in Midtown Manhattan

Well, they're noticing the big news I have for you right now in the biggest case about the lies that let us into the insurrection

The judge has delayed this for at least a day and that may sound like a small scheduling matter until you hear why

This day this pause right now tonight that we are living through is

One last legal chance for Fox

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To settle what could be a very costly case to try to quietly lose rather than potentially

loudly lose before the trial actually begins and

When the trial like this begins as you may know if you followed it

People who normally aren't held to account in this type of forum Rupert Murdoch Tucker Carlson and others will be compelled to take the stand potentially

Now if this sounds like an interpretation of a delay just take a look at

Exactly where this settlement news is being reported these settlement talks where it's being confirmed

I'll show you. It's a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch

That's part of the same Fox News company and you can see the headline

Fox defamation trial delayed as the Fox Network pushes to settle

Looking for a possible way to settle the case

That's how Murdoch's own paper in its own corporate structure is reporting this out today

I'm it's the big news that the trial that was supposed to begin has at least been momentarily delayed now if there's a settlement

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