Wednesday, April 19th, 2023

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today's headlines: Fox News settled with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million in the largest-ever libel case settlement in US history, without admitting guilt or apologizing. An 84-year-old man in Missouri was charged with felonies for shooting a Black teenager who accidentally rang his doorbell, sparking protests. Oklahoma county officials were caught on audio discussing hiring hitmen to kill reporters and making racist remarks, potentially facing felony charges. President Biden signed an executive order to reform the child care and long-term care system, and proposed $600 billion in spending for child care and early education in the 2024 budget. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Walt Disney Corporation continued their feud over inspections and taxes, while Disney announced a Pride Nite event. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Independent: Dominion wins $787m from Fox as election lies lawsuit settled NY Times: Man Accused of Shooting Ralph Yarl Turns Himself In AP News: Oklahoma sheriff says recording of killing talk was illegal NBC News: Biden issues executive order to make child and home care cheaper Vanity Fair: Disney Sees Ron DeSantis’s Prison-Complex Threat and Raises Him a “Pride Nite” Extravaganza Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, April 19th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.3	by Betches Media.
0:08.3	I'm your host Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the
0:12.4	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:16.8	show there is.
0:17.9	Our government.
0:22.0	Just before opening arguments in the Fox News' First Dominion trial were set to begin,
0:26.4	the two parties agreed to settle.
0:28.4	The Fox pang a total of $787.5 million to Dominion voting systems.
0:34.3	While that is only about half of the original $1.6 billion asked in the lawsuit, it's actually
0:39.7	the largest ever settlement for a libel case in US history.
0:43.4	However, Fox will not be required to apologize or admit that they lied on air.
0:48.4	The furthest it appears they'll be going is their post-law suit's statement, where they
0:52.2	said that they, quote, acknowledged the court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion
0:56.8	to be false.
0:58.5	Coming up, there is another big defamation suit against Fox News by election vendor Smart
1:02.6	Maddick, a UK company that filed for $2.6 billion in damages.
1:07.7	A statement from one of Smart Maddick's attorneys said that, quote, Dominion's litigation exposed
1:12.0	some of the misconduct and damage caused by Fox's disinformation campaign.
1:16.6	Smart Maddick will expose the rest.
1:18.8	I don't know, it seems like Fox has their legal game on lock.
1:21.9	You may need to call on the big guns.
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