Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News for defamation, alleging the news organization spread lies about the company after the 2020 election. After the suit was settled, social media posts falsely claimed that Fox and Dominion Voting Systems were owned by the same company, BlackRock. BlackRock does not own any shares of Dominion Voting Systems.
In 2021, Dominion Voting Systems, which says its voting machines are used by more than 40% of U.S. voters, filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News, alleging the news organization and some of its commentators, including Tucker Carlson, spread lies about the company after the 2020 election.
The defamation suit was settled for $787.5 million on April 18.
“We acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false. This settlement reflects FOX’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards,” Fox said in a statement after the settlement.
But after the suit was settled, posts on social media began to spread the false claim that Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems are owned by the same investment company, BlackRock.
“Dominion settled with Fox News…yes. Blackrock owns Fox News ..yes. Blackrock owns Dominion ..yes. So they sued themselves? Yes. So now they get to write off millions? ..Yes. Are we suckers for believing all this nonsense? YES,” read a post on Facebook.
“Blackrock owns a majority of Fox News and Dominion, Dominion(Blackrock) then sues Fox(Blackrock) and Tucker...
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