Newsmax Hands $40M to Voting Software Firm Over 'Election Stolen' Claims

Mark Jeffries

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Mar 15, 2025, 11:22:23 AM3/15/25

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In what was a sealed deal until the rightwing media company issued an initial public offering this week, last summer Newsmax paid Smartmatic $40M to settle an election defamation lawsuit--they are going to court against Dominion Voting Systems, which won a big settlement from Fox News last year this summer and did include in the prospectus that the case is an inherent risk to investors:

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/newsmax-smartmatic-settlement-amount-b2714541.html

And oh yes--Smartmatic's case against Fox is probably going to trial this summer.

Bob F

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Aug 18, 2025, 7:30:07 PM8/18/25

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The Dominion case was settled for $67 million.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/business/media/newsmax-dominion-defamation-lawsuit-settlement.html (link)

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Mark Jeffries, March 15th:

Marti Lawrence

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Aug 19, 2025, 3:41:25 PM8/19/25

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Good.

There is something vile about a broadcaster who claims to produce "news" but pushes outright lies and deceives its viewers.

~Marti

Bob F

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Aug 19, 2025, 8:31:18 PM8/19/25

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And yet my cable system's owners still think it and OAN deserve channel space next to Fox, CNN et al... at least my level of channels doesn't include it. B

Marti Lawrence, to moi, Aug 19th:

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