{"id":51138,"date":"2021-11-03T13:18:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T20:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=51138"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:08:12","slug":"newsmax-and-oan-added-to-smartmatics-billion-dollar-lawsuit-for-pushing-trumps-big-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=51138","title":{"rendered":"Newsmax and OAN Added to Smartmatic’s Billion Dollar Lawsuit for Pushing Trump’s ‘Big Lie’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fallout from Donald Trump’s relentless crusade to spin his humiliating loss to Joe Biden as a “rigged”<\/em> election continues to deliver consequences to those aiding and abetting its dissemination. It has already resulted in a multibillion dollar defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems<\/a><\/strong> against Fox News, Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, as well as Mike Lindell, the infamous MyPillow Guy.<\/p>\n

\"Donald<\/p>\n

Dominion’s lawsuit wasn’t the only one seeking to hold Trump’s “Big Lie”<\/em> spreaders accountable for their reckless slander. Earlier this year Smartmatic, a voting software company, filed a similar lawsuit against Fox News, along with their accomplices Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and Jeanine Pirro. Their filing is a thrilling must read that outlines the depravity Fox & Company<\/a><\/strong>. And now Smartmatic has invited more guests to their legal party. CNN is reporting<\/a><\/strong> that Smartmatic “is now adding Newsmax and One America News Network to the list of defendants.”<\/em> Their filing charges that…<\/p>\n

“Despite claims to provide viewers with honest, unbiased reporting, these outlets victimized Smartmatic by spreading false information about the company following last year’s election, all in their efforts to increase viewership and revenue.” [and that…]<\/p>\n

“The lawsuit charged that Newsmax ‘published dozens of reports indicating that Smartmatic participated in a criminal conspiracy to rig and steal the 2020 U.S. election and that its technology and software were used to switch votes from former President Trump to now President Biden.'” [and that…]<\/p>\n

“The first time it happened could be a mistake. The second, third, fourth and fiftieth times it happened were intentional choices,” the lawyers wrote. “OANN had every opportunity to do the right thing after the 2020 election for President and Vice President of the United States. It could have reported the truth. Instead, OANN chose to do the wrong thing every time. It reported a lie.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There has been some blowback suffered by the “Big Lie”<\/em> propagandists. Fox News has had to alter their programming to avoid further legal liability<\/a><\/strong>. And also here<\/a><\/strong>. Trump’s lead libelist, Rudy Giuliani, has been banned from Fox News<\/a><\/strong>. Nevertheless, Trump is still trying to bully Fox<\/a><\/strong> into reporting his election falsehoods. Meanwhile, Trump is slobbering all over OAN<\/a><\/strong> for sucking up to him:<\/p>\n

“You guys are amazing,” he drooled. “So many people are watching what you\u2019re doing. The election fraud of 2020 is the single biggest thing they want to watch, and other networks don\u2019t put it on because they\u2019re afraid to put it on.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, even OAN has exhibited some nervousness about stepping out too far onto Trump’s limp limb. In February they ran a hysterical disclaimer<\/a><\/strong> prior to airing a crockumentary by Lindell that promised to provide “Absolute Proof”<\/em> of voter fraud (It didn’t).<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see how they behave now that Smartmatic has named them in their lawsuit. But we can easily predict how Trump will behave. He has always been – and is now – incapable of rising above his infantile and hostile tendencies. So, unfortunately, it will be more of the same going forward. And hopefully the future will see Trump himself added to the list of defendants.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 1\/20\/2022:<\/strong> MyPillow guy, Mike Lindell is now also being sued by Smartmatic<\/a><\/strong> for defamation.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 4\/17\/2024:<\/strong> Smartmatic settled with OAN in a confidential agreement that ended the litigation.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fallout from Donald Trump’s relentless crusade to spin his humiliating loss to Joe Biden as a “rigged” election continues to deliver consequences to those aiding and abetting its dissemination. It has already resulted in a multibillion dollar defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News, Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1,684,1200,8],"tags":[554,1140,33,256,1393,1220],"class_list":["post-51138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-media-bias","category-politics","category-propaganda","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-fox-news","tag-newsmax","tag-oann","tag-voter-fraud"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-fake-news-channel.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-diO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48869,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=48869","url_meta":{"origin":51138,"position":0},"title":"Dominion Voting Systems Files $1.6 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox News","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/26\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The bill is coming due for Fox News for having recklessly, repeatedly, and maliciously spread flagrant falsehoods to support Donald Trump's Big Lie over election fraud. 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