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Headlines scroll at the Twenty-First Century Fox Inc headquarters in the Manhattan borough in New York on April 19, 2023. - Fox News averted a potentially humiliating defamation trial after a last-minute settlement on April 18, but it took a reputational beating that observers said was unlikely to spur the influential broadcaster to tame its "disinformation engine." The network, one of the most powerful and profitable in the US, agreed to a $787.5 million settlement in a lawsuit launched by voting technology company Dominion over its coverage of false rigging claims in the 2020 election. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)