An interesting argument from an even more interesting source, considering that the Wall Street Journal shares an owner with Fox News. News of the utterly predictable decision by the Murdochs to settle the Dominion defamation suit prompted wailing and gnashing of teeth from competitors and journalists throughout the land, who had wanted the court to force Fox and its hosts to admit on the air that they lied about “stop the steal.” WSJ’s editors quote Politico’s overwrought observation that “hopes were dashed — dreams torpedoed” as “hilariously revealing,” but as I noted yesterday, they were hardly alone in weeping over a lost apology.Read More
WSJ editors: Media orgs should be thanking their lucky stars Fox settled
