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Inside the Billion-Dollar War Against Right-Wing Conspiracists
John Poulos is the C.E.O. of Dominion Voting Systems. His $1.3 billion suit against an ex-Trump lawyer might be the “first step” in a powerful fight against actual fake news.
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Chief Executive John Poulos says Dominion Voting System’s $1.3 billion defamation suit against Sidney Powell is the “first step” in the voting machine company’s efforts to counter a “malicious campaign of lies” spread by right-wing media outlets and the conspiracy theorists in Donald Trump’s inner circle. Dominion is fighting disinformation surrounding the elections in Georgia, Michigan and elsewhere with a powerful weapon: the lawsuit.
In this episode of “Sway,” Mr. Poulos debunks the conspiracy theories, reacts to the “wholly unsatisfying” clarifications issued by right-wing media in and addresses whether Dominion may pursue a defamation claim against the president. “We are ruling out nobody.”
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A podcast about power, hosted by Kara Swisher (@karaswisher). Every Monday and Thursday, from New York Times Opinion. Listen and subscribe.
This episode of “Sway” was produced by Nayeema Raza, Matt Frassica, Heba Elorbany, Matt Kwong and Vishakha Darbha and edited by Paula Szuchman; fact-checking by Kate Sinclair; music and sound design by Isaac Jones; mixing by Erick Gomez. Special thanks to Renan Borelli, Liriel Higa and Kathy Tu.
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Source: Elections - nytimes.com
