Flashback?

     Fox News is in court again -- well, still -- facing off against a voting-machine company.  What, you thought it was over, and that they'd settled out of court for a staggering sum?

     That was Dominion.  This is Smartmatic, and it ain't over yet.  Lawyers and PR flacks from both sides are talking tough and the shockingly cynical comments from Fox on-air talent and others that came out in the run-up to the Dominion settlement are getting another run-though.

     Will Fox blink?  Will Smartmatic prevail if the case goes to trial?  I don't know.  I do know it's all about eyeballs and the relentless pursuit of them -- and the ad dollars they bring -- by Fox News.  If you were expecting any Edward R. Murrow-like pronouncements of journalistic ideals, or even partisan flag-waving like the newspaper magnates of old, forget it.