CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota lamented Fox News’ legal settlement with Dominion Voting Systems just minutes before the defamation trial was set to begin Tuesday. …

“I predicted there would be a settlement all along, because Fox doesn’t want to air its dirty laundry in a court case. And forgive me, I don’t share quite — Ellie’s being impressed at the outcome. This is half of what Dominion asked for, let’s remember. Yes, it’s obviously it’s a big windfall for Dominion. It’s chump change for Fox. They make more than $1 billion a year, their news division. So this is, I think, this is a victory for Fox. They don’t have to put their big stars on the stand and they didn’t even have to issue a public apology,” she said.

[Well, that’s certainly one take. If this is a victory for Fox, it may redefine “pyrrhic,” however. They have to shell out nearly half of what Dominion demanded at the start, and much more than half of what was still on the table after a ruling last week. Fox also had to admit that its claims regarding Dominion — and therefore its “stop the steal” theory — were false. Is that a victory? — Ed]