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Was Maddow ever proven to have lied on purpose about anything for damages worth almost a billion dollars?

I am not a shareholder, nor am I invested in the cost these corporations face, but it is a bit funny the back and forth with the US and lawsuits. I am more for fixing the systematic issues the working class faces by building up an independent (from the duopoly and oligarchy) working-class movement.

Correction on Rachel Maddow and Tucker Carlson defamation lawsuits:

In response, OAN sued Maddow, MSNBC, and its parent corporation Comcast, Inc. for defamation, alleging that it was demonstrably false that the network, in Maddow's words, “literally is paid Russian propaganda." In an oddly overlooked ruling, an Obama-appointed federal judge, Cynthia Bashant, dismissed the lawsuit on the ground that even Maddow's own audience understands that her show consists of exaggeration, hyperbole, and pure opinion, and therefore would not assume that such outlandish accusations are factually true even when she uses the language of certainty and truth when presenting them (“literally is paid Russian propaganda").

McDougal's lawsuit was dismissed in September, 2020, by Trump-appointed judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, based on arguments made by Fox's lawyers that were virtually identical to those made by MSNBC's lawyers when defending Maddow. In particular, the court accepted Fox's arguments that when Carlson used the word “extortion,” he meant it in a colloquial and dramatic sense, and that his viewers would have understood that he was not literally accusing her of a crime but rather offering his own subjective characterizations and opinions, particularly since viewers understand that Carlson offers political commentary:

When discussing Carlson's show generally and how viewers understand it, the court used language extremely similar to that invoked to protect Maddow from defamation lawsuits: namely, that Fox viewers understand that Carlson is, in addition to presenting news, offering his own subjective analysis of it:

This is worth noting because of how often, and how dishonestly, this court case regarding Carlson is cited to claim that even Fox itself admits that its host is a liar who cannot be trusted. This court ruling has become a very common argument used by liberals to claim that even Fox acknowledges that Carlson lies. Indeed, Maddow's own colleague Chris Hayes — whose MSNBC program is broadcast at the same time as Carlson's and routinely attracts less than 1/3 of the Fox host's audience — has repeatedly cited this court case to argue that even Fox admits Carlson is a liar, without bothering to note that his companies’ lawyers made exactly the same claims about his mentor, Rachel Maddow, to defend her from a defamation lawsuit:^[[1] https://greenwald.substack.com/p/a-court-ruled-rachel-maddows-viewers]

Do you think it’s relevant to include in this whether we are learning and listening to people that are objectively lying to us? I feel like that’s an important thing to include, but maybe you do not.

We all have our preferred propaganda sources. Using our critical thinking skills will help us navigate through government and MSM propaganda. Listening and learning from dissenting sources or people that don't think like we do will help us avoid self-censorship and self-built echo chambers, which I think is healthier for our society.

Okay so now it’s “our” government and politicians only… bravo, that’s probably a tactically smart revision to make lol.

I was talking about US foreign policy and the continued aggression and escalations, so that explains the wording of just including the US government and politicians.

You are correct, though. I mean, when I say we should always be highly critical of all governments and politicians, this includes the United States, Israel, Ukraine, the UK, NATO countries, and other Western regime allies.