CNN s Jake Tapper put Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos on blast over why Fox News wasnt asked to give an on-air apology for all those misled Americans in the networks massive $787.5 million defamation settlement on Tuesday. (You can watch a moment at the 11:00 mark in the clip below.)

The settlement, which barely made on-air noise among Fox News personalities , included a statement from the network in which Fox News gave a nod to the Courts rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false and remarked that the settlement reflects FOXs continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.

Justin Nelson, the lead attorney for Dominion, told MSNBCs Joy Reid that Dominion would have liked to have seen the hosts take the stand and others at Fox News.

Tapper, on Tuesday, read the statement on his show and clearly had difficulties reciting Foxs commitment to the highest journalistic standards.

He questioned Poulos on Wednesday over Foxs lack of an apology in its statement.

Why not force them to tell all those people, all those misled Americans, which polls indicate millions of them still believe this nonsense, why not force them to say, We shouldnt have done that. That was false. You have been misled, Joe Biden actually won. Dominion and Smartmatic and all that was operating just fine? Why not force them to do that? Tapper asked.

Was it just like, Well give you $200 million more if you dont force us to do it? Because you could have forced them to do it.

Poulos responded that the defamation part of the law is really not built around apologies but rather is built to compensate for damage.

And I can tell you we had a company-wide call yesterday, and the unanimous consent in our company is if we could all go back in time and have our company reputation back, we would do so every single time, Poulos added.

Exactly, exactly, but thats my point, said Tapper, who noted the lie about Dominions machines causing Donald Trump to lose the 2020 vote persists.

(H/T Mediaite )