Gee, for a network that brought us "The Simpsons" and "Futurama", Fox sure seems to lack, well, a sense of humor. Consider their new lawsuit against Al Franken and the publishers of his upcoming book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, in which they claim that Franken's "intent is clear — to exploit Fox News' trademark, confuse the public as to the origins of the book and, accordingly, boost sales of the book."
As anybody who has been unlucky enough to experience Fox News' brand of "fair and balanced" reporting, there can't be any brand confusion there.
Good going guys. I was going to buy the book anyway, because I loved Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, but now maybe I'll pick up a few extra copies for friends and relatives. I don't think any of them will think Fox News had anything to do with the production of the book, but they may think, as do I, that Fox network is the big fat idiot of 2003.
(Or perhaps they are acknowleging that the audience they have been targeting with their right-wing propaganda is stupid enough to think that this book is a production of Fox.)
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