aria
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Fricken' Classic.
As a side note:
Man, Fox sure has been edgy about the reality of their slant (just ask Al Franken). I mean, people can fairly accuse the Op Ed sections of several major newspapers of being liberal, but they sure ain't suing anybody over it.
One last point:
You'll notice Fox ordered the Simpsons to stop doing those parodies because it might confuse people with real news reports... Yet, I'll bet serious money that if a live-action movie wanted to use Fox in the same manner they've used fictional reports by the real CNN anchors and CNN logos, Fox would say yes. Oh well...
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Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel threatened to sue the makers of "The Simpsons" over a parody of the channel's right-wing political stance, the creator of the hit US television show has claimed.
In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Matt Groening recalled how the news channel had considered legal action, despite the fact that "The Simpsons" is broadcast on sister network, Fox Entertainment.
According to Groening, Fox took exception took a Simpsons' version of the Fox News rolling news ticker which parodied the channel's anti-Democrat stance, with headlines like "Do Democrats Cause Cancer?"
"Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show," Groening said.
"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would pay for Fox to sue itself. So, we got away with it."
Other satirical Fox news bulletins featured in the show included: "Study: 92 per cent of Democrats are gay... JFK posthumously joins Republican Party... Oil slicks found to keep seals young, supple..."
While the lawsuit never materialized, Groening said some action was taken.
"Now Fox has a new rule that we can't do those little fake news crawls on the bottom of the screen in a cartoon because it might confuse the viewers into thinking it's real news," he said.
"The Simpsons," featuring the dysfunctional family of patriarch Homer Simpson and his rowdy brood, is now in its 14th year and is expected to become the longest-running situation comedy in US history in 2005.
As a side note:
Man, Fox sure has been edgy about the reality of their slant (just ask Al Franken). I mean, people can fairly accuse the Op Ed sections of several major newspapers of being liberal, but they sure ain't suing anybody over it.
One last point:
You'll notice Fox ordered the Simpsons to stop doing those parodies because it might confuse people with real news reports... Yet, I'll bet serious money that if a live-action movie wanted to use Fox in the same manner they've used fictional reports by the real CNN anchors and CNN logos, Fox would say yes. Oh well...
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Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel threatened to sue the makers of "The Simpsons" over a parody of the channel's right-wing political stance, the creator of the hit US television show has claimed.
In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Matt Groening recalled how the news channel had considered legal action, despite the fact that "The Simpsons" is broadcast on sister network, Fox Entertainment.
According to Groening, Fox took exception took a Simpsons' version of the Fox News rolling news ticker which parodied the channel's anti-Democrat stance, with headlines like "Do Democrats Cause Cancer?"
"Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show," Groening said.
"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would pay for Fox to sue itself. So, we got away with it."
Other satirical Fox news bulletins featured in the show included: "Study: 92 per cent of Democrats are gay... JFK posthumously joins Republican Party... Oil slicks found to keep seals young, supple..."
While the lawsuit never materialized, Groening said some action was taken.
"Now Fox has a new rule that we can't do those little fake news crawls on the bottom of the screen in a cartoon because it might confuse the viewers into thinking it's real news," he said.
"The Simpsons," featuring the dysfunctional family of patriarch Homer Simpson and his rowdy brood, is now in its 14th year and is expected to become the longest-running situation comedy in US history in 2005.
