Thursday, January 22, 2004
This is probably one of the funniest things I have read in a long time. Fox News almost sues Fox Entertainment over the Simpsons. From an AP report:
"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....According to Groening, Fox took exception to 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....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..."
So the O'Reilly/Franken thing never really sunk in on Murdoch and Ailes, eh? One would think sooner or later these guys would "get it", but they don't. The best part? "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," Groening said.
I was wondering why the corner store never carried any Duff beer.
This is freakin' hilarious, almost as funny as Rush going to a "liberal" touchy, feely rehab instead of a "conservative" let the addicts serve time jail.
But it's not. OK, so either Fox News thinks were all idiots (or at least those who watch Fox News, which may or may not be the case but if I were a Fox News viewer I'd be a little upset). Or they are such a large propaganda machine that they will use whatever means necessary to stifle any critique no matter how outlandish. And the sad thing is, it worked. Groening can not parody Fox News, period. I'm sure he got the message loud and clear. And I'm sure others are getting the message as well. "We will go after you."
Frivilous, sure. Effective at keeping critiques to a minimum, absolutely.
If Fox was willing to even consider suing a sister company, they will tie anyone up in court. I suppose if one has a ton of money or gets a lawyer to work pro bono for the publicity this isn't an issue; however, for those everyday people who use parody to make arguments and ask questions about our culture, they'd rather not mess with it. Too much time. Too much trouble. Too much money.
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"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....According to Groening, Fox took exception to 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....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..."
So the O'Reilly/Franken thing never really sunk in on Murdoch and Ailes, eh? One would think sooner or later these guys would "get it", but they don't. The best part? "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," Groening said.
I was wondering why the corner store never carried any Duff beer.
This is freakin' hilarious, almost as funny as Rush going to a "liberal" touchy, feely rehab instead of a "conservative" let the addicts serve time jail.
But it's not. OK, so either Fox News thinks were all idiots (or at least those who watch Fox News, which may or may not be the case but if I were a Fox News viewer I'd be a little upset). Or they are such a large propaganda machine that they will use whatever means necessary to stifle any critique no matter how outlandish. And the sad thing is, it worked. Groening can not parody Fox News, period. I'm sure he got the message loud and clear. And I'm sure others are getting the message as well. "We will go after you."
Frivilous, sure. Effective at keeping critiques to a minimum, absolutely.
If Fox was willing to even consider suing a sister company, they will tie anyone up in court. I suppose if one has a ton of money or gets a lawyer to work pro bono for the publicity this isn't an issue; however, for those everyday people who use parody to make arguments and ask questions about our culture, they'd rather not mess with it. Too much time. Too much trouble. Too much money.
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