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," the suit said.
No, man, Franken's intent is to expose you for the lying liars you are--that's in the title, too, right above the 'fair and balanced' part. But this will be great publicity for the book; any satirist knows this.
"Your Honor, is Fox news being 'Fair and Balanced' when during the election fiasco of 2000 one of their reporters said: 'Is this a case where knowing the facts actually would be worse than not knowing? I mean, should we burn those ballots, preserve them in amber, or shred them?'"
"Or, your Honor, what about the court case where:
Fox argued from the first, and failed on three separate occasions, in front of three different judges, to have the case tossed out on the grounds there is no hard, fast, and written rule against deliberate distortion of the news. The attorneys for Fox, owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch, argued the First Amendment gives broadcasters the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on the public airwaves.
" . . . would you call that 'Fair and Balanced'?"
So according to their previous arguments they will also argue that if they have the right to lie and distort the news, then they can also call this whatever they want including "Fair and Balanced" and someone who calls them on this whilst repeating this phrase sarcastically is using Fox's market cache to sell their own stuff? Let's all thank Fox for shooting Al's book to the top of the charts!
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