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Lone_Wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 11:40 PM
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Faux Sues Humorist Al Franken Over Slogan
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 11:43 PM
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1. Great For Franken!
Getting sued by Faux News will be a badge of honor from Liberals. He'll become a cult hero.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 11:46 PM
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3. And there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Fuck Snooze will help him sell more books (tee hee).
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KC21304 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 11:45 PM
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2. This is hilarious. O' Reilly is the one who went bonkers.
I think Franken will get another book and a couple of shows out of this.
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KC21304 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-11-03 11:52 PM
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4. I hate to help Drudge make any money but
Edited on Mon Aug-11-03 11:58 PM by Kerryfan
go to his site and you can read the looney things they are saying Franken did to hurt them. It sounds like a SNL skit.
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-03 06:21 AM
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5. LOL
What a bunch of losers. O'Reilly is such a crybaby.
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trogdor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-03 07:02 AM
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6. This is BS, and they know it.
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.

"Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right." Hmm, judge so-and-so says we have to rename it. What to do?

How about "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A 'Fair and Balanced' Look at the Right?" Note the addition of single quotes around 'Fair and Balanced,' making even more clear for the benefit of the stupid that the intent was sarcasm and satire, not as the fraudulent labelling of something as a NewsCorp product.

Maybe even put something in the Foreward discussing the use of trademarked slogans in satire in the past - MAD Magazine would be but one prime example.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-03 07:07 AM
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7. Prior restraint?? Does this mean that Al can sue w/ discovery?
You can't buy publicity like this.
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LuCifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-03 07:13 AM
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8. Oh who in the FUNK are these Faux Nukes ASSBAGS FOOLING!?!?!?!?
Give me a muthafunking BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man oh MAN are the right wing INSECURE OR WHAT??!?!!!?!!?

On thin ice they are baby.

:mad: :wtf: :argh: :thumbsdown: :nopity: :grr: :nuke:

I hope they loose that stupid frivilous piece of S suit so bad, they have to not only pay court costs, I hope they have to pay Al Franken for his time waste! AND, I hope they have to pay so much, they have to fire Bill O'Retard and his buttlicker Sean Hammity!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm ready for someone to START THE OFFICIAL FAUX NUKES BOYCOTT ALREADY!!
Lu Cifer
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