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by Joe B. b>Fox, The Fair And Balance News Station The Fox News Network management may have bleeding of the brain and as gray matter spews out of their ears the words "Fail and Balanced" echoes across the land. I’m half asleep listing to talk radio personalities joke about Fox News infringement lawsuit against Mr. Al Franken, humorist was half a comedy team and alumni of Saturday Night Live (Who in the early to mid 1970’s did his Al Franken Decade skit). It this laughable lawsuit goes to court it may Al Franken’s decade part two. Fox News is sewing because of the title in Franken’s book "Lies and the Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right." Fox Channels says "Fair And Balanced" was trademarked in 1995." The cable new filed a trademark infringement lawsuit seeking a court order to force Penguin Group publisher, Dutton, to rename the book for unspecified damages Let me get this straight Fox is willing to sue a satirical, political comic, author for words used by almost anyone at every given time. "How about "And That’s The Way It Is" by Walter Cronkite, or "Baby baby baby, I love you baby by the late singer composer, deep melodious voiced Barry White, or "Luke I AM Your Father" by actor James Earl Jones of the "Star Wars" Movies? This is a stupid, bull move by Fox News to silence one person and thereby others in the process. Anyone out there knows this is comic but at same time serious because if the suit by Fox wins it send a chilling messages to people who puncture blowhards and anyone thinking they’re the know all, be all and cannot be touched. One last comment. A Dutton spokeswoman said Fox News' parent company, News Corp., is trying to keep the public from reading Franken's message, which she said is un-American. "True that." Lets have the public make their own choice and let it go at that. It looks like News Corp. not only wants to sue for so called trademark infringement but wants to go one step further and not have people read Franken’s book. I do believe that border’s on censorship. Fox should be shown they cannot own words or phases strung together. "Fair And Balanced" "Fair And Balanced" "Fair And Balanced" "Fair And Balanced. "It’s a string of words strung together what else are they gonna Trademark "Late Braking News", "How Was Your Day", or "Life In The 21st Century"? Oh, sorry Mr. Cronkite has that one sewed up. It looks like Mr. Franken has another book to write about guess who that "Fair And Balanced" news station. This is what happens when info corporations gobble each other they actually believe they are all powerful lets break that illusion real quick so they know they are servants of the people and the airways are public. Meanwhile New York, Detroit, and Canada have had a full blown blackout. It looks like Con: Edison has extended itself too thin. First its lightening, then maybe a fried animal or just too much usage beyond peak hours. Yet the internet which originally was defense a department computerized failsafe in case of a nuclear exchange and fallout. I have an idea lets finally develop alternate energy strategies instead of being on one huge electrical grid. Will New York citizens and the rest of those affected now be forced or scared then gouged by electric companies as prices rise instead of not only repairing the problem but looking into and investing in renewable technologies. Remember what happened to California a few years ago? It could now happen all over in different cities in the United States as energy companies may see ways of making brown and blackout profitable for them. Email: askjoe@poormagazine.org |