Fox is nuts!
Daily Kos has reported that Fox has sued Al Franken over the title of his new book. This has got to go down as one of the worst lawsuits ever. First of all, Fox gave a huge boost to the sales of the book. Secondly, I think it would be rather easy to dispute Fox's claim that they are fair and balanced. How about how many liveral guests are invited to talk versus the number of conservative guests? How about the amount of time spent discussing Republican talking points versus Democratic? How about contrasting the treatment of errors made by the Clinton administration to the treatment of errors made by Dubya's administration?
But the absolute nuts thing about this suit is the threat of discovery. Al Franken should rightly require every document about editorial decisions and every evaluation of guest and hosts of Fox's news and talk shows. If that gets out to the public, what a public relations nightmare! What a nightmare for the Fox staff and guests!
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