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"Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey?" |
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FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifestyle_us_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Matt Groening
recalled how the news channel had considered legal action, despite the
fact that "The Simpsons" is broadcast on sister network, Fox
Entertainment.
According to Groening, Fox took exception took 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?"
"Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show," Groening
said.
"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would
pay for Fox to sue itself. So, we got away with it."
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..."
While the lawsuit never materialized, Groening said some action was
taken.
"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," he said.
"The Simpsons," featuring the dysfunctional family of patriarch Homer
Simpson and his rowdy brood, is now in its 14th year and is expected
to become the longest-running situation comedy in US history in 2005.
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Yang
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The Bush Iraq lie: -357 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
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30 Oct 2003 09:57:43 AM |
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"Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey?"
<eacmole@SPAMmail.com> wrote in message
news:3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net...
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifestyle
_us_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel threatened to sue
the makers of "The Simpsons" over a parody of the channel's right-wing
<>
"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would
pay for Fox to sue itself.
Of course.
So, we got away with it."
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..."
Funniest show on TV.
<>
"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," he said.
That almost sounds like a face saving statement.
They could have done the crawls at the bottom of
the Simpsons' animated TV screen.
It wouldn't seem that confusing something on the
Simpsons for reality would be a serious concern.
They do bite the hand that feeds them occasionally.
Like by showing the Fox satelite as being dilapidated and
held in orbit by balloons. Funny stuff.
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31 Oct 2003 10:37:47 AM |
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"Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey?" wrote:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifestyle_us_television_031029172820
"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," [Matt Goening] said.
In other words, Fox *knows* that its regular viewers are total idiots, and has to tell a cartoon show,
"Don't confuse our viewers!"
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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31 Oct 2003 04:48:51 PM |
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Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote in
news:3FA28FDB.8EE9BD3@serv.net:
"Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey?"
wrote:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lif
estyle_us_television_031029172820
"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," [Matt Goening] said.
In other words, Fox *knows* that its regular viewers are total idiots,
and has to tell a cartoon show, "Don't confuse our viewers!"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44898-2003Oct30.html
Nonetheless "The Simpsons" (the show, not the characters) issued an
apology yesterday: "Matt was being satirical and certainly there was
never any issue between the show and Fox News. We regret any confusion."
</quote>
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Dave W a.a.#1967
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| User: "Maverick" |
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30 Oct 2003 09:41:49 AM |
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10/30/2003, around 09:42:19 AM, Yang, What About Overrated White
Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey? wrote:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lif
estyle_us_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Matt Groening
recalled how the news channel had considered legal action, despite the
fact that "The Simpsons" is broadcast on sister network, Fox
Entertainment.
According to Groening, Fox took exception took 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?"
"Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show," Groening
said.
"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would
pay for Fox to sue itself. So, we got away with it."
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..."
While the lawsuit never materialized, Groening said some action was
taken.
"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," he said.
Hahaha this paragraph is beautiful, just beautiful. :-) Who would think
it was real news, and exactly *why* would they think so? ;-)
Anyway... thanks for the laugh.
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| User: "Phylter" |
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30 Oct 2003 07:01:38 AM |
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(Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like
Jeremy Shockey?) astounded us with: news:3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifest
yle_us_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Matt Groening
recalled how the news channel had considered legal action, despite the
fact that "The Simpsons" is broadcast on sister network, Fox
Entertainment.
According to Groening, Fox took exception took 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?"
"Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show," Groening
said.
"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would
pay for Fox to sue itself. So, we got away with it."
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..."
While the lawsuit never materialized, Groening said some action was
taken.
"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," he said.
The above paragraph speaks volumes about the average viewer's intelligence.
--
Phylter
Denizen of Darkness #44 & AFJC Antipodean Attaché
http://www.rudraigh.com/afjc/regulars.html
Change "no-way" to "hotmail" to respond
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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30 Oct 2003 08:26:20 AM |
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:01:38 +0000, Phylter wrote:
eacmole@SPAMmail.com (Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like
Jeremy Shockey?) astounded us with: news:3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifest
yle_us_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Matt Groening
recalled how the news channel had considered legal action, despite the
fact that "The Simpsons" is broadcast on sister network, Fox
Entertainment.
According to Groening, Fox took exception took 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?"
"Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show," Groening
said.
"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would
pay for Fox to sue itself. So, we got away with it."
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..."
While the lawsuit never materialized, Groening said some action was
taken.
"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," he said.
The above paragraph speaks volumes about the average viewer's intelligence.
No, speaks volumes about what Fox News *thinks of the viewer's
intelligence.
Or the intelligence of *their viewers at least...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"The computer revolution is over. We lost."
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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30 Oct 2003 10:16:02 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <iskanipa-y@hoo.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.10.30.14.26.20.79129@eac.org...
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:01:38 +0000, Phylter wrote:
eacmole@SPAMmail.com (Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like
Jeremy Shockey?) astounded us with: news:3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifest
yle_us_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Matt Groening
recalled how the news channel had considered legal action, despite the
fact that "The Simpsons" is broadcast on sister network, Fox
Entertainment.
According to Groening, Fox took exception took 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?"
"Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show," Groening
said.
"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would
pay for Fox to sue itself. So, we got away with it."
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..."
While the lawsuit never materialized, Groening said some action was
taken.
"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," he said.
The above paragraph speaks volumes about the average viewer's
intelligence.
No, speaks volumes about what Fox News *thinks of the viewer's
intelligence.
Or the intelligence of *their viewers at least...
That's why this little tidbit needs to be broadcast everywhere. "Fox thinks
you're an idiot!" would make a great advertising slogan, don't you think?
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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30 Oct 2003 10:41:36 AM |
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:16:02 -0600, Denis Loubet wrote:
"Mark K. Bilbo" <iskanipa-y@hoo.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.10.30.14.26.20.79129@eac.org...
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:01:38 +0000, Phylter wrote:
eacmole@SPAMmail.com (Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like
Jeremy Shockey?) astounded us with: news:3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifest
yle_us_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Matt Groening
recalled how the news channel had considered legal action, despite the
fact that "The Simpsons" is broadcast on sister network, Fox
Entertainment.
According to Groening, Fox took exception took 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?"
"Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show," Groening
said.
"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would
pay for Fox to sue itself. So, we got away with it."
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..."
While the lawsuit never materialized, Groening said some action was
taken.
"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," he said.
The above paragraph speaks volumes about the average viewer's
intelligence.
No, speaks volumes about what Fox News *thinks of the viewer's
intelligence.
Or the intelligence of *their viewers at least...
That's why this little tidbit needs to be broadcast everywhere. "Fox thinks
you're an idiot!" would make a great advertising slogan, don't you think?
*Love it...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"The computer revolution is over. We lost."
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| User: "William Klee" |
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30 Oct 2003 09:09:10 PM |
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In article <pan.2003.10.30.14.26.20.79129@eac.org>, Mark K. Bilbo
<iskanipa-y@hoo.com> wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:01:38 +0000, Phylter wrote:
eacmole@SPAMmail.com (Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like
Jeremy Shockey?) astounded us with: news:3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifest
yle_us_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Matt Groening
recalled how the news channel had considered legal action, despite the
fact that "The Simpsons" is broadcast on sister network, Fox
Entertainment.
According to Groening, Fox took exception took 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?"
"Fox fought against it and said they would sue the show," Groening
said.
"We called their bluff because we didn't think Rupert Murdoch would
pay for Fox to sue itself. So, we got away with it."
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..."
While the lawsuit never materialized, Groening said some action was
taken.
"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," he said.
The above paragraph speaks volumes about the average viewer's intelligence.
No, speaks volumes about what Fox News *thinks of the viewer's
intelligence.
Or the intelligence of *their viewers at least...
Ya gotta know your core audience...
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30 Oct 2003 07:54:29 AM |
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:01:38 +0000, Phylter wrote:
"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," he said.
The above paragraph speaks volumes about the average viewer's intelligence.
Nope, the paragraph speaks volumes about the ***** Fox News is all
about and the lengths that they'll go to justify themselves. More of the
same crap they tried to hit Al Franken with concerning his "Liar" book.
They continuously demonstrate how unfair and unbalanced they are. A fair
news program would understand the spoofing. But no, they know they're
conservative and they're desperate to "hide" it. "The Simpson's" makers
were just pointing out the conservative bias by spoofing.
They're now curtailing "The Simpsons" makers' creativity. Keep it up and
the 14th year will be the last.
Did you know Matt Groening is agnostic?
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| User: "Phylter" |
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30 Oct 2003 08:18:24 AM |
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Brainfried <no@way.com> astounded us with:
news:pan.2003.10.30.13.55.00.977000@way.com:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:01:38 +0000, Phylter wrote:
"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," he said.
The above paragraph speaks volumes about the average viewer's
intelligence.
Nope, the paragraph speaks volumes about the ***** Fox News is all
about and the lengths that they'll go to justify themselves. More of
the same crap they tried to hit Al Franken with concerning his "Liar"
book.
They continuously demonstrate how unfair and unbalanced they are. A
fair news program would understand the spoofing. But no, they know
they're conservative and they're desperate to "hide" it. "The
Simpson's" makers were just pointing out the conservative bias by
spoofing.
They're now curtailing "The Simpsons" makers' creativity. Keep it up
and the 14th year will be the last.
Did you know Matt Groening is agnostic?
After re-reading my post, I felt that I had aimed at the wrong people and I
stand corrected.
Fox is a sham, "yellow journalism" at best, a puppet of the government at
worst.
Propaganda, Fox be thy name...
Thank you for responding, Brainfried.
--
Phylter
Denizen of Darkness #44 & AFJC Antipodean Attaché
http://www.rudraigh.com/afjc/regulars.html
Change "no-way" to "hotmail" to respond
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30 Oct 2003 12:10:54 PM |
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Phylter <Phylter@no-way.com> wrote in message news:<Xns9424E40006569phylter297Alpha@192.189.54.177>...
Brainfried <no@way.com> astounded us with:
news:pan.2003.10.30.13.55.00.977000@way.com:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:01:38 +0000, Phylter wrote:
"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," he said.
The above paragraph speaks volumes about the average viewer's
intelligence.
Nope, the paragraph speaks volumes about the ***** Fox News is all
about and the lengths that they'll go to justify themselves. More of
the same crap they tried to hit Al Franken with concerning his "Liar"
book.
They continuously demonstrate how unfair and unbalanced they are. A
fair news program would understand the spoofing. But no, they know
they're conservative and they're desperate to "hide" it. "The
Simpson's" makers were just pointing out the conservative bias by
spoofing.
They're now curtailing "The Simpsons" makers' creativity. Keep it up
and the 14th year will be the last.
Did you know Matt Groening is agnostic?
After re-reading my post, I felt that I had aimed at the wrong people and I
stand corrected.
Fox is a sham, "yellow journalism" at best, a puppet of the government at
worst.
Propaganda, Fox be thy name...
Thank you for responding, Brainfried.
Besides, everyone knows that the average viewer of the Simpsons is
smarter than the average viewer of Fox News, so this wouldn't be an
issue.
--- Kermit
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30 Oct 2003 10:52:09 AM |
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Phylter <Phylter@no-way.com> wrote:
The above paragraph speaks volumes about the average viewer's intelligence.
I disagree. I think it speaks volumes about Fox News's contempt for free
speech.
Fox News motto: speak fair and balanced, but carry a big legal staff.
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Brian E. Clark
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30 Oct 2003 09:23:22 AM |
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(Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey?) wrote in message news:<3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net>...
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifestyle_us_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
If we couldn't know this was real, we'd think it was a Simpson's
parody of FOX's annoyance with Al Franken. It shows just how
averse Ruprecht Murdoch is to free speech.
"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," he said.
Meaning: FOX thinks its viewers (or Americans in general) can't tell
an animated cartoon from a real newscast.
It makes you wish the solar flares would shut down all TV satellites.
"The Simpsons," featuring the dysfunctional family of patriarch Homer
Simpson and his rowdy brood, is now in its 14th year and is expected
to become the longest-running situation comedy in US history in 2005.
When it started, "The Simpsons" was bashed by the religious reich
as offensive to "family values". Now it's the only show that fits the
fascists' idea of "family values".
Bob Dog
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01 Nov 2003 02:25:59 AM |
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In article <3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net>,
(Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like
Jeremy Shockey?) wrote:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifestyle_u
s_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
They're probably mad because so many viewers wrote in that they liked
the 'new' news format better than the old.
--
John Hachmann, aa #1782
Pierre Laplace, when asked by Napoleon on why he made
no mention of a god in his book on astronomy: "Sire,
I have no need of that hypothesis."
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
01 Nov 2003 10:22:01 PM |
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:25:59 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net>,
eacmole@SPAMmail.com (Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like
Jeremy Shockey?) wrote:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifestyle_u
s_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
They're probably mad because so many viewers wrote in that they liked
the 'new' news format better than the old.
And wrote in using crayon...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"The computer revolution is over. We lost."
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
02 Nov 2003 12:45:23 AM |
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In article <pan.2003.11.02.04.22.01.408325@eac.org>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <iskanipa-y@hoo.com> wrote:
On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:25:59 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net>,
eacmole@SPAMmail.com (Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like
Jeremy Shockey?) wrote:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifestyl
e_u
s_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
They're probably mad because so many viewers wrote in that they liked
the 'new' news format better than the old.
And wrote in using crayon...
Probably had someone else write it for them too.
--
John Hachmann, aa #1782
Pierre Laplace, when asked by Napoleon on why he made
no mention of a god in his book on astronomy: "Sire,
I have no need of that hypothesis."
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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01 Nov 2003 07:32:39 AM |
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johac wrote:
In article <3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net>,
eacmole@SPAMmail.com (Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like
Jeremy Shockey?) wrote:
You can't make this ***** up.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifestyle_u
s_television_031029172820
Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening
Wed Oct 29,12:28 PM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - 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.
They're probably mad because so many viewers wrote in that they liked
the 'new' news format better than the old.
Groening was spoofing the interviewers.
--
Fred Stone
Illegitimi non Carborundum
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| User: "Mekkala" |
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| Title: Re: FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
30 Oct 2003 02:40:57 PM |
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On 30 Oct 2003, (Yang, What About Overrated White
Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey?) screwed up his face, groaned, pushed
hard, and farted out the following message in
news:3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net:
This is somewhat off-topic -- but doesn't Matt Groening do South Park too?
Or is it someone else? And if so, who is it?
--
Mekkala, Atheist #2148
"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized
I was talking to myself!"
--Peter O'Toole.
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| User: "John Hattan" |
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30 Oct 2003 03:30:37 PM |
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Mekkala <joremovedathiskimtoreply@attbi.com> wrote:
On 30 Oct 2003, (Yang, What About Overrated White
Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey?) screwed up his face, groaned, pushed
hard, and farted out the following message in
news:3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net:
This is somewhat off-topic -- but doesn't Matt Groening do South Park too?
Or is it someone else? And if so, who is it?
That's Trey Parker and Matt Stone, IIRC.
---
John Hattan Grand High UberPope - First Church of Shatnerology
john@thecodezone.com http://www.shatnerology.com
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| User: "Kevin Anthoney" |
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30 Oct 2003 03:28:14 PM |
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Mekkala wrote:
On 30 Oct 2003, (Yang, What About Overrated White
Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey?) screwed up his face, groaned, pushed
hard, and farted out the following message in
news:3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net:
This is somewhat off-topic -- but doesn't Matt Groening do South Park too?
Or is it someone else? And if so, who is it?
From:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/behind/cast.html
Executive producers & creators: Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
--
Kevin Anthoney
kanthoney[a]dsl.pipex.com
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| User: "Mekkala" |
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| Title: Re: FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
31 Oct 2003 09:39:16 AM |
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On 30 Oct 2003, Kevin Anthoney <kevin_anthoney@hotmail.com> screwed up
his face, groaned, pushed hard, and farted out the following message in
news:3fa1826e$0$9465$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com:
Mekkala wrote:
On 30 Oct 2003, (Yang, What About Overrated
White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey?) screwed up his face, groaned,
pushed hard, and farted out the following message in
news:3fa0ce6f.22437468@news.cox.net:
This is somewhat off-topic -- but doesn't Matt Groening do South Park
too? Or is it someone else? And if so, who is it?
From:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/behind/cast.html
Executive producers & creators: Trey Parker, Matt Stone.
Oh right... got Matt Stone and Matt Groening confused :)
--
Mekkala, Atheist #2148
"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly
realized I was talking to myself!"
--Peter O'Toole.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
30 Oct 2003 08:25:26 AM |
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 08:42:19 +0000, Yang, What About Overrated White
Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey? wrote:
"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," he said.
WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Confuse Simpsons with real news!
WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As if Fox News is real news!
WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Help! I can't breathe!
WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Parody is now officially redundant)
--
Mark K. Bilbo
"The computer revolution is over. We lost."
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| User: "John Hattan" |
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| Title: Re: FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
30 Oct 2003 08:37:56 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <iskanipa-y@hoo.com> wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 08:42:19 +0000, Yang, What About Overrated White
Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey? wrote:
"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," he said.
WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Confuse Simpsons with real news!
Sounds like something Jeffy would say. "Hey, just because it's a cartoon
doesn't mean that people don't refer to it as real news!"
I hope the run ten crawls next season.
---
John Hattan Grand High UberPope - First Church of Shatnerology
john@thecodezone.com http://www.shatnerology.com
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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| Title: Re: FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
30 Oct 2003 05:04:11 PM |
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Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey? wrote
in alt.atheism
"The Simpsons," featuring the dysfunctional family of patriarch Homer
Simpson and his rowdy brood, is now in its 14th year and is expected
to become the longest-running situation comedy in US history in 2005.
"God is my favorite fictional character."
-- Homer
--
Elroy Willis
EAP Chief Editor and Newshound
http://web2.airmail.net/~elo/news
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| User: "John Hattan" |
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30 Oct 2003 06:07:00 PM |
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Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote:
Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey? wrote
in alt.atheism
"The Simpsons," featuring the dysfunctional family of patriarch Homer
Simpson and his rowdy brood, is now in its 14th year and is expected
to become the longest-running situation comedy in US history in 2005.
"God is my favorite fictional character."
-- Homer
"Help me Jeebus!!!"
-- Homer
---
John Hattan Grand High UberPope - First Church of Shatnerology
john@thecodezone.com http://www.shatnerology.com
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| User: "Reverend Lovejoy" |
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| Title: Re: FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
30 Oct 2003 10:43:26 PM |
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"John Hattan" <john@thecodezone.com> wrote in message
news:ms93qvkc760aqu9uao8dvdmtik06elvouj@4ax.com...
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote:
Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey? wrote
in alt.atheism
"The Simpsons," featuring the dysfunctional family of patriarch Homer
Simpson and his rowdy brood, is now in its 14th year and is expected
to become the longest-running situation comedy in US history in 2005.
"God is my favorite fictional character."
-- Homer
"Help me Jeebus!!!"
-- Homer
"I'm not usually a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me
superman!"
-- Homer
--
"I remember another gentle visitor from the heavens, he came in peace and
then died, only to come back to life, and his name was E.T., the extra
terestrial. I loved that little guy."
- Reverend Lovejoy, The Simpsons
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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30 Oct 2003 06:56:03 PM |
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John Hattan <john@thecodezone.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote:
Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey? wrote
in alt.atheism
"The Simpsons," featuring the dysfunctional family of patriarch Homer
Simpson and his rowdy brood, is now in its 14th year and is expected
to become the longest-running situation comedy in US history in 2005.
"God is my favorite fictional character."
-- Homer
"Help me Jeebus!!!"
-- Homer
"Too bad God isn't alive to see this"
-- Homer
Have you ever run across a complete collection of such anti-god
quotes from the Simpsons? I googled around for five or ten minutes
but couldn't find any that were specifically anti-religious quotes.
--
Elroy Willis
EAP Chief Editor and Newshound
http://web2.airmail.net/~elo/news
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| User: "Ron Baker" |
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| Title: Re: FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
31 Oct 2003 12:14:12 AM |
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"Elroy Willis" <elo@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:46c3qvcuqfdpamgrb5gr3anhjjefac56go@4ax.com...
John Hattan <john@thecodezone.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elo@airmail.net> wrote:
Yang, What About Overrated White Athletes Like Jeremy Shockey? wrote
in alt.atheism
"The Simpsons," featuring the dysfunctional family of patriarch Homer
Simpson and his rowdy brood, is now in its 14th year and is expected
to become the longest-running situation comedy in US history in 2005.
"God is my favorite fictional character."
-- Homer
"Help me Jeebus!!!"
-- Homer
"Too bad God isn't alive to see this"
-- Homer
Have you ever run across a complete collection of such anti-god
quotes from the Simpsons? I googled around for five or ten minutes
but couldn't find any that were specifically anti-religious quotes.
I'd like to see that too.
While I'm here, from tonights episode:
Bart (complimenting Rev. Lovejoy's daughter's reading
before the church):
God's words have never sounded so plausible.
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| User: "Alan Curry" |
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| Title: Re: FOX Almost Sued Itself Over Simpson's FAUX News Parody |
31 Oct 2003 07:16:01 PM |
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wrote:
John Hattan <john@thecodezone.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Have you ever run across a complete collection of such anti-god
quotes from the Simpsons? I googled around for five or ten minutes
but couldn't find any that were specifically anti-religious quotes.
(Flanders was acting principal after Skinner was fired)
Flanders: Thank the Lord for another beautiful school day
Superintendent: Thank the Lord... Thank the Lord? That sounded like a prayer.
A prayer! A prayer in a public school! God has no place
within these walls, just like facts have no place within
organized religion.
--
Alan Curry
pacman@clss.net
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