Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening

[phillybri]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031029/od_afp/lifestyle_us_television_031029172820

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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."


Aren't conservatives AGAINST frivolous lawsuits???:shrug:

[wtmusic]

1. There's a Simpson's episode right there

Rupert deserves a writing credit

[Brian Sweat]

2. This is an example of how idiots shoot themselves in the foot.

The following two paragraphs paint Faux news as being right-wing and anti-Democrat. This is actually the opinion of Groening and not necessarily that of the writer. Because the writer paraphrased Groening instead of quoting him, it give the appearance the the writing is stating this as fact. I don't think that this was an accident. I think that the writer took an opportunity to paint Faux news as being right-wing and anti_Democrat and ran with it.


"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."

"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?'"