Fair and Balanced

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Aug 12 18:03:41 UTC 2003


At 10:36 AM -0700 8/12/03, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>vida morkunas:
>  >this tagline/lawsuit appears to be a publicity stunt - how many of
>  >us would have known that Franken has published a book if it wasn't
>  >for the tagline, and Fox's reaction to it? "Lies and the Lying Liars
>  >Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right" would probably
>  >appear in the back pages of the local newspaper's book review
>  >section if it wasn't for the suit.
>
>  >Cherchez la PR agent... ;)
>
>a most unlikely scenario.  why would *fox* institute a lawsuit
>that would serve as publicity for franken?
>
to prove they're fair and balanced after all, which one would never
have suspected otherwise

larry



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