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Fair and Balanced Update

A federal judge (who is almost surely soon to be eviscerated by right-wing loonies) just threw out Faux News' trademark infringement injuction against Al Franken's new book, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right". I like quoting that title in full. It is fun to say.

Among other things, the judge said Fox's case was "totally without merit" and it was "an easy case". Al Franken commented in another news story, "In addition to thanking my own lawyers, I'd like to thank Fox's lawyers for filing one of the stupidest briefs I've ever seen in my life."

Thanks largely to the publicity, Franken's book has been holding steady in the top-five at Amazon for the last 10 or so days. It's currently at #1 as I enter this. Makes you wonder if maybe O'Really (the guy who really hates Franken because he's on the book's cover) and Franken were partners in crime from the beginning. Nah, that would imply O'Really has some class and smarts.

Nice to see one for the good guys.

Posted by Observer at August 22, 2003 08:24 PM