Oops, wrong movie, it was Armageddon not Star Wars, but here's the link to the Snopes hoax article.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/shuttle2.asp
Here's one of the hoax photos
The picture they ran with was another stock photo. Fox is simply not up there with some top names.
Paul Newman sues HUD?
Paul Newman Is Still HUD
By PAUL NEWMAN
The Fox News Network is suing Al Franken, the political satirist, for using the phrase "fair and balanced" in the title of his new book. In claiming trademark violation, Fox sets a noble example for standing firm against whatever.
Unreliable sources report that the Fox suit has inspired Paul Newman, the actor, to file a similar suit in federal court against the Department of Housing and Urban Development, commonly called HUD. Mr. Newman claims piracy of personality and copycat infringement.
In the 1963 film "HUD," for which Mr. Newman was nominated for an Academy Award, the ad campaign was based on the slogan, "Paul Newman is HUD." Mr. Newman claims that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, called HUD, is a fair and balanced institution and that some of its decency and respectability has unfairly rubbed off on his movie character, diluting the rotten, self-important, free-trade, corrupt conservative image that Mr. Newman worked so hard to project in the film. His suit claims that this "innocence by association" has hurt his feelings plus residuals.
A coalition of the willing ?- i.e., the Bratwurst Asphalt Company and the Ypsilanti Hot Dog and Bean Shop ?- has been pushed forward and is prepared to label its products "fair and balanced," knowing that Fox News will sue and that its newscasters will be so tied up with subpoenas they will only be able to broadcast from the courtroom, where they will be seen tearing their hair and whining, looking anything but fair and balanced, which would certainly be jolly good sport all around.
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Paul Newman, an actor, is chief executive of Salad King.
Pdid, that avatar is just YOU. Gotta love it.
Yes, cj, I'm loving it, too.
I'm going to go back to the Twin Towers shortly to mark the second anniversary of 9/11, but for now will prop Al and his book.
Joke of the day:
Quote:"Bill O'Reilly Lashes Out at Haters of Fox News Channel"
Posted by Marv Essary
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Al Franken has tried to sell his books by making references to conservatives (Rush Limbaugh) or copyrighted conservative slogans (Fox News' ''fair and balanced'') in his titles. And Al Franken may have other motives for his tacky titles. Bill O'Reilly has his say about Franken's tasteless technique in this report by Carl Limbacher and staff of NewsMax, which is reprinted by permission.
NEWSMAX.COM - Calling a political activist such as Al Franken a satirist, as did the New York Times, is a ''sick joke,'' says Fox News' top-rated news analyst Bill O'Reilly.
Writing in an op-ed piece in the New York Daily News, O'Reilly charges: ''Attempting to smear and destroy the reputations of those with whom you politically disagree is not satire. If that were the case, Richard Nixon's Watergate plumbers would all be writing for 'Saturday Night Live.' ''
Noting that Fox News Channel would soon celebrate its seventh birthday ''awash in publicity and success,'' O'Reilly observes: ''From virtually nothing, the organization that employs me has risen up to become one of the most powerful news agencies in the country. This is a stunning achievement, but it's also one that has engendered bitterness and controversy.''
The claim that FNC is conservative is ''propaganda,'' he says, a fact proven by many polls that show that the network's audience is ''across the board, ideologically and demographically. The latest survey taken by Mediamark Research finds that more ultraconservative viewers watch CNN than Fox.''
Such facts, however, do not matter to ''Fox haters,'' who are themselves ''primarily ultraliberal,'' he writes. FNC's ''dominance in the cable news world has shattered the stranglehold the left had on TV news for decades.'' This ''has caused fear and loathing in some political circles.''
''If Fox News crashed and burned tomorrow, these people would toast marshmallows in the flames,'' he charges.
FNC is striking back by putting ''the demonizers on notice that they will be held responsible when they violate trademarks or launch defamatory personal attacks on Fox personnel.''
He notes that the ''poo-bahs at The Times know what a smear campaign is, but apparently, if it's directed at an enterprise the paper disapproves of, it's okay. I wonder how The Times' editorialists would react if their faces graced a book cover accompanied by the word 'liar.' Oh, right, they'd consider it satire.''
http://www.chronwatch.com/editorial/contentDisplay.asp?aid=3930
O'Really and Limpbag are such humorist - they should change Fox's motto to "The Comedy Channel"
It's interesting the extent to which the powers-that-be at Fox persist in deflecting the accusation that they are conservative. The other night I surfed into Fox for a bit and heard another commentator, not O'Reilly bash the ACLU. It was O'Reilly, of course, who called the ACLU "the most dangerous organization in American" recently.
I rarely watch Fox, yet I heard both mentions. What gives?
I am leading the effort to get my gym to switch from CNN to FOX. CNN sucks.
cj:
Why don't you strike a balance and have them change the channel to MSGOP? :wink:
Did you see the head of the California Democratic party on Fox yesterday? What an ass.
No, but I did see the unPresident for a second yesterday (longest consecutive time period I can stand) - What a stupid jerk!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's always the Cartoon Channel...
cjhsa wrote:Did you see the head of the California Democratic party on Fox yesterday? What an ass.
That wasn't his head, cj.
Now, for the Fair and Balanced News Update:
Quote:A federal judge on Friday denied Fox News Channel's request for an injunction to block liberal humorist Al Franken's new book, whose title mocks the Fox slogan "fair and balanced." U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said
Fox's claim was "wholly without merit, both factually and legally."
Fox Blocked
Curses! Foiled again!
Heh, heh...
Maybe Fox should copyright "wholly without merit, both factually and legally." It actually more accurately describes their methodology
I respectfully disagree. Franken is a jackass who thinks himself a satirist.
That's very nice cjhsa, thanks
- opinions can differ
I believe the same can be said of Limbaugh, O'Reilly, etc---->
I don't listen to Limbaugh. I do like O'Reilly though. He also seems willing to back down and even apologize when he's wrong.
Especially when Al Franken whips his ass publicly. :wink:
Twice.
