Best_man23
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Thu Aug-14-03 02:16 PM
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Orlando Sentinel - Fox News sues, chokes on its words |
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The network's decision to sue comic writer Al Franken over trademark infringement ranks as a stunning misstep. Rupert Murdoch's channel, part of his sprawling News Corp., opened itself to ridicule, exposed itself as a hypersensitive bully and discounted the public's intelligence. The lawsuit was Fox News' worst move since sending Geraldo Rivera to Iraq.
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The complaints of being "shrill" and "unstable" apply to the channel, not to Franken. "Fair and balanced," it seems, is just a slogan.
The Orlando Sentinel (or Slantinel, as I like to call it) is a fairly right wing paper. This is a scathing criticism of Faux and its frivolous lawsuit against Al Franken.
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Thu Aug-14-03 02:18 PM
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because the neocons and their like have gotten way too cocky, shrill, and over the top.
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Thu Aug-14-03 02:26 PM
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3. Which words will corp not let me use today? |
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We need a list on this. I never knew words in every day use were owned by someone.If this is how it is going I wish to pick a word that only I can use. Now let see and is gone. Give me time to think which word I want and I will tell you later BUT watch what you use until then. We have reached being gov, by quotes.
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Thu Aug-14-03 02:21 PM
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Thu Aug-14-03 02:29 PM
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4. Franken personifies mellow and unflappable. |
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Fox's use of the perjoratives "shrill" and "unstable" were O'Reilley's projections of his own shortcomings.
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Thu Aug-14-03 02:58 PM
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I'd sure like to read it, but I guess I can find it.
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