Wednesday, August 13, 2003
My Fair and Balanced blog
I have decided to add the tag "fair and balanced" to my blog description after reading the blogs of Matthew Yglesias and Brad de Long earlier today.
If you've got a blog, please consider adding a "fair and balanced" tag somewhere in recognition of Rupert Murdoch's out of control litigiousness (tort reform, anyone?). You also should consider buying the book.
If you're totally out of the loop on what this is about, read this NYT editorial or read Franken's response to Fox's lawsuit. This whole episode reminds me of Warner Bros suing the Marx Brothers for using the term 'Casablanca' in their movie "A Night in Casablanca." Groucho responded by telling Warner that the Marx Brothers were brothers long before Warner Brothers and about a possible infringement. An exasperated Warner Bros just gave up eventually.
If you havent read that letter, you absolutely should, because it is vintage Groucho. You can find it in its entirety here.
If you've got a blog, please consider adding a "fair and balanced" tag somewhere in recognition of Rupert Murdoch's out of control litigiousness (tort reform, anyone?). You also should consider buying the book.
If you're totally out of the loop on what this is about, read this NYT editorial or read Franken's response to Fox's lawsuit. This whole episode reminds me of Warner Bros suing the Marx Brothers for using the term 'Casablanca' in their movie "A Night in Casablanca." Groucho responded by telling Warner that the Marx Brothers were brothers long before Warner Brothers and about a possible infringement. An exasperated Warner Bros just gave up eventually.
If you havent read that letter, you absolutely should, because it is vintage Groucho. You can find it in its entirety here.
