Re: Fox News Presents a Fair and Balanced Report!!!

["Steven Robinson" <srobin21@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not really. The by-line says Associated Press
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From: "Jose G. Perez" <jg_perez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 8:42 AM
Subject: Fox News Presents a Fair and Balanced Report!!!


> For once, Fox News presents a Fair and Balanced report!
>
> Read it here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95484,00.html
>
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>
> Judge Rejects Fox News' Request for Injunction on Franken Book
>
> Friday, August 22, 2003
> Associated Press
>
> NEW YORK  - A federal judge on Friday denied Fox News Channel's request
> for an injunction to block humorist Al Franken's new book, whose title
> mocks the Fox slogan "fair and balanced."
>
> U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said the book - "Lies and the Lying Liars
> Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right" - is a parody
> protected by the First Amendment.
>
> "There are hard cases and there are easy cases," the judge said. "This
> is an easy case. This case is wholly without merit, both factually and
> legally."
>
>