The Case of Fox News v. Homer Simpson

In a Simpson's episode there was a parody on Fox News. The parody included the "news crawl" so often seen on Fox News. Or so I'm told; I'd rather be dropped into a tank of angry Black Widow Spiders than become hideously misinformed by watching Fox News.

As any person or organization wracked with feelings of insecurity is prone to do, Fox threatened a lawsuit. They must enjoy getting laughed out of court.

Homer said "So sue me." Rupert Murdoch, Head Maroon at Fox, blinked first. A man so astute as he figured out that Fox News shouldn't sue a Fox Network program. There's too much potential for public airing of dirty laundry, not to mention a few million dollars. Why risk antagonizing the producers of your only quality program?

According to Jim Frisinger of the Dallas News, "you won't see any new episodes with the Fox News crawl under Homer and Bart's antics: as a policy matter the network asked the cartoon to drop the concept because viewers might be confused that they're watching real news."

What the network doesn't realize is that people who watch the Simpsons are generally more intelligent than people who watch Fox News. Details.

I'd worry more that during Fox newscasts, Fox News regulars might be confused that they're watching the Simpsons.