Simpsons Nearly Sued By Fox

"Now Fox has a new rule that we can't do those little fake news crawls on the bottom of the screen in a cartoon because it might confuse the viewers into thinking it's real news,"

it might confuse the viewers into thinking it's real news

You know, I *almost* find myself agreeing with this. These days, with headlines like this, it's becoming very difficult to tell real news from fake news.

Ya just gotta love that there's at least someone out there still willing to push the envelope like that.

I think this could go either way. There are a lot of idiots out there that are willing to believe anything that is put in front of them. If you ask me, goto CNN for the news. Watch local stations for weather and school closings, etc.

CNN, huh? Somebody told me that CNN's "crawl" recently said, "Schwarzeneggar, who was born in Austria, like Hitler...." Can anyone else verify they saw this? (I was blissfully on holiday w/o TV.)

Well, it's accurate - but also a not very flattering comparison...

/Michael

I'm not sure about them saying he was born there "LIKE" Hilter, true or not, I dont know. However, I did find a little experpt of:
"After surging ahead in polls after a September 24 debate, the actor found himself fending off the sexual harassment allegations and a claim that he expressed admiration for Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in a 1975 interview. (On the Scene: CNN's Kelly Wallace)"
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/07/recall.main/

These Guys are the king of the news bar. In thier second last episode they had the standard newsbar, the faster newsbar giving more uptodate news, and the express newsbar which went blindingly fast and summarised the other two for those people who dont have much time for newsertainment.