Fairly Blatant¹

    Being naught but an outside observer, I always enjoy when giant corporations make asses of themselves. They do it on such a grand scale. Thus I am taking perverse pleasure in watching Fox News’s (or Faux News, and some wag called it) Neal Pollack and Blah3.com (by way of Byzantium’s Shores), are making Friday, August 15, “Fair & Balanced Day” on the Internet, hence the name change for my site. We plan to appropriate Fox’s illegitimately acquired phrase and turn their nuisance suit into a real nuisance.
    The trademark infringement lawsuit is even more laughable since Fox News actually claims ownership of the phrase “Fair & Balanced” when they are decidedly neither. I guess describing yourself in direct proportion to what you aren’t is a typical right-wing mindset: the kind of thinking which gives us Bush’s “Clear Skies” and “Healthy Forests” programs. [Then again, on the other hand, we’ve got a Total Information network baldly named the “MATRIX”. And Iraq’s new Operation: Ivy Lightning, whose acronym is OIL².]
    And capping all this is the news that interest in Franken’s book has skyrocketed. Sales on Amazon are up an astronomical and incredible 14,300%, making the book number one in pre-sales. Good going Fox. Way to get youir point across. You retort, we deride.
Can you spot the difference?
    1. Would “Fairly Biased” have been a better pun?
    2. The “OIL” acronym was first noted at Stray Bulletins