http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/08/12/foxnews.lawsuit.ap/index.html Yeah, fair and balanced.......
I am a fan of Fox News and even though they have a trademark I am not sure if it will hold up that well. SInce the lawsuit was filed in NYC theres a chance that Fox will win, now if it had been on the left-coast, they wouldn't stand a chance.
How could they trademark "fair and balanced" in the first place? Those are common words and a common phrase - it should have been thrown out upon filing
Here's a primer on trademarking words or phrases that might shed some light on this issue: http://slate.msn.com/id/2062607/
I guess that depends upon your definition of "is". Maybe Billary should get involved in this discussion.
It is far from a common phrase in national media. In fact, it's a phrase that had never been used before. You liberals begin to hear both sides and suddenly the sky is falling. Fair and balanced...both sides of the story. Understand the concept?
I want what you're smokin.... I'll give you NPR is not the station of Barry Goldwater but Fox is "fair and balanced" is like saying Bama has had great luck with recent coaching hires..... A couple of old radio friends pulled this off yesterday.... It was pretty funny, since producer 101 is, "call back the call-in celeb or politician". They were so anxious to get Ahhhhnold on the air Fox took a call from the front desk and patched it to live TV within 2 minutes. A 'Regular' republican Everyone loves to imitate Arnold Schwarzenegger's thick Austrian accent. Yet somehow, the Regular Guys on Atlanta's 96rock convinced the "Fox & Friends" morning show on Fox News network Tuesday it was interviewing the real Ahhnald when, in fact, he was a fake. Playing the California gubernatorial candidate, Regular Guys' bud Josh Thompson bantered harmlessly with the hosts for a couple of minutes before uttering the giveaway line: "It's important that you listen to the Regular Guys in Atlanta 'cause they're great!" After Fox cut off the pseudo-Schwarzenegger, co-host Steve Doocy noted: "I'm pretty sure we got punked." The Regular Guys tried a similar prank Monday on NBC's "Today" show but failed. Co-host Larry Wachs said he then chose Fox as a target because he felt "they were more amenable to this type of thing. It's a looser, more casual show, and I guess they got caught up in the moment." A Fox News spokeswoman, Gayle Dragity, dubbed it a "production crew mistake." "It's live TV," she said. "It happens."
