{"id":1602,"date":"2003-08-12T09:17:45","date_gmt":"2003-08-12T23:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/12\/fair-and-balanced\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:57:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:57:49","slug":"fair-and-balanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/12\/fair-and-balanced\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair and balanced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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15:49:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 15:49:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Comedian Al Franken has a new book coming out soon: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0525947647\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right\">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In response, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/\" title=\"Fox News\">Fox News<\/a> has decided to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/ac2\/wp-dyn\/A45293-2003Aug11?language=printer\" title=\"Fox Sues Humorist Al Franken Over Slogan\">sue Al Franken<\/a> over his use of the term &#8220;fair and balanced&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So, in order to honor this fine legal milestone, and in the company of <a href=\"http:\/\/atrios.blogspot.com\/2003_08_10_atrios_archive.html#106069927128543262\" 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