[mhking]

Just damn. This almost definitely deserves a "barf alert"...

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

Dissent must be crushed!

[thoughtomator]

Pretty stupid move by Fox News to hand this guy so much free publicity... one has to admire the spirit of entrepreneurialism, even if the entrepreneur happens to be a left-wing whacko.

[prairiebreeze]

The way that liberals and left-wingers are treated when they get on those talk shows -- immediately shouted down, without an opportunity to even get a word in -- is just absurd.

Well boo-frickin'-hoo! Makes me want to grab my Kleenex and bawl, just thinkin' about it!

Prairie (/sarc)

[dead]

Sean Hannity is particularly in my sights -- that sanctimony, when those eyebrows start arching, and he starts wagging his finger.

Yikes! Not another less-than-clever t-shirt!

I guess that spells the end of Hannity’s career.

[Notforprophet]

Since when does being a reporter from “Entertainment Tonight” on the Michael Jackson plastic surgery beat all of a sudden, overnight, allow you to start making official pronouncements about politics as if it's gospel?

It was "Inside Edition" you smarmy little twit. And it's better experience for making political commentary than what the likes of Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn, and the Dixie Chicks have ever had.

NFP

[Xenalyte]

Your-good-theory ping!

[AnnaZ]

Could there really be folks at FOX this "logically-challenged"?

[kegler4]

Could the Fox people have done anything stupider? This guy and his site would have been history without the letter. I thought this was the type of thing that whiny lefties did.

[Sabertooth]

One shirt reads “Faux News: We distort, you comply,” while another advertises the “O’Reilly Youth,” a reference to Hitler's youth groups. In its letter, Fox threatened legal action, claiming that the T-shirts could result in consumer confusion and “the impairment of the goodwill represented by the name ‘Fox News Channel.'”

The "Faux News" t-shirt is clever and amusing, even if I don't agree with it. "O'Reilly Youth" exploits the Holocaust, and is in poor taste.

Neither, however, ought to be legally actionable.

[netmilsmom]

>>I saw Ann Coulter on “Hannity & Colmes” last night and I had to switch the channel. It just made my blood boil. I've got a shirt lined up for her! <<

Some people can't handle smart, beautiful women. The left only has Susan Estrich *yuck*.
Between Ann and Barbara Olsen, may she rest in peace, conservatives define beautiful and smart.

[MEGoody]

"The fact that they're the only cable news channel that, despite the fact that they're No. 1, feels the need to spout that every 15 minutes just smacks of Orwell."

Guess this guy doesn't watch CNN "the most trusted name in news." LOL

[tdadams]

I wish I could divulge more about our present legal situation, but within the next five to six days you'll be seeing it in the national media. Fox thought they would spend 37 cents on a letter to some little company in Austin that would just roll over. Well, they're getting a very, very big surprise. I must admit, I've got quite a lot of personal satisfaction from not only being a thorn in their side but also from making a profit doing it.

Sounds like someone fancies himself a gadfly of much greater importance than he is. What a bore. If he wants to do battle with deep pockets the likes of Rupert Murdoch, I can only wish him good luck.

[kevkrom]

The main problem seems to be one of trademark protection vs. protected speech (parody). I doubt Fox would win a lawsuit (of course, in front of a jury, anything is possible), but even a loss would show that they are attempting to vigorously defending their trademarks.

The image of the O'Reilly shirt, for example, uses a Fox News channel logo on the flag being waved. If Fox lawyers were to let this go unchallenged, it would open the door for anyone to use their trademarks without permission.

[mtbopfuyn]

Extremely stupid move on Fox's part. However, the guy said he was about to close shop so how's he going to pay his attorney fees if he wants to "take it all the way", huh? I doubt this will be high profile enough for a publicity grubbing lawyer to want to do this pro bono and I doubt it would even get to court for any $$$ settlement as I (who doesn't play an attorney on tv much less one anywhere else) don't see that FOX has a leg to stand on.

Please folks, don't go over to the guy's site. He'll only see it as more free publicity.

[Cicero]

Good to see that several people have caught the fact that Fox HAS to sue to protect its most valuable trademarks, especially the Fox name. Otherwise they will go the way of aspirin.

[Dont Mention the War]

"I wish I could divulge more about our present legal situation, but within the next five to six days you'll be seeing it in the national media."

And not long after that, we'll be seeing you LOSE in the national media, penis-head. Your Faux News t-shirts are not "protected political speech," they're standard-issue trademark violations. You might win on the "O'Reilly Youth" shirt, though that's questionable as well since the FNC logo, UNALTERED, is so obvious on that shirt. But either way, in the end the damages on the first shirt alone will be so high that all your profits will be wiped out and you'll probably have to shut down.

[foreverfree]

bump

[weegee]

This Media Life thread includes the notion that Salon was once one of their "best of the web" sites.

Naw, no bias there...

Media Life's Best of the Best (Marketplace)

[ChefKeith]

FYI PING

[isthisnickcool]

Media Life recently spoke with Agitproperties webmaster Richard Luckett about the brouhaha.

T-Shirts can be fun. I wonder if Richard Luckett will print me one that says:

I was busted in Texas in 1977 for amphetamine possession and I'll I got was this lousy t-shirt and five years probation.

I bet he wouldn't print me one like that. But if he would I'd give it to him to wear.

Mr. Luckett understands that people like Bush, Coulter, Hannity, etc. are in the public eye and are ripe for ridicule and parody. But now he is in the public eye too.