Post by the Scribe on Mar 10, 2020 10:20:00 GMT
DEDICATED TO THOSE FOOLED BY THE LYING LIARS AND THE LIES THEY TELL
INSPIRED BY Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. A satirical book on American politics by Al Franken, a comedian and political commentator. It was published in 2003 by Dutton Penguin. Franken had a study group of 14 Harvard graduate students known as "TeamFranken" to help him with the research. The book's subtitle, "A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right", is a parody of Fox News' tagline "Fair and Balanced." Fox sued Franken over the use of the phrase in a short-lived and unsuccessful lawsuit, which has been credited with increasing the sales of the book.
Lies is one of several books published in 2003 written by American liberals challenging the viewpoints of conservatives such as Bernard Goldberg, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter. These books by Franken and fellow authors such as Joe Conason, Michael Moore and Jim Hightower were described by columnist Molly Ivins as the "great liberal backlash of 2003."
(This was also inspired by an idiot named Glen Beck. I heard another insane diatribe where he used that hate the government talking point for the umpteenth time. Getting real tired of it so I decided to put this thread together.)
INSPIRED BY Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. A satirical book on American politics by Al Franken, a comedian and political commentator. It was published in 2003 by Dutton Penguin. Franken had a study group of 14 Harvard graduate students known as "TeamFranken" to help him with the research. The book's subtitle, "A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right", is a parody of Fox News' tagline "Fair and Balanced." Fox sued Franken over the use of the phrase in a short-lived and unsuccessful lawsuit, which has been credited with increasing the sales of the book.
Lies is one of several books published in 2003 written by American liberals challenging the viewpoints of conservatives such as Bernard Goldberg, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter. These books by Franken and fellow authors such as Joe Conason, Michael Moore and Jim Hightower were described by columnist Molly Ivins as the "great liberal backlash of 2003."
(This was also inspired by an idiot named Glen Beck. I heard another insane diatribe where he used that hate the government talking point for the umpteenth time. Getting real tired of it so I decided to put this thread together.)