FOX Broadcasting is suing comedian Al Franken for using the phrase "fair and balanced" in the title of his (satirical) book, Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. FOX alleges that Franken appears "shrill and unstable." They also claim that his use of the phrase "fair and unbalanced" would "blur and tarnish" it. (No word on whether Franken has plans to countersue, claiming FOX has already sufficiently blurred and tarnished "fair and balanced.")
To FOX, "fair and balanced" doesn't describe Al Franken [NYT]