US TV
'Never any issue' between 'Simpsons' and FNC
Published Saturday, Nov 1 2003, 07:48 GMT | By James Welsh
The Simpsons has issued a statement saying there was "never any issue" between the show and Fox News Channel.
In an interview on NPR's Fresh Air last week, the show's creator, Matt Groening, said that FNC threatened to sue The Simpsons over a particular episode where they poked fun at the news channel's crawl.
The episode in question featured a ticker-crawl at the bottom of the screen parodying items featured on the channel. It read: "Pointless news crawls up 37 per cent ... Do Democrats cause cancer? Find out at foxnews.com ... Rupert Murdoch: Terrific dancer ... Dow down 5000 points ... Study: 92 per cent of Democrats are gay ... JFK posthumously joins Republican Party ... Oil slicks found to keep seals young, supple ..."
FNC denied that a lawsuit was ever considered, with a spokesman saying that the channel thought the cartoon "was great."
In the statement released by The Simpsons, they explained:
"Matt was being satirical and certainly there was never any issue between the show and Fox News. We regret any confusion."
In an interview on NPR's Fresh Air last week, the show's creator, Matt Groening, said that FNC threatened to sue The Simpsons over a particular episode where they poked fun at the news channel's crawl.
The episode in question featured a ticker-crawl at the bottom of the screen parodying items featured on the channel. It read: "Pointless news crawls up 37 per cent ... Do Democrats cause cancer? Find out at foxnews.com ... Rupert Murdoch: Terrific dancer ... Dow down 5000 points ... Study: 92 per cent of Democrats are gay ... JFK posthumously joins Republican Party ... Oil slicks found to keep seals young, supple ..."
FNC denied that a lawsuit was ever considered, with a spokesman saying that the channel thought the cartoon "was great."
In the statement released by The Simpsons, they explained:
"Matt was being satirical and certainly there was never any issue between the show and Fox News. We regret any confusion."
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