Quoth Ernie the Attorney (Oct. 31): “Fox News will sue anyone at the drop of a hat, but it does have some standards. For example, Fox won’t sue itself. But that doesn’t mean it won’t threaten to sue itself.” (See “Fox nearly sued itself over ‘Simpsons’ parody: Matt Groening”, AFP/Yahoo, Oct. 30). Whoops! Original story turns out to have been, um, embellished at a minimum by “Simpsons” creator Matt Groening, and the show’s producers have issued an apology (Washington Post, Oct. 31)

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