New Mefi tagline...?

August 14, 2003 4:31 PM

Metafilter: Fair & Balanced[tm] - reclaim free speech tomorrow! This Friday, August 15, is Fair And Balanced day on the Internet... according to Neal Pollack, Atrios and others. Development to this thread
posted by dash_slot- (29 comments total)

Ok, you may find symbols to be peurile, empty and futile. Lawyers don't, politicians don't, broadcasters don't. Can a flash movement like this have any real effect though? Can a groundswell for commonsense save a sarcastic sumbitch like Al Franken? [He's a virtual unknown over here, but some of us have followed the case from afar... over there in the Land Of The Free(c).]
posted by dash_slot- at 4:37 PM on August 14, 2003

All right, I'm in.

I don't know if I did it right, though.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:43 PM on August 14, 2003

Subtle, crash. Subtle...maybe add a few exclamation marks...
posted by dash_slot- at 4:54 PM on August 14, 2003

I'm on for the ride, too.
posted by baylink at 4:59 PM on August 14, 2003

done and done.
posted by dogwelder at 5:02 PM on August 14, 2003

DR Anolick was in on this almost 20 years ago! What a trendsetter!
posted by dogwelder at 5:05 PM on August 14, 2003

Im on it.
posted by grabbingsand at 6:08 PM on August 14, 2003

Does this mean we can all stop calling our sites FOO-Zilla?
posted by briank at 6:23 PM on August 14, 2003

Geez, briank, get with the times!
posted by botono9 at 6:31 PM on August 14, 2003

man...and I just changed my tagline, too.
posted by thecaddy at 6:32 PM on August 14, 2003

Some of you old-timers may remember this sports moment.
posted by yhbc at 7:09 PM on August 14, 2003

"Ok, you may find symbols to be peurile, empty and futile": quite the opposite! Symbols mean things, words are valuable, and that's why they shouldn't be suffocated by spurious property claims and frivolous lawsuits.

Let's see. Do they have a case about copyright? Almost certainly not: you can't copyright just three words. Trademark, then? They'd have to convince a judge that people are actually going to be confused, and think that Franken's book is really put out by Fox News. Uh-huh.
posted by davidchess at 8:41 PM on August 14, 2003

I can hit that!
posted by billsaysthis at 8:44 PM on August 14, 2003

red 5 standing by.
posted by condour75 at 10:30 PM on August 14, 2003

Count me in!
posted by bingbangbong at 10:30 PM on August 14, 2003

done
posted by johnboy at 10:34 PM on August 14, 2003

So apparently today is "Fair And Balanced day on the Internet", "National Relaxation Day" (in the UK) and "Failure Day" (no idea national or worldwide).

If no-one else can see why this is humourous, I'll be sat in the corner complaining about the youth of today. ;)
posted by twine42 at 1:10 AM on August 15, 2003

I'm so relaxed, I fail to see the humour in being fair and balanced, I guess.

Oh, yeah, me is in.

Also, as per TrackBack below.
posted by Samizdata at 1:56 AM on August 15, 2003

why the hell not?
posted by 10sball at 4:19 AM on August 15, 2003

check out the title on the mefi front page!
posted by mcsweetie at 9:35 AM on August 15, 2003

That's top, that is!
posted by dash_slot- at 9:39 AM on August 15, 2003

I'm in.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:51 AM on August 15, 2003

Ditto.
posted by dilettanti at 10:19 AM on August 15, 2003

I ♥ the mathowie.
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:00 AM on August 15, 2003

Never let it be said that I passed up a good meme.
posted by dejah420 at 11:05 AM on August 15, 2003

everfair & balanced.
posted by quonsar at 11:57 AM on August 15, 2003

Fair and Balanced, Bitches.
posted by Captain_Tenille at 2:59 PM on August 15, 2003

I'm in. So is Dave Barry.
posted by woil at 8:02 PM on August 15, 2003

I'm in. Which is to say was.
posted by sillygwailo at 11:43 PM on August 15, 2003