‘Simpsons’ Sticks It to Fox

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‘Simpsons’ Sticks It to Fox

“The Simpsons” has never shied away from biting the hand that feeds it, but in its 400th episode—heavily promoted by the network—the show went for a two-fer, mocking both the low-brow Fox and the propagandistic Fox News.

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By blueshift, May 23, 2007 at 7:55 am Link to this comment

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By Jacks, May 23, 2007 at 2:38 am Link to this comment

Actually, the show has shied away from criticizing Fox News due to Murdoch. Once, they parodied the “news” channel w/ a ticker running along the bottom stating, “Democrats cause cancer” and it was pulled. The only bashing of Fox we’re seeing is what Murdoch allow us to see.

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