Fox’s Simpsons show ran a joke banner at the bottom of the screen:
The cartoon ticker 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 …”
But Fox news didn’t get the joke and therefore Fox threatened to sue itself.
Doh! Murdoch’s Fox News in a spin over ‘The Simpsons’ lawsuit