Because the suit filed by Fox News against Al Franken might qualify–after all being unsuccessful at being funny isn’t a barrier to calling something satire.
Fox said in the suit that Franken flew into a rage near a table of Fox News personalities at a press correspondents’ dinner in April and acted "either intoxicated or deranged."
It said Franken has become "increasingly unfunny."
"Franken is neither a journalist nor a television news personality. He is not a well-respected voice in American politics; rather, he appears to be shrill and unstable," the suit said.
Fox claims it registered the phrase "fair and balanced" in 1997 and that it "was created as a specific alternative to what its founders perceived as a liberal bias in the American media."
Franken worked as a comedy writer in the 1970s and has appeared frequently on "Saturday Night Live."
But I’m sure Al will thank them for boosting his sales…