Al Franken was being his satirical self when he titled his new book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. The swipe at the trademarked Fox News slogan failed to amuse the network, which sued to stop publication, accusing him of being "either intoxicated or deranged." Last Friday a judge sided with Franken, who spoke to TIME's Lev Grossman:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY DECLARE VICTORY OVER FOX?
[In a pompous voice] It is a victory not just for me or my publisher, Dutton, but for satirists everywhere....
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