Saturday Night Live to Sue Newt Gingrich For Slander

October 24, 2008 · Filed Under 2008 Election, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News, Kind of Satire, Sarah Palin · 3 Comments 

In response to former Senate House Speaker, Newt Gingrich saying that “Saturday Night Live skits were slander and worthy of a lawsuit,” SNL Executive Producer, Lorne Michaels said the show is seriously considering a counter suit claiming that Gingrich has “slandered the SNL brand causing it great loss of future income.”

“We have spent over thirty years developing the SNL brand of satire, “said Michaels.  “And now we have someone of such eminent respect claiming we are distorting rather than satirizing.  That’s Fox News’s job, not ours.”

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