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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them is a satirical book on American politics by Al Franken, a comedian, political commentator, and politician. It was published in 2003 by Dutton Penguin. Franken had a study group of 14 Harvard graduate students known as "TeamFranken" to help him with the research. The book's subtitle, "A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right", is a parody of Fox News' tagline "Fair and Balanced." Fox sued
Franken, whose "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" was scheduled for release in the autumn, and Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly, who was promoting his own book "Who's Looking Out For You?", which was due for release at about the same time as Franken's. Saying that he felt the need to explain why a fellow panelist's face was on the cover of a book entitled "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them", Franken told a story about O'Reilly's incorrect statements