Birthers Sue Esquire Over Satirical Article
by Jason Linkins
06/29/11
Just over a month ago, Esquire Magazine's Mark Warren published an item on the magazine's Politics blog titled, "BREAKING: Jerome Corsi's Birther Book Pulled from Shelves!" Warren's piece was a subtle, yet easily detectable fake item that very specifically satirized the spirit of Corsi's Where's The Birth Certificate?, in that, if Corsi could get away with selling obvious lies to people too dumb to know any better, why couldn't Esquire?
The whole matter might have remained just a blip in the universe of political satire, but it so aggrieved Corsi and WorldNetDaily CEO Joseph Farah, that they intimated that they would consider legal action against Esquire for making them the butt of a joke. And now that threat has been delivered upon: the pair have filed suit against the magazine, Warren, and Esquire's parent company, Hearst Corp. Forbes blogger Jeff Bercovici has all the gory details ("the full amount sought totals more than $285 million") and a copy of the suit itself.
According to Bercovici, Farah and Corsi claim that "the article succeeded...in interfering with their ability to sell books through Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Tower and other retailers. The plaintiffs also say that Warren’s parody exposed them to 'extreme ridicule in the community where they reside and where their works are viewed and read.'”...
For the full article, go to:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/esquire-sued-by-birthers-_n_887238.html
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