In Monday's Studio Briefing report about the controversy surrounding the upcoming movie Teaching Mrs. Tingle, we based our description of the plot on information posted on two Internet sites. However, we have received a note from one person who claims to have seen the film and considers the description inaccurate. Fox Pulls Out Of Nab Fox Broadcasting and its 22 owned stations announced Monday that they are pulling out of the National Association of Broadcasters, charging that the organization's opposition to efforts by the major networks to end regulations limiting the number of stations they are permitted to own represents a conflict of interest. NBC has indicated that it is considering a similar move. In a statement, Moore said he would comply with the request even though he disagreed with it.
Satire assumes the audience has a brain.
The Farrellys MTV said Monday that it plans to delete a comment made Saturday by Something About Mary filmmaker Bobby Farrelly during the music channel's movie awards ceremonies, when the event airs nationally on Thursday. Unfortunately, our remarks were misunderstood by many people. We do not think violence is funny and we deeply apologize to those people who thought we were making a joke of the recent high school shooting tragedy. Authorities said the killing was carried out by professional hitmen, although they declined to speculate about a motive. There are no signs that the criminals wanted to steal something from him.