[when it suggests McCain/Palin are nazoid]
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/fox-family-feud-over-family-guy/
October 20, 2008, 7:25 pm
Fox Family Feud Over 'Family Guy'
By Brooks Barnes
A Sunday night episode of the Fox animated series "Family Guy" stirred
up trouble by suggesting rather directly that Nazi officers would have
supported the McCain-Palin ticket. And it was another arm of the News
Corp. conglomerate, Fox News Channel, that first reported on the
episode.
Fox (the broadcast network) aired the episode in which Stewie, the
obnoxious baby character at the center of the series, and Brian, a
talking dog, traveled back in time to Poland during the 1939 German
invasion. The characters ambush Nazi soldiers in an alley and steal
their uniforms so they can travel without drawing attention. Putting on
an overcoat, Stewie notices a McCain-Palin campaign button affixed to
the lapel. "Huh, that's weird," Stewie remarks.
"Family Guy" has never been known for its taste level. One recent
episode depicted Jesus binge drinking, and the hit show once got in
trouble with the Federal Communications Commission for showing a
partially nude cartoon character. The series' creator, Seth MacFarlane,
is a prominent supporter of Barack Obama's presidential bid. So fans of
the program seemed to take the scene in stride: by mid-day Monday, the
vast majority of blog mentions of the episode were favorable.
And the phones at the network's Los Angeles press office were silent
until ... a call arrived from the Fox News Channel asking for comment
for a story it was preparing and which subsequently appeared on the Fox
News Web site.
According to a Fox executive who would not talk on the record for fear
of angering his News Corporation colleagues, this generated more calls
from other reporters.