Fark NotNewsletter: Why Fark uses weird source icons for CNN links

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1502127397-10148-66128 Content-Type: text/html Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [3D"The](3D") [3D"Facebook"](3D") [=3D"Twitter"](3D") [3D"Totalfark"](3D") Having trouble reading thi= s email? View it online [here](3D". Comments thread: [](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A mes= sage from Drew Curtis: Question of the = Week: Why Does Fark Not Use CNN's Logo For CNN Links? Fark his= tory is basically just a long string of one weird anecdote after another.&n= bsp; About three years ago, we replaced CNN's logo with a series of homebre= w meme images. Here's the backstory. It comes as no shoc= k to regular Fark readers that Fark is regularly used as a resource by pret= ty much every morning radio show, late night talk show, and weird news podc= ast/video whatever, you name it. Which is great; we love it! Th= e trouble is, Fark rarely gets mentioned on these shows, which is unfortuna= te because it helps Fark out tons to get publicity - with the major excepti= on of NPR'"s Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," who has been awesome mentioning us o= n a regular basis since the show started. To all you folks out= there who work on these shows - no one minds that you say you saw stories = on Fark, especially me! Tell everyone! Over the years, w= e've had weird issues crop up with mainstream media TV shows. For exa= mple, about 10 years ago, "Best Week Ever" had a website where they were st= raight up lifting Fark taglines and articles verbatim without attribution.&= nbsp; I contacted "Best Week Ever" about this, and they immediately scrubbe= d their website (but not before we made a backup copy) - which wasn't at al= l what I wanted! I would have much preferred they kept using Fark mat= erial but mention us in the process. I was hoping for a partnership o= f some kind, but so it goes. So here's what happened to the CN= N logo. Waaaaay back in 2014, CNN started a show called "It's = Not News," which was pretty much all weird news stuff. I don't ever c= laim that Fark has domain over all weird/offbeat news by a longshot, but "I= t's Not News, It's Fark.com" happens to be one of our slogans and that was = a bit close. So I contacted them, not to ask them to change anything,= but to ask if maybe we could get a Fark segment or a shout out or somethin= g on the show. Or help them out some other way. A little cross-= pollination of audiences never hurts. Anyhow, apparently the i= nquiry got punted to CNN's legal department, which angrily wrote back and s= aid they were going to scrap the show completely - which was not what I was= asking for! CNN Legal also seemed a bit vindictive in their response, prob= ably because they mistakenly thought Fark was forcing them to scrap the sho= w or something, and as a parting shot they demanded Fark stop using the CNN= logo. Why? No idea, pretty much every other news site out ther= e demands that we do use their logos. But fine. We complied. I figured at some point someone else at CNN Corporate would not= ice and ask around about their logo having gone missing, because I'd bet th= e farm that CNN Legal didn't ask CNN Corporate before demanding Fark take d= own their logo. This has happened dozens of times before with other n= etworks as it turns out, overzealous attorneys demand we remove a logo, we = comply, then corporate contacts us to ask what happened to the logo. = But we're three years in at this point, so I guess they're not going to ask= us to put their logo back. I suspect CNN Corporate probably has no i= dea all this went down in the first place. However it did give= us the opportunity to use our nifty "Missing Plane Network" and "Don Lemon= Party" logos among others, which was nice. So that's what hap= pened to the CNN logo. And on that note, if anyone would like to subm= it a replacement CNN logo for future use, Fark logos are 77x27 in size.&nbs= p; Feel free to send some in! And we'll be sure to give you a shout-o= ut for it! ________________________ We = now return you to your usual Fark NotNewsletter. ________= ________________ So that's the full story of our weird CNN sou= rce tags. Do you have a website that we link to that needs a proper tag? [Here's how to submit your so= urce icon to Fark](3D". Comment Mentions The number of comments thes= e words were mentioned in on Fark and TotalFark in the past week. Note: Thi= s does not mean they were the most-used words Local mil= k people - 49 Cosmopolitan bias - 52 Bacon - 336 Comment Votes Some of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week Funniest: bearded clamorer figured= out the [Fark-related origins of another Far= ker's butt tattoo](3D"=) HawgWild shared a [positive observation about Martin Shkreli](3D") Psychopusher = had an idea of [the location of a = hedgehog](3D"http=) nekom figured something out about the [Canadian court system](3D") redmid17 = strong>explained [the popularity of "shipping= " among fandom](3D"=) Dimensio lamented [body cameras on police officers](3D") Ron Vibbentro= p shared a thought about monsters u= nder the bed davidphogan was [upset about a heatwave in Portland, Oregon](3D" Gordon B= ennett shared [a case of mistaken id= entity](3D"https=) fusillade762 noticed that [a problem on a Facebook page seemed familiar](3D") Smartest: HawgWild shared a [positive observation about Martin Shkreli](3D") NutWrench = rong>explained why a [statute of limitations = should not have run out](3D"https:/=) NutWrench thought the write= r of an article was wrong about [some guy's e= ssay about his curvy wife](=3D" netizencain noted [a lack of perspective at the NYPD](3D") Ub= erDave [defended Pizza Hut](3D".=) SpaceyCat argued [in favor of = certain dumbassery](=3D" Munden explained [the precedent that decided a court case](3D") hubi= estubert had [advice for someone who= 's bothered by tattoos](3D"https:=) sithon thought [some information was missing from an article](3D") holdmybones thought that [deraili= ng a bioterrorism response drill didn't make someone the hero she imagined = it did](3D" TotalFark Discussion: Note: This sectio= n can only be accessed by [TotalFarkers](3D"ht=) Funny: = ;JerseyTim got a new kitchen tool and [did a little research](3D" Funny & Smart: CommieTaoist shared [something de= eply personal](=3D" Funny: EggFool noticed what = another [Farker was driven to](3D"=) CSB Sunday Morning: [Signs](3D"ht=) Smartest: tenalquot had [a crush on a marri= ed woman](3D"http=) Funniest: L.D. Ablo [disappointed Officer Andy](3D") Polit= ics Funniest: kronicfeld told us [what Scaramucci will be doing now](3D") mrshowrules= was sad that [Scaramucci missed out= on an essential experience](3D"https=) carkiller was [affected by Scaramucci's departure](3D") Wal= kingCarpet noticed [a lack of chaos = in the Trump administration](3D"=) Etchy333 shared a [political cartoon](3D") Politics S= martest: TommyDeuce took a guess at [why Scaramucci had to leave](3D") NeedlesslyCanad= ian thought there was [one main rea= son behind Trump's actions](=3D" Ambivalence tried to [explain things to Tomi Lahren](3D") Ma= rcus Aurelius figured out why people complain that [Mueller has conflicts of interest](3D") Hobodeluxe= imagined what would have happened [if Obama had called the White House "a real dump"](3D" Contest Votes Some of the top-voted contest entries from last week, listed from highest= number of votes down Photoshops: Yammerin= g_Splat_Vector found that the fire = department doesn't just use dalmatians ionthrust fo= und [Monorail Cat's cousin](3D") Ya= mmering_Splat_Vector showed us [what= a real mushroom cloud looks like](3D" zeon [made this fellow a little taller](3D") Driver ordered the [ACME Coyote Launcher](3D"https://=)= FarkingIceHole [heard yo= u like archers](3D" Wrongo [gave this train somewhere to go](3D" ionthrust created= [a morphing cubeball](3D") Alligato= r showed that [even firefighting is = automated nowadays](3D"https=) Yammering_Splat_Vector can now t= ravel [through spacetime](3D") Stain= edGlassRuby [really likes stained gl= ass](3D"https:/=) Farktography: CiliarySpasm = g>won Farktography Contest No. 639: "[Fire Hydrants](3D" with [a well-hydrated hydrant](3D") If you w= ould like to suggest a theme for a Farktography contest, you can contact [Elsinore](3D") or stop by the [Farktography Forum](3D" >. Fark Headline= s of the Week (brought to you by Blythe) &nb= sp; Headlines of the Week! Thanks for voting! Note th= at there are ten Politics headlines instead of three this week - we're gett= ing so many politics submissions that it's only fair that more Politics hea= dlines get noticed. Voting for the funniest / cleverest / Fark-worthy= headlines regardless of the story is especially important here b= ecause it's easy to just vote for headlines you agree with. = Here are a few of the headlines that *didn't* make it to the top - ther= e's a lot of good ones that get overlooked. Make sure you vote for th= e headlines you like when you see them! Funniest, cleverest, makes yo= u laugh, makes it Fark - we want to highlight the best headlines, not just = the headlines for stories you like. Thank you again! Vote early= , vote often :) MAIN [S= ecret spy radio station, that no one admits operating, still transmits from= somewhere inside Russia. Set your shortwave radio to 4625 kHz and your Put= in Magic Decider badge to "A=3DA" and copy the secret message sent by Vlad,= himself](3D") SPORTS [Dropped ball leads to Cubs World Series = ring for Steve Bartman. Also the plot of upcoming Rookie of the Year sequel=](3D") GEEK [The worst whiskies in the world. "With t= asting notes including acryllic paint, burnt tree and wet cardboard, lovers= of a good dram should steer well clear" (possible Not safe for work conten= t on page)](3D") ENTERTAINMENT [If each state were a Game of Thrones character. California is= Tommen Baratheon: Blond and easily duped, powerful but clumsy, impressed b= y boobs and wacky religions](3D") POLITICS = ; [Progressive darling and former congressman, Alan G= rayson (D) achieves level 21 chaotic evil by bankrupting his ex-wife and ev= icting her and their kids. Lolth approves](3D"=) [Putin turns in three c= ards. Reinforces Belarus. NATO flips table](3D") B= USINESS [In the wake of their sexual = assault and sexual harassment scandals, Uber's board forced out Travis Kala= nick and decided it was time for a female CEO. After months of searching, t= heir shortlist is now down to these three men](=3D" DISCUSSION [Aside from a smug sense of superi= ority and far too many hops, what does it mean to be a craft beer? Also, he= re are six craft beers to try this month](3D") And here ar= e some of the headlines that did make it: Headlines Of The Week fo= r Sun 2017-07-30 to Sat 2017-08-05: MAIN= > ["Ladies and Gentlemen, update from the flight= deck. That 'whoosh' sound you may have heard was the North Korean ICBM tha= t just detonated a few minutes behind us"](3D"http://=) SP= ORTS Jon Jones reclaims UFC title, ret= urns to Mars to continue manhunting GEEK= rong> [Scientists discover unknown virus in 'thr= owaway' DNA. No mention of tissues or socks](3D"htt=) = ENTERTAINMENT [Sofia Vergara poses comp= letely nude for Women's Health and Millie Vanilli Chilli Willie because you= 're not reading this anymore. Not safe for church](3D" POLITICS [The National Security C= ouncil has a job opening for somebody better than Ezra](3D" BUSINESS [Growing trend of= "curse-free" pubs in England is not going over well. "Golly gee, this misg= uided idea has really made me quite upset and unable to express myself in t= he preferred fashion of which I'm accustomed to," said one customer](3D" = DISCUSSION [Let's G= et Graphic: 100 Favorite Comics And Graphic Novels by NPR. 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