Fatheaded Ed publishes probable hoax

Correction: a temporary restraining order, which is a kind of injunction, was issued in the case. However, commenters on Fatheaded Ed's blog gave him a lot of hell for being very slow about identifying his source.

A post on the blog of unscrupulous BVD-clad blogger Fatheaded Ed Brayton says,

A federal judge in New York has issued an injunction against any further distribution of Expelled in a lawsuit filed by Yoko Ono over the use of John Lennon's Imagine in the film without permission. The movie can continue to be shown, but no new prints can be sent out and they cannot distribute DVDs of the movie at least until they hold a hearing on a further injunction on May 19.

So far, no one has been able to verify the story. Ed and a commenter sent others on a wild goose chase trying to find verification. If it does turn out that this is a hoax, Ed will probably delete the post. I wish I could save the post as proof, but the webpage-saver program I tried didn't work for me. I hope that enough readers here see Ed's post before he deletes it.

Ron Steinman wrote,
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There is a growing and disturbing movement in the media for a new freedom that promotes the idea that whoever covers news, and believes they are journalists without credentials, can and should be their own editor, writing and saying what he pleases in his self-created Web log [and also arbitrarily censoring comments from those who disagree with him]. Everywhere I turn, those who call themselves serious journalists, some even using that grand and old fashioned phrase, the press, are assaulting us with the virtues of this new-found freedom. Thus, blog, the shortened version, is now the latest gobbledygook noun in the English language. Lewis Carroll would be proud.
. . . .A major problem is bloggers who run items with no sources. When they cite sources, they are so tenuous as to make you pass Go and return the $200. When caught, the blog will sometimes print retractions quickly [a BVD-clad blogger is likely to just delete the comment that pointed out the error]. The problem is that the readers have become so undiscerning it makes no difference [Fatheaded Ed's fans are a good example]. As quickly as an item is found wrong and as quickly as the blog runs a correction, another rises to take its place. Accuracy has no place on many blogs. (bracketed comments are mine)

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