7/8'sIrish opened this issue on Mar 05, 2005 ยท 38 posts
maclean posted Sun, 06 March 2005 at 2:12 PM
Actually, my favorite all-time case in a related arena involved 'The Artist Formerly Known As Prince'. After changing his name to the incomprehensible symbol (that had no pronunciation), he tried to sue the BBC because a VJ referred to him as 'Prince' and not '%*$' (however the hell you're supposed to say it). I don't know what the outcome of the case was, but it was right after that that journalists the entire world over began to refer to him as 'The Artist Formerly Known As Prince'. A sneaky way of getting round his idiotic demands. IMO, the best ever example of journalists ganging up to cut a swollen-headed jerk down to size. Should happen more often. mac