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[AuthenticM]

EDIT: FAKE NEWS, UNFORTUNATELY

Source: http://nbc.com.co/yelp-sues-south-park-for-10-million-over-episode/

I bolded Parker and Stone's reply, because it is magical.

Today Yelp Inc. filed a $10 million dollar lawsuit against the creators of South Park and Comedy Central. In the lawsuit, Yelp is seeking damages caused by the latest episode of South Park which lampooned the customer review and local business rating website.

Paul Horner, who is a spokesman for Yelp, spoke with NBC News about details of the lawsuit.

“Our company, along with its millions of users, take Yelp very seriously. The South Park episode was in extremely bad taste and not funny whatsoever. To say our critics are out there trying to get free food and using racist slurs on little Mexican children is beyond ridiculous. To compare the users of Yelp to terrorists is not only cruel, but the definition of libel and slander. I believe any reasonable court in America will agree with the lawsuit and rule in our favor.”

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the popular animated series, were quick to issue a statement of their own.

“We’ve taken a hard look at the information presented to us, and after reviewing it, we have given Yelp and their lawsuit only one star. Their lawyers delivered us legal documents in a very unprofessional manner; not bothering to smile or even a quick handshake. The writing on the envelope was barely legible and in two different colors. It is our personal opinion that Yelp could do a much better job by not suing us for ten million dollars.”

 

[SpaceWolf]

Matt Stone and Trey Parker are the greatest of American Heroes.

 

[Mikeside]

I guess they don't really 'get' South Park

 

[entremet]

Not gonna stand in court.

Parody and free speech tend to have strong protections.

 

[Wario64]

Fake? Nbc.com.co?

 

[Ray Wonder]

Lol that reply.

 

[Spehornoob]

I'm pretty sure that's a hoax site. At the bottom of the page they have a link to a common "Big Lebowski 2" hoax rumor.

 

[RobotVM]

Matt and Trey are the heroes we need.

 

[Arc]

Not sure I understand Yelp's goal here. This will never stick in court and the episode was parody.

Edit: wait this looks and sounds fake

 

[Tobor]

I need to watch that episode. Sounds hilarious.

EDIT; Fake? Oh well. Still need to watch that episode.

 

[kingkitty]

you got punked

 

[SketchTheArtist]

nbc.com.co? ......hum.

 

[entremet]

Fake? Nbc.com.co?

Yep.

That's a tricky domain lol.

 

[glaurung]

Excellent response from Matt and Trey.

That was a great SP episode too.

Edit: haha it's fake.

Fappy The Anti-Masturbation Dolphin, a mascot for a Christian anti-masturbation organization, says the company is losing business because of Yelp reviewers.

 

[RightChandMan]

It's fake.

The official yelp twitter confirmed it and also they tweeted right after the episode aired and said they loved it.

https://twitter.com/Yelp?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

 

[DerZuhälter]

That reply had me in stiches at my desk.

EDIT: Yep it's fake and Yelp twitter even acknoledged the fake lawsuit.

 

[acksman]

It's Fake check the address

 

[AuthenticM]

christ

 

[Ray Wonder]

Well that's a good thing it's fake I guess.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

This is the second time I've seen people bambozzled by this fake news site. People really need to learn how to exercise some healthy skepticism on the Internet.

 

[Nokagi]

You done bad OP. You done real bad.

 

[outunderthestars]

Damnit op

 

[Pillville]

Fake? Nbc.com.co?

I don't know, I'm pretty sure the real NBC site always has
"Fappy The Anti-Masturbation Dolphin can help! Praise Fappy!"
at the bottom of the page.

 

[Kreed]

Yep.

That's a tricky domain lol.

Most of the stories on the front page are fake stories (Ex: Fight Club 2 and Breaking Bad Season 6 begin filming).

 

[AuthenticM]

It's the last time I trust my friend over news, hahaha.

 

[Sanjuro]

Weeeemmmmmmmbc.com

 

[FunkyPajamas]

OP about to get one-starred.

 

[shira]

Should I post my one star review of this thread on neogaf.com.co

 

[Nibel]

OP

I am German and even I know that's not how the NBC website looks like

 

[Mysterious]

I give this OP 1 star. Very quick to post threads but the thread did not deliver on my expectations. It used imitation news sources so it did not feel very authentic. I won't be going back to OP's thread.

 

[AuthenticM]

OP

I am German and even I know that's not how the NBC website looks like

I didn't notice because I have disabled the display of image files on Chrome, because I don't want to bust my data cap.

 

[djplaeskool]

Yeah, this is bogus.

The Eat24 marketing/social team (which admittedly was hilariously awesome before their acquisition by Yelp) was totally playing it up.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Yelp is going to get fucking destroyed. This is murica.

Oh shit this is fake? lolol

 

[Siegcram]

Better check your sources next time, OP.

Reply is still hilarious though, so thanks for sharing anyways.

 

[outunderthestars]

It's the last time I trust my friend over news, hahaha.

You could at least edit your OP.....

 

[DrForester]

That response is incredible.


edit: Fake? dang...

 

[Entropia]

Oops, I fell for it too.

Though to be fair, would any of us be surprised if they did sue??

 

[Ivan Amiibo]

It was a weird subject for an episode, considering no one uses yelp for reviews anymoreor for years.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Hope they lose, but yeah, South Park makes fun of everyone. They really don't target one group. All I can say is get thicker skin and suck it up.

Aww, its fake. Still my statement remains true if people want to sue South Park.

 

[Rentahamster]

“We’ve taken a hard look at the information presented to us, and after reviewing it, we have given Yelp and their lawsuit only one star. Their lawyers delivered us legal documents in a very unprofessional manner; not bothering to smile or even a quick handshake. The writing on the envelope was barely legible and in two different colors. It is our personal opinion that Yelp could do a much better job by not suing us for ten million dollars.”

#ded

Spoiler

too bad its fake

 

[AuthenticM]

You could at least edit your OP.....

I did, but the thread title was not changed. :/

edit: I edited it some more.

 

[Sanjuro]

You could at least edit your OP.....

He misinterpreted the news.

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

Our company, along with its millions of users, take Yelp very seriously

Too seriously; exactly what the episode was making fun of.

I find Yelp helpful but they can fuck off with this lawsuit.

Edit: lol, fake.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Hope they like boogers and cum

 

[Latvian Hitman]

Waste of everyone's time. Satire is almost always found to be a protected form of speech in libel/slander cases.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Wow OP you want them to get sued?

"Unfortunately"

 

[Scavenger]

Let's sue the OP.

 

[Messypandas]

EDIT: FAKE NEWS, UNFORTUNATELY

 

[razgriz417]

Damn this got me, though when i got to:

Fappy The Anti-Masturbation Dolphin, a mascot for a Christian anti-masturbation organization, says the company is losing business because of Yelp reviewers.

it did seem off haha

 

[Razmos]

Hope they like boogers and cum

Damn it, now its stuck in my head again.