 Franken is the author of four books that made the New York Times best @-@ seller list . In 2003 , Penguin Books published Franken 's book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them : A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right , a satirical book on American politics and conservatism . The book 's title incorporated the Fox News slogan , " Fair and Balanced , " and included a cover photo of Fox News commentator Bill O 'Reilly ; in August that year Fox News sued , claiming infringement of its registered trademark phrase . A federal judge found the lawsuit to be " wholly without merit " . The incident with Fox focused media attention on Franken 's book and , according to Franken , greatly increased its sales through the Streisand effect . The publicity resulting from the lawsuit propelled Franken 's yet @-@ to @-@ be @-@ released book to # 1 on Amazon.com. 
