We neglected to mention that two awards rather than one were won by The Simpsons at the Writers Guild presentation on the weekend. “Fraudcast News,” another episode of “The Simpsons,” earned the guild’s Paul Selvin Award honoring works that focus on First Amendment issues. The episode by Don Payne had the ever-crusading Lisa Simpson using the school newspaper to fight the politically charged agenda of a media empire run by Springfield’s ruthless billionaire, Montgomery Burns. “I’d like to thank Rupert Murdoch for not having me killed,” Don Payne said, pointing to the irony of the episode’s subject matter and “The Simpsons’ corporate parentage. This award was won in addition to Ian Maxtone Graham’s award for “Catch ‘Em If You Can.”
