Former WDAF Channel 4 -turned FOX News anchor Harris Faulkner, has settled a $5 million lawsuit against Hasbro over a plastic toy hamster that shared her name and that she claimed was designed to look like her….
Seriously.
Please do not confuse this story with Craig’s coming soon, Harlequin romance submission on his decade with Black Barbie. This is serious journalism.
I knew Harris when she was in the Kansas City market. She’s a strong, beautiful and talented conservative Christian lady who I like a great deal.
After the toy came to her attention, Faulkner played the rodent card and sued Hasbro in a New Jersey federal court last year.
She claimed the toy; part of the company’s Littlest Pet Shop line wrongfully appropriated her name and persona and harmed her credibility as a journalist.
Clearly Faulkner should have sued FOX for doing that first.
Hasbro, whose other products include the Furby and Play-Doh, said the hamster was not named for Faulkner, nor did it look like her. It argued that the hamster was an inch-tall, cartoon-like plastic animal “with no apparent gender or profession.”
I get it…
Hasbro just happened to cough up the miscellaneous name Harris Faulkner.
We will have to have Harley use his years of calculating probability and odds to confirm the chances, but I’m calling BS on this one.
In another act of good faith, Hasbro decided to stop production of a hamster with its pants down around its ankles they named Roger Aisles.
Faulkner was especially upset because the packaging also declared “Harris Faulkner” was a choking hazard. I’ll just leave that one right there.
The “Harris Faulkner” toy is no longer manufactured or sold by Hasbro.
However, in a company statement Hasbro said, “Since there still may be “Harris Faulkner” toys or packaging with the name in the stream of commerce, Ms. Faulkner reiterates that she has not endorsed or approved this product.”
As you can tell from the picture, Hasbro is clearly racist.
It would appear they did not think a black hamster would sell so they clearly chose to make it a creamy white.
Which brings up another question, why are black liberal women on the television news networks not as attractive as Harris?
LMAO Paul. Funny stuff.
She is a “smoke machine”!
If I remember, she had to leave KC at one point because the police couldn’t stop someone from stalking her. True?
Our loss.
It was an ex. Not why she left, but she did have a stalker. It was kind of played off making you think it was a whacky viewer/fan but it was based in a bad breakup if I recall.
I have a promo picture she autographed to me as a joke; I’ll tell you about it..
i’d about bet she left for greener pastures in a larger TV market, spurred perhaps by the stalker thing. who could blame her?
I always liked her. I was glad to hear she got the national gig.
I was surprised to hear of this case back when it all started. A frivolous suit in my opinion.
Have a good weekend Wilson!
Yeah, I like her a lot! Not “stalker” kind of like, but she’s a good, solid human.
I know her uncle very well.
Guy builds $20,000 engines for the hot rod crowd. Super cool dude.
We can all rest assured that there will NEVER be a Paul Wilson action character or toy image.
The bottom line is that Hasbro was using Faulkner’s name and image without her approval. She had the right to sue.
Oh man, you chose to take this beautiful Friday morning and dash the last of my hopes and ambition?? That’s just so sad…
paul… no… you still have a shot at getting a well-coiffed scribe bobblehead… i can see it now!
Thank you! Clearly you have faith in me where Jack has none. I appreciate that, even if you’re wrong!
I would encourage all G.I.’s named Joe and all builders named Bob to get a lawyer.
I liked Harris okay while she was in town. Since selling her soul (and whatever) to FauxNews, not so much.
Hence my line….maybe she should have sued FOX first…
HARLEY THE MAGNIFICENT’S UPDATE ON 2016 ELECTION:
NBC/WSJ POLL JUST OUT 10/10 AT 11AM HAS:
HILLARY UP BY 11-14 points nationally. we are looking at
landslide numbers now and the republicans possible loss
of the senate and still a long shot loss of the House of Representatives!!!!!!!
Melania wore a pussy-bow shirt (that’s the real name) to the debate sunday.
I’m not into womens fashion so i’ll defer to glazo on this but who gave a
woman’s shirt this name. And it costs $1100! Melania might not have much
in the brains department…but she “grabbed” (I shouldn’t use that word)
herself a sugar daddy. Her sugar daddy’s suit looked like off the rack from
JC Pennys.
More tapes from trump to come out. A Clinton supporter is paying 5 million
dollars to get all the previous “comments” from trumps apprentice and according
to former apprentice producer “this stuff makes this weekends tape look like
childs play”. Should help Hillary’s numbers.
House speaker drops trump and will focus on house races.
Pence after next video drop will probably leave the ticket.
Trump drops all ads in florida/Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Hillary and bill danced the night away in new York last night.
AND HARLEY PROVES AGAIN…HE’S THE FINEST/MOST SPOT ON/
BEST PROGNOSTICATOR IN AMERICA!
Glaze is excited he hit a few football game…but he’s just taking advice
from online. He knows nothing about the teams he bets on.
HARLEY REIGNS SUPREME! AND I AM UPPING HILLARY’S
ELECTORAL VOTE COUNT TO OVER 325. SOME PEOPLE
ARE SAYING OVER 400….BUT I FEEL SORRY FOR DUMPSTER.
WHAT’S HIS CONCESSION SPEECH GOING TO BE LIKE.
NO MONEY…EXCEPT WHAT HE TAKES AWAY FROM HIS SUPPORTERS
DONATIONS.
MAYBE MELANIA WILL LEAVE HIM FOR A MAN WHO ISN’T GOING TO
DECLARE PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY AND HAVE THE RUSSIAN AND
CHINESE MOBS AFTER HIM!