one of them is a news analist for Fox news, the other is a political satirist, they hate each other,
fox new also was about three inches away from sueing Franken's ass off, untill they decided to "return him to the obscurity he is acustomed to" (or something like that)
note I didn't actualy click on the link, and I'm not going to, I'm just guessing based on other people's reactions (specificly Raa Tor'h)
O'reily is a popular news analist on the cable news network fox news, he is a central concervitive,
Franken is a comedian with rabidly left wing declanations, has had a few jobs on several TV shows, wrote a few books (Rush Limbah is a big fat idiot (for those who don't know Rush is a rabid rightwing radio talkshow host, probly the biggest, in more than one sence of the word), and just made a new one that has Fox news' trademark logo in it, wich is what the law suit was about)