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Sarah Palin Infuriated Roger Ailes for Not Announcing Her Decision on Fox News
New York Magazine ^ | November 21, 2011 | Gabriel Sherman

Posted on 11/22/2011 11:30:30 AM PST by Southnsoul

Sarah Palin's announcement that she wouldn't run for president disappointed her legions of admirers — but it infuriated Roger Ailes. The Fox News chief wasn't angry about the decision itself. Rather, he was livid that Palin made the October 5 announcement on Mark Levin's conservative talk-radio program, robbing Fox News of an exclusive and a possible ratings bonanza. Fox was relegated to getting a follow-up interview with Palin on Greta Van Susteren's 10 p.m. show, after the news of Palin's decision had been drowned out by Steve Jobs's death. Ailes was so mad, he considered pulling her off the air entirely until her $1 million annual contract expires in 2013.

After the announcement, he called Fox's executive vice-president Bill Shine into a meeting. Shine is the network's principal point of contact with Palin. Ailes told him she had made a big mistake. "I paid her for two years to make this announcement on my network," Ailes pointedly told Shine. Sources described the episode on condition of anonymity, given the sensitivity of the relationships.

Palin is said to have made her announcement on Levin's show because she's been upset that Fox News has given a platform to Karl Rove, one of her principal critics. "She isn't happy with Karl," one Palin adviser told me. "From day one, he hasn't been very nice." Levin had become Palin's biggest booster in the conservative commentariat, and Palin is known for rewarding loyalists, and punishing her detractors.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ailes; fauxnews; iampalinhearmeroar; iquitarod; levin; marklevin; palin; rogerailes; saintsarah; sarahpalin; tokyorove
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To: who knows what evil?; DJ MacWoW
think one of the tubes might be going...

And eventually that one show might stop broadasting..


261 posted on 11/22/2011 4:13:10 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012 -- the man we need at the time we need him)
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To: freedumb2003; who knows what evil?

Oh no! Say it ain’t so! ;-)


262 posted on 11/22/2011 4:14:37 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: W. W. SMITH

Amen. Palladin is a Palin hater from way back.

Palin’s contract with Fox is to come on shows and comment on the news of the day. When Fox runs poll after poll that says Sarah should not run is she supposed to like it? Everytime Karl Rove is on Fox he is saying Sarah is an idiot. To me Karl Rove is the enemy of Sarah and the Tea Party. The sooner we can elect a conservative majority the better, then we won’t have to listen to the Rino King Karl tell us we don’t matter. See tagline.


263 posted on 11/22/2011 4:41:22 PM PST by Lets Roll NOW (Karl Rove can KMA)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Way over the line. Sounds like a typical liberal. Like Bill Maher or something.


264 posted on 11/22/2011 4:45:31 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: lonevoice
To: Palladin
I, for one, will be glad to see the back of this basketball-player humping phony.
That's crude and vile.
Pissant got deservedly zotted for a post less crude and vile than this one.
265 posted on 11/22/2011 5:10:55 PM PST by samtheman
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To: Lets Roll NOW

I still have this tickle way in the back of my mind. Palin, With a pat on the back here, a good word over there, maybe a hint of endorsement right here and at convention time no one has the nomination. Then after the voting Palin gets to pick her VP and start the attack on Obama.


266 posted on 11/22/2011 5:11:09 PM PST by W. W. SMITH (Obama is an instrument of enslavement)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks onyx.


267 posted on 11/22/2011 5:13:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: DJ MacWoW
I did not miss that pukey so called pun, it was not funny or clever. Bennett Cerf he is not.......
268 posted on 11/22/2011 5:25:21 PM PST by samantha (Sarah is our TEAple. leader for America the Beautiful...Go Herman Cain.)
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To: Southnsoul
"She isn't happy with Karl," one Palin adviser told me. "From day one, he hasn't been very nice." Levin had become Palin's biggest booster in the conservative commentariat, and Palin is known for rewarding loyalists, and punishing her detractors.

Heh. Good for Sarah!

269 posted on 11/22/2011 5:31:00 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: RitaOK
Nothing to do with science, and you do not even have to do much research to see your motivation and tendencies. It is right there in black and white.
270 posted on 11/22/2011 5:31:00 PM PST by samantha (Sarah is our TEAple. leader for America the Beautiful...Go Herman Cain.)
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To: DJ MacWoW; Palladin

Right and neither is Palladin.


271 posted on 11/22/2011 5:34:31 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: OrangeHoof
She told some radio host in Alaska that he would be the first to know so Roger, baby, you’re not alone.

Actually, she told those hosts that if she decided to run for President, she would announce on their show. She didn't say anything about her decision NOT to run.

272 posted on 11/22/2011 5:34:46 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: freedumb2003

He’s throwing a million to her? Maybe in your world people don’t work for their money but Sarah worked for what she earned. Fox made much more than a million with Sarah working for them. She was gracious to them settling on that salary.

The only one having a hissy fit is Ailes. Try and keep it honest.


273 posted on 11/22/2011 5:41:56 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: psjones

She’s probably made 50 times what Fox pays her from her books and appearances. She doesn’t need Fox to make a living.


274 posted on 11/22/2011 5:42:07 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: Palladin

Sarah Palin doesn’t care what you think, Bedwetter.


275 posted on 11/22/2011 5:42:57 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: Palladin

Actually, you’re wrong. She values loyalty over sucking up.

You just can’t make the case that sucking up is the more intelligent thing to do.


276 posted on 11/22/2011 7:00:50 PM PST by reasonisfaith (Or, more accurately---reason serves faith.)
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To: Palladin

Rather nasty tude there dude! Got Friends?


277 posted on 11/22/2011 7:28:07 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: greene66
I’ve all but stopped watching them the past two months. Which is really something, since I used to practically leave the channel on like a ‘default’ position for my tv-set!

That makes two of us. I have taken to calling FOX liberals with suits. Hanity is the only one I listen to now. Pretty much have the TV set to OFF these days.

278 posted on 11/22/2011 7:37:46 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: RichInOC

Bump that! Right on post.


279 posted on 11/22/2011 7:50:52 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Jim Robinson
That’d what I figured. Rove was leading the Republican charge to drive her out. He’s been against all or most tea party candidates from the beginning.

In my way of looking at him he has been against anyone not towing the party line for the good boys club of the blue blooded Republican Party elite.

280 posted on 11/22/2011 7:56:05 PM PST by Ron H. (Learn to speak English Pedro or get out of my country!)
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