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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: DJ MacWoW

The sad part is that you seem to actually believe what you wrote. Barnum was right.


101 posted on 11/22/2011 12:41:09 PM PST by moose-matson (I keep it in my head)
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To: onyx

Except for when she is on CNN at the Iowa State fair.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2763233/posts


102 posted on 11/22/2011 12:41:29 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife ("Real solidarity means coming together for the common good."-Sarah Palin)
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To: rockinqsranch

PREACHING IT!

BTTT


103 posted on 11/22/2011 12:42:16 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: kcvl

“Pardon me while I don’t believe this lying little creep, Gabe Sherman.”

That’s what I thought.


104 posted on 11/22/2011 12:42:16 PM PST by ngat
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To: onyx

>>You’re one miserable poster.<<

I am quite happy. And people like you make me happier. Your projection is interesting, though...


105 posted on 11/22/2011 12:42:53 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012 -- the man we need at the time we need him)
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To: Palladin
Todd was her “first”...yeah...him and the Russian army.

I think pissant said "goodbye" to FR with a statement very similar to yours.

106 posted on 11/22/2011 12:43:32 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Cain = National Sales Tax; Perry = Amnesty for Illegals; Romney = Obamacare forever. Who's left?)
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To: b9; DJ MacWoW

What’s next? A new screen name?

ROTFL.


107 posted on 11/22/2011 12:44:05 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: Palladin
Hmmmm, it's true you can't fix stupid senile.

I updated the message on your FR profile page:

Stalk Follow Sarah Palin on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/#!/SarahPalinUSA


108 posted on 11/22/2011 12:44:41 PM PST by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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To: Jim Robinson

lolol

Dang. I was beginning to wonder if Pissant was back.


109 posted on 11/22/2011 12:45:38 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife

Thank you!!! Don Adams loved that interivew! I’m so happy it’s added to this thread!

However, she was not a guest.


110 posted on 11/22/2011 12:46:18 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: Southnsoul

Sarah’s sooooo cool. Go, Sarah, go!


111 posted on 11/22/2011 12:46:29 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Let's have a Cain Mutiny!)
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To: onyx; Cyber Liberty

A FReepercide, if ever there was one. Unbe-freepin-lievable.


112 posted on 11/22/2011 12:47:06 PM PST by b9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_hd23sdf4CE)
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To: onyx

(I think lone was commenting on Palladin’s crappy remarks about Sarah, not your comment which was rather benign)


113 posted on 11/22/2011 12:47:47 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Cain = National Sales Tax; Perry = Amnesty for Illegals; Romney = Obamacare forever. Who's left?)
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To: Syncro
^5
114 posted on 11/22/2011 12:48:09 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: Southnsoul

gabrielsherman POTUS does “pre interviews”? RT @TheRevAl Just pre interviewed President Obama for radio show. He spoke about the Super Committee’s failure

gabrielsherman Reading Frum am struck at how far to the right GOP has veered since the Bush White House. There’s been successful takeover by populist wing

gabrielsherman DAVID FRUM on the GOP: “A going-out-of-business sale for the baby-boom generation.” http://t.co/M66U7GdR

http://muckrack.com/gabrielsherman


115 posted on 11/22/2011 12:48:14 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Cyber Liberty

I know that!!!


116 posted on 11/22/2011 12:49:16 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW! Sarah's New Ping List - tell me if you want on it.)
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To: freedumb2003
No "Huh?" about it. A lot of your past posts have been VERY emotion based and not about debating fact. If you disagree with any of her political stands, fine. But that is never what you state. Ever. It's always name calling and insults.

You have a nice day.

117 posted on 11/22/2011 12:50:01 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Palladin
...All that bullshit of Todd being her high school sweetheart and she never had anyone else.

And you and her fans gobbled it up.

Sounds more like *you* are the one still feeling betrayed, on some perversely personal level. Maybe I'm wrong, but you do have a Sarah Palin Twitter link on your home page.

118 posted on 11/22/2011 12:50:42 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: onyx

Yeah, well I almost hit the “Abuse” on those comments, then I saw Jim popped by at #88....


119 posted on 11/22/2011 12:50:55 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Cain = National Sales Tax; Perry = Amnesty for Illegals; Romney = Obamacare forever. Who's left?)
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To: Darren McCarty

And let’s face it: Tokyo Rove doesn’t really like pretty girls.


120 posted on 11/22/2011 12:51:34 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Let's have a Cain Mutiny!)
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