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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Undoubtedly! After all, she’s still being paid by Rupert Murdoch to give her analysis and opinion of the debate to Greta, and perhaps right after the debate or tomorrow night on Greta’s program!
Hope so!
NCIS Marathon, too!
SOUNDS WONDERFUL!!!
Me2!
Always the bridesmaid. Never the bride.
If Palin, as a paid consultant to Fox News, uses that platform to announce a candidacy, does that obligate Fox News to offer the same "equal time" platform to all the other candidates free of charge?
-PJ
>>You need to cut back on the booze, maybe you will start making sense<<
In a prior post, I suggested a “Hot Toddy” to ward off the effects of cold. Immediately after I posted it occurred to me that I had inadvertently made a potential joke using Gov. Palin’s husband’s name. You see, he is named Todd and some people might find a slight double-entendre with that and the use of the name of the warm alcoholic beverage similarly titled. You may or may not be one of these people but the pun is there nonetheless.
I hope this explanation clarifies my post to you. I am available to explain other things to you. Should the need arise, please feel free to ping me.
Yeah, there are a lot less threads, but sugar,bless your pea picking heart, you still find them.
I think that you’re right and samantha probably missed the inadvertent pun.
Ain’t that the truth! Palin was on Fox ONLY to bring them conservative viewers.
Doesn’t work any more...I haven’t watched FNC in months; even if I know Sarah is going to be on.
To my litany of incoming, let me add; “jealous”; “female imposter”; “vile”.
Not everyone? Just obvious ones? LOL
You mean there exists somewhere someone to whom you give passes for their critique of Palin, against whom you don’t sputter the same tired list of pronouns? This I gotta see.
Please, list who that might be here: ............
Still waiting..........
I haven’t had TV for 4 years. I don’t miss it.
Bless your heart it isn’t you.
LOL!
A horse is a horse, of course, of course...
I’d LOVE to get rid of mine...I think one of the tubes might be going... :-)
LOL!!!
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