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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: fantom

They were trying to buy conservative viewers. And they get them................when she’s on.


41 posted on 11/22/2011 12:04:20 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Palladin

You are an idiot. Period. You sound so liberal.


42 posted on 11/22/2011 12:05:16 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: DJ MacWoW; holdonnow

Precisely!

Faux prohibits her from speaking on all other networks and cable stations.

That’s why she made such a brilliant choice: TGO! Loyal supporter and radio!


44 posted on 11/22/2011 12:07:01 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: ReneeLynn

Sarah cares about Sarah and not one other soul...not her husband... not her parents...not her adorable baby son.

She is selfish and obnoxious.

Just my humble opinion, based on 75 years of studying human behavior.


45 posted on 11/22/2011 12:07:28 PM PST by Palladin (Where is Ray Gricar?)
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To: onyx

FR mail


46 posted on 11/22/2011 12:08:33 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: DJ MacWoW
All of you who bought the MSM’s bull have my sympathy.

She is the flavor of the month and won't last. And she just flushed any chance of going on nanosecond past the moment her numbers drop.

You self-deluded Palin-bots have my sympathy. She already led you on and then laughed in your face once. Like little puppy dogs you take the boot and then wag your tails and yap and ask for more.

Pathetic.

47 posted on 11/22/2011 12:08:49 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012 -- the man we need at the time we need him)
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To: Palladin
I, for one, will be glad to see the back of this basketball-player humping phony.

That's crude and vile.

49 posted on 11/22/2011 12:09:06 PM PST by lonevoice (Klepto Baracka Marxo, impeach we much. We will much about that be committed.)
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To: Palladin
She really is not too bright.

Oh, I don´t know. She masterfully played a whole lot of people for suckers while making a whole lot of money in the process. Me included. ´Wonder if I could resell her book.

50 posted on 11/22/2011 12:09:10 PM PST by onedoug (lf)
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To: Palladin

You’re liberal. When you repeat the liberal lies about anyone you’re liberal. What the heck are you doing here? And, no, I don’t care how long you’ve been here.


51 posted on 11/22/2011 12:09:14 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Thank you. I have replied. You’re right and I followed through.


52 posted on 11/22/2011 12:13:09 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: Palladin

You don’t know sh*t.


53 posted on 11/22/2011 12:14:34 PM PST by McGruff (Hold the House, retake the Senate.)
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To: freedumb2003
She is the flavor of the month and won't last.

You have no idea how hard that I'm laughing.

54 posted on 11/22/2011 12:15:28 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Palladin

Holy cow. That’s even more offensive than your last comment.


55 posted on 11/22/2011 12:15:52 PM PST by lonevoice (Klepto Baracka Marxo, impeach we much. We will much about that be committed.)
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To: Palladin
I, for one, will be glad to see the back of this basketball-player humping phony.

So much for your credibility on this subject.

56 posted on 11/22/2011 12:16:31 PM PST by Praxeologue
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To: DJ MacWoW
You have no idea how hard that I'm laughing.

Nor you, I. Chester.

57 posted on 11/22/2011 12:16:49 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012 -- the man we need at the time we need him)
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To: Southnsoul
If Roger Ailes wanted to hire her so the decision would be made on Fox News, he should have had his attorney make sure it was in the contract.

"She isn't happy with Karl," one Palin adviser told me. "From day one, he hasn't been very nice."

That's no surprise. Karl Rove's a Romney guy. Most of Bush's guys were Romney guys in 08 over McCain (and many backed Obama over McCain).

58 posted on 11/22/2011 12:17:17 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Anybody but Romney or Obama)
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To: Palladin

Someone hateful has taken over Palladin’s computer. Palladin is going to be awfully mad and embarrassed. Foul langauge and vile posts against all evidence contrary to Palladin’s horrid assertions.


59 posted on 11/22/2011 12:18:01 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

Go take some prune juice and allow that crap to come out the correct orifice.


60 posted on 11/22/2011 12:18:39 PM PST by scripter ("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
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