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Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:21 pm
by The Neon Peon
The conservative star will not have her own show, but will contribute to various news programmes and present an occasional series involving ordinary American heroes.

She will therefore have time for other pursuits that will keep her name alive as a potential presidential candidate in 2012, but the move will increase speculation that her future lies outside of electoral politics.

"I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at Fox News," Mrs Palin said in a statement posted on the network's website. "It's wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news."

Mrs Palin made a surprise resignation as governor in July, 17 months before the end of her first term in office.

Her resignation came less than a year after she vaulted to overnight celebrity as John McCain's running mate for the Republicans in the 2008 presidential election.

She remains an immensely divisive figure, but has a million followers on Facebook, the online networking site, which is her main mode of communicating with the public. Her book about the campaign, Going Rogue, was a bestseller that earned a rumoured advance of $7 million (£4.3 million) from Harper Collins.

The Right-wing Fox News was always her likeliest destination in the media, which she has for the most part disdained for treating her unfairly. The size of her contract with America's top-rated cable channel, owned by Rupert Murdoch, was not disclosed.

The new role will be a return of sorts to her professional beginnings.

In the 1980s she worked as a part-time sports newsreader for KTUU-TV in Anchorage.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... tator.html

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:25 pm
by pimpdave
In other news, Satan rubs his hands together and says, "Excellent."

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:51 pm
by Phatscotty
pimpdave wrote:In other news, Satan rubs his hands together and says, "Excellent."
do you do anything but troll?

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Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:53 pm
by pimpdave
Hello, Pot. I'd like you to meet Kettle.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:54 pm
by Frigidus
That's FOX for you. Fair and balanced, just like Sarah Palin.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:13 pm
by Army of GOD
pimpdave wrote:Hello, Pot. I'd like you to meet Kettle.
What does Marijuana and some random guy with the last name Kettle have to do with each other?

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:43 pm
by multilis
Frigidus wrote:That's FOX for you. Fair and balanced, just like Sarah Palin.
As balanced as David Letterman? (Once did a google search and only could find jokes/insults of Bush and Cheney even on stories that cover Obama era silliness)

Or as balanced as Micheal Moore who forgot to mention Clinton bombing Iraq in 1998 for WMD? (And won best documentary award as result? - www.m-w.com "2 : of, relating to, or employing documentation in literature or art; broadly : factual, objective <a documentary film of the war>")

Partisan politics sells, matter of the networks catering to the silliness of the different voter blocks. "Objective" seems to sell less.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:47 pm
by notyou2
So when did FOX say their topless news broadcasts were starting? I forget what date they said.

If you watch mindless news you may as well get distracted and stare at breasts while watching.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:56 pm
by pimpdave
multilis wrote:
Frigidus wrote:That's FOX for you. Fair and balanced, just like Sarah Palin.
As balanced as David Letterman? (Once did a google search and only could find jokes/insults of Bush and Cheney even on stories that cover Obama era silliness)

Or as balanced as Micheal Moore who forgot to mention Clinton bombing Iraq in 1998 for WMD? (And won best documentary award as result? - http://www.m-w.com "2 : of, relating to, or employing documentation in literature or art; broadly : factual, objective <a documentary film of the war>")

Partisan politics sells, matter of the networks catering to the silliness of the different voter blocks. "Objective" seems to sell less.
Your profile name should Mr. Logical Fallacy Guy.

What Letterman, et al, have to do with FOX News is beyond me. I seem to recall Frigidus being just as critical Mr. Moore and his ilk as he is of FOX News. So you might want to remove your head from your ass, and shove your television remote control up it.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:56 pm
by Ray Rider
Hmm, I wouldn't have guessed she would do that. Can't say I'll watch, although I might check it out a bit on youtube once she starts...
The Right-wing Fox News...
I found this rather interesting. Has the Telegraph labeled any television corporations Left-wing?

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:57 pm
by hecter
multilis wrote:
Frigidus wrote:That's FOX for you. Fair and balanced, just like Sarah Palin.
As balanced as David Letterman? (Once did a google search and only could find jokes/insults of Bush and Cheney even on stories that cover Obama era silliness)

Or as balanced as Micheal Moore who forgot to mention Clinton bombing Iraq in 1998 for WMD? (And won best documentary award as result? - http://www.m-w.com "2 : of, relating to, or employing documentation in literature or art; broadly : factual, objective <a documentary film of the war>")

Partisan politics sells, matter of the networks catering to the silliness of the different voter blocks. "Objective" seems to sell less.
Of course partisan politics sells, but FOX is going on and on about how it's fair, balanced and bi-partisan when it's clearly not. That only makes the people they're catering to feel they are more right than they were before which widens the partisan gap.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:58 pm
by comic boy
multilis wrote:
Frigidus wrote:That's FOX for you. Fair and balanced, just like Sarah Palin.
As balanced as David Letterman? (Once did a google search and only could find jokes/insults of Bush and Cheney even on stories that cover Obama era silliness)

Or as balanced as Micheal Moore who forgot to mention Clinton bombing Iraq in 1998 for WMD? (And won best documentary award as result? - http://www.m-w.com "2 : of, relating to, or employing documentation in literature or art; broadly : factual, objective <a documentary film of the war>")

Partisan politics sells, matter of the networks catering to the silliness of the different voter blocks. "Objective" seems to sell less.
All true so does Palin believe her supporters are so dumb as to believe the garbage she spouted about Fox being balanced :D

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:58 pm
by Phatscotty
yes, when I am looking for an independent or conservative point of view, I always find myself unable to decide with all of the options available.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:00 pm
by Snorri1234
Seriously, this is a company which fucked over Firefly, Futurama and Family Guy. I can't trust anything they say, no matter what.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:01 pm
by jefjef
Sarah P is knowledgeable and pretty well spoken. Also pretty darn hot in a SNL sorta way. Nice choice!

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:02 pm
by comic boy
Ray Rider wrote:Hmm, I wouldn't have guessed she would do that. Can't say I'll watch, although I might check it out a bit on youtube once she starts...
The Right-wing Fox News...
I found this rather interesting. Has the Telegraph labeled any television corporations Left-wing?
The Telegraph itself is a bastion of Conservative thought in Britain, it is simply stating the obvious when it calls Fox right wing.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:13 pm
by Phatscotty
I could probably jerk-off left handed watching her show, which I'll have you know does not work so well when watching "The View"

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:15 pm
by pimpdave
Phatscotty wrote:I could probably jerk-off left handed watching her show, which I'll have you know does not work so well when watching "The View"
Aren't you right hand dominant? How else do you click on the next picture, if you're aren't already adept at using the left hand? Come on now, you're disappointing me.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:19 pm
by Phatscotty
pimpdave wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:I could probably jerk-off left handed watching her show, which I'll have you know does not work so well when watching "The View"
Aren't you right hand dominant? How else do you click on the next picture, if you're aren't already adept at using the left hand? Come on now, you're disappointing me.
I'm talking about a live show, which needs to clicking....aw shit I'm limp

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:22 pm
by Snorri1234
jefjef wrote:Sarah P is knowledgeable
What?

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:23 pm
by Phatscotty
Snorri1234 wrote:
jefjef wrote:Sarah P is knowledgeable
What?
yes, the media already told us about the comment she made. everyone knows shes a retard and can't even hold a 90% approval rating as governor

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:55 pm
by jefjef
Snorri1234 wrote:
jefjef wrote:Sarah P is knowledgeable
What?
She isn't a liberal or a Democrat.

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:58 pm
by Phatscotty
jefjef wrote:
Snorri1234 wrote:
jefjef wrote:Sarah P is knowledgeable
What?
She isn't a liberal or a Democrat.
:lol:

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:00 pm
by notyou2
Phatscotty wrote:
jefjef wrote:
Snorri1234 wrote:
jefjef wrote:Sarah P is knowledgeable
What?
She isn't a liberal or a Democrat.
:lol:
Correct, shes a maverick redneck gone rogue

Re: Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News commentator

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:03 pm
by Snorri1234
notyou2 wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:
jefjef wrote:
Snorri1234 wrote:
jefjef wrote:Sarah P is knowledgeable
What?
She isn't a liberal or a Democrat.
:lol:
Correct, shes a maverick redneck gone rogue
Gone "rouge" dude.