Sarah Palin joining Fox News as ‘regular contributor’
Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has signed on as a contributor to the Fox News Channel.
The network confirmed that Ms. Palin will appear on the network’s programming on a regular basis as part of a multi-year deal. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Ms. Palin will not have her own regular program, one person familiar with the deal said, though she will host an occasional series that will run on the network from time to time. This person would not elaborate, but the network does have a precedent for such a series. Oliver L. North is the host of an occasionally running documentary series on the military called “War Stories.”
Many suspected that when Ms. Palin retired as the governor of Alaska last summer she was doing so to pursue some sort of career in television. The Fox News deal, however, would not seem to be all encompassing, and would appear to give her room for other pursuits, as well.
That’s a smart business decision by Fox, and probably by Palin as well. The exposure is probably less important for her than the experience. I never could understand conservatives who in 2008 thought you could take someone with her background and lack of media experience and throw her into the middle of a national presidential campaign. While Palin didn’t handle it well, almost nobody could have handled it well enough to thrive. It’s like taking a high school baseball player and throwing him into the World Series against Mariano Rivera.
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Midori
January 11th, 2010
1:29 pm
ROFL!!
Like we really didn’t see this coming?
Northern Songs, Ltd.
January 11th, 2010
1:33 pm
I think you mean “Mariano” Rivera.
Mrs. Godzilla
January 11th, 2010
1:34 pm
About damn time.
Now Fox can claim to offer a complete set of fruits and nuts!
stands for decibels
January 11th, 2010
1:34 pm
Jay, correct me if I’m wrong, but in all the time since Palin was announced as McCain’s running mate, she’s yet to submit herself to what most would consider a proper press conference, right?
Jenifer
January 11th, 2010
1:39 pm
She’ll fit right in.
Jay
January 11th, 2010
1:39 pm
I’m not aware of any, sfd.
Of course, they’d just ask those hard “gotcha” questions like that meanie Katie Couric.
josef nix
January 11th, 2010
1:41 pm
Oh, boy, Jay, a good one…this ought to keep us on topic! When all else fails, let’s trot Caribou Barbie out!
Jay
January 11th, 2010
1:43 pm
I’m just welcoming her back into the media fraternity, Josef, after her brief foray into politics. (I wonder if she remembers the secret handshake?)
Jenifer
January 11th, 2010
1:44 pm
Will someone else be writing Palin’s “contributions” for her?
LA
January 11th, 2010
1:46 pm
Bout time!
Jay could not help but open a Palin bashing blog.
First, Cheney, now Palin.
Liberals are as predictable as the New York Mets.
stands for decibels
January 11th, 2010
1:47 pm
Of course, they’d just ask those hard “gotcha” questions like that meanie Katie Couric.
Reason I asked: I am pretty sure that when the previous female aspirant to the Vice Presidency, Geraldine Ferraro, got into some guilt-by-association trouble on account of her husband’s financial dealings in 1984, during the campaign, that she allowed herself to be grilled by a bunch of reporters for an hour or two, in order to set that record as straight as she could.
Kind of surprised that factoid never got much play in ‘08.
@@
January 11th, 2010
1:47 pm
For the time being, jay, this is still a free country. Had we only been able to elect Obama’s teleprompter as President. After all, it’s words that matter most. Actions? As long as it’s followed by a (D)ud, that’s O.K.
LA
January 11th, 2010
1:47 pm
Well, Fox will now dominate in the ratings for anther 10 years.
Liberals will continue to howl as their media viewer and readership continues to plummet.
Oh well.
Jenifer
January 11th, 2010
1:48 pm
Will there be any exorcisms on Palin’s show?
BMDPD
January 11th, 2010
1:48 pm
I think the Reid comments becoming public were quite timely after last week’s discussion.
LA
January 11th, 2010
1:49 pm
CNN employs James Carville and Paul Begala
MSNBC has Harold Ford and other democrats as regular contributors.
ABC hired Clinton staff members as “journalists.”
NBC hired a former Jimmy Carter staff member as a host.
But somehow FOX adding Palin on………….
Only in the mind of a liberal.
Normal
January 11th, 2010
1:51 pm
A Murdoch Maiden?
BMDPD
January 11th, 2010
1:51 pm
Sorry fellow right people, but Palin has no business in Politics at a national level, but then again, neither does you know who.
LA
January 11th, 2010
1:52 pm
“Of course, they’d just ask those hard “gotcha” questions like that meanie Katie Couric.”
Well, I doubt she gives Matthews a thrill up his pale overweight leg.
Normal
January 11th, 2010
1:53 pm
Mrs. Godzilla
January 11th, 2010
1:34 pm
Mrs G. Not to mention flakes…
joe matarotz
January 11th, 2010
1:53 pm
How about ‘Mariano’ Rivera, Jay. You wouldn’t have mispelled it if he were a Red Sox, would you?
LA
January 11th, 2010
1:53 pm
“Sorry fellow right people, but Palin has no business in Politics at a national level, but then again, neither does you know who.”
Well, she is now.
josef nix
January 11th, 2010
1:54 pm
“I’m just welcoming her back into the media fraternity, Josef, after her brief foray into politics. (I wonder if she remembers the secret handshake?)”
And a nice welcome it is, too.
“While Palin didn’t handle it well, almost nobody could have handled it well enough to thrive. It’s like taking a high school baseball player and throwing him into the World Series against Manuel Rivera.”
Fair and balanced. Wonder how many of the partisans will read what you said and take it to heart.
USinUK
January 11th, 2010
1:54 pm
it’s all part of dog’s plan, Jay … don’t you know??
LA
January 11th, 2010
1:54 pm
“Now Fox can claim to offer a complete set of fruits and nuts!”
Well, fruits and nuts are healthy for you.
LA
January 11th, 2010
1:55 pm
“I never could understand conservatives who in 2008 thought you could take someone with her background and lack of media experience and throw her into the middle of a national presidential campaign.”
You mean Hillary?
F-105 Thunderchief
January 11th, 2010
1:56 pm
Is Manuel Rivera Mariano’s cousin? Anyway, I hope they will follow the Mary Hart wardrobe and set model, if you know what I mean.
Jenifer
January 11th, 2010
1:56 pm
Levi was right. Palin’s “going Hollywood” and cashing in. I wonder what else he was right about…
stands for decibels
January 11th, 2010
1:57 pm
How about ‘Mariano’ Rivera, Jay. You wouldn’t have mispelled it if he were a Red Sox, would you?
Well, at least he didn’t call him “Joe O’Biden.”
@@
January 11th, 2010
1:57 pm
I always said that Palin was more dangerous unburdened by politics. Think about it…
what was Palin’s Tea Party Movement will now become the Conservative’s Movement.
Talk about FOX! The dems have just been outmaneuvered. A common voice leading the people. Oops! I forgot…to be common, is to be less than, in the mind of the liberal elite.
Taxpayer
January 11th, 2010
1:57 pm
I envision many a future “contribution” on the Democrat’s use of death panels and such for the FOXY viewership.
LA
January 11th, 2010
1:58 pm
“It’s like taking a high school baseball player and throwing him into the World Series against Manuel Rivera.”
Jay, you just had your John F. Kerry moment. Or Biden if you will.
John F. Kerry: “I thought after John Kerry’s visit here I’d visit Lambert Field.”
Normal
January 11th, 2010
1:58 pm
Here’s a show for you. Dumb and Dumbess, Dobbs and Palin as co-anchors.
LA
January 11th, 2010
1:58 pm
“Levi was right. Palin’s “going Hollywood” and cashing in. I wonder what else he was right about…”
So, Jennifer DO read Playgirl.
Jay
January 11th, 2010
1:59 pm
Thanks chief. Fixed it.
LA
January 11th, 2010
1:59 pm
“Here’s a show for you. Dumb and Dumbess, Dobbs and Palin as co-anchors.”
Or how about Bookman/Tucker?
USinUK
January 11th, 2010
2:00 pm
woo hoo!!! I’ll play:
MSNBC hired Pat Buchanon
CNN hired Bill Bennett
ABC hired George Will
CBS hired Diane Sawyer, fercryingoutloud
LA
January 11th, 2010
2:00 pm
Jay is in desperate need of a proofreader.
Hey, maybe Obama can “stimulate” Jay a new proofreader.
HDB
January 11th, 2010
2:00 pm
Hey all, the question is now….does Palin READ?? She couldn’t name a paper or magazine that she read during the Couric interview; I hope she can read a teleprompter (or maybe Tina Fey can give her lessons!)!!
Taxpayer
January 11th, 2010
2:01 pm
I guess God had second thoughts.
LA
January 11th, 2010
2:02 pm
MSNBC hired Pat Buchanon……to go on Chris Matthews show.
ABC hired George Will……to go on George Snufalofagus show.
CBS hired Diane Sawyer………who has voted democrat since the 60’s.
AmVet
January 11th, 2010
2:02 pm
Woo Hoo!!! The lonely old white guys that make up the RepubliCon Party are in hog heaven!
I guess it’s official. Faux News’ popularity is now for them a close second to pornography.
First Ollie the Unindicted Criminal!
Then Huckleberry the Pardoning Preacher!
And now the creme de la creme – Queen TundraBuns herself!
Unless Karl Rove is her “agent” I predict the over under on her saying something extraordinarily stupid will be week…
Mrs. Godzilla
January 11th, 2010
2:02 pm
fruits nuts and flakes….now we know why they are so “regular”
Jay
January 11th, 2010
2:02 pm
My synapses are apparently fraying even faster than my hair is graying … that’s my only excuse for that one.
USinUK
January 11th, 2010
2:02 pm
HDB – ” I hope she can read a teleprompter (or maybe Tina Fey can give her lessons!)!!”
you obviously haven’t gotten the memo … only Democrats use teleprompters …
josef nix
January 11th, 2010
2:03 pm
Uh, a moment of rationality…
Fox News has a conservative bias. Sarah Palin is a conservative. The broadcast media are a business. That business relies on viewership for advertizing revenue. Sarah Palin has a considerable following. A wise move and a coup for Fox. Money talks and b*llsh*t walks…
LA
January 11th, 2010
2:03 pm
“does Palin READ?? She couldn’t name a paper or magazine that she read during the Couric interview; I hope she can read a teleprompter (or maybe Tina Fey can give her lessons!)!!”
Well, Bookman couldn’t spell Mariano Rivera. Barrack Obama went to all 57 states. Joe Biden plagiarized his son.
I guess anything ’s possible.
BMDPD
January 11th, 2010
2:04 pm
Wow, look at the name calling. Oh yeah, I keep forgetting about the double standard.
USinUK
January 11th, 2010
2:05 pm
LA – Diane Sawyer was a staffer for Nixon
Pat Buchanon isn’t just a “guest” on MSNBC – he had his own show there and is a regular political commentator – same with George Will on ABC
LA
January 11th, 2010
2:06 pm
“Diane Sawyer was a staffer for Nixon”
Ya don’t say…………….
And she also votes democrat………..
“Pat Buchanon isn’t just a “guest” on MSNBC – he had his own show there and is a regular political commentator – same with George Will on ABC”
And……what are the names of their shows?