Sarah Palin to Contribute to Fox News

[RandySF]

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/sarah-palin-to-contribute-to-fox-news/

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.

The deal could be formally announced as early as this afternoon. Robert Barnett, Ms. Palin’s attorney, did not respond to a call for comment.

[Lerkfish]

1. file this under, why'd it take so long?

OF COURSE this was going to happen

[Cirque du So-What]

2. And the slackjawed, drooling crowd are going wild!

Further reason to cheer Sir Ruprecht Morlock's decision to keep all his crappy content away from the rest of us.

[KansDem]

3. Seems fair...

FOX News has been contributing to Sarah Palin for years...

Wonder if this is the reason for the quick exit from the governor's mansion?

[gratuitous]

4. Won't Fox be surprised when she quits

Although nobody with three working brain cells will.

[11 Bravo]

5. Team her up with Ollie North! They could call it "The Fool and the Felon".

[brooklynite]

7. Which is which?

[SpiralHawk]

13. Or 'The Felonious Fools'

Jolly Ollie could explain why - in the midst of his drug deals with Central America -- he also gave our US Hawk Missiles to the 'Godless Evil Doers' in Iran -- and how he will 'feel' if they ever use those weapons against our sons and daughters in uniform.

[Raschel]

35. Team her up with Chevy Chase. Point/counter point. "Sarah you ignorant......"

[SoCalDem]

6. What-took-her-so-long?

or were they making her wait, until her book tour? Maybe they wanted to see if her "grip" held before they offered her money:)

She'll fit right in with the LipGlossBrigade

[WI_DEM]

8. Meanwhile to represent the democrats the FAUX selected Joe Lieberman.

[hlthe2b]

9. So much for hoping she would just go away

[Stevenmarc]

10. Contribute what? Comic relief

[Contrary1]

11. I'm not surprised...

With her keen insight into politics, her vast knowledge on foreign affairs, her years of experience in the field of economics, it was just a matter of time before some savvy "news" channel snagged her.

Sarah will not just fit in at Fox, she'll be the most intelligent one there.

:rofl:

[no_hypocrisy]

12. Reading a teleprompter is one thing. Going off copy is another.

[Arkana]

14. Shock. Awe. Amazement.

Seriously, did anyone NOT see this coming?

[sufrommich]

15. Proof positive that Palin's political career is over and

she is now in the business of cashing in.

[cap]

19. no, it's not over... Bob Bennet is backing her

Bob Bennet is a long time GOP power broker. Bob Bennet is launching her new career.

[Raschel]

36. Remember, Bob's a gambler though. Wink wink.

[Raschel]

30. She's been in the business of cashing in since she abandoned public service. The phoney.

[tblue]

16. "Ms. Palin will not have her own regular program."

There is a God!

[Raschel]

28. She's too unstable and flighty for her own show. Hence "contributor".

Even Fox knows she's a nutcase, but she'll draw the idiots.

[tblue]

44. One person's maverick is another person's flakey brat.

She is the Queen of the No Show. Just watch. She'll piss Fox off, too.

[livetohike]

17. When everyone sees how inept she is at this job/how soon

she quits this job, maybe it will be the end of her - finally.

[HillWilliam]

18. At least she's finally found honest work

Oh, wait...

[tabbycat31]

20. I'm surprised it took this long

[LisaM]

21. Well, that's another of my predictions come true!

Quel surprise.

[Guilded Lilly]

22. This seems like a particularly good match...

doofus contributor on a doofus news organization.

And she has been "contributing" to their news channel since McCain first dragged her out of the *I shoot wolves with highpowered rifles from helicopters* butt out of Alaska.

[spanone]

23. who? where?

[Ganja Ninja]

24. Nothing like keeping all the nuts in one tree. n/t

[HipChick]

25. Faux news is fond of Whackjobs...I wonder how long before Beck turns on her

[slater71]

26. Gotta go blond now.

[krabigirl]

41. Lol! +1

[dancingme]

27. Remember when Laura Ingraham had a failed Fox show?

Ingraham berated the staff and the video of her meltdown on on YouTube. Can't wait for the video of Sarah when she doesn't know the camera is still on.

[hlthe2b]

29. Yes.. when Palin pulls her prima donna bit....That should be good

Given her enormous ego and demands, they better be prepared for a BIG makeup, wardrobe, jewelry, and whatever budget...;)

I wonder if they'll manage to get "Sharon Stone Basic Instinct" type shots as she crosses her legs-- to keep the lusting Freepers happy?

[Raschel]

31. She's not gonna like being around the younger and prettier pageant winners, like Gretchen.

Should be fun to watch miss more-me-now. Soon she'll be backstabbing the crew there as well. (also too)

[Raschel]

32. Palin, take a bow to a real Miss America winner, not a runner-up like yourself.

:rofl:

[enuegii]

43. From "Going Rogue" to...

"Going Commando"-- actually, that kind of makes sense.

[dancingme]

33. Here's the Laura Ingraham video at Fox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3lCfHtaR30

[Orsino]

34. The other shoe drops at last. n/t

[marmar]

37. Just when you thought the IQ level at Faux couldn't possibly go lower.......

[chat_noir]

38. Enjoy the posts at Twitter #sarahpalinshow

Live feed:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&tbo=1&tbs=mbl%3A1&q=%23sarahpalinshow&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Post some of your favorites.

[dancingme]

40. Thanks!

[rd_kent]

39. Give Palin, Bachman and Harris a talk show and call it "The Void".......

Now Fox has NO credibility left at all......

[Catshrink]

42. Wonder who will write her stuff?

She won't be doing it -- she'll be *gasp* reading a teleprompter. No way will they turn her loose to spew Palinisms. She needs a script.

[Terra Alta]

45. With the addition of Sarah Palin

can Faux drop their "Fair and Balanced" BS now? O'Reilly, Beck, Hannity, Huckabee, Brit Hume and now Palin.. "fair and balanced" my ass, where are all the liberals? The closest they had to a liberal was Alan Colmes(more moderate than liberal if you ask me, but compared to the rest he's a lefty) and they got rid of him. Quit pretending FAUX and just declare yourselves conservative already!

[Raine]

46. PERFECT fit

and the more she shows of herself the more ridiculous and irrelevant she becomes. :evilgrin: