Scandal: Fox cancels Joan Rivers for Palin insult!

[meegbear]

Was Joan Rivers uninvited from Fox News for insulting Sarah Palin? Yes. Probably. PAGING ANDREW SULLIVAN.

Rivers was booked on Fox -- presumably "Fox & Friends" -- to promote an upcoming reality program. Then, over the weekend, she called Sarah Palin "stupid," into a video camera, because TMZ asked Joan Rivers what she thought about Sarah Palin, and that was the inevitable response. Before calling her "stupid," Rivers issued the following blood libel: "I think Sarah Palin is an amazing woman. I think she represents everything strong a woman can be, and I think she should go someplace -- to another planet, to show them, and get out of our face." So much for civility!

Then, Rivers writes on Twitter, she got the call: "As a result, our appearance on the Fox News Channel tomorrow morning has been cancelled. Outcome: DON'T PISS OFF SARAH PALIN. She’s apparently 'very powerful,' and is obviously still smarting from the end of her reality show."

The question is, did Sarah Palin demand this, or did Fox take the initiative and punish Rivers for insulting one of their most valuable assets? The question is also, what did they think Joan Rivers thinks of Sarah Palin? And will Palin claim the liberal elite threatened to launch her into space the next time she needs to justify her over-the-top rhetoric? (Yes, she will. This will also probably go into Michelle Malkin's "liberal hate speech" database, next to a deleted HuffPo comment and a mean sign from a 2003 anti-war protest in Rome.)

We will stay on this story until we get some satisfactory answers.

http://www.salon.com/news/fox_news/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/01/19/rivers_palin

[spanone]

1. faux has to protect their franchise....they probably have a lot invested in sis sarah

joan gets a lot of teevee time, i hope she goes on a faux rant

[itsrobert]

2. Sarah Palin = A Poker Player

Joan will call her bluff/bullshit.

[virgogal]

3. Does anyone really care about this?

[itsrobert]

5. Magic 8 ball says Yes

and it has net recs. So why ask the question? It's obvious that people do. Or was that a rhetorical statement?

[SpiralHawk]

6. "Meeeeeeowwww." - Caring Catts

[cherokeeprogressive]

8. Apparently, though I can't explain why. n/t

[JuniperLea]

11. I like knowing who the lefties are...

Anyone in the public eye that can use biting sarcasm in such a way as to fool even DUers (see yesterdays hilarious thread) is ok by me! I think being booted from Faux Gnus is a wonderful thing too.

[emilyg]

20. I don't.

[Hubert Flottz]

4. It kind of makes me wonder if Barbie and Rupert might have...

something a little more than meets the eye going on. I'd hate to see a pup out of that combo!

[qb]

7. If FAUX doesn't hold on to the lunatic fringe they have nothing.

Whether Sarah ordered it or not, it was inevitable. If you diss Sarah, you hate Amurika.

[emulatorloo]

9. Thanks for posting. n/t

[JuniperLea]

10. Oh Joan!

I never really liked you until now!

:hug:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. For Sarah Palin "stupid" should be considered an overestimation of her intellect.

[Contrary1]

17. "Sarah Palin has the wisdom to walk through an open door."

According to her new theme song.

[gratuitous]

13. Question: By Fox standards, doesn't this equate to censorship?

How very curious!

[safeinOhio]

14. OMG, did she just tell her to

sit down and shut up?

[katanalori]

15. No wonder they spend half the time interviewing each other!

Sarah on Hannity, Beck on Billo, hannity on Greta ...........since critics of sister sarah are not allowed, we see more and more of the clowns interviewing each other.

[solara]

16. Slamming Palin doesn't make Joan Rivers any less a loser

or justify her bitter, mean spirited and crass attempts at humor. She just adds to the general miserable, negative energy floating around on the airwaves. I hope her other shows are cancelled too.

:patriot:

[malaise]

18. Joan was very kind to Sarah Palin

Stupid does not describe her. You go girl!!

[randr]

19. One person not to be on the bad side of for sure

Speaking of Joan of course!
This will give the girl material for another year at least.

[L0oniX]

21. Oh but they had no problem with the Fux Netwerp SNL Palin spoof ....DUH!