Sarah Palin takes job as commentator on Faux News...

[Muadib]

Just when you thought that Faux News couldn't stoop any lower, they hire Sarah Palin as a commentator for their news network in a multi-year deal...

BBC News - Sarah Palin signs on as a commentator with Fox News
Sarah Palin signs on as a commentator with Fox News

Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin has signed on as a contributor to Fox News Channel, her lawyer announced.

Ms Palin, who ran for the post of vice-president during the 2008 election on a Republican ticket, stepped down as Alaska governor in July 2009.

Fox News said that while Ms Palin would not have her own programme, she would appear on the channel on a regular basis as part of a multi-year deal.

Financial details of the deal have not been released.

News of her resignation as governor 17 months before her first term in office was up had prompted widespread speculation that she was planning to pursue a career in television.

Ms Palin was catapulted to fame when Republican presidential candidate John McCain surprisingly chose her as his running mate for the 2008 election.

The Washington Post reports that as well as appearing as a commentator on a variety of shows on the channel, she would occasionally host a programme featuring "inspirational tales involving ordinary Americans".

Correspondents say hiring Sarah Palin is likely to further increase the network's ratings with conservative viewers.

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A number of Republican commentators already work for the network, among them President George W Bush's former aide Karl Rove, former House speaker Newt Gingrich, and John McCain's rival for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, Mike Huckabee.

Until now, Ms Palin has mainly used her page on the social networking site Facebook to update her more than one million followers.

Regular appearances on a major network could further increase her support among conservatives.

Her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show in November 2009, during which she said a run for the White House in 2012 was "not on my radar screen right now", boosted the programme's ailing ratings.

It is not the first time Ms Palin will be signing on with a TV station. In the 1980s she worked part-time as a sports presenter for the KTUU station in Anchorage, Alaska.

[robuzo]

Just when you thought that Faux News couldn't stoop any lower, they hire Sarah Palin as a commentator for their news network in a multi-year deal...

Stooping? I'd call that doing the limbo.

[S Landreth]

If things are written out for her to say and read while she’s on camera she might do OK. If she is asked her opinion or ad-libs this could be entertaining to say the least.

But for sure, giving her more exposure and letting her spew her opinions to more of the general population (that don’t usually see her or read about her over the net), will make her unelectable to any public office.

[Humbert]

She will fit in pefectly to that bunch of dimwits.

[Jet Gorgon]

Erm, all I can say is that she is a drawing card...

[sabang]

Hannity, Beck, O'Reilly, Rove, and now Palin. Fair and balanced alright.
Hardly a surprising move, and aimed squarely at Fox' target market- but obviously a joke in terms of Fox' credibility, and any question of objectivity.

Anyway, financially speaking Fox is the dirty diggers biggest cash cow, and it's CEO Roger Ailes is the highest paid guy in News Corp.


Demographically, I suspect the GOP is digging itself a tomb from which it will take a generation or more to recover. But thats a far reaching call- we'll see.

[barbaro]

I'm not surprised she is in the media as a wind-blower.

But IMO, this just restricts the niche market of FOX, further.

[robuzo]

What does this is all mean? Is she a politician, commentator, analyst, or, gulp, journalist? Or just a candidate? She is an amazingly polarizing figure, even on the right. For the time being I am looking at this from a positive, "give 'em enough rope" perspective. She is a loose cannon. Just ask Steve Schmidt. If it were up to him she would be finished politically. That is probably too much to hope for.

[Muadib]

What does this is all mean? Is she a politician, commentator, analyst, or, gulp, journalist? Or just a candidate?

You left out 'fluffler' for Ron Jeremy...

[barbaro]

Click the link below and see the "60 Minutes" interview with Schmitt.

More info about Palin's ignorance. Bizarre.

Revelations From The Campaign - 60 Minutes - CBS News

[robuzo]

What does this is all mean? Is she a politician, commentator, analyst, or, gulp, journalist? Or just a candidate?

You left out 'fluffler' for Ron Jeremy...

Is he still alive? I lived up the street from Al Goldstein for a while, unintentionally.

[Muadib]

Yeah, I think the Hedgehog is still around... Probably stacking shelves at Wally World though...

[Humbert]

But she's popular, no denying it. Her book is has been on the NY Times best seller list for weeks. The base identifies with her values and the way she articulates them. She will do nothing but boost Fox's ratings.
No matter that she is prone to hysteria and disembling, you can get away with that at Fox. Just look at the success of Beck and Hannity.

[Muadib]

^ That's what scares me...

[robuzo]

Palin is a Bircher, which would be scary enough, but I bet she has a closet that rivals Forest Lawn.

[barbaro]

OK, I found the 60 Minutes Interview:

[slackula]

It seems that the depths that Princess Jeebus McQuitsalot will plumb to cash in on her 15 minutes have no bounds.

[Boon Mee]

Heh...this is a Hoot seeing you libs getting yer panties in a wad over Palin again!

[sabang]

She's unlikely to run in the 2012 presidential race.

"I do think maybe it suggests, sadly for Democrats, that she might not be running," said Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Paul Begala. "Democrats ... are pretty confident they can defeat Sarah Palin. She's not going to beat Barack Obama."

Palin's Fox News deal a political sign? - CNN.com

I think some Dem's were craving for Palin to run for Pres, but it was never gonna happen after the botchup she made with the McCain campaign. She's quite happy to just get rich anyway, for which she can thank her astonishing nomination by the GDP as VP candidate. She might as well milk it for all it's worth- I doubt her star will take long to fade.

And you guys call Obama an empty suit.

[Butterfly]

What does this is all mean? Is she a politician, commentator, analyst, or, gulp, journalist? Or just a candidate?

she is simply a fraud, anyone who work for Faux actually qualifies as a fraud

[Cujo]

Funny that conservatives actually take Palin so seriously they actually believe liberals see her as a threat and don't notice the tears of laughter.

[slackula]

The press release is out

<excerpt>

As a contributor, Palin will provide political commentary and analysis for FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOXNews.com, and FOX News-produced special event political programming for FOX Broadcasting.

In addition, she will host periodic episodes of FNC's "Real American Stories," a series exploring inspirational real-life tales of overcoming adversity throughout the American landscape that will debut in 2010.

Palin added, "I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at FOX News. It's wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news."



What the fok is she going to say on Fox Business Network?

[Muadib]

I can see it now

Welcome to Fox News' new news-ish program,

'Things I see from my window - with Sarah Palin'.

'I see Todd on his snow-machine, Russia, a cow or moose or something and Bristol getting plowed in the back of the SUV!
Looks like I'm gunna be a grandma again!'

Because FOX will finally have an intellectual powerhouse that will provide the kind of incisive reporting that every world-class news team covets, right?

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to slackula again.

[panama hat]

What the fok is she going to say on Fox Business Network?

Seeing as she said, like our Jet did as well, that she reads everything. Every newspaper . . . one can only imagine . . .

Actually, all she has to do is:



. . . and she'll be fine with FOX's audience.

[AntRobertson]

The press release is out

<excerpt>

As a contributor, Palin will provide puddle deep political commentary and shallow analysis for FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOXNews.com, and FOX News-produced special event political programming for FOX Broadcasting, which will be swallowed whole and unquestioningly by her usual group of willing idiots target market (aka: angry, frustrated, blowhard, Whites).

In addition, she will host periodic episodes of FNC's "Real American Stories," a series exploring inspirational real-life tales of overcoming adversity throughout the American landscape that will debut in 2010, and starting with Rush Limbaughs harrowing story of how he survived his horrific brush with Socialised Medicine (titled: 'The Commies Tried to Kill Me!'.

There, fixed that for you.