Sara Infuriates Fox News Chief..CBS News

[Stuart G]

Sarah Palin's decision to announce that she would not seek the presidency on a talk radio program - as opposed to Fox News - "infuriated" Fox chief Roger Ailes and prompted Ailes to consider pulling Palin from the network, according to New York Magazine.


After flirting with a run for much of 2011, Palin went on conservative radio host Mark Levin's show in October to say she would not seek the Republican presidential nomination.

The former Alaska governor's choice of venue was striking in light of the fact that Palin earns $1 million per year as a contributor to Fox News.
A Palin adviser told New York that Palin decided to make the announcement on Levin's show because she was upset Fox News was regularly showcasing former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove. In October 2010, Rove questioned whether Palin has the "gravitas" to be president, and the two have long had a rocky relationship, with Palin dismissing Rove as a "professional pundit" seeking to "mislead the American public" in August.

Ailes was reportedly livid at Palin's decision to take the announcement to Levin, a Palin booster, complaining to a Fox executive that he had "paid her for two years to make this announcement on my network." He was angry enough that he even considered pulling her off the air, according to New York, despite the fact that Palin's contract runs through 2013 and Fox News would still have to pay her. Palin reportedly apologized after her agent made Ailes' displeasure known to her.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57329587-503544/sarah-palin-reportedly-infuriated-fox-news-chief/

[Fumesucker]

1. Roger Ailes expected loyalty?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lasher]

9. Hee hee.

Sarah is for Sarah.

[Raster]

15. Roger Ailes and "loyalty" in the same sentence is truly a laughing matter.

[secondwind]

2. Methinks Sarah wants to be a talk-show host like Rush... and make gazillions.

[DCKit]

17. They're going to have to alter her voice.

She's got that nasal, twangy, fingernails on a chalkboard thing down pat.

[asjr]

3. With Republicans beginning to devour

each other, maybe by the time of election 2012 there will be nothing but a few leftovers.

[dembotoz]

4. perhaps in talks to land a long term deal--the radio this was just an audition

fox is not the only show in town for them......sadly

[Stuart G]

5. One million dollars a Year????

I wish I could get that for saying nothing.
Just think what that million could do???

:bounce:

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[Scuba]

6. Tell him to get in line. n/t

[pinboy3niner]

8. But she's so cute when she's infuriating

So the girl stays in the picture! :eyes:

[Philosopher King]

10. Perhaps it had something to do with the reason he gave for hiring her.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/roger-ailes-sarah-palin-fox-news_n_995691.html

[Javaman]

11. grudge match of teh stupids. nt

[Happyhippychick]

12. Trying to feel badly for Roger Ailes

Not succeeding :)

[UTUSN]

13. K&R big #5 for, walk the walk, Roger, don't just talk the talk!1 n/t

[HipChick]

14. Buyer's Remorse...

[IDemo]

16. But Roger, it was news. What place did it have on Faux? n/t

[Stuart G]

23. Roger's motto, My news, or no news.

He already controls Fox,

Perhaps Roger thinks he controls all?
If he thinks that..maybe he..
needs to take a fall..................

thank you for the :applause: for that poem...:toast:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. "paid her for two years to make this announcement on my network."

Whoop, there it is.


Surprise.

Not.

[Mimosa]

19. "My network"???

I wonder what Murdoch would say.

[Blue_In_AK]

20. This is just Sarah being Sarah.

She's loves poking her thumb in the eyes of the "establishment." She gets off on it.

[Ikonoklast]

21. Palin fucks over another Republican operative.

I fail to see anything but a 'Win-Win' here.

[Chan790]

22. I'm in pain from having to agree with Rove about something.

I mean I guess he's got to be right about something eventually.