Sarah Palin: Tea Party is a movement, not a group

h/t: SarahNET

- JP

NY Times: Fox News Execs Dispute NY Mag's Quote About Palin

“Roger Ailes admires and respects Sarah Palin and thinks she is smart.”
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Fox News executives are disputing a quote allegedly made by an unnamed source in a New York magazine attack piece which claims that network chairman Roger Ailes thinks Sarah Palin is “an idiot.” Here's The New York Times' Jim Ruttenberg in a Monday posting on The Caucus blog:

The article quotes “a Republican close to Ailes” who makes that assertion and adds: “He helped boost her up. People like Sarah Palin haven’t elevated the conservative movement.” Mr. Ailes did not speak for the magazine article.

In a statement to The New York Times, the Fox News Channel executive vice president of programming, Bill Shine, said:

“I know for a fact that Roger Ailes admires and respects Sarah Palin and thinks she is smart. He also believes many members of the left-wing media are extremely terrified and threatened by her. Despite a massive effort to destroy Sarah Palin, she is still on her feet and making a difference in the political world. As for the ‘Republican close to Ailes’ for which the incorrect Palin quote is attributed, when Roger figures out who that is, I guarantee you he or she will no longer be ‘close to Ailes.’ ”

- JP

Quote of the Day (March 14, 2011)

How Fox News is in Sarah Palin’s way
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Patrick Ishmael at Hot Air's Green Room:

"On the one hand, Palin has a $1 million annual salary with the network that no one would want to leave. On the other hand, she made the equivalent of about $1 million a month during a one year period ending in 2010; she could afford to bow out at the network on her own terms. She’d lose Fox’s platform, but does she really need it?"

- JP

Gov. Palin will make three appearances on Fox this weekend

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From Fox News Insider, Sarah Palin will make an appearance tonight on "The O'Reilly Factor":

Tonight: Palin’s Plan!

Inside Sarah’s strategy to make serious cuts to balance the budget!

Plus, can you hear me now? To what lengths will Glenn Beck go to push the economic message?

You are entering ‘The No Spin Zone’ — Tonight, 8/ 11p ET.

Fox News is also promoting an appearance by Gov. Palin Saturday on "Justice With Judge Jeanine" (9PM Eastern/8 Central), and she will also reportedly be a guest on "America's Nightly Scoreboard" with David Asman Friday at 7PM Eastern/6PM Central Time on Fox Business.

- JP

FNS temporarily suspends Gingrich, Santorum contracts (Updated)

Time to announce or lose the paycheck
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From Fox News Insider:


Will Gov. Palin and Gov. Huckabee be next?

Update: Ed Morrisey comments...

What does this say about the intent of Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee? Both are also high-profile contributors to Fox, and Huckabee has his own show on the network. Both ran in the 2008 cycle, and both continue to organize for something. Baier was careful to say that this does not preclude further announcements, but it would seem a little odd if Fox bounced Gingrich and Santorum for potential presidential runs that will be long-shots at best while continuing to employ two potential front-runners without bothering to first ask about their plans for 2012.

"Sean Hannity hardest hit" - What will he do with no Newt on his show at least once a week?

- JP

Gov. Palin will help launch new Fox News show Saturday night

"What's the first big move for the Palin camp in 2011?"
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Judge Jeanine Piro, whose weekday show has been airing on Fox-owned WRBW-TV in the Orlando/Daytona Beach market, has been called up to the big leagues. Fox News is giving the former district attorney, county court judge, elected politician, legal commentator, author, champion of women's rights and mother of two her own Saturday evening slot at 9PM/8PM Central Time.

And what better way to kick off the new program with Gov. Palin as Judge Jeanine's first guest? Fox News' promo for the show's premiere teases, "What's the first big move for the Palin camp in 2011? Governor Sarah Palin reacts."

-JP

Gov. Palin: Tea Partiers 'are not sheeple' and don't need a leader

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Sarah Palin answers questions from Fox News at the Tea Party rally in Reno Monday:



- JP

Sarah Palin will be a guest tonight on 'Hannity'

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Gov. Palin will be Sean's Guest tonight, according to the 'Hannity' page on the Fox News website:

Wednesday on Hannity

Is this the year the Republican
Party will be remade?
Sarah Palin has insight!

8 PM Texas Time, with an 11 PM repeat.

- JP

Sarah Palin: Lamestream media still in Obama's back pocket

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Sarah Palin was a guest on Fox News' "Hannity" Monday night. In the first segment, Gov. Palin on the media, Obama's radical czars, Joe Miller and the GOP establishment:



Fox News has not posted video of the second segment. We've seen them post only one video segment before when Gov. Palin was Hannity's guest for two segments, and it's getting to be an annoying habit of theirs.

- JP

Video: Sarah Palin on FNS - August 1, 2010

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Gov. Palin made her third appearance on "Fox News Sunday" today. Here's the video from Fox News:



- JP

Gov. Palin: 'Any good American hates racism'

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Sarah Palin appeared on "Hannity" Monday night. In the first segment she and host Sean Hannity discussed the DOJ immigration lawsuit against Arizona, the state of the U.S. economy, the likelihood of tax increases by the Democrats and race baiting of the citizen grassroots movement by the left:



In a second segment the topics of discussion were the Gulf Oil Disaster, Obama's incompetence due to his lack of executive experience and America's need for energy independence:



- JP

Gov. Palin will talk immigration tonight on O'Reilly's show

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Gov. Palin will make a Friday night appearance on "The O'Reilly Factor" at 7 PM Texas Time. From O'Reilly's page on the Fox News website:

"How would Sarah Palin solve the illegal immigration crisis? She tells us!"

The program repeats at 10 PM on most cable systems.

h/t: Jackie at Sarah Palin Blog

- JP

Gov. Palin to appear on "O'Reilly Factor" Tuesday night

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Sarah Palin will appear on "The O'Reilly Factor" Tuesday night. The Governor and host Bill O'Reilly will discuss the president's Oval Office speech on the Gulf oil disaster. "The Factor" airs at 7:00 PM Texas time and repeats at 10:00 PM.

- JP

Sarah Palin On The Record with Greta 6/11/10

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Sarah Palin appeared on Greta Van Susteren's "On The Record" program on Fox News Friday night...

Segment 1: Gov. Palin on the Gulf oil disaster, her 2010 endorsements, and 2012:




Segment 2: Sarah Palin on tabloid rumors, Newsweek's cover article and feminism:



- JP

The Palin Effect: Sarah Palin's appearance on 'Hannity' 6/9/2010

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Sarah Palin and host Sean Hannity discuss Tuesday night's big primary wins for GOP women, the Gulf Oil disaster and President Obama's lack of executive experience:



- JP

Fox News Video: Sarah Palin Sounds Off

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Gov. Palin talks to Megyn Kelly of Fox News about Obama's lack of leadership in the wake of the BP oil disaster, the Cap and Trade bill, and the "Mama Grizzlies" she endorsed in Tuesday night's elections:



- JP

DVR Alert: Gov. Palin on 'Hannity' tonight, June 9, 2010

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From the "Hannity" page on Fox News' website:

Wednesday, June 9:

• Sarah Palin reacts to big primary wins for GOP women & S.C. gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley on surviving a tough campaign

8 PM Texas Time, repeats at 11 PM on most cable systems.

- JP

Miller Time: Dennis Miller on Sarah Palin's unwanted neighbor

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Here's a Fox News video of Dennis Miller on "The O'Reilly Factor" Wednesday night. His comments on McGinness come at about 5:15 into the video:



- JP

Fox News Panel: McGinness stalking 'deplorable' and 'creepy' but not illegal

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Fox News' Megyn Kelly leads a panel discussion on the legality of the Palin stalking by Joe McGinness:

Z on TV: Fox News owns election night -- and Palin delivers

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Baltimore sun Television critic David Zurawik, noting that Fox News beat MSNBC, CNN and HLN combined in the election night Nielson ratings, thanks in part to contributor Sarah Palin's appearance on a segment of 'Hannity':

Tuesday night, Fox had her remote from the studio they built for her in Alaska. And instead of the usual urban backdrop of skyscrapers and twinkly nightlights for such remotes, they had daylight, trees and a big body of blue-blue water behind her. I'm serious, it was so strikingly different, that I would not have been surprised to see Morty, The Moose, from "Northern Exposure," come ambling up to the window behind her to give it a good nose bump.

At first glance, I thought it was going to be a disaster. But she never sounded better in her new Fox role. She looked relaxed, she made her points, and the distance suggested by the contrast in settings made her seem "small" enough on-screen so that Hannity didn't look like he was about to genuflect or get whiplash from nodding in agreement every time she opened her mouth.

I think this is case where the money was well spent on creating a set to make Palin feel happy and calm. It was a daring idea to let her be herself in a small remote studio in Alaska instead of an high-powered commentator in a blue blazer sitting in a New York studio -- in spite of the conventions of 24/7 cable TV. The Fox News executive who made this call made a good one, and I suspect the ratings are going to continue to reflect that.

Zurawik doesn't credit Gov. Palin for the dominance of Fox News in the ratings, but posits that at least the voters who marked their ballots for Rand Paul in Kentucky came home to watch the governor and coverage of the election on Fox News last night.

h/t: Roy Y

- JP