Fox news whines: Five interviews isn’t enough, Palin should be on every Fox show.
Fox news whines: Five interviews isn’t enough, Palin should be on every Fox show.
Time Magazine’s Mark Halperin reports that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) will appear on Fox’s Hannity and Colmes tonight, her fourth interview with Sean Hannity (including one appearance on his radio show). All told, this will be Palin’s fifth Fox News sit-down. But apparently that’s not enough for Fox’s Megyn Kelly, who demanded that Palin give an interview with each and every Fox News host:
KELLY: Was it the McCain campaign’s responsibility to give her out to other organizations so that there wasn’t this monopoly for an entire week of the Couric soundbites being run over and over and over? She has yet to do any Fox daytime. She has not gone on this broadcast. She hasn’t gone on Fox and Friends. She hasn’t done Brit Hume’s show. She hasn’t done O’Reilly. I mean, why let it just sit there, all week, just the Katie Couric soundbites over and over?
Her guest, conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, agreed, saying Palin should have done more talk radio interviews. Watch it:
In the meantime, Palin still refuses to give a press conference.
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I really see Palin in a reality show.
I can just picture it: first dude with his separatist party, the unwed, pregnant teen daughter with the redneck boyfriend who "kicks @ss and doesn't want kids", the crazy kid names, the scandals, the ex brother-in-law cop, wacky shopping sprees (hicks in the Big City!), the creationism, the witch doctor blessing . . .
My god, the show just writes itself!
October 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pmIn hindsight that looks like a smart tactic, however, in real time that would've appeared as though she was primarily submitting to hack interviews. And at the time the damage control crew in the McCain campaign basically froze, took their medicine and reluctantly have scarcely made her available to anyone but Faux since.
The complaints about her handling are ridiculous. What about her performance? Oh, that's easy, just have her do Faux interviews everyday of the week! Just silly.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pmHey Kelly, Do you want some Brie with your whine?
snark
October 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pmIs Krauthammer a real human being. I swear he looks like a corpse and his talking points are just as relevant.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:04 pmWow. I don't even know how I'm supposed to feel about this.
Am I supposed to be outraged because a Republican candidate is so insulated that she's not even going on her own propaganda chennel, or happy because Fox News is the one whining about it?
October 27th, 2008 at 2:05 pmI think you got about one season before all of them, including the young one demand their own 'Flavor of Love'-like spinoff. It would be a fitting end to the 'Republican Party's First Dysfunctional Family'
And that has to be the title!
October 27th, 2008 at 2:05 pmMy view of Ms.Kelly is does she ever blink ? Is she real, her two facial expressions are fanatic and zoned out. She got all hyper this a.m. and announced she was an attorney before her Faux News gig. But, now I think of it, all the female Faux commentators are blond, and angry. Whats with that ?
October 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pmFred Says:
Is Krauthammer a real human being.
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He's an animatronic. Think It's a Small World in Disney World.
Like most GOPers and animatronics, he has been put on an audio loop where he repeats key phrases over and over again and if the tape gets stuck, no one notices because it's always the same $hit.
"Tax and spend" "Terrorist" "Maverick"
Rudy Guiliani is another animatronic.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pmOh and now everyone, just forget that $150,000 spent on clothes and $22,000 on hair and makeup because Sarah is wearing her consignment clothes in Tampa yesterday. Just never happened, spending humongous taxpayer money on froo froo pretending to be just an average "Joe". Repubs words, "just never happened, because I said it didn't ".
October 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pmDidHeJustSayThat Says:
‘Republican Party’s First Dysfunctional Family’
And that has to be the title!
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Thank you. That's all that was missing! :D
October 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pmMs Kelly is desperately confused about what constitutes a "monopoly". She's also confused about what "other organizations" means to normal human beings: it does not mean FoxNews. FoxNews might charitably be included in a list of "other organizations" but having Palin appear on a bunch of FoxNews programs would be a monopoly, Ms Kelly, since she's not doing interviews anywhere else.
As for Krauthammer, I will blogwhore this commentary.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:10 pmGeorge W. is an animatronic, with faulty wiring.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:10 pmSo, FOX news isn't even trying to maintain an aura of impartiality anymore? They're just flat out saying "We're the Republican News Network, so the Republican VP Candidate should be on every show."
October 27th, 2008 at 2:10 pmWhile we are talking of repub forked tongue speak, for 8 years it has been a repub controlled House and Congress, but NOW OH MY GOD, WHAT IF OBAMA HAS A DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED HOUSE AND CONGRESS !!!!!
October 27th, 2008 at 2:11 pmGreat idea dead guy, then I won't have to see or listen to her at all...Blessings
October 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pm.
An interview IS NOT akin to acts of WAR CRIMES!!!
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October 27th, 2008 at 2:13 pmFaux news is up in arms about a Mickey Mouse registration, just how would MM actually vote ? Would he have a drivers license ? What a crock of crap Faux News is inciting dumb viewers with. Actual voting fraud is the question not registration fraud. And should we bring up Ann Coulter in Florida ? Funny how that was quieted.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:15 pmFrosty, may I suggest an alternate title:
"Dysfunctional Family Values"
I think it's a winner.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:16 pmHer guest, conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, agreed, saying Palin should have done more talk radio interviews.
Go on radio and waste all that money buying fancy, elitist clothes you can't see? What, are you nuts?
October 27th, 2008 at 2:19 pm.
Is the FOX turning on the PIG?
... er pit bull in lipstick?
Q U E S T I O N:
What's a MAVERICK but a break away COW?
Hey, Animal Farm anyone?
... And know that I'm not being sexist because I'm not talking about her $150,000.00 wardrobe, K?
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October 27th, 2008 at 2:19 pmI love it I wish she was on Fox News 24/7 which would finish of the Ol' Geezer and his campaign She loves it cause all she gets are prepped questions and softballs. We love it cause she might as well be in a fu*king closet the only people watching are the people who are already voting for her
October 27th, 2008 at 2:20 pm"OMG! How am I supposed to, like, carry water for Sara, if she won't, like, come on my show -or even O'Reilly's!?"
October 27th, 2008 at 2:23 pm~Megyn Kelly
That's great, the more time she spends on Fox with their
October 27th, 2008 at 2:23 pmwell delineated viewership, the less time she'll have to
spend on reasonable and balanced news shows. She can spend the
next 8 days "preaching to the choir" as it were. They've already decided who they're voting for anyway, this just
makes them feel like they've made the right choice.
I say let Jack Cafferty interview Caribou Barbie.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:25 pmI can see why Fox is upset. Unless Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska, they will have to wait two years before they can make her the new attack bimbo on Fox and Friends.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:25 pmOne small question, Sarah & Faux Friends, is a Palinocracy the same thing as a Dieboldocracy?
October 27th, 2008 at 2:26 pmWell, this plays right into the coming week of Palin continuing to "go rogue" and verbalize the "tough questions" that the intellectually curious average Fox News viewers demands be answered...
Jesus H. Christ, these people are f'in stoopid.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pmMz.Kelly seems genuinely upset that ALL Palins interviews were'nt done by fuch's snoose without being scripted and editted prior to airing them .
October 27th, 2008 at 2:30 pmTelling lies and half truths and stirring up hate are what fox does best .The perfect tool for the devide and conquer Rovian strategy whose poisonous cloud has rested over American elections for the last several years ( with a little help from diebold ).
Times change !
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I say let Jack Cafferty interview Caribou Barbie.
I don't think anyone could force Cafferty to interview Half-Baked Alaska.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:30 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Frosty, may I suggest an alternate title:
“Dysfunctional Family Values”
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I like it! :)
October 27th, 2008 at 2:30 pm"It's utterly incomprehensible"
Of course it is.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:31 pmfox could have saved the day, but here they are with their hands tied.
Somebody must be to blame, let's narrow it down.
Fixed Noise - Taking STUPID to new heights every day. Gotta be on a wall somewhere in murdoch's empire...
jeeezzzzz....
October 27th, 2008 at 2:31 pmWhat's the matter? Is Fox News finally getting bored of endlessly repeating non-stories about ACORN.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:33 pmI look at it this way. Palin SHOULD be on all the Fox shows. Also all the CNN shows, all the MSNBC shows, as well as Meet the Press, Face the Nation, 60 Minutes, 20/20, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and all the rest of the network news shows. And let's throw in The Daily Show and the Colbert Report for good measure. After all, she's only trying to be elected to the second highest office in the land, and the American public deserves to get a good look at her.
However, she should get all this exposure under the same conditions that Biden is getting his. This means that she follows the rules of whatever medium she's appearing on, not setting her own. It means that she doesn't get questions in advance, nor are they vetted or pre-screened. Like Biden, she shows up and does the best she can with what she's given.
And then the American public can judge for themselves.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:34 pmPalin should be on every Fox show.»
How could Palin study up on answers for pre selected and agreed upon questions if she appeared on every Faux show?
October 27th, 2008 at 2:35 pm"How could Palin study up on answers for pre selected and agreed upon questions if she appeared on every Faux show?"
Because they are all the same?
October 27th, 2008 at 2:38 pmDear Megyn,
There's a reason why Sarah Palin hasn't appeared on O'Reilly, Brit Hume, Fox and Friends, etc., not to mention Charles Craphammer, and that's because Americans associate these shows with psychotic behavior.
Republicans already have a problem with the psychotic behavior issue without beating it to death.
Personally, I think Sarah would love to appear on these programs but her primary advisor, Joe Lieberman, has told her to avoid Fox News because people associated us with nut-job Zionists. Lieberman is worried this will lose Sarah the redneck vote.
Please distribute to all Fox News personnel so they will stop asking about this.
Thanks,
Roger
P.S. No one likes a whiner.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:38 pmThis from the media terrorists that suggested Barak & Michelle performed a 'terrorist fist bump'.
Infotainment is NOT news. Get over it, Fox, you're a disgrace to broadcasting, twisting factoids to raise ratings.
Fox News: 'Fairly Unbalanced'
October 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pmThose Fux guys really love kissing Reichwing butt.
(Oh, and Caribou Nazi Barbie you might want to reconsider ever going on Bildo's show, he is a pervert, but he you need a stalker, he's your man)
October 27th, 2008 at 2:41 pm37 nevar raven (?)
good point.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:42 pmIn the world of FOX there is should be no difference between an interview and an infomercial .
October 27th, 2008 at 2:44 pmFacts and honesty be damned ! Just sell the product !
forevermore...
October 27th, 2008 at 2:47 pmShe hasn’t done O’Reilly.
- - She hasn't "done" Rich Lowry either, another member of the "Little Starbursts" club.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:49 pmHaving McPalin go on every Fox "News" show with its three million max viewers would be akin to running an ice cream parlor with 37 flavors of vanilla. You get a lot of action with those who already like that flavor but nobody else cares. The reason the Couric interview sucked the life out of the campaign was that it exposed her as a fraud. The ABC interview already ran and the first Sean Insanity drool-fest popped up in relatively close proximity. They didn't get half the attention Couric's did because they provided no substance.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:49 pmSlightly OT, but: has any other VP candidate in 'modern' history ever NOT held at least one press conference before the election? Seriously curious if this is a first.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:51 pmtexaslady Says:
Oh and now everyone, just forget that $150,000 spent on clothes and $22,000 on hair and makeup because Sarah is wearing her consignment clothes in Tampa yesterday.
Ironically the RNC purchasing her clothes is a serious violation of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law.
Is John McCain against his his own law he co-sponsored and voted for now?
October 27th, 2008 at 2:58 pmWayne Says:
Is John McCain against his his own law he co-sponsored and voted for now?
No, certainly not. Johnny is completely for all of the things that he has always been 'for', and he never changes his mind on anything. He'd never change his diaper, either, but there are enough 'mommies' around to help out with that. However, it should be noted that he was certainly for the support of his co-sponsorship and stands firmly behind that as anything else. But you see, this kind of reform is important to the values voter and McCain is for the deregulation of regulations that are excessive unnecsessary regulations and against the deregulation of necessary regulations, or the regulation of deregulations in accordance with the regulations that are already regulated, but need less regulation to properly regulate themselves.
Simple.
He's for or against whatever you want.
October 27th, 2008 at 3:05 pmQuoth the Nevar
October 27th, 2008 at 3:08 pmOnly Faux News would seriously want more of Winky's antics on the air
October 27th, 2008 at 3:20 pmDumb Question: but if she only goes on Faux, then she will only be speaking to the base / 25%ers who are already for her. How will that help her ?
October 27th, 2008 at 3:24 pmFrosty Cupcake Says:
I really see Palin in a reality show.
I can just picture it: first dude with his separatist party, the unwed, pregnant teen daughter with the redneck boyfriend who “kicks @ss and doesn’t want kids”, the crazy kid names, the scandals, the ex brother-in-law cop, wacky shopping sprees (hicks in the Big City!), the creationism, the witch doctor blessing . . .
Compared to this, the cast of Northern Exposure was downright normal.
October 27th, 2008 at 3:33 pmWhy would she want to go on the show with GermanBallPeen?
Between them, their voices could drive everyone on the set stark raving mad! Mad, I tell you, MAD!
October 27th, 2008 at 3:48 pmBilbo:
At least Cicily had the uber-cool, leftist disc jockey. ;)
All Wasilla has are big box retailers. :(
October 27th, 2008 at 3:51 pmthat picture of his face is scary?
Sarah talk on radio? Jeez, is this guy a ditz? The machine only wants people to look at her, not listen. She can't even put a sentence together and he wonders why she didn't do more radio?
listen to your hammer. I've been wrong before, but I still work at faux?
October 27th, 2008 at 3:51 pmKrauthammer looks like a corpse that's been dug up a year after death.
October 27th, 2008 at 3:55 pmDoes Krautjackhammer win the award for having the largest upper lip in this hemisphere?
October 27th, 2008 at 3:57 pmshouldn't we just let
sarah be sarah?
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October 27th, 2008 at 3:59 pmShe won't do O’Reilly because she is afraid he would hump her leg.
October 27th, 2008 at 4:02 pmShe hasn’t done O’Reilly.
I'll bet she has in a few of Billo's dreams.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:08 pmActually Palin has been on the Cartoon Network every day of this '08 campaign. She wouldn't want to share the stage with hannity, ORielly, et al.
Actually having Ann Coulter sit in for ORielly and interview Palin would be a true conservative love fest. As would Newt Gingrich interviewing Palin. And lets not leave out Savage interviewing Palin.
October 28th, 2008 at 3:58 am