3 Reasons Sarah Palin’s 15 Mins of Fox Fame are Ending

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Sarah the Palin’s star isn’t quite as bright as it once was and that makes her very cranky. Forgiving the mixed metaphors, her meteoric rise to fame, thanks to John McCain, appears to be taking a nose dive.  Now, those of us who follow politics and people aren’t surprised, given her bad press, and of course the fact that she’s a vacuous empty head, who should never have been elected governor of Alaska much less picked to be a vice presidential candidate.

So it comes as no surprise that Sarah Palin’s increasingly testy relationship with Fox News took a turn for the worse this week, when she wrote on her Facebook page that the cable news channel had canceled interviews she had been scheduled to give during the network’s coverage of the Republican convention. Palin was supposed to appear on Fox on Wednesday, the same night that Paul Ryan, her successor as the GOP’s vice-presidential candidate, was speaking. Fox executives say Palin got cut simply because time was tight after the convention was condensed from four days to three in the wake of Hurricane Isaac. But this is far from the first public clash between the former Alaska governor and her employer. What’s the real story behind the souring relationship? Here, three theories:

1. Palin is not the star she was when Fox hired her
Four years ago, Palin was the darling of the GOP, says Scott Paulson at Examiner.com, but she threw that away when she quit her job as governor of Alaska. She’s “not even a politician anymore.” Face it: With her relevance in the Republican Party fading, Palin’s “extended 15 minutes” of fame are running out. And fame is what made her valuable to Fox.

2. And her ratings don’t justify her monster salary
This is “a classic display of Sarah Palin being, well, Sarah Palin,” says Gabriel Sherman at New York. But her Facebook outburst also “reveals something deeper” about Palin’s rocky relationship with Fox. Palin is the cable news channel’s highest-paid contributor at $1 million a year, but Fox executives are disappointed with her ratings. Her contract is up in January, and Fox is weighing what kind of renewal to sign, “if they sign one at all.” Palin, disappointed that she’s not getting top billing, is pushing back, but she shouldn’t press her luck. Since she quit as Alaska’s governor, Fox has been her soapbox, and if she loses “the network’s platform, it’s unclear how she could maintain even her current, much-diminished level of visibility.”

3. When it comes to Palin and Roger Ailes, it’s personal
Fox News chief Roger Ailes isn’t crazy about Palin, says Jack Mirkinson at The Huffington Post. He once reportedly said the only reason he hired her in the first place was that she was “hot and got ratings.” He also has been quoted as saying that she had “no chance of being president,” and was reportedly furious when she announced her decision not to run for the 2012 nomination on a conservative radio talk show instead of on Fox. In private, Ailes has even reportedly called Palin just plain “stupid.” Ouch.

Many thanks to examiner.com, Huffingtonpost, The Week, and New York for their contributions to this story.

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Jess
11 years ago

This idiot is definitely way passed her expiration date. Bible spice, from Our Sister of Perpetual Victimhood will still inject herself into the conversation though, because it is all about her.

Bill Formby
11 years ago

Palin was like a fuse before the big explosion of real nuts.

Reply to  Bill Formby
11 years ago

Well said Bill!!

11 years ago

We thought Palin was crazy when she was in the spotlight, but look at all the dimwits that came along after her. Is there no end to the moronic ideologies of the GOP?

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