Posted on 11/16/2010 11:48:26 AM PST by onyx
Fox News pays Sarah Palin as a contributor to their network. And apparently to be “fair and balanced,” they also pay Judith Miller and Liz Trotta to make fun of Sarah Palin:
UPDATE: Here’s what was said:
LIZ TROTTA: “Alessandra Stanley [of the New York Times] had the best line [in her Nov. 11 review]. She said the new [Palin TLC] show was like ‘The Sound of Music’ without the Nazis, without the romance and without the music.”
JUDITH MILLER (laughing): ”Oh, the Washington Post hated it, too . . . [Post TV critic Hank Steuver] said [Palin has] the kind of sound of a voice when warning you to heed the bears – it would actually scare the bears. . . . He said you just get the sense that all she’s waiting for when she’s looking at this great outdoors is to get back to her SUV for enough bars to send out her latest twitter about the beauty of the environment.”
OK, that’s what was said during the commercial break. Here’s what was said when the show came back on the air:
SCOTT: She has gotten a lot of heat for that new show. Some lefty groups, Ellis, are pushing Discovery Communications to pull the plug. How about at that for freedom of speech?
[ELLIS] HENICAN: Strategic misstep on the part of the lefty groups, as you mentioned. Let the woman talk. Believe me, the more she talks, the better off they are.
(LAUGHTER)
[JON] SCOTT: Interesting that some of these folks who don’t like her — I mean, she puts eyeballs in front of television sets, right?
MILLER: Yeah, and she got a network to pay her a million dollars per episode to do this. But I found the most interesting review to come from Karl Rove, who is not exactly a left wing lunatic, who said this is not going to advance her presidential prospects. This doesn’t make her look presidential. I’d listen to Karl.
TROTTA: And the numbers keep going down every time she makes appearance, her popularity numbers. You have to keep track of those. The more you see her, the less you like her. And overexposure is something the Democrats have to pray for.
SCOTT: So you think that –
TROTTA: Plus the fact that they can bank on the timidity of most men, who are so absolutely spooked by feminism that they’re afraid to criticize her.
HENICAN: Give her something on the Cartoon Network
That’s such a beautiful picture Sarah and Trig.
That's not entirely true.
They mentioned author Joe McGinnis numerous times.
Ahhhhhh...jealousy rears its ugly head. As if Miller's head wasn't ugly enough.
At 5 million viewers, that works out to about 20 cents per viewer. Did I do the math right?
And then figure out how much TLC charges to air each ad.
I would say TLC got a pretty good return on its investment.
Now, let's apply the same formula to the show Judith Miller's on......ummmmm......first, what's it called?
The hell you say.
LOL
Cartoon Network? Oh. You mean MSNBC.
Hmmmmm.....interesting strategy. By golly, I think that's worth a try.
Check my tagline. :)
Wow, Syncro. I didn’t see her say it and have not read her actual words until now, but you’re right about Trotta. Yikes. She sounds like Joylous Beyhar or any of those other hateful Feminazi’s.
I hate that Trotta guy.
I don’t believe it either. If such a poll exists, it’s meant to shape public opinion, and to persuade Sarah to get off the national stage. Not likely!
GOOD on you!
FNC is the best we have. It’s a real shame that we don’t have the billions to buy our own network/cable news channel.
Thanks, onyx for posting that clickable pic of the Palins. The pics at the TLC site are absolutely wonderful. I love seeing this happy family.
LOVE it! Beautiflly done, dear pillut48!
I really like your comments, too.
She was on a Sunday morning Fox show 2 years ago....I HEARD her say it.....I USED to like her and I was SHOCKED that she made a reference to Sarah and Trigg the obnoxious way she did. I may not have the EXACT words, but I assure you that is the essence.
So does that mean that in your opinion at least Hannity's in the bag for Mittens? You know Romney is and has been the Establishment darling -- I saw the reception the Bushes gave him in 2007 for their "all candidates" gabfest. Everyone got handshakes with old Poppy Bush, but Mittens got the official Bush abrazos of approval.
Like that Cuban pool boy the Bushes ran for mayor of Houston once.
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