Axe? Mr Worf, there's probably a bonus check in his inbox as I type this. And don't be surprised if the Wasilla Wingnut isn't front-and-center when the cameras are rolling, probably at Roger Ailes' insistence. I can hear him saying, "She's gotta get her feet wet sometime."
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I hope and believe that they will do something so stupid that whoever is > the head of the news division gets the axe. > > I think they have actual journalists conducting the interviews and Palin > will do intros and wrap ups. She's too stupid to do anything else. > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net > > wrote: > >> >> >> Well, I'm sure LL didn't know it was for a Palin-hosted show. Who >> interviewed him at that time? To wrap it up under Palin--someone whose >> beliefs and actions I have to believe he probably finds objectionable--is >> problematic at best. The Fox response is typically unprofessional, in >> suggesting he doesn't want to inspire other people. >> But nothing--nothing--Fox does surprises or disappoints me anymore. When >> they cut Obama's meeting with top Republicans a few weeks ago, they had no >> excuse. It was news, it was live, and they just cut away, because he was >> cleaning the Republicans' clocks. When Fox chairman Roger Ailes was asked >> about it on "This Week", he just joked "we cut away because we're 'fair and >> balanced'". >> The rest of the panel, including good friend Barbara Walters, who was >> guest hosting, all laughed. I was incensed. He made a joke of a "news" >> channel flagrantly ignoring news because of personal bias. And that's okay? >> >> Nothing Fox does surprises me anymore... >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:43:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin >> Show >> >> >> >> Fox has cut his segment from the show, but I thought that it was an >> interesting story. >> >> LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show By DAVE >> ITZKOFF<http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/author/dave-itzkoff/> >> [image: LL Cool J] >> [image: Sarah Palin] >> >> *Update:* Fox News >> said<http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/fox-news-will-cut-ll-cool-j-interview-from-palin-show/>it >> would cut an interview with LL Cool J from the debut episode of “Real >> American Stories.” >> >> If the lineup and promotion for the inaugural episode of “Real American >> Stories,” a new Fox News Channel series to be hosted by Sarah >> Palin<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/sarah_palin/index.html>, >> caught you by surprise, you’re not the only one. On his Twitter >> account<http://twitter.com/llcoolj>on Tuesday night, LL >> Cool >> J<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/ll_cool_j/index.html>, >> who was announced as one of the guests for the show, wrote that Fox was >> misrepresenting him. >> >> “Real American Stories” is scheduled to have its premiere on Fox News >> Channel on Thursday night. On its Web site <http://www.foxnews.com/>, Fox >> News said the show would profile people who have “given back, given all and >> never given up.” Among the guests that Fox News is announcing in an >> advertisement for the first >> episode<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtBY2__J9t0>are the country musician >> Toby Keith; John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman >> of General Electric; and LL Cool J, the rapper and star of “NCIS: Los >> Angeles.” >> >> But LL Cool J wrote on >> Twitter<http://twitter.com/llcoolj/status/11339785126>: >> “Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are >> misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. WOW.” >> He then re-sent the message nearly two dozen times to various followers in a >> two-hour span. >> >> Fox News has responded >> here<http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/fox-news-will-cut-ll-cool-j-interview-from-palin-show/>. >> Representatives for LL Cool J were not immediately available. >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > >
