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| Sarah Palin and Fox News part ways as Tea Party favourite's contract expires | Sarah Palin and Fox News part ways as Tea Party favourite's contract expires |
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| Sarah Palin may still be a heroine to many conservative Americans but she is parting ways with their favourite TV station after Fox News confirmed her contract with the News Corp-owned channel was over. | Sarah Palin may still be a heroine to many conservative Americans but she is parting ways with their favourite TV station after Fox News confirmed her contract with the News Corp-owned channel was over. |
| The former Alaska governor and one-time running mate of 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain has seen a dip in her political clout of late, having no power base that an elected office provides, though she is still popular with many rightwingers. | The former Alaska governor and one-time running mate of 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain has seen a dip in her political clout of late, having no power base that an elected office provides, though she is still popular with many rightwingers. |
| But her media visibility has now taken a blow with the loss of her Fox contract, which had run out this month. It was not immediately clear if the decision was ultimately Fox's or Palin's, but executives at the channel wished her well. "We have thoroughly enjoyed our association with Governor Palin. We wish her the best in her future endeavors," said Bill Shine, Fox News' executive vice-president of programming, in a statement. | But her media visibility has now taken a blow with the loss of her Fox contract, which had run out this month. It was not immediately clear if the decision was ultimately Fox's or Palin's, but executives at the channel wished her well. "We have thoroughly enjoyed our association with Governor Palin. We wish her the best in her future endeavors," said Bill Shine, Fox News' executive vice-president of programming, in a statement. |
| The news was first broken by conservative-leaning website Real Clear Politics which reported that Palin was offered a contract renewal but declined to take it. | The news was first broken by conservative-leaning website Real Clear Politics which reported that Palin was offered a contract renewal but declined to take it. |
| Palin had been a regular guest on Fox for the past three years, joining a coterie of other Republican stars on the channel. She had been such a popular and valuable presence on the channel that Fox even built her a small studio at her house in Wasilla, Alaska, so that she could appear live on programmes from her home. | Palin had been a regular guest on Fox for the past three years, joining a coterie of other Republican stars on the channel. She had been such a popular and valuable presence on the channel that Fox even built her a small studio at her house in Wasilla, Alaska, so that she could appear live on programmes from her home. |
| On her Facebook page, Palin, who is an avid user of social media to release statements and opinions, did not address the issue. Instead she had posted a link to a Fox story about US soldiers being asked to take down a cross from an army chapel in Afghanistan. In a typical Palin move, she described the act as "nonsensical political correctness". "What are we succumbing to, America?" she said. | On her Facebook page, Palin, who is an avid user of social media to release statements and opinions, did not address the issue. Instead she had posted a link to a Fox story about US soldiers being asked to take down a cross from an army chapel in Afghanistan. In a typical Palin move, she described the act as "nonsensical political correctness". "What are we succumbing to, America?" she said. |
| When McCain picked Palin as his vice presidential choice in 2008 the combative rightwinger electrified the race and excited a hitherto moribund Republican base. | When McCain picked Palin as his vice presidential choice in 2008 the combative rightwinger electrified the race and excited a hitherto moribund Republican base. |
| She maintained that popularity despite McCain's loss that year and a series of gaffes that seemed to confirm critics' opinions that she was unprepared for such a high-profile and high-octane political campaign. | She maintained that popularity despite McCain's loss that year and a series of gaffes that seemed to confirm critics' opinions that she was unprepared for such a high-profile and high-octane political campaign. |
| But since then she has resigned her post as governor of Alaska and relied on books and TV appearances, including a reality show, to spread her influence. | But since then she has resigned her post as governor of Alaska and relied on books and TV appearances, including a reality show, to spread her influence. |
| That has opened up a rift with the party's leaders and cast her increasingly as an outsider. | That has opened up a rift with the party's leaders and cast her increasingly as an outsider. |
| Last year Palin did not speak at the Republican party's national convention in Tampa that nominated Mitt Romney for the presidency. | Last year Palin did not speak at the Republican party's national convention in Tampa that nominated Mitt Romney for the presidency. |
| The move also comes as Fox News, which remains a highly successful and profitable media operation in America, adjusts to the prospect of a second term for President Barack Obama. | The move also comes as Fox News, which remains a highly successful and profitable media operation in America, adjusts to the prospect of a second term for President Barack Obama. |
| It recently hired far-left former congressman Dennis Kucinich as a contributor, and has also created headlines by cutting back the airtime of top Republican commentators Karl Rove and Dick Morris after the pair made high-profile wrong calls about the likelihood of a Romney election victory. | It recently hired far-left former congressman Dennis Kucinich as a contributor, and has also created headlines by cutting back the airtime of top Republican commentators Karl Rove and Dick Morris after the pair made high-profile wrong calls about the likelihood of a Romney election victory. |
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