If this is sounding like a political obituary for Sarah Palin, it may well be.
It was reported this week that Palin will no longer be a paid commentator on Fox News. Whether she jumped or was pushed is not entirely clear, but the news was not surprising. She has not appeared on Fox since December, and she complained on
Facebook when some earlier appearances were canceled.
Her relationship with Fox News
CEO Roger Ailes – who hired her because “she was hot and got ratings” – are reported to have been pricklish.
As Jill Lawrence writes in the National Journal, “She could land somewhere else, and she still has her Facebook friends, but it’s hard to imagine she’ll find a more visible or influential platform than Fox.”
UPDATE – Howard Kurtz reports on the Daily Beast Saturday:
“Fox News offered Sarah Palin a new contract before she decided to part ways with the network where she has held forth as a commentator for the last three years.
“However, it would be hard to describe it as a generous contract….
“The new contract offered by Fox, say people familiar with the situation, would have provided only a fraction of the million-dollar-a-year salary. It was then, they say, that Palin turned it down and both sides agreed to call it quits
