Palin Watched Debate on 'One of Eight Televisions Tuned to Fox News'

Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress at 10:38 AM on October 8, 2008.

Palin, like Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, obviously has a favorite network.

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Although Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) claims to read every single news source, she apparently watches only one cable news network — Fox News. ABC reports that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) was at a pizzeria in Greenville, NC during yesterday’s debate and watched the event on "one of eight televisions tuned to Fox News, while eating pizza and spaghetti." This practice is reminiscent of Vice President Cheney, who requires that all tvs be pre-set to Fox News when he travels. Reporters have also complained that the Bush administration refused to let them watch anything but Fox News on Air Force One. Two separate interviews with Palin will be airing on Fox News tonight.

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Amanda Terkel is Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and serves as Deputy Editor for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.

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I Am Shocked! Shocked, I Tell You! [Report this comment] Posted by: ranchero42 on Oct 8, 2008 11:30 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] The relatively benign goal of the neo-cons seems to have been to suck all meaning out of words and phrases that can do them political harm. They don't seem to understand mastery of language is the best tool against outsmarting yourself. As long as the right continues to underestimate the ability of the average voter to grasp simple concepts like who exactly is getting screwed, they will continue to use "baffle 'em with bullshit" as their fallback position. Avoidance of more apt words, like "frustration" and "desperation" will remain their manifest destiny and "other people's money" will become as leaves in the wind. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Brother, Can You Spare a "Fair" Or a "Balance"? Posted by: ranchero42 PBS has a poll [Report this comment] Posted by: surfreality on Oct 9, 2008 6:28 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] PBS has an online poll posted asking if Sarah Palin is qualified. Apparently the right wing knew about this in advance and are flooding the voting with YES votes. The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream media. It can influence undecided voters in swing states. Please do two things -- takes 20 seconds. 1) Click on link and vote yourself. Here's the link: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html 2) Then send this to every single Obama-Biden voter you know, and urge them to vote and pass it on. The last thing we need is PBS saying their viewers think Sarah Palin is qualified. Right now it's tied 49%-49% [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: PBS has a poll Posted by: mainspark

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