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Palin, Fox News, LL Cool J tangle over phantom interview

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  1. GRENDEL

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    Here's a chapter in the culture wars that no one saw coming: Sarah Palin and Fox News facing off against '80s rap star and actor LL Cool J.

    Palin makes her hosting debut Thursday night on Fox, as captain of an interview special in Greta Von Susteren's 10 p.m. slot. The show is called "Real American Stories," and the New York Daily News explains that it chronicles "people who have overcome adversity and more."

    Among the success stories Palin plans to highlight are those of country music star Toby Keith, former GE Chairman Jack Welch, and a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. LL Cool J (birth name James Todd Smith) was also included in the roster — which prompted some conservative commenters to gloat a bit.

    Popular conservative blogger Allahpundit tweaked liberals who accuse Tea Party supporters of racist sympathies, saying they'll be "shocked to find the alleged Grand Dragon of the tea-party movement making chitchat with a hip-hop legend."

    The problem is that no such chitchat was produced for the Palin show. LL Cool J, star of "NCIS: Los Angeles," tweeted Tuesday night: "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."

    When contacted by Yahoo! News for comment, Fox News provided us with a statement:

    "Real American Stories features uplifting tales about overcoming adversity and we believe Mr. Smith's interview fit that criteria. However, as it appears that Mr. Smith does not want to be associated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his interview from the special and wish him the best with his fledgling acting career."

    Attempts to reach LL Cool J for comment proved unsuccessful. Perhaps he intends a more recent Twitter entry to serve as his rejoinder to the Fox statement: "Nobody can bring you peace but yourself."

    — Brett Michael Dykes is a national news writer for Yahoo! News.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100331/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1387
     
    #1 GRENDEL, Mar 31, 2010
  2. DonnyMost

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    I really wish I could say I am surprised.
     
    #2 DonnyMost, Mar 31, 2010
  3. FFz

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    LOL so they were just going to replay an old interview and play it off like LL Cool J interviewed with palin? Dang...
     
    #3 FFz, Mar 31, 2010
  4. vlaurelio

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    what's up with these wingnuts these days bringing up 2-year old video footages and pretending they're relevant
     
    #4 vlaurelio, Mar 31, 2010
  5. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    Hey, Spaceghost did it in his "Coast to coast" show! :mad: I am still mad that I fell for that until someone told me about it.
     
    #5 B-Bob, Mar 31, 2010
  6. Cannonball

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    I don't know why, but I'm surprised FOX stooped to taking a pot shot at LL Cool J in their statement.

    They were taking an old interview, misrepresenting it as current, and when they got called on it all they could do is make a juvenile sounding response.
     
    #6 Cannonball, Mar 31, 2010
  7. DonnyMost

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    You just crushed a cherished memory for me.

    I will never, ever forgive you for that.
     
    #7 DonnyMost, Mar 31, 2010
  8. Oski2005

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    I love how petty they get when they are called out. "Fledgling acting career." Is that supposed to be the response of a professional news organization?
     
    #8 Oski2005, Mar 31, 2010
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    Particularly when the program at the heart of this matter features Sarah Palin... :confused: Fledgling for real.
     
    #9 rhadamanthus, Mar 31, 2010
  10. DonnyMost

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    No kidding.

    They get busted for trying to fake an interview and throw that high-schoolesqe turd out there for everyone to sniff?

    Seriously?
     
    #10 DonnyMost, Mar 31, 2010
  11. B-Bob

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    hahahahahahaha -- good one! They are always playing to their audience. It is a fantastic, profitable, growth-oriented business. It just doesn't have any real connection to what most people used to consider "news."
     
    #11 B-Bob, Mar 31, 2010
  12. vlaurelio

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    Is it really difficult to simply say this?

    "Real American Stories features uplifting tales about overcoming adversity and we believe Mr. Smith's interview fit that criteria. However, as it appears that Mr. Smith does not want to be associated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his interview from the special."

    or this

    "Real American Stories features uplifting tales about overcoming adversity and we believe Mr. Smith's interview fit that criteria. However, as it appears that Mr. Smith does not want to be associated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his interview from the special and wish him the best."
     
    #12 vlaurelio, Mar 31, 2010
  13. DFWRocket

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    Taking old footage & interviews and repurposing them later is nothing new in TV..its done all the time. If it were anybody other than Palin nothing would have been said
     
    #13 DFWRocket, Mar 31, 2010
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    If it was anybody other than Fox, people would trust them to label the interview as a rerun.
     
    #14 g1184, Mar 31, 2010
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    MOMMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT.

    I wish someone would do that to the higher ups at Fox News...
     
    #15 DudeWah, Mar 31, 2010
  16. vlaurelio

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    are you saying taking old footage and changing the interviewer being credited is common?
     
    #16 vlaurelio, Mar 31, 2010
  17. Pizza_Da_Hut

    Pizza_Da_Hut I put on pants for this?

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    Yeah, Weird Al did it all the time. It was epic.
     
    #17 Pizza_Da_Hut, Mar 31, 2010
  18. DonnyMost

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    Weird Al on Fox News.

    Now that would really be epic.
     
    #18 DonnyMost, Mar 31, 2010
  19. conquistador#11

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    Momma said knock you out!

    There was already a show similar to that, only that it focused on americans from mexico and other countries coming to north america to materialize their dream. But I guess that why this show is called "real" american stories.
     
    #19 conquistador#11, Mar 31, 2010
  20. SamFisher

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    It just shows how repellent some people perceive Fox News and Palin to be - a reputation that they have both worked hard for; it's their brand.
     
    #20 SamFisher, Mar 31, 2010
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