The Hollywood Reporter says Discovery Channel has won the Sarah Palin reality show sweepstakes. Considering the broadcast networks all passed and there was only one other cable channel in the running, we're not sure what exactly they won. According to THR, the cost to the cable channel may be more than $1 million per episode which, uh, sounds insane. Wanna bet on whether this thing gets on the air, much less lasts a whole season? Not that we're keeping score, but THR originally reported that Discovery Channel was not interested in the show, but that its sister network TLC was. We'll wait for an official release from Discovery before we start the official mocking of them.
If the Discovery channel still employs scientists to help with research you would think they might have noticed that EVERYTHING Palin touches is either badly damaged or completely destroyed. Even hiding in a shark cage will not protect them from the shrapnel created when this thing blows up in their face.
I hope the Discovery Channel has taken out disaster insurance on this particular reality show. I have little doubt they are going to need it.
Any woman who talks about loving wildlife next to her potatoes, advocates shooting wolves form a plane, and refuses to acknowledge man's responsibility for Climate Change while polar bears drown in the ocean for lack of adequate sea ice, is the very LAST person on the planet who should be showing people the beauty of Alaska's great outdoors. I hope that the Discovery Channel is inundated with letters and e-mails from animal rights groups demanding that they stop production on this televised abortion immediately!
And if they are smart, they will heed that advice.
P.S. If YOU want to contact Discovery.com click here.
And to think I used to respect Discovery Channel. Well, I guess they're going to learn the hard way, eh?
ReplyDeleteKinda makes me wonder how long the idiot that made the "winning" bid will last after filming starts.
Unbelievable.
I know I am contacting The Discovery Channel to express my distaste for this venture. I hope we all do.
ReplyDeleteWhen Sarah was the governor of Alaska, she had a chance to travel all over the state and promote its culture and natural beauty. As governor, she traveled around the country, giving speeches and political comments. But, she quit her job to do all of the same things. The only difference, more money!
ReplyDeleteThere is already so much crap on all of the stations that are owned by Discovery that Sarah will fit right in. At one time, Anna Nicole Smith appeared in a drug-fuel haze, talking on and on about herself.
I am sorry to see her cashing in on a job that she should have been doing when she was in office.
Okay, I tried to express my opinion on the The Discovery Channel site, but it isn't easy to get to an email submission slot.
ReplyDeleteWhen I tried to make comments on programming, I had to jump through three pages only to discover that unless I chose a particular program and told them when last I watched, I couldn't go any further.
Then I tried the advertising/communications link - another no-go.
Anyone having better luck?
Maybe it will be on their off-shoot channel, DiscoveryHealth.
ReplyDeleteWill they be able to turn it into a "What Not To Do To Your Body" show?
America land of the suckers and capitalism. I bet the show would be interesting. But believe me she isn't the woman to showcase the show. She is a bad speaker and to be honest while watching her all I will be thinking of is the turkey that had its head cut off while she was standing there smiling away. Plus shooting wolves from a plane. I will not watch her show. Please Discovery Channel I thought you had more class then that. Put a real native from AK who really would be proud to show the state off and not ask for a $1,000,000.00 a show. She could care less.
ReplyDeleteWho can we contact to protest this appauling attempt of Palin's to mis-represent the real Alaska?
ReplyDeleteShe sure was hopped up on speed last night, wearing a vest on Hannity, she's in front of a green screen with a shot of her house pretending to be outside. Her manic performance was funny compared to her usual dopey performances on fox.
ReplyDeleteOT, but she really does look like Dick Cheney in that photo.
ReplyDeleteWrite them here:
ReplyDeleteDiscovery Communications
Viewer Relations
One Discovery Place
5th Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Nan - it might be a good time to start a letter writing/emailing campaign. Maybe Discovery Channel is under the impression that all people really like Sarah Palin.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we should start letting Discovery Channel know that we will not watch Sarah's show nor will we continue to watch a channel that pays a national politician and possible presidential candidate to appear on their programming. Palin is not an actor or a scientist - she's a freaking politician! Her show belongs on FOX, not on Discovery. Never mind that the topic is not political - it's still publicity for her politically.
Anyway, sorry for ranting. I am going to let Discovery Channel know my feelings on this matter. I hope others will do the same.
How about an e-mail campaign protesting Discovery's purchase of Palin's show?
ReplyDeleteWow, if this is true it really tarnishes the Discovery Channel.
ReplyDeleteThe Discovery Channel makes it very difficult to reach them ! So I will simply say it here I will boycott Them, products,sponsors all of the affiliates etc.forever if they put that lying B!7(h on Dis.Ch.that would be the last straw I'm tired of that sicko and her rabble rousing followers.
ReplyDeletePalin will lie on every single episode. I hope the blogs and Geoffrey Dunn continue to hound and expose her on every single lie! I feel for Alaskans. I know what it feels like to have a politician embarrass your state--I have Rick Perry and the one who yelled at Stupak and more.
ReplyDeleteOT. Bachmann's opponent has started a site where you can get a photo of yourself, Palin and Bachmann for free rather than the $10,000 asking fee.
ReplyDeleteHave fun folks and help out Bachmann's opponent if you can.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/23/849...
If you look at the Discovery Channel's website, you'll discover (no pun intended) that they have lots of programs, some good some bad. They also have a chain of stores selling all kinds of stuff associated with their shows. They are a money making machine. They already have people fishing, logging, surviving, tattooing, cooking and screaming at us.
ReplyDeleteIf Jon & Kate + eight is any example of their programing, then we already know that despite Jon's tabloid antics, the show continues. Sarah is on a full speed treadmill, running around the country giving $100,000. speeches. She is screeching on Fox News and can't manage to sound intelligent. She is already working on her next book, Values and Strengths when she is an example of a weak person tempted by cash. Her strength was to quit a job when it got tough. As the loser in the 2008 election, she still holds petty grudges.
I wonder how well Sarah will hold up to the kind of criticism and jokes that this show will result in. And, she must already be planning the DVD boxed set, the sweatshirt with logo, the matching lunch box and other spin off merchandise.
So, Gryphen, if you and your friends are holding any secret cards, this is as good a time as any to start playing them.
Whoops! Messed up the Link to the Bachmann/Palin Do it Yourself Pic!
ReplyDeleteIt is:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/23/849663/-Bachmann-Palin-:$10,000-per-photo,-yours-for-free!
they seriously don't think people can listen to that screechy voice as narrator, do they? maybe they'll just buy her idea and have someone else narrate. palin as narrator = short-lived failed show.
ReplyDeleteI definitely think her reality show shopping was an attempt to block that avenue for levi. mean & vindictive to the core.
hehehe...the blog title and accompanying photo of groping hands. Very funny, Uncle Gryph!
ReplyDeleteYou know...I could care less if Sarah makes billions of $$$ and there are probably a number of formats for a tv show that she could host that would be real. But a Planet Earth type travelogue of Alaska? Really? Are they trying to be as disgusting and offensive as possible?
Anonymous 7:43 - the Discovery comment process is a pain. I've sent several over the past few days though I have no idea if they'll get read. I selected network/program related, Discovery Channel, program/show: OTHER, primetime, general question or comment.
Good luck!
There's no way the Discovery Channel can afford $1 million an episode for any show unless SarahPAC, FOX, or some other interested party was kicking in about 75% of the cost. Even if this show was guaranteed to be the highest-rated show on the network, it still wouldn't be able to charge advertisers enough to break even.
ReplyDeleteHow could the Discovery Channel sink so low? Discovery needs to 1) see the video where SP is holding a press conference in front of the turkeys where she stated that it wouldn't bother her as they were being fed into the machine – 2) Along with Trooper Wooten’s account of Chuck Heath & Company trying to finish off a shot wolf with his snowmachine. 3) Someone might want to mention how SP and her sister complained about the “illegal” moose they shot and how the whole family ate it.
ReplyDeleteThe Discovery Channel is going to air the Tundra Twit's show? I thought you said they won? It sounds more like they lost to me.
ReplyDeleteOT, but here is a companion site to my own F.A.L.S.E. fund (Flabby Ass Limbaugh's Sunscreen Expense fund), the "A Ticket for Ru$h" site which collecting money two buy Lord Lardass a first class one-way ticket to Costa Rica.
http://www.aticketforrush.com/
Given the actual dimensions of Rush's expansive ass, they might want to upgrade that to two tickets, just to be safe.
Any leftover funds will be donated to Planned Parenthood.
Whish station did Oprah purchase? I thought it was Discovery.
ReplyDeleteFor those having trouble leaving a comment on the Discovery Comment forms: I chose The Discovery Channel as the network, and Alaska Week as the show and got thru to the comment form. The following is what I left there:
ReplyDeleteThe rumor that you are going to sign a deal with the ex Govenor or Alaska is ruining your reputation with Alaskans and lovers or all things Alaska. Please, if you are going to do another show about Alaska, use a presenter that actually knows and cares about the state. Palin has done nothing but ruin the environment and support the big oil companies and the miners that rape the countryside. She is also responsible for the reprehensible shooting of wolves from the air, and gassing the cubs in their dens. Your company is known for it's support of health of the planet. Keep it that way.
If they do a season of 13 shows, that will pay her $15.6M. Even professionals don't get that much for some of their work which brings in plenty of money, advertisers and viewers.
ReplyDeleteHow many people did she sleep with to get this gig?
And people are trying to get her underqualified, friend of the Heaths fired from his state job. Do the people over at Discovery even know how she screwed up Alaska, even has the half-term Quitter?
I've already emailed them and so have many of my friends.
Maybe she'll brag about how she allowed under her watch sacrificing the Knik River Valley to destruction by motorized recreation and contamination by lead by allowing folks to shoot even into Knik Glacier, and how she wants to put a primitive rifle range in the middle of Dall sheep habitat, moose calving areas and right under a national waterflow fly-way. There's a reason why the NRA gave her the 50mm "decorative" rifle.
ReplyDeleteIts not easy to jump through their hoops to get to the comment box but please do...
ReplyDeleteHere is what I wrote them:
I just heard you have agreed to have a show with Sarah Palin? As a Alaskan Wolf Advocate I find that appalling!
Did she tell you about "Abundance management"? How the wolves are all killed in aerial hunting to improve Moose hunting? Did she tell you how her recent Abundance manger now head of F & G killed a whole pack of Federal Preserve wolves 2 that had collars?Did she tell you how for years Alaska has been aerial hunting in violation of the Federal Airborne hunting act of 1972 killing as many wolves and bears as possible?
Will her show be like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlAbSQ450UI&feature=player_embedded
I am Horrified that she will be on TV Lying about what they really do up in Alaska!
You have lost many viewers by this move.
Good luck trying to get through to the Discovery Channel. Pretty much impossible to contact them. The fix is in
ReplyDeletealso, too let them know you will be boycottong their advertisers of the show. They will shopping companies to purchase advertising as soon as they ink a deal w/ palin...this is a very bad also too decision for the discovery channel!
ReplyDeleteSarah P. will bring the whole family in on this, if it happens. With all of Chuck's science and Bristol will have plenty to do.
ReplyDeleteWhat will be their next big battle?
Invaders. “Being proactive is a cheaper method of prevention and control than being reactive,” read a statement from (Don) Young’s press release on the issue. “This bill was actually in response to some constituents, Lori and Troy Zaumseil who are very active in the ‘fight’ against invasive species,” responded Kenney.
Palin signed House Bill 330 into law.
The good war.
On a positive side Palin's time will be more occupied doing this show leaving her less time to play politics for the pawltry sum of 100K speeches. This is so sad for Glen Beck to lose his buddy:)
ReplyDeleteWon't her choice to have a career on tv conflict with having a PAC?
She underestimates the generl public she'll be nominted after cashing in on the state haing quit or conning people "this is all for Alaska" and she is sacrificing her self for the people. Just as people were not fooled the tea party speech paid 100K was "all for the cause". Politicians will make chopped chicken liver out of her for this should she attempt a come back for positions others earn and deserve. She will say and do anything for money including contradict her self about Alaska and it's enviornment.
This move in her and Todd's games may nullify her appearances of Fox. Our country would be a laughing stock to the world to have a tour guide celebrity BS artist fear mongerer con artist in any position of leadership.
I can't wait to see the Wasilla Hollywoodbillies, the brood of lyin' cheatin uneducated playin' round in the snow or hiking to the mailbox. Maybe the ex Dude gets featured...polar bears covered in oil or a phony pipeline built to shore up the lies...Wow, can't wait to see more wigs from redneck greasy hair.
What is America coming too?
I had the same problem at Discovery. They force you to comment on a particular show. It was like running a gauntlet to get to a comment page. I just picked one, said, lucky you, now pass this to who is responsible. I will boycott all Discovery's channels if they put Palin on a show and I will specifically boycott any of the show's advertisers and write them why I'm boycotting. Thank you for Discovery's real address.
ReplyDeleteI watch the discovery channel all the time, but I will boycott this show : ) They are learning from fox that hate sells. Good Luck Discovery Channel, you sold out!
ReplyDeletealso, too this show will flop as palin will have to actually work for others in a team effort and be a collaborative effort. this is not her history!
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell with the right wing advertisements on your site all the time
ReplyDeleteI decided to look up Discovery Channel and see what other classy shows they offer. Sarah is going to be in some fine company.
ReplyDeleteWreckreation Nation features programs as: Lawn Mower Racing, Rock Crawling, Bigfoot Paintball, Swamp Buggy and Bar Stool Sledding.
PitchMen featured a tribute to Bill Mays, a noted TV pitchman and has shows sells stuff like a dual bladed circular saw, a stain remover called spot sucker, and Bug Bazooka. I think that the Bumpits come from the same school of pitchmen.
Fight Quest, a short lived show which featured martial arts from around the world, with each show ending in a fight. Fortunately the boxed DVD set is selling well.
Destroyed in Seconds is a series that shows such things as planes crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, any real event which result in destruction of property and/or death. They admit to adding sound effects if this isn't gruesome enough. They explain: "Usually if a destruction is very horrible, dangerous, heart-stopping or results in many injuries, the show usually goes into commercial either right at the moment of impact, right before it or a little afterwards. When the show starts again, it reviews what happened and then explains what started the incident.
Between American Chopper, Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs, Man vs. Wild, I see shows that attract men, who would drool at the sight of a heavily made up woman with an outlandish hairdo and tight clothes leading them through the wilds of Alaska. I hope that Sarah remembers to wear her high heeled purple suede boots.
It took some perseverance but I managed to leave the following comment:
ReplyDeleteThis is not specifically about any program you presently air but deals with a rumor I have heard that your channel may plan on carrying a program featuring Sarah Palin, the ex-governor of my state, Alaska.
PLEASE DON'T!
Your channel has a reputation for high-quality nature programming that is pro-environment. I watch many of those shows as well as others such as "Mythbusters". But I can tell you any program you may purchase from her or feature her in will be a major headache for you. Her reputation in environmental matters, and especially those dealing with wildlife, is so terribly poor the show would be a laughingstock that would do nothing but mar your credibility.
Additionally, I am quite sure a number of national conservation groups would advise their membership to boycott any advertiser supporting the show. Certainly, that is one of many actions I would personally take.
Save yourselves a major headache and pass on whatever Sarah Palin is offering. As we found out when she served as our governor until she quit, she may be an attractive package but when you open it, it's Pandora's Box.
Is Discovery the one that will do a reality show on Jessica Beehive?
ReplyDeleteThere are enough trainwreck shows on TLC--guess Discovery wanted their share of hideous reality shows like Hoarders and those wholesome "family" programs featuring human reproduction gone berserk.
ReplyDeleteHer show will flail around a bit and fail (face it, the only ones who will watch regularly will be the devoted 12-year-olds in the Puddle of Urine). Next stop for Sarah? A recurring guest spot on celeb video-commentary shows like The World's Dumbest Criminals. Only everyone else on these programs is a helluva lot more entertaining than the Buzz Killa from Wasilla--and that includes Tonya Harding, Danny Bonaduce, Leif Garrett, et al!
The best TV coverage we can hope for would be to finally see SP being led away in cuffs with a hoodie over her head--on all the MSM networks. BTW, Gryph, just read on HP that SP's latest tweet advises her frustrated followers not to retreat, but to RELOAD...
By the way, Discovery owns The Learning Channel (which doesn't really teach you anything) along with a number of other cable channels. Classy programing on TLC includes:
ReplyDeleteLA Ink (Tattoos)
a program about weddings (maybe Sarah's favorite to watch in PJ's while eating a crunch wrap)
Little People (yes, politically incorrect, actually 2 programs about Little People)
Toddlers & Tiaras (Jon Benet Ramsey's legacy lives on)
I didn't know I was Pregnant (Sarah and Bristol should make a guest appearance)
Heli-loggers, the industry with a fatality rate that tops all other jobs performed on land (nope, they were in the air before they crashed)
Police Women of Broward County Police Women of Maricopa County (some moms pack lunch, these moms pack heat)
Ten Years Younger (complete strangers guess your age, then the glam squad goes to work... another show for Sarah to make a guest appearance)
19 Kids and Counting (Sarah could drop by and give them parenting tips)
Years ago,someone wrote an article declaring TV a vast wasteland (His name was Newton Minnow). Now, there are easily 500 channels on cable, dish or satellite TV and there's still nothing to watch. I would like to mention how unqualified Sarah is to be spouting talking points on TV, let alone guide us through the wilds of Alaska, but on second thought, I can see that she fits right in with the rest of the freak show.
Also too, she lists Rep Boccieri of OH16 as one of her 20 targets for voting for the health care bill. Mr. Boccieri actually voted No. But that fact-checking error will cause him a lot of grief.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling there's some BIG money behind her getting this show. They need to improve her image as the tough frontier folksy women next door,and what better way to do it than on the Discovery show in living rooms around the world.
ReplyDeleteNothing anyone does or says will bring her down after this show, look what happened to Jon and Kate, all the negative comments and Kate is still going strong. I hate to say this but anything anyone had to bring her down should have already been done, now I'm afraid it's too late unless it's something criminal.
They've got the story here too.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/23/sarah-palin-inks-deal-for-alaska-themed-television-show/
maybe Discovery will expose the three Trigs that have been presented to the public. That would be funny...and I would watch THAT!
ReplyDeleteSarah, the liar, needs to be exposed for presenting her multiple DS relatives as her own child.
Real World Alaska - Pollute It or Shoot It
ReplyDeleteThe new Teabagger station..... The Discovery Channel of all things. Well, educated people will be leaving in droves and they'll find Teabaggers don't need no stinkin' education. In fact they'll find Teabaggers are climate change deniers, wolf and bear slaughterers, and believers in wildlife being managed by uneducated abundance management rat trappers. (Corey Rossi, a family friend of Sarah Palin)
ReplyDeleteI hope they look into Sarah's background before they foist this tragedy on the public. I for one won't be watching Discovery any more if this show makes the air.
Rick
Here's the link to email The Discovery Channel and tell them what you think about Palin's reality show proposal:
ReplyDeletehttp://extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations
This is what I emailed Discovery Channel:
ReplyDeleteI have read that Discovery Channel may be airing a show about Alaska hosted by Sarah Palin. If this is true, please reconsider your decision! I view many shows on DC. I love the wildlife shows, the "decoding" programs, Man vs Wild, etc. But I will stop supporting your channel, as well as contact all companies who sponsor Sarah Palin's show to inform them I will no longer buy their products. Sarah Palin is not a conservationist or a scientist - she is a politician who is actively raising money for a possible presidential run. Discovery Channel will be supporting her political agenda both finacially as well as giving her tv exposure. She is also not an animal lover, and you will be boycotted by animal groups if her show is carried by your network. If you want to run another show about Alaska, find a different host. Thank you for taking time to read my comments.
Anonymous 10:56
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see who the advertisers will be for this disgraceful programming. I have to agree that the show will be used (probably successfully) to improve her image. But I'm actually starting to feel somewhat fearful for her. The bigger she becomes, the more tragic will be the ending of the charade.
Thx for the list, 10:33 AM.
ReplyDeleteWatch out for those Discovery Channel wolves. They ride with some big time losers. Discovery Dumb, DUMB and DUMBER. Through Discovery Channel James' show "History Of The Chopper" there are also glimpses of his involvement with the Hells Angels and other 1% outlaw motorcycle clubs. The Discovery Channel knows and supports what they market. They are not helping children learn much of value when they produce their garbage and support their crap awful losers like Kate and the others. Let them know what you think of their products. They are ideologues who continue b/c others pov are not so organized as to get their message across.
This link is by far my favorite re: the palin reality show.
ReplyDeletehttp://dlisted.com/node/36574
Speaking of Boobie prizes.......Is sarah giving herself a self examination in this picture or is she adjusting her bra?
ReplyDeleteSpreading the word to other, general sites is important as well as complaining to Discovery. (I also used the "Alaska Week" menu choice to complain.) I've gone to newspapers and entertainment news sites that mention this deal and left messages, too.
ReplyDeleteI tell them that Palin's wildlife policies are directly responsible for incidents like last week's shooting of the collared wolves. Other points I include (not always all of them): Because of her policies and appointments, Alaska has pursued predator control more aggressively than any governor. In some areas, we now have unlimited bag limits for killing black bears, including females and cuba, by shooting them over bait stations. It's now legal to trap black bears and sell the hides. The state refused to protect Denali National Park wolves who leave park boundaries from trappers. And of course there's the continued use of airplanes and helicopters to shoot wolves.
The state also is working now on a proposal to the Alaska Board of Game this fall to allow black bears and brown bears to be trapped in places outside of predator control areas.
I've included links to news stories in the ADN about Corey Rossi and about the wolf shootings. I point out that she has loaded the wildlife division and the Board of Game with unqualified cronies who are beholden to special interest, extremist hunting groups (the Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, and the Alaska Outdoor Council). The scientific rationale for these policies is controversial and very sketchy.
I told Discovery that they and their viewers might not know about her policies, but if Discovery buys this show, they WILL hear about Sarah Palin's Real Alaska, and so will their advertisers. I point out that she will tarnish their channel's reputation the way she tarnished Alaska's.
If you use iGoogle, you can subscribe to blogs about Sarah Palin, and it will keep a running list of sites where she's discussed.
If you want more facts, Mudflats has had some good posts that you could link to, as well as the Alaska Wildlife Alliance.
If you write to Sean Parnell, please copy the Alaska Chamber of Commerce and/or the state's Alaska Travel Industry Association office, too. They'll care about the money.
www.alaskachamber.com has email forms under its "About Us" menu.
State travel office: atia@alaskatia.org
For Alaskan sites or groups, it's counterproductive to bash hunters. Many decent and responsible hunters here are equally upset about these policies. If messages seem too dramatic or hysterical, Alaskan organizations will automatically dismiss them. There's a long history of bad blood with animal rights groups here; even if you agree with those organizations, mentioning them is the quickest way to shut many Alaskan ears, I'm afraid. Money matters, not reason or emotional appeals.
Bad publicity is the best hope for turning back these disastrous policies. That, and a Democratic governor, and some legislators with the spine to remove the intensive management statutes that ensure perpetual predator control in Alaska.
Sorry for the length of this, and thank you to everyone who's willing to get involved.
If the Zaumseils are true activists, why did they quit? Maybe they will be on teh teevee and explain what they now do to progress Alaska.
ReplyDeleteThey don't make it easy to leave a general comment but I left mine anyway. Took me the whole 1500 characters and it was unambiguous. I was polite but made all the points I could in the space allotted. Hopefully there will be many of us. Thanks for making the right site easy to get to, Gryphen.
ReplyDeleteI waded through the slow as molasses multiple screens on Discovery to leave my comment:
ReplyDelete"I like many Discovery Channel shows. I don't like intrusive pop-up ads for other shows during the programs. I tolerate them because the shows are interesting and educational.
HOWEVER, the FIRST time I see a pop-up of that anti-environment, anti-science, anti-education, lying, thieving, grifting, vacuous, divisive, hateful, moronic Sarah Palin on my screen, will be the LAST time I watch a Discovery Channel program."
Seriously, picture that harpy's grinning, greedy, face popping up in the midst of a show about the beauty of the earth? Gack.
A million dollars for an episodic sham. Will that cover Mr. Heath's salary? Piper will be a perfect star. Will the Palin friends be on the payroll or do it for the worldwide exposure? Is Rebecca Mansour working on the script? I would like to see an episode of reality about matanuska thunder f*ck and how it helped Alaskas economy. Scarah can tell about all she did for the crystal meth epedemic during her reign and highlight Doc Cathy's work at the house of children.
ReplyDeleteTanks. Gryphen for keeping us informed. The Discovery Channel has deteriorated, this will fit right in with the plans to scramble brain cells and teach the children what medicine will fix their problems. They may have some decent programming but did you see their list of shows?
anon 10:56 you're right. Palin is
ReplyDeleteteflon. Nothing to date, including
house-gate, tax evasion-gate, dairy-
gate etc., have achieved much beyond
raising a little dust. We've watched
politicos (both reps. & dems.) crash
& burn, with the press hot on their
heels demanding answers, yet Mrs.
Palin skates along unscathed. Of
course, she was wily enough to resign before some of her gates really came
to light. The Palins' must have been
assured by some of the powers that be in Alaska, that they were somehow
exempt from any real investigation into some of these gates & accusations of financial impropriety.
Or they've managed to keep it hushed
up & settled things behind closed doors. There's so much we don't know.
Sharon TN
Will Palin adhere to a morals code when she signs with a media corporation? After the Jon Grosslin rumors and personal mishaps, that show was finished with him. The danger Palin put an unborn Down syndrome baby in during the "wild ride" must be addressed and the other alternatives. Her "last frontier" homeschool techniques are an example that needs examination. If enough people let those concerns be known long enough and there is a financial impact, a media corporation might do something. She quit the gov gig and now she can be just another reality tv freak. Whether there is another Alaskan program or not, she is dieing for attention. The tabloids will love her if she is juicy and makes them money. She has a boatload of canned worms ready to open.
ReplyDeleteIf the Dis channel holds her to a righteous morals contract that would work.
Palin's life has been a reality show. Unfortunately, she has had to watch it unfold without receiving any monetary rewards.
ReplyDeleteJust watch! It will start looking like a documentary and, the next thing you know, there will be Levi screaming..."he can't see his kid."
Stop and think of all the drama in this lady's life and you can't match it to "any" program on T.V. She might even bring the fake pg into it. Hell, everybody knows it. Wouldn't that be a ratings smash?
Really, really hope I'm wrong...
Ginger
Maybe Sarah should enter Piper in the "Little Miss Perfect" pageant show and infiltrate the WE network as well?
ReplyDeleteContact Discovery's advertisers directly. Offer to boycott their products. I'll bet those folks know how to reach Discovery CEO.
ReplyDeleteI just went thru their maze to leave a message (obviously, they want you to _not_ leave a message!)
"I just heard Discovery Channel is thinking about carrying "Sarah Palin's Alaska" I will not watch your channel anymore while such a program is on your schedule...and I intend to contact your advertisers. Please tell me you're not going pay for her political ambitions. Thank you for your attention. Peace. Gil"
It took forever to get through, but I left a comment at the Discovery.com link for feedback, I decided since I had to pick a program, that the program "Alaska Experiment" was a rather appropriate place for my comment.
ReplyDeletehere is the message I left:
It seems "Alaska Experiment" is the most appropriate place to leave my feedback for this issue. I find it very distasteful that a decision was made to associate your brand name with Sarah Palin. She is the Antithesis of the image that is associated with the name "Discovery" she tarnishes your brand. A polarizing figure that has a reputation for environmental insensitivity, who in general is reviled by environmentally conscious, scientific minded, earth friendly people is a blight on your reputation, a blight that does not have to be, save your image, save your reputation. Do not associate her with your brand.
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