{"id":7084,"date":"2014-11-13T03:26:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T03:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=7084"},"modified":"2014-11-13T03:26:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T03:26:34","slug":"huckabee-to-get-boot-from-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=7084","title":{"rendered":"Huckabee to get boot from Fox?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>What might conservative media talking heads say if former Vice President Al Gore had an on-air\u00a0contract with MSNBC and then began talking out loud about a possible run for the presidency of the United States?<\/p>\n<p>They would demand the network get Gore off the air. And they would be correct.<\/p>\n<p>Well, a leading <em>conservative<\/em> voice on the Fox News Channel is considering yet another presidential campaign bid.<\/p>\n<p>Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is the Fox talking head. To its credit, Fox is considering yanking its contract with Huckabee.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/223921-fox-takes-serious-look-at-huckabees-political-activity<\/p>\n<p>The network should move quickly. Get the ex-governor off the air and let him proceed with his pre-presidential campaign planning <em>without<\/em> benefiting from the exposure he gets from his cable news network talk show.<\/p>\n<p>Fox has had this dance with other politicians-turned-contributors. Former U.S. Rep. and House Speaker Newt Gingrich once had a Fox gig. Then he ran for president in 2012 and Fox let him go. Same for ex-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, another contributor who ran for president two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing to have has-been pols, such as former half-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, on the payroll. She won&#8217;t seek national political office again &#8212; I hope.<\/p>\n<p>But these returning politicians present another problem for a network seeking to maintain its so-called and highly debatable &#8220;fair and balanced&#8221; reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s quit the charade, Fox execs. Cut the governor loose. Surely you can persuade Sarah &#8220;Barracuda&#8221; Palin to fill the void.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What might conservative media talking heads say if former Vice President Al Gore had an on-air\u00a0contract with MSNBC and then began talking out loud about a possible run for the presidency of the United States? They would demand the network get Gore off the air. And they would be correct. Well, a leading conservative voice &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=7084\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Huckabee to get boot from Fox?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[217,1788,3062,3155,4119],"class_list":["post-7084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-political-news","tag-al-gore","tag-fox-news","tag-mike-huckabee","tag-msnbc","tag-sarah-palin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}