Sarah Palin Accuses Fox of Canceling Her as Network Faces MAGA Fury Over the Departure of Maria Bartiromo

Governor Sarah Palin is blasting Fox News and its “shift” away from “independent” voices as MAGA grapples with the sudden departure of host Maria Bartiromo. Last week, Fox made the shocking announcement that it was parting ways with Ms. Bartiromo, though her attorney denies that she was fired. The news shocked many in the MAGA universe as Ms. Bartiromo as aligned with President Trump and frequently interviewed him and members of his administration. The White House trade adviser, Peter Navarro, wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Times on Tuesday that Fox “muzzle[d]” Ms. Bartiromo and that “MAGA is next.”And on Wednesday, Ms. Palin wrote on X that she was “canceled” by Fox twice. She wrote that Fox ended her contract because she did not “sit quiet” after the New York Times published an editorial that falsely linked her rhetoric to a 2011 shooting in Arizona that led to the deaths of six people and seriously wounded Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. The Times has said that the editorial was inaccurate and published a correction.However, Ms. Palin said the editorial “kicked the oomph” out of her career. She sued the Times for defamation but failed to convince a Manhattan-based jury that the Times had acted with “actual malice,” the standard required for defamation cases involving public figures. Ms. Palin wrote on Wednesday that Fox declined to defend her amid the fallout from the Times’ editorial and claimed that she was prohibited from discussing the matter on air. In 2015, Fox said that it had amicably parted ways with her.“Fox was capitalizing on the controversy while my reputation was getting ripped to threads, so I spoke up, as any responsible, ethical, innocent American would. They canned me for ‘disobeying,’ as per word from on high,” the conservative firebrand wrote.Ms. Palin said she was canceled a second time when the network canceled a scheduled guest appearance on Jesse Watters’ show after she said that Fox was “straying from the Right” since media mogul Rupert Murdoch handed the management of the network to his children. Ms. Palin said that “due to the sons’ liberal-leaning wives’ influence,” she was “never allowed on-air again. (I stand by my stated observation that — good, bad or ugly — Fox changed when Rupert’s influence subsided.)”The CEO of Fox Corporation, Lachlan Murdoch, has described himself as “socially liberal but economically conservative,” according to his biographer. However, his wife, a British-Australian model, Sarah Murdoch, has been described as progressive and has donated to LGBT causes. Ms. Palin wrote on X that it is Fox’s “prerogative to shift wherever they want to go, and more power to them exercising their absolute right to hire and fire whomever they deem best fits their agenda, but interesting that independent characters refusing to go along just to get along (all to collect a paycheck) seem to be the ones shunned.”Mr. Navarro also sought to provide a “wake-up call” to Fox viewers who believe the network is pro-Trump. In his op-ed in the Washington Times, he criticized the network’s coverage of Mr. Trump’s July 16 primetime speech about alleged Chinese interference in America’s elections. “Sean Hannity carried the president live and gave him five minutes afterward. The next morning, ‘Fox & Friends’ did not mention that a president had addressed the nation,” Mr. Navarro said. “That was a slap at the president and at every Fox viewer who tuned in for analysis and got censorship.” The trade adviser accused the CEO of Fox News Media, Suzanne Scott, of trying to “maximize profits” giving the network’s audience “red meat” such as stories about “Democrat socialists, biological men in women’s sports, illegal alien rapists and murderers” while limiting discussion about Mr. Trump’s claims of election fraud. He claimed Ms. Scott bans “MAGA surrogates” such as Rudy Giuliani, Don Jr., and Laura Loomer.“If this story were to end in a triumph of journalistic ethics, Ms. Scott would prostrate before Mr. Trump for disrespecting the office and to Trump Nation for suppressing MAGA news,” Mr. Navarro said.Fox News did not respond to The New York Sun’s request for comment by the time of publication.

Sarah Palin Accuses Fox of Canceling Her as Network Faces MAGA Fury Over the Departure of Maria Bartiromo

Sarah Palin Accuses Fox of Canceling Her as Network Faces MAGA Fury Over the Departure of Maria Bartiromo

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