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Fox News Boss Roger Ailes Told Sarah Palin To Avoid Giffords Controversy

By National Confidential | 14 March 2011 7:18 am EST Updated 14 March 2011 7:18 am EST
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“Before Sarah Palin posted her infamous ‘Blood Libel’ video on Facebook on January 12, she placed a call to Fox News chairman Roger Ailes. In the wake of the Tucson massacre, Palin was fuming that the media was blaming her heated rhetoric for the actions of a madman that left six people dead and thirteen others injured, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

Palin told Ailes she wanted to respond, according to a person with knowledge of the call. It wasn’t fair the media was making this about her. Ailes told Palin that she should stay quiet.

‘Lie low,’ he said. ‘There’s no need to inject yourself into the story.’”

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