Kathleen Parker’s Farewell on CNN Takes Less Than Ten Seconds
- Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:02pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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As The Blaze’s estimable Jonathan Seidl reported yesterday afternoon, Kathleen Parker announced in a written statement yesterday that she is leaving the Parker Spitzer show. Last night, Parker bade her audience adieu formally. Her farewell, bizarrely, lasts less than ten seconds (h/t Hot Air):
A few months ago, radio host John Zeigler predicted the demise of the Parker Spitzer show. Over at Mediate today, he revisits the reasons why the show–and Parker’s presence on it, specifically–were doomed:
There are many reasons why Parker’s short stint on CNN didn’t work. Some weren’t even really her fault. The taped format was antiquated, boring and stuffy. Creating chemistry with a notorious dog like Eliot Spitzer would have been impossible for any “conservative” female to do without turning themselves into an almost literal call girl. Plus, the show’s time slot is the most competitive in cable news television.
But the primary reason why the program couldn’t work is also the very reason Parker got the gig in the first place. She was clearly hired because she was perceived as a “conservative” who was willing to vigorously attack Palin, while not holding any particularly strong conservative opinions which might offend the largely liberal CNN audience. It is hardly a secret that the best (and perhaps only) way for an unknown or career-challenged conservative to achieve mainstream media acceptance is to be a sellout to their supposed cause (just ask Arianna Huffington, Peggy Noonan, David Brooks, David Frum, Michael Smerconish, or Joe Scarborough, to name only a few).
Criticizing Palin (along with endorsing Obama) has quickly become the most reliable path to instant notoriety/credibility for ambitious “conservatives,” and Parker became the poster child for this phenomenon. When I went on CNN during my film’s first release, I was actually asked to respond to a Parker quote about Palin. This was especially absurd because Parker had no special knowledge of Palin and was virtually unknown before she “led” Palin’s “assassination.” Had Parker praised Palin, CNN would never have found the quote remotely newsworthy.
Here is shot of Parker’s final moment on the show:
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Comments (96)
229Mick
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:59pmIt’s funny, some of the comments made me consider when the last time I watched CNN was. Honestly, I think it was during the first gulf war.
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:43pm9 seconds of tragic-magic from Snarky Parker – now she can return to Hag Island and grow“conservative” zucchini.
Report Post »dabbo
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:35pmI thought she’d be going “Down the Road” even sooner than she did.
There’s a few more folks over at CNN that need to go down the road.
However, I see they’re doing a big special on Rodney King again this weekend…….I’m in stitches.
“Can’t we all ju-ju-just get along?”
Report Post »CaptainSpaulding
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:33pmShe bid the fan good bye.
So much for Spitzer and Ditzer….
Report Post »cranberry
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:19pmThe show might have lasted longer were it Parker/anyone else.
Report Post »Tyrone
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:14pmA farewell party was held at a local Jack-in-The Box and was attended by their entire audience. In the box!
Report Post »tbabe
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:28pmStill stuck in the left/right paradigm. Oh well, go team go!!! Wish I knew who I was rooting for.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 12:20amSorry, when someone says “I don’t know” WE all know what that means…
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 8:57amyou are correct both D and R = NWO and the destruction of American Freedom
Report Post »Cog
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:08pmHow surprised is anybody that this show is a complete failure? Take a loud-mouthed, greasy, balding, known “hooked on hookers” and weird-about-socks guy and pair him up with anybody you can think of, and the answer is still “NO!” E. D. Hill won’t save him. And he doesn’t deserve to be saved, anyway.
Report Post »saviorammo
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:33pmI bet that perve dreams of being at Fox News..Can you imagine him and Megyn Kelly goin head to head. Her hubby, Devil Dog, might just do what should’ve been done a long time ago.
Only the sick lefties are ever rewarded for being complete and utter scumbags. WE are so close to them endorsing pedaphilia it’s scary.
Hope that will be the last straw and our women will demand we don’t come home until we have numerous scalps!
Complete, neurological, nuttjobs!
Report Post »SAYNOTOSOCIALISM
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:08pmCNN
Report Post »Commie
News
Network
HemiOwner
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:03pmInteresting. Ten seconds is about the length of time Spitzer takes.
Report Post »saviorammo
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:21pmDamn, u stole my thiunder! And that’s why she left.
Come on over to a Conservative, High Rockies Cowboy honey! Im sure there is still hope for you yet!
Maybe Not!
Report Post »glennisright.com
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:01pmThey definately got rid of the better half.
http://www.glennisright.com
Report Post »ThoreauHD
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:00pmIf you worked in Hell, would you spend more than 10 seconds saying bye?
Report Post »texan59
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:54pmWhat is a CNN, and who is that lady?
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:03pmCLINTON News Network
Report Post »Parker who?
commonsenseguy
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:52pmsay good bye and goodnight, the left wing anti palin can’t call me a spitter call girl { yet } will not be back on fox,and the only job left for her just as with all of these commie dirt bags is working for { big commi loving, anti america hating sum sucker of the world george soros media matters. and i bet that ain’t happening ,so hit the road to unemployment and don’t come crawling back and ask for forgiveness.we are not as stupid as you and your buddies think we are. i would say, sorry and good luck,but she got what she deserved,we she sold he soul to the left side of hell.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:01pmsorry,meant to say she got what she deserved,when she sold her soul to the left side of hell
Report Post »ILoveGlenn
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:50pmWhere is she going next? Hopefully not Current TV, like Olberman. How about following John Roberts over at Fox News?
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:58pmnot no,but heck no, she has had her 10 seconds of fame, she sold out once,she don’t need another try at fox.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:39pmStill falls into the I dont care catagory. A conservative Cnn comentator is and oximoron any way. I dont know if shes an oxi or a moron, but I know I couldnt care less about CNN.
Report Post »pilgrim2497
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:36pmAll the beautiful women are on Fox.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:28pmMaybe she can get a real job on FOX (K).
Report Post »Jeff Jefferson
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:33pmLooks like Palin comes out victorious again. She seems to overcome every obstacle.
Report Post »Mister_Bill
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:22pmParaphrase this lyric to the topic:
Report Post »She’s a real nowhere (wo)man
Sitting in her nowhere land
She is not bit like you or me
Nowhere (wo)man please listen
You don’t know what your missing
Nowhere (wo)man can you see the truth at all.
It loses something from the British Translation
DashRipRock
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:02pmlol
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:21pmSome years ago I remember her as having larger “stones”…
Report Post »Although I could be wrong.
Sorry about the PMP Blazers ;-)
KarenKat
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:20pmI never even watched once…. (-:
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:21pmShe doesn’t look familiar to me, either, Karen.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 12:11amI’ve never watched either, (only watch CNN in public buildings when I can’t turn it off.) but I used to enjoy reading her column in our local newspaper. I think they labeled her ‘conservative’ because, as the mother of boys, she advocates “men’s rights“ as being equally important as ”women’s rights”. I didn’t realize she “led the attack against Palin, but did you notice, it doesn’t seem to be “fate” fighting Palin’s battles for her. Those who attack her without cause, seem to become irrelevant in a very short period of time. (So tell me again why Sarah Palin believing she can ‘talk’ to God, and He talks back to her, makes her an idiot!)
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:18pmMy gosh! The story was posted an hour and 15 minutes ago, but there’s only one comment and mine?
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:27pmJust saw it now :)
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:33pmI must have the government version of high speed internet.
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:17pmAdd your comments
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:24pmOups!
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:58pmCrack Kills?
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:35pmSo does CNN.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:16pmThat, folks, is known as “short but sweet.”
Report Post »what4
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:39pmPithy???
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 12:02amJust about how long any fame will last which is built on tearing apart someone else’s reputation.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:11pm1 second for each person watching CNN .
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:17pmThe only time that I‘ve watched CNN it’s when Lou Dobbs & Glenn Beck were still there .
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:17pmshe was perceived as a “conservative” who was willing to vigorously attack Palin, while not holding any particularly strong conservative opinions which might offend the largely liberal CNN audience.
Report Post »————–
Kathleen Parker : Meghan McCain on Harmone Replacement Therapy
cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:18pm@Hersey10 – Lol. So her farewell lasted for 10 seconds, wasn’t that how long her total time on the show lasted? These self described “conservatives” are laughable at best. She was client #9′s sidekick at best. The fact that a guy like Spitzer gets a show in the first place shows how screwed up our society is.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Society in Decline video
Report Post »Dale
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:19pmFunny, but true.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:20pmDoes Spitzer know Scott Brown?
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:26pmI still say she would fit right in over at Fox. They hire journalists that actually know how to do their jobs, not like the TWITS on the lame stream media outlets.
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:30pmApparently one client has left the show somewhat less than satisfied.
Report Post »Client #9, however, remains “In the Arena”…what an appalling name for a show to be headlined by that foul low-life!
ConsiderThis
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:00pmI think Parker is another one who discovered the hard way that there is a very good reason they call that gal from Alaska – Sarah Barracuda.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:06pm10 seconds was all that was left one fifteen minutes.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:09pm10 seconds can be a lifetime
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufZPFYOblKk
DashRipRock
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:11pmDoes anyone else think a
SPITZER / WEINER 2012
would be funny
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:27pmHow about Wiener / Franks ?
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:42pmYeah I just found out she is a conservative….who woulda knew
Report Post »Jim S
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:27pmI find myself going to CNN first on major breaking events,then Fox and MSNBC last. CNN does a superior job on those stories and have a much deeper player pool to call on. Fox is a lost cause as far as having a knowledge talking head, the judge is always available but his knowledge outside of law is not impressive. Fox thinks one anchor asking another anchors impression of events is enough information. Fox does have a fairly wide network(s) to draw from for pictures, mute and watch and it’s ok.
MSNBC only if a local affiliate has a good picture.
nothingbuthetruth
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:38pmNow get rid of the the John and tell a few truths once in a while and maybe you will have some viewers
Report Post »Koolaiders
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:52pmMaybe she’ll go to Foxnews since Fox only seem to employ fake blondes with overdoses of monthly botox injections.
(Notice how Megyn Kelly‘s forehead and cheeks NEVER EVER move even when she’s in an animated discussion with a democrat — BOTOX!!!)
Everything about Foxnews is fake — even their news!
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 2:02amDitto, Robert-CA.
Report Post »hud
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 9:34amBrevity is the soul of wit.
Report Post »TMan2020
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 11:35amNow that’s funny! Good one.
Report Post »gary.sanders
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 11:07amWho is Kathleen Parker and what is CNN?
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 3:10pmKathleen Who ? From where ? CNN, oh is that some kind of chocolate covered candy or something like M&M’s ? If so, I’d get rid of her too, I like M&M’s, CNN’s suck.
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