Storytime With Sarah ( Update )

Seems that Fox"News" believes that Palin is ready to with her own show.

Sarah Palin will kick off her new Fox News series with one of the most diverse guest lineups in memory: LL Cool J, Toby Keith, and Jack Welch.

The three very different guests will speak to Palin for her inaugural episode of "American Stories" on April 1st.

According to Mediaite, "the show will 'focus on a range of such stories including a Marine Medal of Honor recipient who gave his live to save his comrades.' But also there will be the celebrity guests – a very broad range of celebrity guests."

But will she use a teleprompter? A script? Will it be improv?

This will more than likely be the true test of Palin's range ( or lack thereof ) since she's not going to have Hannity or O'Reilly to hold her hand. The show hasn't even aired yet and there's already a problem with it.

Fox lifted interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & R misrepresenting to public 2 promote Palins Show

And the spin on this is already in full swing at Mediaite

So Palin’s special on Thursday at 10pmET is called Real American Stories (here’s a preview), and although it is the premiere episode, the concept of “Real American Stories” is not new for Fox News. It began as a website back in July 2008 – a website, it is important to note, that is owned by Fox News.

Well the website is still there, as is the interview LL Cool J did for it.

But here's an aspect of this that I have a bit of an issue with.

The very concept that one story more than another makes it a "real" story from an American isn't a new concept to conservatives, as they are want to claim that certain people are "real" Americans while the rest of us are left to wonder what makes us not "real". But do we really want to be classified as "real" by the likes of Palin and Fox"News"?

Another aspect of this is that promos for the show suggest the only guest to actually be worthy to sit down face to face with Palin is Toby Keith. Seems that LL and Jack Welch just get clips played of their stories. Does this really surprise anyone?

UPDATE

Laffy at The Political Carnival has reports thta Toby Keith was never contacted by Fox"News" about the show or the use of old interview footage.

I wonder if they'll respond to Keith the way they did to LL?

This is all being set up like it's going to be an elaborate April Fools joke.