Sarah Palin has gone from being governor of Alaska to a public relations booster for Fox News’ Glenn Beck, coming out with a Facebook comment praising the controversial TV show host for his “extraordinary” work and urging people to watch Beck’s talk show.
“Fox News’ Glenn Beck is doing an extraordinary job this week walking America behind the scenes of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and outlining who is actually running the White House,” Palin wrote on her Facebook page.
“Monday night he asked us to invite one friend to watch; tonight I invite all my friends to watch,” she added.
As of last count, 13,700 people had given Palin’s comment a “thumbs up.”
Fox’s Glenn Beck has lost at least 36 advertisers since late July, when Beck said during his show that President Obama has “a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.”
Moments later, Beck added: “I’m not saying he [Obama] doesn’t like white people. He has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist.”
According to McClatchy Newspapers, Palin’s praise was for Beck’s attack this week on Van Jones, a White House environmental adviser that opponents of President Obama are criticizing for his links to radical political movements in his youth.
Among the advertisers who have distanced themselves from Beck since those comments are AT&T, Campbell Soup, Johnson & Johnson, NutriSystem, Sprint, UPS, and Verizon Wireless.