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When Pundits Get Presidential, Should Networks Ax Them?

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. (AP)
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. (AP)

Republican Newt Gingrich is expected to announce that he's entering the "exploratory phase" of a presidential candidacy. He's stopping short of setting up an exploratory committee, which would have made him a legal candidate.

And he might need a new job, since Fox News yesterday announced it was suspending Gingrich and other potential GOP presidential hopeful, Rick Santorum. But what about the network's other high profile pundits like Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee? Mark Jurkowitz, associate director of the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, joins us to talk about the blurring lines between pundit and candidate.

This segment aired on March 3, 2011.

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