Sarah Palin launches online network

Sarah Palin has taken Fleetwood Mac’s advice and “gone her own way,” beginning her own subscription-based online network.

The Sarah Palin Channel, which went live on Sunday night, will be a “direct connection” between the former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate and her supporters, with “no need to please the powers that be,” Palin says in a video mission statement on the network’s home page.

“Are you tired of the media filters?” she asks. “Well, I am. I always have been. So we’re going to do something about it.”

Palin oversees all content posted to the network, including her political commentary.

Other features include the ability to submit questions to Palin and participate with her in online video chats.

Membership costs $9.95 a month or $99.95 a year.

Producer Jonathan Klein, formerly of CNN, told the Daily Beast that cameras have been installed throughout the Palin home in Wasilla and “Sarah can flip a switch anytime she has something to say.”

The 50-year-old mother of five has three children still at home, too, he noted.