The Ticker: Ford, Kagan, Roberts…

> Harold Ford Jr. made his debut appearance as a Fox News contributor on Studio B on Tuesday. Rick Santorum, another relatively new contributor, joined him…

> A tipster says Al Jazeera English’s Asia Bureau Chief Trish Carter is getting the boot. Management in Doha is “upset at the quality of the channel despite the massive budget expenditure, and the news coverage out of Asia is considered an especially weak link,” the tipster says… Update: 9:28am: “I know for a fact Trish Carter resigned, wasn’t pushed out at Al
Jazeera… In fact her family is back in New Zealand and she was ready to return home after a couple of years away,” a tipster responds.

> Michael Musto thinks CNN’s “Sins of the Father” special about Thomas Roberts should have mentioned that Roberts “is now out and proud and can be publicly seen with his supportive boyfriend…”

> Former CNN anchor Daryn Kagan is working with former CNN senior producer Brian Kosisky to produce an upcoming documentary for PBS, “Breaking the Curse.” Here’s the web site…

> Former CNNer Carlos Watson‘s talk show wish has come true. “Conversations with Carlos Watson,” an interview show, started airing in local markets across the country last weekend…