While the East Coast media elite learned the winner of "Dancing with the Stars" before much of the country — since the show, you know, airs earlier on the East Coast — many within it went to great lengths not to spoil the winner for people in other time zones.
The same could not be said for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who congratulated the winner on Twitter a full 40 minutes before the show even started on the West Coast — or in Bristol Palin's hometown of Wasilla, Alaska.
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"Well, what a great ride!" Palin tweeted at 11:20 ET, after the winner had been revealed on the East Coast and East Coast only.