The rise and fall of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de facto leader, while flashing back to defining events in his life.
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Roger Ailes
Elizabeth 'Beth' Ailes
Bill Shine
Judy Laterza
**_A fine overview of a pivotal figure in American socio-political history and an insightful piece of cultural anthropology_** > _Through Fox, Ailes helped polarize the American electorate, drawing sharp with-us-or-against-us lines, demonizing foes, preaching against compromise._ - Gabriel Sherman; _The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News – and Divided a Country_ (2014) > _That a news executive was essentially running the Republican Party was a remarkable development in American politics. But it was an outcome Ailes foretold. After the 19...
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TypeMiniseries
Original LanguageEnglish