Roger Ailes

Glenn Beck Is Now A Made Man

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

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Matthew Filipowicz

Glenn Beck has served the Republicans well, and so now, he gets his own show on the network that respects "fair and balanced" reporting the same way the actual Mafia respects the "law".

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Report: NBC News Staffers Wonder Whether Roger Ailes' "America's Talking" Could Have Prevented NBC/MSNBC Credibility Issues

FTV Live via Chickaboomer | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media

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Here is an interesting take on that article emailed to FTVLive from an NBC insider: "Want to know the buzz today at NBC News about the B & C opinion p...

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The Dem Debate on Obama's Fox Turn

Ari Melber | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media

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Ari Melber

Obama's appearance on The O'Reilly Factor revived the roiling debate among Democratic strategists, Obama aides and liberal bloggers over how to handle the cable channel.

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Roger Ailes Explains Secret Obama Meeting: "If You're Asking Me If We're Going To Be In The Tank For You, Like MSNBC And CNN, The Answer Is No"

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media

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Upon joining the meeting, Ailes shook Obama's hand and sat down next to him. As Ailes recalls it, he responded to Obama's concern about fairness by sa...

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Roger Ailes' $20 Million Payday

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business

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As the man behind Fox News, Roger Ailes tends to get caricatured and vilified quite a bit in the popular press. And this year he's been beaten up even...

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Fox News Suffers Another Debate Snub; Bloggers Take A Bow

Eric Boehlert | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Fox News has been taken down several notches, and the demotions can be traced back to the blogger-led debate boycott from 2007 and the repercussions it set off.

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Roger Ailes Buys His Local Newspaper Putnam County News And Recorder

New York TImes | Brian Stelter | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

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Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, liked his local newspaper so much he decided to buy it. Mr. Ailes, 68, who counseled Republican presidents bef...

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The O'Reilly vs. Olbermann Smackdown

John McQuaid | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media

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John McQuaid

Once, Fox thought it had the market cornered on over-the-top populist outrage. No more. Hence the logic to the idea that Olbermann must be destroyed.

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O'Reilly "Unleashed" On GE After Olbermann's Comments

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 05.26.2008 | Media

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Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News star, is mounting an extraordinary televised assault on the chief executive of General Electric, calling him a "pinhead" a...

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RTCA Dinner: Pics and Nuggets

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.26.2008 | Media

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We're chiming with coverage of Wednesday's Radio and Television Correspondent's Dinner in D.C. — check out our exclusive interview with featured...

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Ouch! The Daily Show's Eviscerating "Documentary" About Fox News

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media

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The Daily Show's John Oliver put togther a stunning smackdown of Fox News on last night's show, punctuated by some damning clips showing egregious com...

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Jason Linkins

Fox News Equated With 'America's Adversaries'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Meanwhile, over at the unblogged-this-morning Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace: Everyone knows that nothing manages to turn Fox News chief Roger Ail...

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Sam Stein

Clinton Accepts Fox News Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Risking the ire of progressive activists, Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign announced that it has accepted a debate to air on Fox News on February 11, a...

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9 Reasons Why Fox News Is In For A Rough 2008

MediaMatters | Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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My guess is that Fox News guru Roger Ailes has been reaching for the Tums more often than usual early in the New Year, and there are lots of reasons f...

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Former Fox Employee: "The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Roger Ailes Was 9/11"

Jossip | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Former Fox News architect Dan Cooper is lashing out at old bossman Roger Ailes - "a man I knew to be a schoolyard bully" - in a scathing ... website p...

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Shep Smith Mocks Fox News With His "Monster Truck" Voice

Huffington Post | Danny Shea and Patrick Waldo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Shep Smith sure does get paid well, but working for Fox News may be costing him his sanity. Today, on Studio B, as he closed an interview with the ex...

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Ex-CNNer Bill Hemmer On What's Different At Fox: "We're A Business. Viewers Count"

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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"He's an Ohio guy," said Bill Hemmer. "And I'm an Ohio guy. We Buckeyes stick together." It was a recent Wednesday morning, and Mr. Hemmer, a native ...

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Big Payday For Fox News Golden Boy Shepard Smith

New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Roger Ailes, the chairman of the Fox News Channel, calls Shepard Smith his "go-to guy," the person he wants leading the channel's coverage any time ne...

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Murdoch Preps WSJ To Take On NYT

New York Observer | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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At 3 p.m. on Oct. 12, three days before the launch this week of the Fox Business Network, Roger Ailes gave a rally-the-troops speech to FBN rank-and-f...

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Inside Roger Ailes' Plan To Crush CNBC

Broadcasting and Cable | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The lightning round starts now. Roger Ailes, the proudly capitalistic mastermind behind Fox News Channel and one of television's fiercest warriors, th...

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Fox Business Channel Is Open For Business

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Among Fox News Channel's influences on television news has been the proliferation of the "swoosh," the dramatic sweeping graphics and loud chime that ...

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Personality of New Fox Business Network Still Undetermined

Economist | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Taking on CNBC, the market leader in business television, Roger Ailes told the Wall Street Journal this week, will be like "our guys" versus the Germa...

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Fox Biz CEO On CNBC: "If They Can't Kill Us In The Crib Now, It's Only Going To Get Worse"

Wall Street Journal | Rebecca Dana | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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During a long and colorful career, Roger Ailes has dug ditches, advised Richard Nixon on his 1968 presidential campaign, produced off-Broadway shows -...

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Working With Fox News' Roger Ailes A Draw For Select CNBC Staffers

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Ted David has worked at CNBC since the business network launched in 1989. He likes his colleagues. Respects his bosses. Enjoys his current gig as a se...

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