Who is Roger Ailes....

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Roger Ailes

Roger AilesAKA Roger Eugene Ailes

Born: 15-May-1940
Birthplace: Warren, OH

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government, Business

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Fox News

Worked as a media consultant to the Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush presidential campaigns. "The only question is whether we depict Willie Horton with a knife in his hand or without it."

http://www.nndb.com/people/449/000054287/

The Most Biased Name in News

Fox's founder and president, Roger Ailes, was for decades one of the savviest and most pugnacious Republican political operatives in Washington, a veteran of the Nixon and Reagan campaigns. Ailes is most famous for his role in crafting the elder Bush's media strategy in the bruising 1988 presidential race. With Ailes' help, Bush turned a double-digit deficit in the polls into a resounding win by targeting the GOP's base of white male voters in the South and West, using red-meat themes like Michael Dukakis' "card-carrying" membership in the ACLU, his laissez-faire attitude toward flag-burning, his alleged indifference to the pledge of allegiance--and, of course, paroled felon Willie Horton.

Described by fellow Bush aide Lee Atwater as having "two speeds--attack and destroy," Ailes once jocularly told a Time reporter (8/22/88): "The only question is whether we depict Willie Horton with a knife in his hand or without it." Later, as a producer for Rush Limbaugh's short-lived TV show, he was fond of calling Bill Clinton the "hippie president" and lashing out at "liberal bigots" (Washington Times, 5/11/93). It is these two sensibilities above all--right-wing talk radio and below-the-belt political campaigning--that Ailes brought with him to Fox, and his stamp is evident in all aspects of the network's programming.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067



Internal Philip Morris documents, however, reveal Ailes advised the company until at least 1994. A memo from PM's Washington office to head office providing an outline of supplementary monthly budget expenditures on consultants, listed "Roger Ailes contract" with a figure of $15,000 under the heading "general media strategy". <7>

In May 1993, PM's Craig Fuller sent a memo, titled "Firing Line show on Sin Taxes", to his colleagues. "I think we should look into this. Roger Ailes and I have talked about running ads with a coalition we will form ... one name "Coalition for Fair Funding of Health Care." We might get the group … with whatever name … to help fund the show. It is definitely worth thinking about and looking at more closely". (PM is the 'we' referred to in the note). <8>

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Roger_Ailes

Jolly Roger's grand plan

What happens when the worlds of Bill O'Reilly and Bart Simpson collide? Fox viewers around the country are about to find out.

Two months after Lachlan Murdoch's abrupt resignation as News Corp. deputy chief operations officer, cable news impresario Roger Ailes is wasting no time bringing the conglom's network of 35 TV stations into the Fox News fold.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117931037.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&s=h&p=0


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[shain from kane]

1. He is a big part of whatever ails me.

[snowbear]

2. He looks like a heart attack waiting to happen...

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Looks like he needs to skip a few "dirty deals over decadent meals" and hit the friggin' gym.

[BayCityProgressive]

3. Edwards better watch out

if FOX can't frame him, Ailes may just decide to eat him!

[GoneOffShore]

4. And why isn't he in jail?

He is the biggest reason for laws against media consolidation.

[lpbk2713]

5. In a previous life he was Sen Joe McCarthy

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[lib2DaBone]

6. Ohio University....Shame on Roger

As I understand, Rodger-Dodger is a graduate of Ohio University. Matt Lauer (Rush Limbaugh Wannabe) is also an "almost graduate" fron Ohio U. (He was short credits) Shame on both these jerks for what they have done. This is not what they were taught at school. As a graduate of Ohio University, I was taught compassion, discretion, honesty and an appreciation for all sides of an issue. I was taught in culture of the best and brighest academics, this is not what Roger Ailes embodies.
Shame on Roger Ailes and his disregard for the Constitution. The Constitution and the Bill Of Rights are not "Suggestions", they are the LAW... Signed.. a "Bobcat"