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Fox News CEO Rules Out Presidential Bid in 2012
'I can't take the pay cut,' Roger Ailes jokes
By Nick McMaster
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Posted Oct 23, 09 5:30 PM CDT
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Roger Ailes won’t run for president in 2012, despite appeals from friends and associates. The Fox News CEO says he thinks he’ll serve the nation better in his current role: “This country needs fair and balanced news more now than ever before, so I’m going to decline a run for the presidency,” Ailes tells Politico. “Besides, I can’t take the pay cut.”