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Roger Ailes 'Thinks Palin Is an Idiot'

'New York' profiles Fox News boss

(Newser) - In the wake of President Obama’s 2008 win, Roger Ailes successfully built up Fox News’ ratings and raked in $900 million last year—but he still hasn’t found a 2012 candidate to throw his weight behind, according to an extensive New York magazine cover story. “You can’... More »

Ailes' Small-Town Paper Accuses Him of Spying

Ex-editor at Ailes' pet project allegedly tailed by Newscorp security

(Newser) - Has Roger Ailes been spying on the staff of his small-town newspaper? That’s the rumor Gawker is reporting, describing the staff as in “open revolt” against the Fox News honcho. Anonymous former employees from the Putnam County News and Recorder say that highly-touted editor Joe Lindsley and several... More »

Fox Couldn't Control Glenn Beck Anymore

Both sides seem genuinely happy that it's over

(Newser) - Plenty of speculation is out there about what finally caused Glenn Beck and Fox News to pull the plug on his show , but Glynnis MacNicol at Business Insider thinks it boils down to this: "Beck and Fox are parting ways because Beck had too much power and Fox couldn't... More »

Roger Ailes Clashed With Palin Over 'Blood Libel' Attack

Her refusal to heed Fox boss triggered rift

(Newser) - Fox News president Roger Ailes warned Sarah Palin not to launch her controversial "blood libel" defense of herself in the wake of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' shooting. Palin's refusal to take his advice created a major rift in their important relationship, reports New York magazine. “Lie low,” Ailes... More »

Roger Ailes to Be Indicted?

Unsubstantiated report says it could come this week

(Newser) - Fox News boss Roger Ailes could be indicted "this week, maybe even Monday," an anonymous source told TV economist Barry Ritholtz yesterday, presumably on obstruction of justice charges stemming from allegations that Ailes told Judith Regan to lie to federal investigators in order to protect Rudy Giuliani. The... More »

Fox News Head Advised Lying to Feds: Court Docs

Roger Ailes apparently sought to protect Giuliani White House bid

(Newser) - Five years ago, fired HarperCollins boss Judith Regan claimed an executive at Harper’s parent, News Corp, had pushed her to lie to federal investigators—but until now, that executive’s identity remained hidden. Now court affidavits show that it was Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, the New ... More »

Rabbis Urge Murdoch to Rein In Beck, Fox News

Coalition slams constant use of Holocaust, Nazi imagery

(Newser) - A coalition of 400 rabbis have had enough of Glenn Beck's use of Nazi and Holocaust imagery and attacks on George Soros . The group is urging Rupert Murdoch to sanction Beck and Fox News chief Roger Ailes. It has bought a full-page ad in one of Murdoch's own papers, the ... More »

Coming Soon to Fox News: Bill Clinton?

But Roger Ailes says he wouldn't work out as a regular talk show host

(Newser) - Roger Ailes would love to have Bill Clinton host a talk show on Fox News—in theory. In actuality, "he won’t be as good on a talk show as you’d think," said Ailes, according to just-released transcripts from his interview with Esquire . "Because, first of... More »

Fox News Prez Orders Staff: Tone It Down

But he says claims that political attacks triggered shootings is 'bull----'

(Newser) - Fox News President Roger Ailes has warned his staff to tone down right-wing rhetoric as America debates whether political vitriol played a role in the violent attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. "I told all of our guys, 'Shut up, tone it down, make your argument intellectually. You don’t... More »

Ailes Sorry for Calling NPR Execs 'Nazis'

...what Fox boss meant to say was 'nasty, inflexible bigots'

(Newser) - Roger Ailes has apologized for calling NPR bosses "Nazis" in an interview—but he's not exactly backing down. Mediabistro obtained a letter that the Fox News chair sent to the Anti-Defamation League apologizing for his word choice, but in it, he doesn’t apologize for slamming NPR. “In... More »

Roger Ailes: NPR Brass Are 'Nazis'

Fox News boss also says Jon Stewart is 'crazy'

(Newser) - Roger Ailes thinks Juan Williams is a “true liberal,” but he hired him anyway because he was mad at NPR. “They are, of course, Nazis,” the Fox News chief told Howard Kurtz of the Daily Beast . “They are the left wing of Nazism. … They... More »

Olbermann's 'Worst Person:' Back So Soon?

Segment, suspended in the name of sanity, returns

(Newser) - Well, that didn't take long: Not even three weeks after suspending his Worst Person in the World segment in the wake of Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity, Keith Olbermann brought it back. Olbermann announced the segment's return Tuesday, noting that 73% of polled viewers wanted it restored, according to... More »

Fox News' Ailes: Obama Has 'Different Belief System'

Network just telling it like it is, says network chief

(Newser) - Fox News chief Roger Ailes says his network isn't presenting skewed coverage of President Obama, it's just reflecting the reality that he's a lousy president. Obama "has not been very successful," he tells Howard Kurtz of the Daily Beast . "He had to be told by the French... More »

Canned Juan Williams Gets $2M Fox News Contract

Ex-NPR analyst signs 3-year deal, still furious over firing

(Newser) - Getting fired from NPR is working out pretty well for Juan Williams. Fox News has offered the analyst a new three-year, $2 million contract, the Los Angeles Times reports. Williams—canned for telling Fox's O'Reilly Factor that people in Muslim garb on planes make him nervous—will have an expanded... More »

Glenn Beck: I'm Always on Verge of Collapse

He's the cover boy for Sunday's New York Times magazine

(Newser) - Glenn Beck gets the cover treatment in this Sunday's New York Times magazine in a lengthy profile by Mark Leibovich. Some quick highlights:
  • In the flesh: "Beck is sheepish and approachable, betraying none of the grandiosity or bluster you might expect," Leibovich writes. Later: "Beck fashions himself
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Roger Ailes to Fox Staff: Back Off on Glenn Beck

CEO doesn't want any more infighting

(Newser) - Fox News chairman Roger Ailes isn't happy about reports of bad blood between the network's journalists and Glenn Beck. During a recent visit to the Washington bureau, he channeled the Godfather and told staffers to knock it off. "I was brought up to defend the family. If I couldn't... More »

Forget Steele; Roger Ailes Runs the GOP

Fox chief is in it for the ratings, but he's the right's kingmaker

(Newser) - The true leader of the Republican Party isn’t its loose-lipped chairman, Michael Steele, nor the dour Mitch McConnell, distracted John McCain, or disinterested Bushes; it’s Roger Ailes. “The president of Fox is, by default, the closest thing there is to a kingmaker in Anti-Obama America,” writes... More »

Palin Hire a Genius Move, Whether or Not She's Good

Ailes knows nobody better defines the America Fox serves

(Newser) - Roger Ailes "is a genius" and hiring Sarah Palin is his latest masterstroke—even if she never says anything interesting on Fox News. Ailes’ rivals at other networks “still hire talent for their abilities,” explains Michael Scherer of Time . “Ailes knows you can also hire talent... More »

Ailes Drives Fox News' Fantastic Success

CEO's midwestern values shaped right-wing powerhouse

(Newser) - “Television is not a gimmick, and if you think it is, you’ll lose again,” a 27-year-old Roger Ailes told Richard Nixon as he sought the Oval Office in 1968. Days later, Ailes had a job aboard the ultimately successful campaign. Decades later, many similarly derided the launch... More »

Lou Dobbs Leaves CNN

Longtime anchor announces move on tonight's show

(Newser) - Anchor Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN, he announced during tonight’s show—his last after 27 years at the channel. Dobbs, whose contract wasn’t up until 2011, has made waves with his anti-immigration views and his questioning of President Obama’s citizenship; he didn’t shed much light on... More »

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