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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
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Howard Fineman

Forget Steele; Roger Ailes Runs the GOP

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

Jan 18, 10 4:52 AM CST
OPINION

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


Ailes knows nobody better defines the America Fox serves

Jan 13, 10 1:02 PM CST
PROFILE



 Ailes Drives 
 Fox News' 
 Fantastic 
 Success 

CEO's midwestern values shaped right-wing powerhouse

Jan 10, 10 12:13 PM CST
updated

 Lou Dobbs Leaves CNN 

Longtime anchor announces move on tonight's show

Nov 12, 09 5:33 AM CST

 Fox Ratings 
 Soar After 
 Obama Tiff 

Conservative station still trounces cable news competitors

Oct 27, 09 12:07 PM CDT

Fox News CEO Rules Out Presidential Bid in 2012

'I can't take the pay cut,' Roger Ailes jokes

Oct 23, 09 5:30 PM CDT
Joe Conason

'Nixonian' Applies to Fox, Not Obama

For starters, Tricky Dick henchman Roger Ailes runs the network

Oct 23, 09 11:24 AM CDT

On Fox, Beck Profits With Doomsday Scenarios

New pundit's ratings up in Obama admin

Mar 6, 09 10:17 AM CST
OPINION

 God Bless You, 
 Fox News 

Vitriolic network so valuable, DNC ought to be paying for it

Nov 12, 08 8:24 AM CST

Murdoch Picks Fight With Newser Founder

Oct 23, 08 1:53 PM CDT

'Rupert Murdoch Is Becoming
a Liberal'

Mogul held secret meeting with Obama to negotiate a truce: Wolff

Sep 2, 08 9:00 AM CDT

 Hume to Leave Fox Anchor Role 

But he plans to stay on part-time as a senior political analyst

Jul 15, 08 9:06 PM CDT

O'Reilly Blasts
at GE Coming From Upstairs

Fox-NBC vendetta brings execs' bile into your living room

May 19, 08 11:12 AM CDT
OPINION

Fox's Fortunes Fall With GOP's

Ratings are aching, talking heads are losing access and CNN has more than caught up

Jan 31, 08 6:06 PM CST

Fox Business Network
Debuts

Aims to make biz news less 'Wall Street,'
more 'Main Street'

Oct 15, 07 3:57 AM CDT

Does Rudy Get Boost From Fox Buddy?

Giuliani, close to Fox News honcho Roger Ailes, gets more air time than others

Aug 2, 07 7:04 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

8
Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

65
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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