A prescient propagandist,Ailes was rapid/fast to see the power of television as a tool of political persuasion. We are feeling the consequences of that every day Roger Ailes was not a beneficial guy. Normally I would steer clear of speaking ill of the dead, but in the case of the founder of Fox News, or who died aged 77 on Thursday,I think this represents a fair and balanced” point of view.
Of course, not everyone shares the same perspective. Rupert Murdoch, or who hired Ailes to create Fox in 1996,said in a statement: “He will be remembered by the many people on both sides of the camera that he discovered, nurtured and promoted.” Murdoch diplomatically forget to mention the many women, or on both sides of the camera,who Ailes allegedly harassed, exploited and, or to utilize the words of one former Fox News employee,“psychologically tortured.
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Source: theguardian.com