Roger Ailes

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Roger Eugene Ailes (May 15, 1940-1970) was an American television executive and media advisor.

He served as chairman and CEO of Fox News and Fox Television Stations, from which he resigned in July 2016 after allegations that he had been involved in sexual assault.

Ailes served as a media consultant for Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, as well as Rudy Giuliani's first mayoral bid.

In 2016, he became an advisor to the Donald Trump campaign, where he helped with debate planning. Ailes were affected by hemophilia, a medical disorder in which the body is unable to produce blood clots.

He died on May 18, 2017, at the age of 77, after suffering a subdural hematoma aggravated by his hemophilia.

Early life

Ailes was born and grew up in Warren, Ohio, the son of Donna Marie (née Cunningham) and Robert Eugene Ailes, a factory service foreman. As a child, Ailes had hemophilia and were often hospitalized. He attended the Warren City Schools and was later inducted into the Warren G. Harding High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.

Ailes' father was an authoritarian parent who was often physically and verbally violent, while Ailes later told his mother that she feared his hemophilia and was only emotionally attached "once in a while." 560 His parents divorced in 1960, and when he returned home from college for Christmas break, they told him that he would have to remain at a friend's house.

Ailes graduated from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where he majored in radio and television and spent two years as the student station manager for WOUB.

Personal life

Ailes was married three times.

On February 14, 1998, he married Elizabeth Tilson (born 1960) for his third marriage. She was a television executive and editor of local New York state newspapers The Putnam County News & Recorder and The Putnam County Courier, and she was the owner and publisher of local New York state newspapers. With Elizabeth, Roger Ailes had just one son, named Zachary. The family lived in Garrison, New York, on a hilltop parcel constructed of Adirondack river stone across the Hudson River from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Ailes also lived in Cresskill, New Jersey, and Palm Beach, Florida. Ailes was a longtime collaborator of journalist and media actress Barbara Walters.

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Career

Ailes' career in television began in Cleveland and Philadelphia, where he began as a production assistant (1965), producer (1966), and executive producer (1967–68) for KYW-TV, a then-locally produced talk-variety program, The Mike Douglas Show (1967–68). He served as executive producer for the show when it was syndicated nationally, and in 1967 and 1968, he received Emmy Awards for it.

With Richard Nixon, one of the show's guests, who believed that television was a joke, Ailes had a lively discussion about television in politics in 1967. Nixon later asked Ailes to act as his Executive Producer for television. Ailes' first attempt at political fame was Nixon's fruitful presidential bid. Joe McGinniss' pioneering role in framing national campaign issues, capitalizing on the race-based Southern plan, and making the stiff Nixon more likable and available to voters was documented in The Selling of the President 1968.

Ailes campaigned to reelect Ronald Reagan in 1984. Ailes was credited with, alongside fellow consultant Lee Atwater, the 1989 Republican primaries and the triumph over Michael Dukakis.

Ailes was given the "Orchestra Pit Theory" for sensationalist political coverage in the news media, which culminated with his comment:

Richard Thornburgh's last attempt for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania in November 1991 was unsuccessful. In 1991, he resigned from political service.

Ailes advised President George W. Bush that the American people would be patient as long as they were assured that Bush was using the most pundent steps possible days after the 9/11 attacks. In Bob Woodward's book Bush at War, the correspondence was revealed. Ailes, who has been chastised for giving political advice, reacted angrily against Woodward, saying, "Woodward got it all screwed up, as normal," Ailes wrote about, "but Clancy does his homework first." Ailes refused to hand over a copy of the memo he sent to Bush.

Ailes wrote an article with long-time advisor Jon Kraushar titled You Are the Message: The Master Communicators' Secrets.

Ailes returned to television, this time focusing on cable news. He became president of CNBC in 1993 and later created the America's Talking channel, which would then become MSNBC. He hosted an interview show on America's Talking. After Roger Ailes reportedly called NBC executive David Zaslav a "little fucking Jew prick," NBC retained a law firm to conduct an internal probe in 1995. His resignation was not announced as a result.

Ailes was hired by News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch in 1996 to become Fox News' CEO, effective on October 7.

Ailes was appointed Chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group on August 15, 2005, following Lachlan Murdoch's departure from News Corporation. Following his debut as a new Geraldo Rivera show in September 2005, one of his first performances was canceling A Current Affair and replacing it with Geraldo at Large, which debuted on Halloween, 2005. In January 2007, Rivera's show received about the same ratings as A Current Affair.

Dennis Swanson, a former Viacom executive, was recruited by Ailes in October 2005 to be president of the Fox Television Stations Group. In addition, Fox News Channel announced the production of a new morning television show named The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet.

In January 2011, 400 rabbis from various branches of Judaism in the United States released an open letter in The Wall Street Journal on the UN-designated Holocaust Remembrance Day. Rupert Murdoch ordered Fox News analyst Glenn Beck to "discredit any individual or group you disagree with" because of his use of the Holocaust. The letter was written by a Fox News executive who characterized it as the work of a "George Soros-backed left wing political group." Ailes is also said to have once referred to Jewish critics of his own as "left-wing rabbis."

Ailes was also chastised for referring to executives of NPR's public radio network NPR as "nazis" for the dismissal of a news analyst Juan Williams after Williams had made a statement that were otherwise considered offensive by NPR. In an essay to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Ailes apologised to a Jewish group but not to NPR for using the word, but "I should have been angry at the time because NPR's willingness to blacken censor Juan Williams for not being liberal enough."

Both Ailes and Beck were "pro-Israel stalwarts," ADL President Abraham Foxman said in a subsequent letter to The Wall Street Journal Foxman. His deal with the network was renewed for four years in October 2012, until 2016. If completed, he would have been the head of Fox News Channel for 20 years. Salary figures were not announced, but his earnings for the 2012 fiscal year were $21 million inclusive of bonuses. Ailes also chaired 20th Television, MyNetworkTV, and Fox Business Network, in addition to directing Fox News and chairing Fox Television Stations.

Gabriel Sherman wrote a book in 2014 that Ailes offered a television producer a salary if she would sleep with him in the 1980s. Sherman's book was denied by Fox News, who denied it and dismissed its legitimacy.

Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Ailes on July 6, 2016, prompting more than a dozen female employees at 21st Century Fox to speak out about their own experiences with Ails' behaviour. Carlson alleged that she had been banned from rebutting Ailes' advances. The charges were dismissed by Ailes, who retained Susan Estrich, who represented them. Sherman published accounts from six people (two openly and four anonymously) who reported sexual assault by Ailes three days later. "It has become abundant that Ms. Carlson and her counsel are frantically trying to litigate this in the press because they have no legal basis to argue," Ailes' counsel said.

A ten-days later, a New York magazine announced that an internal investigation into Carlson's allegations had expanded to a broader analysis of Ailes' stewardship. According to Lachlan and James, Rupert Murdoch and his sons had enough details in the preliminary report to conclude that Ailes had to go, which led to the conclusion that Ailes had to go. They disagreed on the date, but James wanted Ailes out right away, while Rupert and Lachlan wanted to wait until after the Republican National Convention. Megyn Kelly told investigators "unwanted sexual advances toward her" at the start of her career, according to New York on July 19. The Murdochs had given Ailes an ultimatum, according to the newspaper, unless Ailes were fired by August 1, they should have resigned by August 1 or be fired.

Ailes resigned from Fox News after being paid $65 million by 21st Century Fox (the then-parent company of 20th Century Fox and Fox News) in an exit deal on July 21, 2016. Rupert Murdoch replaced him as chairman and interim CEO until the selection of a permanent replacement. "I would not allow my presence to derail the work that must be done every day to ensure that Fox News and Fox Business continue to lead our industries," Ailes wrote in a letter to Murdoch. Ailes was lauded for his service, but there was no mention of the allegations. He continued to advise Murdoch and 21st Century Fox from 2017 to his death in 2017.

Andrea Tantaros resigned from Ailes' departure in August 2016 after Ailes' departure in August, she told Fox News executives that she approached Ailes about his behavior towards her in 2015. Her allegations resulted in her first appearance on television, followed by her removal in April 2016. In August 2016, Tantaros filed a lawsuit against Fox News for sexual assault, as well as accusing Bill O'Reilly and Scott Brown.

Shelley Ross, a writer for The Daily Beast, chronicled her sexual assault with Ailes in 1981. "When did you first discover you were sexy," she said at a lunch meeting. When Ross told Ailes that she found the discussion "very embarrassing," he replied that "the best expression of loyalty comes in the form of a sexual relationship." The next month, 21st Century Fox reported that it had settled a case with Carlson over allegations of bullying against Ailes. Fox was also reported to have made separate deals with at least two other women who had filed Ailes-related claims.

Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor, wrote in her book about the particulars of her sexual harassment charges against Ailes in November 2016. Ailes would have meetings with her when she first joined Fox News, during which she would make sexual remarks, according to Kelly. During a private-door meeting, Kelly says he attempted to kiss her several times, but she was able to get away and leave the office. Kelly claims that Ailes did not sexually assault her again after the 2006 incident. Then, when Gretchen Carlson first made her sexual harassment allegations in 2016, 21st Century Fox coerced Kelly to protect Ailes, which she refused to do.

In 2016, after leaving Fox News, he became an advisor to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, where he assisted with debate planning.

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