Tag: Roger Ailes

GJR book review: Is he what Ailes the media? Writer peels curtain back on Fox News chairman

BY CHRIS BURNETT / Roger Ailes, chairman of Fox News, is a man the media industry has learned to take seriously, even fear. Though much less well-known to the public than his boss, Rupert Murdoch, his considerable talent and work ethic is responsible for building Fox into the undisputed leader of cable television, leading the cable ratings wars the past 12 years over rivals CNN and MSNBC.