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The loudest voice in the room, how the brilliant, bombastic Roger Ailes built Fox News-- and divided a country, Gabriel Sherman

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The loudest voice in the room

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Gabriel Sherman

how the brilliant, bombastic Roger Ailes built Fox News-- and divided a country

-- New York How did this man, whose life story has until now been shrouded in myth, become the master strategist of our political landscape? In revelatory detail, Sherman chronicles the rise of Ailes, a sickly kid from an Ohio factory town who, through sheer willpower, the flair of a showman, fierce corporate politicking, and a profound understanding of the priorities of middle America, built the most influential television news empire of our time. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Fox News insiders past and present, Sherman documents Ailes's tactical acuity as he battles the press, business rivals, and countless real and perceived enemies inside and outside Fox. Sherman takes us inside the morning meetings in which Ailes and other high-level executives strategize Fox's presentation of the news to advance Ailes's political agenda; provides behind-the-scenes details of Ailes's crucial role as finder and shaper of talent, including his sometimes rocky relationships with Fox News stars such as O'Reilly and Hannity; and probes Ailes's fraught partnership with his equally brash and mercurial boss, Rupert Murdoch. Roger Ailes's life is a story worthy of -- --Erik Wemple, -- -- --David Carr, The New York Times "Sherman is at his best writing with sweep about the history of cable news and placing Ailes in context."--Los Angeles Times From the Hardcover editionAn inside account of Fox News offers insight into its operations and influence, covering the original launch of the cable news network by Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch and the ways in which Fox has become a dominant force in American politics

"The most powerful man in the world" -- "Jump Roger, jump" -- "You can talk your way out of anything" -- The Philadelphia story -- Selling the trick -- REA productions -- A new stage -- Thought pattern revolution -- Risky strategy -- America's talking -- "A very, very dangerous man" -- The Aussie and the Midwesterner -- October surprise -- The right kind of friends -- Anti-Clinton news network -- The call -- Holy war -- Quagmire doesn't rate -- "What are you going to do with all this power?" -- Searching for a new cast -- Comeback -- Trouble on Main Street -- The last campaign