How Fox News Changed The World
Then & Now: Philosophy, History & Politics
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Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes may have been responsible for more politicians and presidents being elected than any man in history. In the early 60s, his first job was on a local talk show, The Mike Douglas Show. He knew from his work that television was about something contradictory. You had to construct the appearance of spontaneity. Nixon came off poorly on the very first televised debates between him and Kennedy,. His confidence and inside knowledge about a new medium impressed Nixon and his aides. They hired Ailes who would soon change political campaigning forever.
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