Roger Ailes and the rise of Fox News

“To watch even a day of Fox News — the anger, the bombast, the virulent paranoid streak, the unending appeals to white resentment, the reporting that is held to the same standard of evidence as a political campaign attack ad — is to see a refraction of its founder, one of the most skilled and fearsome operatives in the history of the Republican party … Ailes has used Fox News to pioneer a new form of political campaign — one that enables the Republican party to bypass sceptical reporters and wage an around-the-clock, partisan assault on public opinion. The network, at its core, is a giant soundstage created to mimic the look and feel of a news operation, cleverly camouflaging political propaganda as independent journalism.” The rest is even worse. What a scumbag.

Tue 06 Sep 2011 at 12:53   ·