The "Dark Genius" of Fox News

Biographer Kerwin Swint explains how news honcho Roger Ailes has pushed the country to the right for the past four decades.

he is really a communications expert and one of the foremost people who know how to use television, whether it's for a political candidate like Nixon or Bush, or for a TV news program. I do think that he's been very political for the last four decades beginning with Nixon. This is a guy who has been at the center, really, of this huge effort to push the country to the right wing for 40 years. He says he's not, he makes all these claims that he's objective, ... Full Story »

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by Mike Kovanda - Oct. 1, 2008

fair story. What was not mentioned was the number of people who watch FOX for comic relief. I will watch O Riley on occasion to witness the inevitable meltdown and Hannity is just unbelievable. Ailes may be a smart business but his FOX net is a joke but making money is what it all about and in that respect he is a genius.

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