About Roger Ailes
He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes also worked as a media consultant for Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and helped Rudy Giuliani’s 1989 New York City mayoral campaign. In July 2016 he left Fox News after allegations that he sexually harassed female employees, including on‑air hosts Gretchen Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Andrea Tantaros.
![“They [candidates] say, "I don't want to say anything controversial." And so nobody covers them. Then they blame the journalists, saying "Why don't they write down what I said?" In congressional races, 90 percent of the time the answer is, "Because you are boring and you don't have anything that…” quote by Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/roger-ailes-2123_answers_they-candidates-say-i-don-t-want-to-say_1450924.png)
![“There was no news in the Dan Rather piece. They didn't say [to Bush]: "We found a piece of paper that was overlooked in the 300,000 pieces of paper that were covered in the Iran-Contra hearings, and we have a piece of news we'd like to ask you about." CBS decided to create a media event and cover…” quote by Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/roger-ailes-2123_american-history_there-was-no-news-in-the-dan-rather-piec_879861.jpg)
![“Take the [1980] Jimmy Carter-Ronald Reagan debate. Carter kept trying to imply that somehow Ronald Reagan was going to push the button, or was irresponsible with nuclear war. You might have been able to make the case that Carter was responsible. But it's very tough when you see a person with…” quote by Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/roger-ailes-2123_able_take-the-1980-jimmy-carter-ronald-reagan_1643722.png)
