Quote by Michael Wolff

As a media consultant to Republican presidents, Ailes proved a deft manipulator of racial fear. But it was in building Fox News that he…

— Joy Reid

“But Ailes was convinced that Trump had no political beliefs or backbone. The fact that Trump had become the ultimate avatar of Fox’s angry…

— Michael Wolff

“But Ailes was convinced that Trump had no political beliefs or backbone.”

— Michael Wolff

“Though Ailes had spent more than four decades in Washington, D.C., and New York City, he still saw himself as a scrapper from a…

— Gabriel Sherman

“The point was, there didn’t need to be an answer because he wasn’t going to be president. Trump’s longtime friend Roger Ailes liked to…

— Michael Wolff

In a career of trying to pry secrets, gossip, specificity and truth out of media executives, Ailes has been the most forthcoming, personal, compelling…

— Michael Wolff

Roger Ailes ruled with an iron fist, and he wanted us all to fall in line and have his world view and say the…

— Alisyn Camerota

“How’s the kid?” asked Ailes, referring to Trump’s son-in-law and paramount political adviser, thirty-six-year-old Jared Kushner. “He’s my partner,” said Bannon, his tone suggesting…

— Michael Wolff

“He just keeps going,” Ailes had marveled to a friend after the first debate with Hillary Clinton. “You hit Donald along the head, and…

— Michael Wolff

If you are a certain kind of white conservative, especially a white male conservative, then Roger Ailes was a hero. He constructed a world…

— Joy Reid

“He would come out of this campaign, Trump assured Ailes, with a far more powerful brand and untold opportunities. “This is bigger than I…

— Michael Wolff

“How’s the kid?” asked Ailes, referring to Trump’s son-in-law and paramount political adviser, thirty-six-year-old Jared Kushner. “He’s my partner,” said Bannon, his tone suggesting…

— Michael Wolff