Roger Ailes

Election 2008: The Media Is The Message

A case of the media not simply covering but becoming the story. I was reminded of Alsop when I read a terrific New Yorker profile by Lauren Collins about author, journalist and Internet star Arianna Huffington and her booming...

The Boston Phoenix Names America's 25 Scariest Conservatives

To celebrate Halloween this year, the Phoenix has prepared a "field guide of sorts" to the "fire-breathing bloviators [who] are using political bogeymen, scare tactics, and scorched-earth ideology to rally their base." The...

Glenn Beck Joins FOX News

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Glenn Beck has signed a multi-year agreement to join FOX News, announced Roger Ailes, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FOX News. Beginning next spring, Beck will host FOX News Channel...

Will election affect Fox News' dominance?

Jeff Christensen AP Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly is part of Fox News' prime-time lineup. Fox News Channel celebrated its 12th anniversary on the air this month in the same fashion that it has celebrated each of the...

Peter Preston: All the fun of the Fairness Act

When there's a landslide, you can feel the earth shake beneath your feet. And - goodness! - are those Rupert Murdoch's knees I see knocking in the distance?Last week the trickle of American editorial columns revealing their...

The Rupe Faux Kerfuffle

By Johnnie L. Roberts | NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Nov 3, 2008 Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff's new book, "The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch," won't hit bookstores for another...