posted June 02, 2011 12:30 AM            

In the New RS issue...

Roger Ailes The onetime Nixon operative has created the most profitable propaganda machine in history....

By Tim Dickinson
May 25, 2011 8:00 AM ET

....Ailes runs the most profitable – and therefore least accountable – head of the News Corp. hydra. Fox News reaped an estimated profit of $816 million last year – nearly a fifth of Murdoch’s global haul. The cable channel’s earnings rivaled those of News Corp.’s entire film division, which includes 20th Century Fox, and helped offset a slump at Murdoch’s beloved newspapers unit, which took a $3 billion write-down after acquiring The Wall Street Journal. With its bare-bones news­gathering operation – Fox News has one-third the staff and 30 fewer bureaus than CNN – Ailes generates profit margins above 50 percent. Nearly half comes from advertising, and the rest is dues from cable companies. Fox News now reaches 100 million households, attracting more viewers than all other cable-news outlets combined, and Ailes aims for his network to “throw off a billion in profits.”

Nixon '68:

Cutting Out the Journalists:

Fox News chief Roger Ailes has advised every Republican president since Richard Nixon, and – as Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson details in this profile – he's engineered some of the dirtiest tricks in American political history. Click through for highlights of Ailes' shady – and highly successful – career as a campaign guru.

As a consultant for Richard Nixon, Ailes bypassed journalists who might pose tough questions, creating fake "town hall" events that enabled the candidate to field softball queries from voters handpicked by the campaign. "The events were not staged," says historian Rick Perlstein. "They were fixed."

Ailes – a veteran of Reagan’s media team in 1980 who was overseeing the creation of the legendary “Morning in America” campaign – knew that framing one good shot in a debate could make the difference come Election Day. “Roger had the presence to be a director,” says Ed Rollins, who managed the ’84 campaign. “And Reagan, who had always been around directors, would listen to Roger."

Reagan '84:

The Second Reagan-Mondale Debate -Ailes – known on the Reagan team as “Dr. Feelgood” – told the Gipper to ditch the facts and figures. "You didn’t get elected on details," he told the president. "You got elected on themes." He armed Reagan with a one-liner to beat back any question about his mental agility – and the president’s delivery was pitch-perfect. "I want you to understand that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign," Reagan winked. "I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience."

Bush '00:

Fox Calls It
The man Ailes put in charge of calling states on election night was John Prescott Ellis -

posted June 02, 2011 12:43 AM            

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posted June 03, 2011 09:38 AM            

One of the best debate lines ever delivered. It's no wonder Mondale groupies and leftists didn't like it.

It's also no wonder to me that O'Bomber Kool-Aid drinkers and leftists in general don't like Roger Ailes.

He's put together the news team which kicks leftist press as$es every day AND is the most trusted news source in America....Fox.

On radio, Ailes has Limbaugh...the most listened to talk radio personality in America.

What else could leftists do....except whine, screech and shriek in unison?

posted June 04, 2011 07:27 AM            

One thing I had no idea about was the Ailes role in the Clinton era efforts at Health Care Reform.

Big Tobacco shoveled the money, Ailes provided the guidance and the platform. He also managed Rush, and of his 3 year stint with CNBC
---Jack Welch – then the CEO of NBC’s parent company GE – put it at the time, “We’ll rue the day we let Roger and Rupert team up.”

posted June 04, 2011 07:35 AM            

Most watched/listened:

To get Fox News into 25 million homes, Murdoch paid cable companies as much as $20 a subscriber. “Murdoch’s offer shocked the industry,” writes biographer Neil Chenoweth. “He was prepared to shell out half a billion dollars just to buy a news voice.” Even before it took to the air, Fox News was guaranteed access to a mass audience, bought and paid for. Ailes hailed Murdoch’s “nerve,” adding, “This is capitalism and one of the things that made this country great.”

posted June 04, 2011 08:47 PM            

some "free market" success, heh? take enough money and sell the public what they should think. manchurian?

this is one of the reasons celebrities make great candidates, we are FAMILIAR with them and therefore feel comfy with them. sarah palin is no dumbcluck when it comes to the madison avenue rag...

nor are most other political figures. margaret thatcher underwent extensive "modulation" to be more palatable to the public. as jwhop says, obama's people put his face about. due to the recent predilection for propaganda it is hard to get a foot in if you don't play the same game.

and the mainstream media have generally been the mouthpiece for the regime in power, so it's not just murdoch. however there was a time when people actually tended to believe what they were spreading.

posted June 06, 2011 08:50 AM            

quote:

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...take enough money and sell the public what they should think. manchurian?

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very, and one of my favorite movies.

posted June 06, 2011 11:00 AM            

"His premature call for Bush spurred every other network to follow suit. "Of everything that happened on election night," said Rep. Henry Waxman, "this was the most important in impact."

This is a blatant LIE and about what one would expect from the little lying Socialist twit Henry Waxman.

Fox News called the 2000 Florida election for Algore....early in the evening and did not change the Florida election call until after 2am the following morning...long, long, long AFTER voting ended all across America.

I don't know how you leftists manage to always get it wrong. Perhaps it's a reflection on where you get your news...which isn't news at all but is rather, political spin, supposition, innuendo, propaganda, tripe and bullshiiit.

In any event, Fox News is kicking the as$es of CNN, MSNBC and every other cable news network.

The lowest rated news show on Fox has a higher audience rating than the highest rated news show on those leftists drool over.

Further, O'Reilly is the most trusted newsman on any network and Fox News is the most trusted of all the networks.

posted June 06, 2011 06:53 PM            

Most people wouldn't even call O'Reilly a "newsman". It would be a misnomer as he's not on a news show reporting the news. He's on a talk show giving commentary, and in doing so during prime time, he only beat John Stewart by half a million viewers.

The force that is Jon Stewart: Daily Show's ratings now higher than most of FOX News

Last updated at 9:44 AM on 6th June 2011

Jon Stewart is leaping ahead of one of his most popular targets: Fox News.
The comic's TV program, The Daily Show, beat most of the entire Fox News network in terms of total viewers, according to the May Nielson ratings.
Mr Stewart's show averaged 2.3million viewers, while most of the Fox News prime time and day time line up averaged only 1.85million viewers.

Total viewership slid 10 per cent at Fox News, which lost viewers in the valuable 25-54 demographic in every prime time show.

Bill O’Reilly's show was down 9 per cent, Sean Hannity was down 6 per cent, and Greta Van Susteren dropped 12 per cent.
Glenn Beck's Fox show was cancelled entirely last April, largely due to sliding numbers.

Only one of Fox's shows, The O’Reilly Factor, managed to hold off Jon Stewart's surge in the numbers.

Mr O'Reilly recorded 2.8million total viewers, compared to The Daily Show's 2.3million.

Versus May 2010, The Daily Show grew 19 per cent in total viewers, with double-digit ratings growth across all key demographics.

This included people 18-49 (up +21 per cent), people 18-34 (+22 per cent), people 18-24 (+21 per cent), males 18-34 (+18 per cent) and males 18-24 (+21 per cent).

The Daily Show’s 1.344million viewers ages 18-49 in May led all late night talk shows in that demo.

With a 2011 year-to-date average of 1.25million viewers in that key age range, The Daily Show trails only The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1.27million) for the calendar year.
CNN and MSNBC both posted gains in viewers from May 2010 to May 2011 among ages 25-54.

The latest numbers bear out that The Daily Show continues to perform very well among young people in particular, while Fox News has been steadily loosing ground with that age group.
Mr Stewart frequently takes aim at the conservative-leaning network on his show, where he pokes fun at their reporting and slyly accuses them of being biased.
Fox CEO Roger Ailes once said of Stewart: 'He openly admits he’s sort of an atheist and a socialist... He hates conservative views.

'He hates conservative thoughts. He hates conservative verbiage. He hates conservatives. He’s crazy'.
Bill O’Reilly also famously dismissed Mr Stewart’s audience as a bunch of 'stoned slackers'.
But Jon Stewart may be enjoying the last laugh.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394561/Th e-force-Jon-Stewart-Daily-Shows-ratings-higher-FOX-News.html#ixzz1OXU3AW4F

posted June 06, 2011 09:24 PM            

Google it, I seem to say this to you often, you should experience reality and daylight occasionally.

link after link will appear... here is from fave site in buffalo.==>

quote:

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The genesis of this call, and in particular the chronology of the ensuing echos are telling. The story began on election night at 2:16 AM. Fox News projected George W. Bush as winner of the Florida primary and the Presidential election. In a classic case of pack journalism that college professors will no doubt cite for years to come, ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN all followed Fox’s lead during the next four minutes, calling the election for Bush.

The telling part of this story is that the call was made by John Ellis, a freelance political adviser contracted by Fox News to head their election night "decision desk." Ellis is also first cousin to George W. Bush and Florida governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush.

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posted June 07, 2011 08:38 AM            

There's more news in a Bugs Bunny cartoon than a Jon Stewart show. More comedy too for that matter.

Henry Waxman..demoscat from California is a liar.

It was early in the Florida Election evening when Fox News called the election. Fox News DID NOT call the election for Bush. They called it for Algore.

Later, as more of the precincts vote count came in, the election became too close to call. Later still, the Fox News opinion was that Bush caught up to and passed Algore. Fox News changed their call and called it for Bush. This switch happened after 2am when most people were asleep and ALL votes had been cast hours before.

So, the call for Bush...after 2am did not change a single voter's mind or their vote anywhere in America...because it came too late to change a single ballot...anywhere.

Algore lost.

posted June 07, 2011 01:54 PM            

Prove it.

posted June 08, 2011 08:57 AM            

Waxman is a liar. I already proved Waxman is a liar.

However, for those who surface read, here it is again.

Waxman said....:

"His premature call for Bush...Waxman

LIE! If the early evening call was premature, it wasn't for Bush. Fox called the Florida election for ALGORE in the early evening.

"Of everything that happened on election night," said Rep. Henry Waxman, "this was the most important in impact."...Waxman

LIE!

When Fox News finally called the Florida election for Bush, it was after 2am the next morning. All voting had ceased...long before..by this time all across America.

So, the call for Bush had absolutely NO IMPACT on voting in Florida or any other state AND Henry Waxman is a lying leftist twit.

posted June 08, 2011 09:42 AM            

I asked for specific proof.

Where is the proof?

posted June 08, 2011 09:55 AM            

I said Henry Waxman is a liar and I proved he's a liar by using his own words.

posted June 08, 2011 11:49 AM            

But in the interest of historical accuracy, efficacy, and just well, you know *__* the truth, you might want to.

posted June 08, 2011 12:27 PM            

Node is right. You haven't proven a thing regarding your case for calling things "lies".

Where did I get this:

Fox News says it is conducting an internal inquiry into Ellis's role to see if he violated any election night rules set out in a memo to staff from John Moody, the vice-president. One of those rules prohibits producers and reporters from 'sharing proprietory information' with anyone outside the organisation. Sources suggest Ellis will be 'quietly let go' in a month or so for providing his cousins with exit poll data, pending a House of Representatives' investigation into the news networks' use of such figures.'

posted June 08, 2011 01:00 PM            

Second Node, I did prove the beady eyed, little leftist twit Socialist, Henry Waxman is a liar.

The Bush cousin DID NOT initially/prematurally call the election for Bush...because he/Fox News made the initial call for Algore and didn't change their call until after 2am...the next morning.

By the time the Bush cousin/Fox News called the election in Florida for Bush, polls were already long closed everywhere in America....and therefore, that call for Bush could have had NO IMPACT whatsoever on the outcome of the election.

You...and some others here, including acoustic, need a refresher course in logic...or perhaps you would be taking the logic course for the very first time.