Roger Ailes Quotes
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Every other network has given all their shows to liberals. We are the balance.
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Reporters have a different point of view and a different job. Consequently, to the extent that you can help them turn in an interesting story that their editor is going to like and that's going to further their careers, they're going to give you more ink and cover you.
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I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he’s dumb as an ashtray.
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If you're running far behind in the polls and you decide to use comparative advertising, you have to be able to explain to the people why the incumbent shouldn't have then ob.
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I grew up in the era when Dan Rather hated Richard Nixon. He was a newsman, but you knew what his opinion was.
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Taking on the media is something I would never tell a candidate to do. I'd advise him what I would do in that circumstance, but that's about it.
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When a guy has his ego hurt, he's liable to jump into a fight he doesn't need to have.
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I can't stand cruel people. And if I see people doing something mean to somebody else just to make themselves feel important, it really gets me mad.
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Truth is whatever people will believe.
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I love rich people. Any time I needed a job, I went to a rich person. I like poor people, but they never had a job for me.
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It also has to do with how you look and how you sound. If you look like a mean SOB who's putting the other person down, that's different than if you're inquiring about the process they go through to make a decision on behalf of the public.
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You've got to find a difierent approach. You've got to create some interest in your language, in the words and pictures you create. If a candidate can't give a 10-minute speech and have reporters reaching for their pens in the first 90 seconds, he probably shouldn't be running.
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My doctor told me that I'm old, fat, and ugly, but none of those things is going to kill me immediately.
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I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings.
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Anybody's position on an issue, anything they've said about an issue, and any way they've voted on an issue is fair game. You have every right to question that and go after it aggressively.
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To be successful, you've got to get the kind of torque that's created by a push and a pull.
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I've been in entertainment, politics, business, business coaching, public affairs, documentaries, programming, news, theater. So, there aren't many things I see that I haven't seen something like that before.
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I want to elect the next president.
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You better be able to defend it after the attack - so don't stretch it. In other words, if the guy's guilty of A and B, don't make him guilty of A, B, and C. That's what a lot of people do.
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Capitalism works. In the end, socialism imploded on itself. Communism imploded on itself. Ultimately jihadism will implode on itself, if we stay in the fight and stay on offense because failed philosophies don't work, there's no future.
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I only understand friendship or scorched earth.
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When the media gets into creating their own product and then deciding to cover it, they are becoming part of the process and, therefore, could be damaged.
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Television and I grew up together.
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Almost everything I do is related to my ability to hire good people. I don't take much of the credit myself. I think I have a good eye.
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Just because someone thinks he is being attacked by the media doesn't mean he is. Many times the media actually is being fair, and they're attacking for good reason.
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Phrase it in an interesting way; don't phrase it in a mean or unfriendly way. Bob Dole said that if there's anything he would have done differently, he would have said [to George Bush] "Start telling the truth about my record" instead of "Stop lying about my record." Frankly, had he done that, life might be different for Bob Dole today.
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In general, I think man-on-the- street ads and endorsement spots are having less and less effect on people. The electorate's getting very sophisticated, and they want to make their own judgments.
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People always describe my successes in life. My successes in life tend to be personal, not career.
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In the Rather/Bush incident, it was totally unfair. CBS was trying him and convicting him and trying to execute him on national television. They had made up their minds. CBS made the fatal error of trying to become the political opposition to George Bush. And, when they did that, they put themselves in an arena where they can get knocked on their fanny.
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As long asthe audience or the public perceives you to be sincere in your approach and not petty, they will think it's fair and they will wait for the other person's response. But if they sense it's petty or the slightest bit unfair, they'll turn on you right away.
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