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Roger Ailes’ time at Fox News could be over

Kai Ryssdal Jul 18, 2016
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Roger Ailes’ time at Fox News could be over

Kai Ryssdal Jul 18, 2016
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The Murdoch family has already decided to remove Roger Ailes as head of Fox News, reports Gabriel Sherman, National Affairs Editor at New York Magazine and the author of “The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the brilliant, bombastic Roger Ailes built Fox News  and divided a country.”

The decision comes after Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Ailes earlier this month. Sherman writes about the decision for New York magazine.

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