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My Take
Whatever you make of his politics, I find it impossible to ignore how thoroughly Roger Ailes rewrote the grammar of American television news. A small-town kid from Warren, Ohio, he went from advising Nixon, Reagan, and the elder Bush to building Fox News into a cultural juggernaut. What fascinates me is his instinct for emotion over information; he understood, earlier than almost anyone, that pictures shape opinion. His later years were stained by serious scandal, and I do not wave that away. But as a study in raw media power, Ailes remains one of the most consequential figures of his era.
Overview
Roger Eugene Ailes (May 15, 1940 – May 18, 2017) was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes was a media consultant for Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, and for Rudy Giuliani's 1989 New York City mayoral election.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roger Ailes
- Name (Japanese)
- ロジャー・エールス
- Reading
- ろじゃー・えーるす
- Born
- May 15, 1940 – May 18, 2017
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Warren, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / businessperson / television producer / media consultant
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Warren G. Harding High School
- University
- Ohio University
Awards & achievements
- Horatio Alger Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Ailes
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.