Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes
Roger Eugene Ailesis an American television executive...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 May 1940
CountryUnited States of America
coaching news documentaries
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.
als faces foxes
The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face al Qaeda.
integrity people excellence
You can get people the qualifications; But you can't teach them the qualities they're going to need. You can't teach integrity, a drive for excellence, refusal to quit under pressure. It's too late to build that into people you're going to hire.
eras opinion grew
I grew up in the era when Dan Rather hated Richard Nixon. He was a newsman, but you knew what his opinion was.
team winning air
I'm very confident in the management team, very confident in the on-air people. That's the whole secret to everything. It's having people who love to work where they're working and want to win.
doctors ugly fats
My doctor told me that I'm old, fat, and ugly, but none of those things is going to kill me immediately.
mistake fighting winning
Fighting with the media almost always is a mistake. You can't win the argument, the media has the last word, and most times your argument is not justified.
smart eye thinking
I think I have a good eye for talent. I think I'm smart enough to figure out what the mission is and achieve it. I achieve it by hiring good people.
quitting i-quit hated
I quit politics because I hated it.
together television grew
Television and I grew up together.
unique thinking people
I look for something unique, and I look for people who haven't reached their potential. I think I'm pretty good at developing talent.
political mind trying
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.
integrity humility news
Everybody who's in the news business today was influenced in a positive way by Walter Cronkite. He had ability, humility and integrity, a rare combination.
jobs people focus
I don't have any focus groups on talent and programming. If I need five people in a mall to be paid $40 to tell me how to do my job, I shouldn't do my job.