Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes
Roger Eugene Ailesis an American television executive...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 May 1940
CountryUnited States of America
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.
hate book america
You can't sell a book in America if you don't dump on Bush. That's the cheapest shot in the world. You cannot get an advance, and you can't sell a book because the publishers are all people who hate Bush and hate Republicans.
thinking laziness deep-down
There is a - deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me.
strong thinking rocks
Everybody fears the unknown. But I have a strong feeling there's something bigger than us. I don't think all this exists because some rocks happened to collide. I'm at peace. When it comes, I'll be fine, calm. I'll miss life, though. Especially my family.
strong winning battle
Candidates rarely win battles with the media, and unless you really know what you're doing you should not tangle with them. The exception is when you know this is a search-and- destroy mission on the part of the media and your case is very strong, you are very articulate, you know what you're trying to accomplish - and you have no alternatives.
circumstances advise
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.
thinking
I think the media is dangerously close to creating their own product. They used to cover the product, which was whatever's happening.
fashion guy american-history
There was no news in the Dan Rather piece. They didn't say [to Bush]: "We found a piece of paper that was overlooked in the 300,000 pieces of paper that were covered in the Iran-Contra hearings, and we have a piece of news we'd like to ask you about." CBS decided to create a media event and cover it in its own fashion. This was unprecedented in American history. CBS cancelled two-thirds of the newscast... to get a guy and take him out.