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A documentary that explores the rise and fall of the late Roger Ailes, from his early media influence on the Nixon presidency to his controversial leadership at Fox News.A documentary that explores the rise and fall of the late Roger Ailes, from his early media influence on the Nixon presidency to his controversial leadership at Fox News.A documentary that explores the rise and fall of the late Roger Ailes, from his early media influence on the Nixon presidency to his controversial leadership at Fox News.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Roger Ailes
- Self
- (archive footage)
Mitch McConnell
- Self
- (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
- Self
- (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
- Self
- (archive footage)
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This man was a piece of garbage. It doesn't matter what his political leanings were, although they were based in paranoia and ignorance.
He was creative enough, and knew people well enough, to manipulate them.
Fox News is based on fear. It's based on a yearning for something in the past that never was.
This man created it.
And now we have this documentary.
Typical cowardly left wing hit piece written by hack hollywood types after the man is dead of course.
This is nothing more than a staged Soros backed hit piece on a right wing genius. Filled with haters, has beens and wanna bes all claiming to know Roger. Sure.
It's edited to make him look evil.
And believe it or not, they actually take the leap and make him a Nazi sympathizer! Unreal. These clowns should never get money to make another film.
It's edited to make him look evil.
And believe it or not, they actually take the leap and make him a Nazi sympathizer! Unreal. These clowns should never get money to make another film.
If only this kind of behavior was behind us and finally relegated to history. His father did the damage and Roger took it out on Americans and especially women. This movie demonstrates how gullible a large part of our populace has become. How sad that men in power have led people to become so hateful towards others. Watching, I remembered how the women had to fight to be understood. The legal system did a lot to shield a lot of those evil men.
This was really well done. We all know the stories of how Ailes was taken down for harassment, but this doc shined a light on his notable (if somewhat horrific) contributions to media as we know it now.
I was surprised to learn that his first cable channel eventually became MSNBC (which most likely pushed him to further extremism) and that he bought up a small town paper in his town for reasons that are slightly unclear here. I would have liked to have learned more about the other ex-wives (and the "assistant" who seems to fall off the radar once Ailes marries his third and final wife.... Liz stood by her man until the bitter end). I feel sorry for these strong shouty newswomen who continue to be used by Fox News but hopefully the climate of harassment has changed to allow them a safe workspace. I believe in their right to say it, but not how they say it. (also magical is the fact that "gender queer monster drag" actor Babette Bombshell portrayed Ailes in reenactments.)
Did you know
- TriviaAiles got his start as a production assistant and later producer of The Mike Douglas Show.
- ConnectionsFeatures George Bush: Weekend Passes (1988)
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- Also known as
- Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $38,510
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,833
- Dec 9, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $38,510
- Runtime
- 1h 47m(107 min)
- Color
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