The loudest voice in the room : how the brilliant, bombastic Roger Ailes built Fox News-- and divided a country

Summary: An inside account of Fox News offers insight into its operations and influence, covering the original launch of the cable news network by Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch and the ways in which Fox has become a dominant force in American politics.

Record details

ISBN: 9780812992854 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0812992857 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 9780679644095 (ebk.)
Physical Description: print
xx, 538 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-517) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"The most powerful man in the world" -- "Jump Roger, jump" -- "You can talk your way out of anything" -- The Philadelphia story -- Selling the trick -- REA productions -- A new stage -- Thought pattern revolution -- Risky strategy -- America's talking -- "A very, very dangerous man" -- The Aussie and the Midwesterner -- October surprise -- The right kind of friends -- Anti-Clinton news network -- The call -- Holy war -- Quagmire doesn't rate -- "What are you going to do with all this power?" -- Searching for a new cast -- Comeback -- Trouble on Main Street -- The last campaign.