about a whole lot of things that went on there. We see the final product on our TV screens. A product that extreme does not come from nothing. There must have been a lot of craziness behind the scenes and a culture of silence to protect it. Those employees are no longer hostages.

Inside the Paranoid World of Fox News's Roger Ailes
Connor Simpson

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It did not go well, of course, but the story gives us an amazing glimpse into just how paranoid Ailes is. Like, perhaps, how he thinks liberals are constantly out to get him. He is the president of Fox News, the hated conservative news channel. So far as we know, his life hasn't been in jeopardy because of his job. But reading Sherman's excerpt, you get the idea Ailes expects a pack of commandos led by Chris Matthews to raid his home at any moment. For instance, Ailes' had security cameras installed all across their property in Philipstown so they could watch what's happening on the grounds at all times. When Ailes and family were out of town, his wife, Beth, phoned a team of landscapers and told them to move a tree they had just finished planting. She was not satisfied with its current location, which she could see because of the cameras:

“[Ailes] was said to have ordered the removal of all trees around his house so that he … had a 360-degree view of any leftist assault teams preparing to rush the house,” Leonora Burton recalled. Roger and Beth also bought up as many surrounding houses as they could. Security cameras were installed throughout the property. “A team of landscapers was, in the absence of the Ailes family, working on the grounds of the compound,” Burton later recounted. “They were planting a tree when the boss’s cell phone rang. It was the absent Beth. ‘No, no,’ she said. ‘That’s not where I want the tree. I insist that you move it.’ She directed them to the correct site. The landscapers were puzzled until they realized that the many security cameras on the grounds had captured them at work. Beth had been watching them from wherever she was and called to correct the tree planting.”

That doesn't even cover the bunker Ailes had installed underneath his house stocked with six-months' worth of supplies in case of a terrorist attack. But for immediate threats, Ailes has a security team, led by his dog, to protect his family:

“He worried about his kid and his wife and said he wouldn’t want anything to happen to them because of what he was,” Foley recalled. Roger told him his German shepherd, Champ, helped protect them. “He said, ‘I let the dog out of the car when we come here. The dog gets out first. He’s trained to patrol the whole grounds and report back before we get out.’?”


more: http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/01/inside-paranoid-world-fox-newss-roger-ailes/356819/

"Roger and Beth also bought up as many surrounding houses as they could."

"That doesn't even cover the bunker Ailes had installed underneath his house stocked with six-months' worth of supplies in case of a terrorist attack"

Flipping bats*%$ Howard Hughes crazy! Get this guy on anti-psychotic drugs asap, instead of running a news agency.

the only problem was it only spoke German.

The only thing Tweety is going to raid is his own refrigerator. Some leftist.

What do they get paid to do? Will anyone make them take responsibility for ruining america?

shown the door, of course, just an excuse. Thanks, Hissyspit. No doubt much of this...interesting sludge was known to the owners before, and much more.

This was the last straw for Murdoch!!! I'm lovin' it. They are imploding and eating themselves everywhere.

Doonesbury cartoon post for Fox's Roland Hedley's attempt to save 'ol Roger? Lol.

Thanks