Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes
Roger Eugene Ailesis an American television executive...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 May 1940
CountryUnited States of America
giving interesting over-you
Reporters have a different point of view and a different job. Consequently, to the extent that you can help them turn in an interesting story that their editor is going to like and that's going to further their careers, they're going to give you more ink and cover you.
interesting problem
If you want to get unpaid media coverage, you had better be quotable. It's an interesting problem, because very few candidates are quotable.
lying mean interesting
Phrase it in an interesting way; don't phrase it in a mean or unfriendly way. Bob Dole said that if there's anything he would have done differently, he would have said [to George Bush] "Start telling the truth about my record" instead of "Stop lying about my record." Frankly, had he done that, life might be different for Bob Dole today.
reading giving interesting
I often tell my clients they should do at least 30 percent of all their reading outside their own field. This will give them perspective and knowledge that will make them more interesting.
running today understand
I understand from what you've said today that you are running for President. You have my vote.
audience determine speaker spirit
The spirit of the speaker will determine the spirit of the audience
al dragged kicking lecture
We dragged him to a lecture by Al Gore, kicking and screaming,
beat cnn figure finds good people pig primary trying
CNN and MSNBC, our primary competitors, are trying to figure out how to beat us. There are some good, smart people at those networks, and even occasionally a blind pig finds an acorn.
floating hire wants work
Tell me who you want to see on the Left, and I'll hire them. If you give me a big name that's out there, that's floating around and wants work, I'd be happy to hire them.
life
I think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.
alec people question somebody talk wants
If somebody wants to book Alec Baldwin on one of our shows, and he wants to come on and talk to our people and say what he wants, I don't care. We would question him on his choice of words.
american-businessman
We're not programming to conservatives. We're just not eliminating their point of view.
ages audiences change platforms
Audiences are shifting. Platforms are shifting. Ages are shifting. It's better to be in charge of change than to have to react to change.
bush convinced measures patient tolerate using waiting
tolerate waiting and would be patient but only as long as they were convinced that Bush was using the harshest measures possible.