Murdochs Have Decided to Remove Roger Ailes — the Only Question Now Is When

[Chicago1980]

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Source: New York Magazine/Daily Intelligencer

Roger Ailes's tenure as the head of Fox News may be coming to an end. Rupert Murdoch and sons Lachlan and James — co-chairmen and CEO, respectively, of parent company 21st Century Fox — have settled on removing the 76-year-old executive, say two sources briefed on a sexual-harassment investigation of Ailes being conducted by New York law firm Paul, Weiss. After reviewing the initial findings of the probe, James Murdoch is said to be arguing that Ailes should be presented with a choice this week to resign or face being fired. Lachlan is more aligned with their father, who thinks that no action should be taken until after the GOP convention this week. Another source confirms that all three are in agreement that Ailes needs to go.

Read more: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/murdochs-have-decided-to-remove-roger-ailes.html

[uawchild]

1. DUPE Thread by less than 1 minute n/t

[packman]

2. 76 Yrs. Old? Time for him to quit and be sued for every penny

But he'll get a nice pension, some retirement bonus shit and full use of Fox lawyers -

[bjobotts]

3. Karma. Do you think it will make any difference to GOP tv.

[Midnight Writer]

4. It won't improve. Ailes has forged the template for success.

If anything, programming will be more crank oriented. Fake outrage, phony news stories, crazy hosts (personalities), crank guests.

Ailes' replacement will not dare to buck the trend that made Fox News the number one news network on cable. He (yes, I intentionally used the male pronoun) will probably figure that more BS is better.

[greymattermom]

5. so it will now be obviously tabloid tv

and maybe some of the viewers will see the same stories while in line at the grocery.

[OKNancy]

6. Locking - duplicate

one minute earlier here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141522726