Ailes Helps Ailing Conservatism

I just read an interesting article on Roger Ailes. It called him the man who propelled conservatism to its present stature. It talked about how he got his start working for Richard Nixon, meeting Nixon in 1968 on The Mike Douglas Show. He told Nixon that unless he warmed up to TV, he would continue to lose. Nixon then hired him as a sort of media coach.

But Ailes big break came with the Fox Network. And it was him, not Rupert Murdoch, who was the creative brains behind the network.

And Ailes set the rules on how the network and his politicians would interact with others: through blaming, scapegoating, and blaming the liberals in power.

The article suggests that President Trump used those same tactics to "win" against Ailes, Fox, and the Republican Party. He just used them to a greater extent.

Now, it will be interesting to see what will transpire with President Trump.

With one month in office, his presidency appears in disarray. Even though he says his presidency is functioning like a "well-oiled machine," is seems (to many observers) to be functioning like the Tin Man, sans WD-40.

Bibliography:

Greenberg, David. (2016, July 20). How Roger Ailes Created Modern Conservatism. Retrieved from http://www.politico.com.