The Loudest Voice in the Room
How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country
by Gabriel Sherman · first published 2014
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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.
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…describes, but make no mistake, it's the insidious, invisible nature of neoliberalism that put our country in a position where neither party served the people well. That is what Reich describes here. 2) The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News-and Divided a Country by Gabriel Sherman [1] - There is also a Showtime miniseries based on the book you could watch. Pair with the movie Bombshell…
on “U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests” ↗Roger Ailes, the man who made Fox News, generated the controversy around this when it was a non-issue and drove it into the public spotlight. You can read the book The Loudest Voice in the Room or watch the mini-series based on it to learn more.
on “Why People Feel Like Victims” ↗The Loudest Voice in the room. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loudest_Voice_in_the_Room Not to agree or disagree with a political approach ... but to understand how and why Fox News works.
on “Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019?” ↗