Roger Ailes

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Roger Ailes was an American television executive and political consultant best known for building Fox News into a dominant and highly influential conservative cable news network.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
political consultant
television executive
advisorTo George H. W. Bush
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
allegation sexual harassment
causeOfDeath complications from a fall
subdural hematoma
child Zachary Ailes
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1940-05-15
dateOfDeath 2017-05-18
educatedAt Ohio University
employer 21st Century Fox
Fox Business Network
Fox News Channel
News Corporation
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Ailes
fieldOfStudy radio and television
fullName Roger Ailes self-linksurface differs
surface form: Roger Eugene Ailes
genre political communication
television news
givenName Roger
knownFor developing conservative-leaning cable news programming
founding Fox News Channel
languageSpoken English
notableIdea partisan cable news as a political force
notableWork building Fox News into a major conservative cable news network
occupation media consultant
political consultant
television executive
placeOfBirth Warren, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath Palm Beach, Florida, United States
politicalAlignment conservatism
positionHeld chairman and CEO of Fox News
chairman and CEO of Fox Television Stations Group
executive producer of The Mike Douglas Show
president of CNBC
reasonForResignation sexual harassment allegations
religion Christianity
residence Garrison, New York
surface form: Garrison, New York, United States
resignedFrom Fox News Channel
spouse Elizabeth Ailes
workedOn 1988 United States presidential election
surface form: George H. W. Bush presidential campaign 1988

1968 United States presidential election
surface form: Richard Nixon presidential campaign 1968

1984 United States presidential election
surface form: Ronald Reagan presidential campaign 1984

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Bombshell character Roger Ailes
Fox News Channel coFounder Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes fullName Roger Ailes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Roger Eugene Ailes
Ohio University hasAlumni Roger Ailes
Bombshell mainSubject Roger Ailes
Bombshell portrays Roger Ailes