Even before tackling a biography of Fox News founder Roger Ailes,New York magazine’s Gabriel Sherman broke several scoops about the most secretive organization in cable news. But a book gives Sherman space to blow up the legends and unearth the real story of how a sickly kid from Ohio who once produced The Mike Douglas Show became a political adviser to three presidents and created an outlet whose bare-knuckle approach and conservative politics reflect his own pugnacious style — turning Fox News into the most popular cable TV news channel in the process. So much of how America talks about politics now flows from Fox News’ partisan, crowd-pleasing approach, and Sherman provides a detailed, illuminating history of how Ailes made it all happen.
— recommended by Eric Deggans, critic, Arts Desk
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