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newsbusters.org - 11/21/2008
Roger Ailes on FNC's 'Obligation' to Not Derail Obama Transition
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News Corporation executive Roger Ailes has told Los Angeles Times reporter Matea Gold that he has advised employees of the Fox News Channel that "all presidents deserve time to get their team on the ground and get organized" and that "we have some obligation in a new presidency ...

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Flopping Aces:  President Of Fox News Tells Network To Tone Down Attacks On Obama

Hot Air » Top Picks:  O’Reilly: I’m not going to “cheap-shot” Obama by second-guessing the stimulus

huffingtonpost.com - 11/20/2008
Roger Ailes Renews Contract With News Corp - DEVELOPING
— huffingtonpost.com — FOX News chief Roger Ailes has signed on to remain at News Corp, the Huffington Post has learned. News Corp is expected to announce later today that Ailes has signed a new deal that will keep him with the cable news network. More details ... (more) Roger Ailes Renews Contract With News Corp - DEVELOPING

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mediabistro.com - 11/21/2008
Ailes: "We Have Some Obligation In a New Presidency Not To Attempt To Destabilize It" ...
— mediabistro.com — ailes_11-21.jpg Following the news Roger Ailes has signed a new five-year contract with News Corporation, he talks to the Los Angeles Times' Matea Gold . "I've got to build the business channel into a competitive force," he says of FBN. "And at some ... (more) Ailes: "We Have Some Obligation In a New Presidency ...

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latimes.com - 11/21/2008
Roger Ailes extends Fox deal - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Reporting from New York -- Roger Ailes, the savvy and hard-charging television executive who transformed the Fox News Channel from an upstart enterprise to the top-rated cable news network, sealed a deal Wednesday to remain in his post for another ... (more) Roger Ailes extends Fox deal - Los Angeles Times

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President Of Fox News Tells Network To Tone Down Attacks On Obama
Flopping Aces — ... So, about that obligation….Roger Ailes, president of the Fox network, has told his people to tone down any stories on Obama that would “obstruct” the incoming administration: (h/t Newsbusters) ...

O’Reilly: I’m not going to “cheap-shot” Obama by second-guessing the stimulus
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , I think he means he won’t judge the bill until the details are ironed out and a final version’s presented to the public. Is that right? Or is he suggesting that criticizing the stimulus in principle , as a wasteful or counterproductive expense, is necessarily a “cheap shot”? Exit question: Dude?

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