Roger Ailes: I Hired Sarah Palin Because She Was 'Hot And Got Ratings'

[onehandle]

Source: Huffington Post

NEW YORK — As the most powerful man in the universe, or one of them anyway, Roger Ailes can look back on the first 15 years of his crowning achievement, Fox News Channel, with satisfaction. And he does.

It was way back in February 1996 that, at the behest of News Corp. chieftain Rupert Murdoch, Ailes began creating from scratch an all-news network to challenge the venerable CNN as well as upstart MSNBC, which was set to launch that July.

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From the start, Ailes has steadfastly denied any such political bias or agenda on the part of his network. Politics, schmolitics: "I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings," he declares.

From the get-go, he meant for his network to counteract the sins he saw others committing: "I really believed there was no fairness or balance" elsewhere on the journalism landscape.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/roger-ailes-sarah-palin-fox-news_n_995691.html

[hlthe2b]

1. Palin's Karma Train is now permanently "parked" at the station...

And, I simply can not find a drop of sympathy.... Her "mean girl" act just got too old.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Pretty faces can lie with impunity, a core Republicon Value." - the Ailester (R)

"Scientific studies -- at least the ones we republicons allow ourselves to beeleeve -- show that Fox-slurping Suckers will more easily allow themselves to be Suckered by RepubliCorp, Inc. (R) if we give buckets O' payola to a woman with a pretty face to spew the propaganda lies for us. Smirk. Sneer." --

The Ailster (R - Fox anti-American Propaganda, Inc.)

[leftyohiolib]

9. never saw him before but he's exactly as i thought

[No Elephants]

20. Yep. Could have been cast by a academy award level film casting director.

[HughBeaumont]

21. Pizza the Hut has a jowly dog face.

Of course, that'd be insulting dogs.

[Old and In the Way]

3. The only honest statement by Ailes that I can agree with-

-"I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings," He obviously knows his audience.

[hamsterjill]

22. McCain did the same thing.

I think that's why she was picked as the Vice Presidential candidate.

Nope, she doesn't do a thing for me - in any capacity.

[StandingInLeftField]

4. I can't figure out why people think Palin's hot.

Just...Don't....Get...It. eom

[spin]

6. She is reasonably attractive, she is not hot...

On a scale of 10 she is probably a 6 or 7 for her age group.

[Ed Suspicious]

8. I suspect the hot he was referring to was her rising popularity

rather than her physical attractiveness. Although I could well be wrong. She isn't bad looking, though.

[okieinpain]

25. i can not tell a lie, that woman is nice looking. hate to see her

mouth moving but she is nice to look at.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. He's confessing so is he leaving before 2013? The karma would be intoxicating. n/t

[msanthrope]

7. Joe McGuinness, in his book about Pain, writes about his friend, Ailes.

And he makes the point that Ailes is less concerned about promoting Republican values, than about ratings and money. It's an interesting thought.

[daleo]

18. Ratings and money are Republican values. n/t

[the_chinuk]

10. Can we also stop saying that Sarah Palin is Hawt?

She's not.

She's not physically ugly, but it's not the same as being hot.

And when she opens her mouth … ohhhh, boy.

[Kurmudgeon]

11. Palin is Republican "Hot", kind of like how Tofurky is Turkey, or Crab Stick is Crab.

[AndyTiedye]

12. Hot? NOT!

If only dead animal skins could come back to life.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

19. I'd rather dry-hump the bear-skin rug.

[Mr. Sparkle]

13. I always thought it was for her political insight and fortitude.

boy, do i feel stupid.

It is officially conformed. Sarah Palin is the Paris Hilton of the republican party. :)

[calimary]

15. Damn, that's a GREAT ONE, Mr. Sparkle!

"It's confirmed: Sarah Palin is the Paris Hilton of the republican party."

So does that make michele bachmann the Kim Kardashian of the republi-CON party?

:D

:rofl:

:headbang:

[Mr. Sparkle]

24. Well her best days are behind her !

so who knows.. :)

[notadmblnd]

14. "I really believed there was no fairness or balance"

Does that statement mean he doesn't believe it any longer?

[sakabatou]

16. Ailes: Fox "News" pimp

[Thor_MN]

17. Utter bullshit.

"From the start, Ailes has steadfastly denied any such political bias or agenda on the part of his network"

The original mission statement of Fox News stated that it was created to counter a perceived liberal bias in the media. I read it on their website (long since sterilized) back when Fox News was a small pustule on the ass of America's Media

[area51]

23. +1 n/t