What Ails Roger
Machiavellian Fox News exec Roger Ailes, who once refused to give up a reserved seat for Calvin Klein at Michaels, knew, even as far back as 1970, about the mysteries of that fabled cool medium: television. The Smoking Gun (link via Romenesko) has a memo written by the then-young Ailes titled “WHITE HOUSE TELEVISION,” with these little chestnuts:
- “I think it is important for the President to show a little more concern for Mrs. Nixon as he moves through the crowd … women voters are particularly sensitive to how a man treats his wife in public.
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