“On the morning that the Army’s special forces in Iraq dropped their bombs on al-Zarqawi, the story goes that [Roger Ailes] had ordered his minions to be at work early — at 5:30 in the morning,” Liz Smith writes in today’s NY Post. “So, of course, even Mr. Ailes’ famous world-traveling boss, Rupert Murdoch, called in wondering if Roger had perhaps been tipped off by pals or informants inside the White House or elsewhere.
Mr. Ailes just laughs and laughs at this. ‘We periodically have these early staff get-togethers to stay sharp. I learned about al-Zarqawi’s death as I was driving into work at 4 in the morning. But nobody is leaking to me!'”
TVNewser mentioned the staff meeting back on June 9…
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