Fox News founder Roger Ailes dies of complications from fall

What biased claptrap. Good riddance to the man who has done more to hurt America than any other.

What biased claptrap. Good riddance to the man who has done more to hurt America than any other.

I'm not going to judge Ailes about what he allegedly did or didn't do, but if it weren't for him, conservatives and independents wouldn't have a voice at all except in books way back in the store. So from what he did and how he made and brought out conservatism to the forefront, he's got my props. Condolences to his family.

I'm not going to judge Ailes about what he allegedly did or didn't do

You really should... Especially when there are that many allegations, and especially when he had no problems judging people.

he's got my props.

Save em. He already made millions thanks to you guys. I'm with katsu78, good riddance.

bass4funk Today  03:31 pm JST

but if it weren't for him, conservatives and independents wouldn't have a voice at all except in books way back in the store. 

Thank you for demonstrating so perfectly the evil perpetrated by Roger Ailes, the demented lie he was so successful at spreading that now a generation repeats it without question.

Ailes made himself rich duping people into believing that news that doesn't say what you want it to say is biased against you. Under the Ailesian school of thought, journalism isn't an intellectual process one goes through to produce the best, most accurate record of current events - it's a team sport where you declare your partisan loyalties first and then everything you are shown is filtered through that bias to spare you the slightest shred of critical thought or the discomforting possibility that maybe the world is more complex than you want it to be.

That's why I was being only slightly facetious saying he has done more to hurt America than any other person (John C. Calhoun was probably worse). Ailes didn't just lead a conservative media movement, he destroyed the very concept of independent, non-partisan truth-seeking.

Thankfully, it's looking more and more like the only people irretrievably deluded by his self-serving lies are the elderly. His "philosophical" descendants in a generation may be little more than a handful of Internet trolls and a Russian SNS department. But he's done enough damage to American discourse that it is isn't completely ridiculous to question if we'll make it to the next generation.

You really should... Especially when there are that many allegations, and especially when he had no problems judging people.

Naw, I let liberals pre-judge people, the group that preaches patience and tolerence.

Save em. He already made millions thanks to you guys. I'm with katsu78, good riddance.

That's your opinion, I'm glad he did all he could to bring conservatism out of the liberal gulags.

Thank you for demonstrating so perfectly the evil perpetrated by Roger Ailes, the demented lie he was so successful at spreading that now a generation repeats it without question.

How so? That's the problem with the left, they see everything through a skewed straw. I'm not going to judge anyone until the person is convicted. Steve Jobs was reportedly a terrible person to be around, but the man was a genius.

I'm talking about what the man accomplished, even my former boss and other liberals in the industry will admit what a giant success Ailes was, indisputable.

Ailes made himself rich duping people into believing that news that doesn't say what you want it to say is biased against you.

Yeah, well I worked for NBC, it was 10 times worse, even saying that you were a conservative would get you a desk in the stock room.

That's why I was being only slightly facetious saying he has done more to hurt America than any other person (John C. Calhoun was probably worse). Ailes didn't just lead a conservative media movement, he destroyed the very concept of independent, non-partisan truth-seeking.

I see. Well, that's your opinion, but millions don't think so, anyway, it's all good.

Thankfully, it's looking more and more like the only people irretrievably deluded by his self-serving lies are the elderly. His "philosophical" descendants in a generation may be little more than a handful of Internet trolls and a Russian SNS department. But he's done enough damage to American discourse that it is isn't completely ridiculous to question if we'll make it to the next generation.

Naw bro, the real damage has been the liberal outlets over the past 12 years, but again, it all goes back to why people are dumping Democrats and why they keep losing elections.