The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country Free Audiobook Download by Gabriel Sherman

Roger Ailes is a sometimes brilliant, often bombastic media mogul who changed the way Americans view the news media. Gabriel Sherman sheds light on how Ailes built Fox News and what his impact has been on America. With detail-rich and unflinching reporting that explores how Fox News has contributed to some of the biggest political scandals in recent history, this audiobook will tell you everything you want to know about Roger Ailes and the way he made money.

Gabriel Sherman paints the portrait of a man who seems to have it all, but is troubled by scandals. Roger Ailes had everything going for him; his talent was extraordinary, he was rich and powerful and could do whatever he wanted. He controlled four of America's most influential news outlets, but it led to more than just power, it led to obsession and ultimately to infamy as Fox News became the loudest voice in the country.

"Roger Ailes created Fox News, the most important news network in America," says Gabriel Sherman, author of The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country. "He's also responsible for how Americans watch their news."

Roger Ailes is a force of nature. His success has been guided by his understanding that our country is divided and he wants his Fox News Channel to be the place where people come together. But because Ailes is so brilliant, bombastic, and polarizing, he's also deeply divisive as a boss. Consider the effect that his pushback had when Fox News' various sexual harassment scandals broke in late 2016. He insisted repeatedly that he was being targeted for political reasons and that he would prove it by suing Gawker for publishing an unsubstantiated article about him. Ailes's strategy was a big hit with viewers, who rallied behind their embattled leader. However

Roger Ailes, the brilliant and bombastic founder of Fox News, was a master tactician who understood that his TV broadcast needed to be bold, compelling and polarizing. At Fox News he created a new kind of conservative pundit, one that was smarter, more aggressive in its storytelling and bawdier than any other. He also understood the political power of ratings.

He was a visionary, a kingmaker, and a charismatic and ruthless manipulator who built Fox News into the most popular cable news network in the world. But Roger Ailes's story is more complicated than it seems--in particular because he is one of the most divisive figures in American memory. And Gabriel Sherman's definitive new biography reveals that the way we view Ailes is shaped not just by what we see on Fox News but also by our own personal histories.