65. “He analyzed it” Ibid.
66. In 1940, the year Roger O.E.D. Jr., “Mr. Hoover Televiewed,” New York Times, June 30, 1940.
67. Seven years later Samuel A. Tower, “Truman Calls on Nation to Forego Meat Tuesdays, Poultry, Eggs Thursdays,” New York Times, Oct. 6, 1947.
68. Between 1950 and 1951 Richard Sutch and Susan B. Carter, eds., Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2006), Vol. 4, 977–98. The statistic appears in “Communications,” a contribution by economist Alexander J. Field.
69. Gunsmoke Nancy Hass, “Embracing the Enemy,” New York Times Magazine, Jan. 8, 1995.
70. “I liked to get” William Alcorn, “Fox News Chairman Ailes Comes Home, Discusses Obama’s Tasks,” Vindicator, Nov. 11, 2008.
71. One of those fellow actors Author interview with Robert Ailes, Jr.
72. “He sat down” Author interview with Warren resident Kent Fusselman.
73. Launa Newman developed an instant connection Author interview with Launa Newman-Minson.
74. Before graduating, Roger Author interview with Warren resident Bernice Marino.
75. “Father did not encourage” Ibid.
76. Once, when Roger Auletta, “Vox Fox.”
77. During his prime earning years Donna M. Ailes v. Robert E. Ailes, Trumbull County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations, Case 5396, Oct. 7, 1959.
78. To make some extra money Author interview with Robert Ailes Jr.
79. “The poor guy” Grove, “The Image Shaker; Roger Ailes, the Bush Team’s Wily Media Man.”
80. When it came time to buy Donna M. Ailes v. Robert E. Ailes, Trumbull County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations, Case 5396, March 18, 1960.
81. “He tried hard” Author interview with Robert Ailes Jr.
82. “All I wanted to do” Grove, “The Image Shaker; Roger Ailes, the Bush Team’s Wily Media Man.”
83. After landing a job Donald Baer, “Roger Rabid,” Manhattan, Inc., Sept. 1989.
84. One day, in the spring Junod, “Roger Ailes on Roger Ailes: The Interview Transcripts, Part 2.”
85. “It felt like a picture-perfect” Author interview with Ohio University alumnus Arthur Nolletti.
86. Students went for hayrides See, for instance, Athena, 1959 (Ohio University yearbook), 32.
87. During Ailes’s sophomore year The Post (Ohio University), May 19, 1960.
88. The handbook 1958–1959 Student Handbook, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
89. A caption Athena, 1959 (Ohio University yearbook), 9.
90. In December 1959 Wesley M. Stevens, “Beatniks Protested at Fireside Group,” Athens Messenger, Dec. 30, 1959.
91. He wanted to join the military Tom Hodson, Conversations from Studio B (interview with Roger Ailes at 4:18), WOUB Public Media, Ohio University, May 20, 2012. http://woub.org/2012/05/20/fox-news-chairman-and-ceo-roger-ailes.
92. In a certain sense Playbill, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
93. “I was hammered all the time” Marshall Sella, “The Red-State Network,” New York Times, June 24, 2001.
94. “I skipped a lot of classes” Roger Ailes interview with Brian Lamb on C-Span, Dec. 19, 2004.
95. Ailes’s starting position Hodson, Conversations from Studio B (interview with Roger Ailes, at 4:40).
96. He then hosted Author interview with Ohio University alumnus Donald Hylkema. (On-air, Hylkema used the pseudonym Don Mathews.) See also Hodson, Conversations from Studio B (interview with Roger Ailes, at 7:42, 8:10).
97. Vincent Jukes, a stout Author interview with former WOUB station manager Frank Youngwerth.
98. One day, he concocted Author interview with Donald Hylkema.
99. Archie Greer Jaine Wyatt, “Archie Greer,” Athens (Ohio) News, Jan. 4, 2010.
100. Unlike Jukes Author interviews with WOUB students.
101. “Archie was probably the first person” Roger Ailes remarks at dedication of Roger E. Ailes Newsroom, Ohio University, April 24, 2008.
102. By the end Author interviews with WOUB students. Cablegram noted in an article titled “Employes’ [sic] Sons Get Collegiate Honors” that “Roger Ailes, a sophomore at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, was named station manager of WOUB, the university’s radio station. It was reported that this is the first time a sophomore student has been named to the position.”
103. Ailes was soon selected Cablegram reported that Ailes was also “named the outstanding sophomore in radio-television by the local chapter of Alpha Epsilon Rho.” See also Athena, 1962 (Ohio University yearbook), 215.
104. “We were sort of afraid” Author interview with Ohio University alumnus Mike Adams.
105. When school was in session Hodson, Conversations from Studio B (interview with Roger Ailes, at 5:40).
106. He was often Ibid., at 11:30.
107. During one summer Author interview with Donald Hylkema.
108. Without telling his classmates Hodson, Conversations from Studio B (interview with Roger Ailes, at 10:12). According to Broadcasting, Ailes was also the program director for WMPO in 1962. (“Week’s Profile: How to Change Debate Loser to Arena Winner,” Broadcasting, Nov. 11, 1968, 101). For the pseudonym “Dick Summers,” see Nadine Brozan, “Chronicle,” New York Times, April 2, 1993.
109. “He didn’t let anyone” Author interview with Donald Hylkema.
110. “He did not display” Author interview with Don Swaim.
111. “I remember when he told me” Author interview with Ohio University alumnus Bill Klokow.
112. “Control was extremely important” Author interview with Donald Hylkema.
113. “The thing is about hemophiliacs” Author interview with Robert Ailes Jr.
114. Her amended divorce petition Amended Petition, Donna M. Ailes v. Robert E. Ailes, Trumbull County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations, Case 5396, March 18, 1960.
115. The original complaint Petition, Donna M. Ailes v. Robert E. Ailes, Trumbull County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations, Case 5396, Oct. 7, 1959.
116. temporary restraining order Journal entry, Judge Bruce Henderson, Trumbull County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas, Division of Domestic Relations, Oct. 8, 1959.
117. “I got a call” Junod, “Roger Ailes on Roger Ailes: The Interview Transcripts, Part 2.”
118. “It affected Roger” Author interview with Robert Ailes Jr.