97. “Is CNN on the Side” “Is CNN on the Side of the Killers and Terrorists in Iraq?,” Cable Game (defunct blog), Oct. 24, 2006; archived at http://web.archive.org/web/20061025010450/http://thecablegame.blogspot.com/.
98. “David Brock Gets Caught!” “David Brock Gets Caught! (Although Secretly, He Probably Loves Being Naughty and Nasty),” Cable Game (defunct blog), Sept. 28, 2007; archived at http://web.archive.org/web/20070929103305/http://thecablegame.blogspot.com/.
99. He called Ailes Author interview with a person familiar with the matter. When asked to comment, Klein wrote, “I’m not confirming I ever had that convo w Roger,” adding: “I think a good executive quietly does what he or she needs to do to protect the team and the brand. Roger enjoys the game and respects others who can play it.”
100. Cooper wouldn’t announce Andrew Sullivan, “Anderson Cooper: ‘The Fact Is, I’m Gay,’ ” “The Dish” (blog), AndrewSullivan.com, July 2, 2012, http://www.dish.andrewsullivan.com/2012/07/02/anderson-cooper-the-fact-is-im-gay/.
101. Klein did not last Brian Stelter, “CNN Fires Executive Who Led Makeover,” New York Times, Sept. 24, 2010.
102. For Sarah Palin Most of the information in the following paragraphs was originally reported in Gabriel Sherman, “The Revolution Will Be Commercialized,” New York, May 3, 2010.
103. Her sky-high approval ratings Becky Bohrer, “Palin Center Stage in Politics, but What of 2012?,” Associated Press, July 2, 2010.
104. The worst was Rachel D’Oro, “New Palin Defense Fund Uses Fighting Words,” Associated Press, June 29, 2010.
105. In November 2008 Matea Gold, “Palin to Talk with Van Susteren,” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 8, 2008.
106. Later, the Fox camera crew Author interview with a person familiar with the situation.
107. Conservative pundit Scott Martelle, “The Book on Sarah Palin,” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 12, 2009. See also author interview with Mary Matalin.
108. with Alaska’s strict ethics rules Hillel Italie, “Palin Has Book Deal, Memoir to Come Next Year,” Associated Press, May 13, 2009.
109. On the morning of July 3 Rachel D’Oro, “Palin Resigning as Alaska Governor,” Associated Press, July 3, 2009.
110. Once she resigned Sherman, “The Revolution Will Be Commercialized.”
111. in September 2009 Sherman, “The Elephant in the Green Room.” See also Sherman, “The Revolution Will Be Commercialized.”
112. In January 2010 Jim Rutenberg, “Palin Joins Fox News Team,” New York Times, Jan. 12, 2010. See also Sherman, “The Elephant in the Green Room.”
113. A Wall Street analyst “The 35 Most Powerful People in Media,” Hollywood Reporter, April 20, 2012.
114. In 2009, Ailes earned Carr and Arango, “A Fox Chief at the Pinnacle of Media and Politics.”
115. Ailes “predicted” Author interview with a senior Fox producer.
116. In the midterms Quinn Bowman and Chris Amico, “Congress Loses Hundreds of Years of Experience—But Majority of Incumbents Stick Around,” “The Rundown” (blog), PBS NewsHour, Nov. 5, 2010, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/11/congress-loses-hundreds-of-years-of-experience---but-vast-majority-of-incumbents-stick-around.html.
117. “I’ve never seen anyone build” Author interview with a person familiar with the matter.
118. Sean Hannity complained Author interview with a person familiar with the matter.
119. And it didn’t help matters Author interview with a person familiar with the matter.
120. In March Howard Kurtz, “The Beck Factor at Fox,” Washington Post, March 15, 2010.
121. Palin also ruffled Sherman, “The Elephant in the Green Room.”
122. In the control room Author interview with an employee of Fox News.
123. Ailes began to doubt Sherman, “The Elephant in the Green Room.”
124. her website had put the image http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sarah-palins-crosshairs-ad-focus-gabrielle-giffords-debate/story?id=12576437.
125. “He thinks Palin is an idiot” Author interview with a person familiar with the matter.
126. Ailes also got an earful Author interview with a person familiar with the matter.
127. Christine “I’m not a witch” O’Donnell Ashley Parker, “O’Donnell Ad Confronts Reports on Her Past,” “The Caucus” (blog), New York Times, Oct. 4, 2010.
128. “Why are you letting Palin” Author interview with a person familiar with the matter.
129. One afternoon Author interview with a person familiar with the matter.
TWENTY-ONE: TROUBLE ON MAIN STREET
1. “All I ever wanted” Peter Boyer, “Fox Among the Chickens,” New Yorker, Jan. 31, 2011.
2. Putnam County even had See Putnam County Board of Elections, http://www.putnamcountyny.com/board-of-elections/election-results, accessed Nov. 15, 2013.
3. From his mountaintop aerie Chafets, Roger Ailes, 105.
4. To the west “Obstructed the Hudson: Chains Used for This Purpose During the Revolutionary War,” New York Times, Feb. 17, 1895.
5. To the north “West Point Foundry Preserve Re-opens Oct. 19,” Philipstown.info, Oct. 16, 2013, http://philipstown.info/2013/10/16/scenic-hudson-and-partners-celebrate-new-park-opening-at-historic-west-point-foundry-preserve.
6. The grand interior Chafets, Roger Ailes, 105–6.
7. They attended Ibid., 175.
8. Leonora Burton Author interview with Cold Spring shop owner Leonora Burton.
9. One was that Boyer, “Fox Among the Chickens.”
10. Buying The Putnam County News Brian Stelter, “Big-Time Cable News to Small-Town Paper,” New York Times, July 14, 2008.
11. Founded in the mid-nineteenth century Boyer, “Fox Among the Chickens.”
12. In a one-room office Ibid.
13. “It covered the 4-H Club” Author interview with investment adviser Elizabeth Anderson.
14. Letters to the editor Boyer, “Fox Among the Chickens.”
15. When citizens complained Author interview with former Putnam County News & Recorder employees.
16. In the 1960s Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Federal Power Commission, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Docket 29853.
17. The ensuing legal battle Kathleen Teltsch, “Hudson Group Seeking River Study Proposals,” New York Times, Dec. 19, 1982.
18. The landmark victory Marist College, “Scenic Hudson Collection: Records Relating to the Storm King Case, 1963–1981,” historical note, http://library.marist.edu/archives/shc/scenichudsoncollection.xml, accessed Nov. 13, 2013.