Calling Mr. Ailes one of America’s “great patriotic warriors,” he credited his former boss for making him “the person I am today.”
Figures from other corners of the conservative media world also paid their respects, including Matt
Drudge, a longtime friend of Mr. Ailes who was the first to publish the news of his death.
How the Right and Left (and Everyone Else) Reacted to Roger Ailes’s Death -
By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICHMAY 18, 2017
The death of Roger Ailes on Thursday was always fated to be channeled through partisan filters.
Some tacitly acknowledged the accusations leveled against Mr. Ailes, while others ignored the recent history
that robbed him of his longtime post as the head of Fox News.
For better or worse & the ignominious end 2 his reign at Fox News, the impact of Roger Ailes on American politics & media was indisputable.
Many condemned Mr. Ailes’s and his network, pointing in particular to the manifold accusations against him, which he had always denied.