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The rise and fall of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de facto leader, while flashing back to defining events in his life.

Roger Ailes builds a media empire on calculated provocation, only to find his influence inseparable from the scandals he suppresses. This portrait tracks his ascent from a behind-the-scenes strategist to a kingmaker who fundamentally reshaped American politics.

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