Cenk Uygur
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WTF Is The Fox News “Black Room”???
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10:53Now PlayingFox News reportedly has a “black room” full of Roger Ailes’s private investigators/corporate spies. Apparently Ailes liked to sick his minions on his political and personal enemies. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Sherman reported in New York Magazine that Ailes used Fox News money to fund public relations and surveillance campaigns against his enemies, including Sherman and other journalists. He also used company dollars to settle allegations of sexual harassment against him.
These shady dealings have been uncovered as Fox News executives pour through the network's financial recordsfollowing Ailes's resignation. According to Sherman's sources at Fox, Ailes spent millions on these endeavors, but because Fox was bringing in more than a billion dollars in yearly profits, the amounts used personally by Ailes were almost negligible.
Ailes allegedly ran the operation out of an office dubbed "The Black Room" in a hidden corner of the News Corporation building. Among his surveillance targets were Sherman and Gawker journalistsJohn Cook and Hamilton Nolan, all of whom covered Ailes in their reporting.
According to Sherman's sources, Ailes ordered private investigators to stalk Cook near his home and create a report on his actions that could be used against him in the media. He also had private detectives follow Sherman and his wife in 2012 while he was doing research for his biography of Ailes, The Loudest Voice in the Room. Joe Lindsley, who was editor of Ailes's hometown paper, The Putnam County News & Recorder, was also a target.”*
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