NEW YORK (AP) – During the past quarter-century, The Associated Press has had sit-downs with the Fox News founder several times. He was always brash and entertaining. Below are excerpts from those interviews:
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July 1995 – With Fox News still a year away, Ailes had launched NBC-owned America’s Talking, an advice-and-lifestyle cable network.
– “To build the network, I phrased a series of questions that I think Americans probably ask themselves consciously or subconsciously every day. Then I said, ‘Let’s try to create shows that answer those questions.'”
-“If they find a network that is about THEM, they will watch it. That is the philosophy, the theory, the driving force and the vision of America’s Talking.”