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Roger Ailes has a thing with raises or more like, with people raising his thing

Media reporter Gabriel Sherman is about to release a biography about Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, and due to The New York Times getting a sneak peek at the book - The Loudest Voice In The Room - it appears as if controversy is already swirling.

According to Bill Carter and Julie Bosman of The New York Times, one interesting story in the book is this:

"Former employees cited in the book talked of Mr. Ailes's volatile temper and domineering behavior. In one anecdote, a television producer, Randi Harrison, told Mr. Sherman that while negotiating her salary with Mr. Ailes at NBC in the 1980s, he offered her an additional $100 each week 'if you agree to have sex with me whenever I want.'"

Fox News has been quick to respond, as it stated the following:

"These charges are false. While we have not read the book, the only reality here is that Gabe was not provided any direct access to Roger Ailes and the book was never fact-checked with Fox News."

That Fox News quote had me laughing quite a bit, because it unintentionally depicts the Fox News philosophy. They haven't read the book, but will say it's false, because the author didn't fact-check with them. In other words, they didn't fact-check before giving their opinion, and ironically enough, this time it was with regard to fact-checking. Fox News spends more time blasting fact-checkers for being "liberally-biased" than a wannabe-astronaut nymphomaniac says, "Blast off!" when he's done having sex. Going to Fox News for fact-checking would be like going to a convent for an orgy- it's just not going to happen.

In light of this bit of news, rumor has it that Roger Ailes will come out with his own book, aptly titled, Giving A Raise If You Make Me Raise.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/08/book-roger-ailes-_n_4558577.html

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/08/business/media/biography-casts-critical-light-on-fox-news-chief.html
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