The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--And Divided a Country (91 page)

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Authors: Gabriel Sherman

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TRANSCRIPTS, TAPES, AND PRIVATE PAPERS

Ailes, Elizabeth. Commencement speech, Mount Saint Mary College, Class of 2012. May 19, 2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoTlCx7Kzx0
.

Ailes, Roger. Roy H. Park Lecture at the University of North Carolina School of Journalism (transcript). April 12, 2013,
http://jomc.unc.edu/roger-ailes-park-lecture-april-12-2012-transcript
.

Bloomgarden, Kermit. Private papers, Wisconsin Historical Society.

CNBC/Dow Jones Business Video. “NBC Holds News Conference to Announce New 24-Hour News Channel.” Transcript of news conference, Dec. 14, 1995.

Federal News Service. Transcript of remarks by Rupert Murdoch at National Press Club, Feb. 26, 1996.

Federal News Service. Transcript of remarks by Ted Turner at National Press Club, Sept. 27, 1994.

Herschensohn, Bruce. Private papers, Pepperdine University Library.

Pauley, Robert. Private papers, courtesy of Pauley’s family.

Rourke, Jack. Letters, courtesy Martha Rourke.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

G
ABRIEL
S
HERMAN
is a contributing editor at
New York
magazine. His journalism has appeared in
The New York Times
,
The New Republic
,
The New York Observer
, and
GQ
, among other publications. He has served as a commentator on National Public Radio, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC’s
Morning Joe
, NBC’s
Today
show, and ABC’s
World News
. Since 2012, he has been a Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation. He lives in New York City with his wife, Jennifer Stahl. This is his first book.

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