Former Ailes confidante alleges sexist, bigoted comments.
By on Jan 10th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Former Ailes confidante alleges sexist, bigoted comments.
Dan Cooper, who helped create Fox News in the 1990s, is set to tell all about his former boss, Roger Ailes. In “a long meandering unfocussed piece” posted today, Cooper describes Ailes’ fondness for “boy’s club meetings” during the launch of Fox News that were often peppered with sexist and bigoted comments. “How about those bazookas on that Indian girl, or whatever the hell she is,” Cooper recalls Ailes saying. (In fairness to Ailes, Inside Cable News warns that it’s difficult to tell how much of Cooper’s story “is real and how much of it is BS.”)
(HT: Jossip)
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…it’s difficult to tell how much of Cooper’s story “is real and how much of it is BS.â€
– - But TP was titillated.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:28 pmcan someone tell me what is wrong with appreciating the size, shape and splendour of women’s breasts?
personally, i like breasts shaped like ski slopes!
January 10th, 2008 at 3:38 pm#2: personally, i like breasts shaped like ski slopes!
– - No doubt you’re a 90-meter man, not a 70-meter guy. Guy?
January 10th, 2008 at 3:43 pmGo
January 10th, 2008 at 3:44 pmFOXPIG SNOOZ!“CNN International, Al-Jazeera and BBC are the same in how they report mostly that America is wrong and bad. ” Roger Ailes
January 10th, 2008 at 3:47 pm(In fairness to Ailes, Inside Cable News warns that it’s difficult to tell how much of Cooper’s story “is real and how much of it is BS.â€)
So why bother, TP?
January 10th, 2008 at 3:50 pmJust one more reason we can call Roger Ailes a disgusting pig. Really, we had enough reasons already.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:51 pmWe really don’t need a scurrilous gossip piece to tell us that Ailes is a subhuman….
but thanks anyway, TP
January 10th, 2008 at 3:53 pmProve it! -Comment by Southern Man
FOX went to court to lie…and won. Thats enough for me not to EVER, NEVER, EVAH, trust ‘Tabloid News’
January 10th, 2008 at 3:54 pmIt’s a well known fact that many KKK are Repugs. They even openly run for office on the GOP ticket. Need I say David Dukes?
January 10th, 2008 at 3:55 pmProve it!
This thread is perfect for you Matt.
Comment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 3:51 pm
You’re the only one disputing this. You prove it. Or better yet, just go away.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:57 pmRoger Ailes = F. Lee Raymond
Both are overstuffed, over-rated over paid corporatists who value money and control over truth and morality.
Fox News is conditioning unsuspecting Americans to believe the media first and the ’source’ last.
Fox News – Fairly Unbalanced
Roger Ailes – Unbalanced, but not fair
January 10th, 2008 at 3:58 pmComment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 3:52 pm
well that’s what mr. cooper said. and he worked for ailes.
did you ever work for ailes, southie? is so what were you’re impressions of him?
btw southie, this is ot but here’s a famous presidential quote for you:
“i was in cincinnati the other day. stopped off to get some ribs.â€
can you guess who said it?
oh and here’s a pic i found of ailes:
http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~wesleychorn/
eh?
January 10th, 2008 at 4:00 pmGuess we are now fully informed as to why Ailes loves billo so much; both are sexist ego-driven lying scumbags.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:04 pmComment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
southie you go ot all the time!
(did you check out the pic of ailes?)
January 10th, 2008 at 4:06 pmsouthie (you too matt), the president who said it was:
george w. bush!
“i was in cincinnati the other day. stopped off to get some ribs.â€
January 10th, 2008 at 4:14 pmWe have been waiting for days…..
Comment by Dr. Matt — January 10, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
can’t prove a negative matt.
(even southie knows that)
January 10th, 2008 at 4:15 pmcan someone tell me what is wrong with appreciating the size, shape and splendour of women’s breasts?
Comment by darladoon — January 10, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
You REALLY don’t want one of my long-winded explanations, do you?
Short version — if a woman has gone out of her way to make sure you notice her breasts (more of the bosom on display than hidden), or is openly discussing her recent implants, then by all means go ahead and appreciate them.
Most of the rest of us would rather be treated as people instead of body parts.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:24 pmComment by Dr. Matt — January 10, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
bulls eye matt!
did you check out the “mitt romney cliche meter”?
what will gov. romney do with that big “mitt” sign?
(i think he should tack it up on the ceiling right over his bed)
January 10th, 2008 at 4:28 pmComment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
sorry southie. that wasn’t clear. or logical.
wanna try again?
January 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pmsorry southie. that wasn’t clear. or logical.
wanna try again?
Comment by joe cantwell — January 10, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
Please do, Southie. Voter turnout was 55.3% in 2004 — start there.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:35 pmHaven’t you guys figured this out yet? It is a pathetic exercise in futility and absurdity to respond to anything that the disgusting, sociopathic moron known as “Southern Man” posts. Ignore him. He’s not worth any of our time and I resent the fact that I’ve had to spend these 30 seconds reminding you. He’s a moron, a prick, a fool, a sociopath, a racist a misogynist and a fascist. Please ignore him for the good of this and other discussions.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:37 pmDid I clear that up for you Matty?
Comment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
So you think half of the registered voters voted for W. Seriously, even you’re not this dumb, it’s a put on, right?
January 10th, 2008 at 4:37 pmYou’re just going to confuse her.
Comment by Dr. Matt — January 10, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
Hey, Southern Man is not welcome in the female ranks — you men have to deal with that. ;)
January 10th, 2008 at 4:38 pmHe’s a moron, a prick, a fool, a sociopath, a racist a misogynist and a fascist. Please ignore him for the good of this and other discussions.
Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — January 10, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
And those are his good qualities. Thanks for the reminder Col.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:39 pmHey, Southern Man is not welcome in the female ranks — you men have to deal with that. ;)
Comment by Zooey — January 10, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
Here, here!
January 10th, 2008 at 4:39 pmThe definition of “half the country” keeps evolving for SM….
January 10th, 2008 at 4:44 pmComment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
January 10th, 2008 at 4:49 pmThose figures aren’t even correct. Everybody know Gore won the popular vote Bush 50,456,002, 47.87% – Gore 50,999,897, 48.38% what kind of reich wing site did you get your figures from?
Southerwoman once again makes a perpetual fool of itself.
Comment by Dr. Matt — January 10, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
*ahem*
January 10th, 2008 at 4:49 pmComment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
50% is half.
“is our children learning?”
who said it, southie?
January 10th, 2008 at 4:51 pmI said “itselfâ€. :-P
Comment by Dr. Matt — January 10, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
You’re still calling IT Southernwoman. :P
January 10th, 2008 at 4:53 pmRoger Ailes uses the public airwaves and the natural monopolies of cable distribution to run what he calls a “news organization.” But he and his boss have admitted publically that they are there to push the repube agenda. Therefore, Roger Ailes is a fraud… he’s also a disgusting, big fat slob.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:55 pmCol., you are pathetic old man who is trying to regain some sense of your life back by blogging in places like this. You were a republican at some point in your life. You probably were not welcome by them because of you being so full of yourself. So you felt rejected and turned to progressives. Now you hammer republicans each day to get back at them, and to forget the shame you feel for ever being a republican.
Comment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
Project much loser? Can’t stand the intelligence in the Col.’s posts can you. Makes you feel even dumber? Don’t worry you must be close to the bottom now.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:55 pmStill waiting to hear where you got those bogus figures on the popular vote for the 2000 election you lying sack of dog poop.
I apologize to all the TP women.
Comment by Dr. Matt — January 10, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
Thanks, Dr Matt. :-)
January 10th, 2008 at 4:56 pmCol., you are pathetic old man who is trying to regain some sense of your life back by blogging in places like this. You were a republican at some point in your life. You probably were not welcome by them because of you being so full of yourself. So you felt rejected and turned to progressives. Now you hammer republicans each day to get back at them, and to forget the shame you feel for ever being a republican.
Comment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
and yet he runs a fortune 500 company. go figure…
“is our children learning?”
who said it, southie?
January 10th, 2008 at 4:56 pmFrom the same place it gets its information on creationism.
Comment by Dr. Matt — January 10, 2008 @ 4:52
He is not an it Dr. Matt. Why do you hate its?
January 10th, 2008 at 4:56 pmWhere are you Southersissy, waiting to hear whose rear you pulled those bogus figures out of.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pmProve that they ever said they were there to push the republican agenda. To make a statement like that, there must be documented quotes. Back it up.
Comment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
Nobody here has to prove anything to the like of you Southern Puke. Most murderers don’t run around saying I did it, I did it do they. Still waiting for the info on your bogus figures.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:59 pmEven I make mistakes sometimes.
Comment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
You repeatedly posted bald face lies and now you want us to believe they were accidents. Please, the only noble thing for you to do is slink away with your tail between your legs like the digusting cur you are.
January 10th, 2008 at 5:19 pmJust ignore the moron. He will slink back into his sticking hole and not bother us for a while.
January 10th, 2008 at 5:21 pmAs far as news goes, I think Ailes did a good job of focusing on the facts of the story, and not the opinions.
Comment by Southern Man — January 10, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
Yes you would you inbred halfwit.
January 10th, 2008 at 5:22 pmSpeaking of breasts. perhaps OT, but funny.
A man went to buy a bra for his girlfriend but he didn’t know her size. The sales clerk established her approximate height and size and guessed about a 34 and then asked about the cup size. When he couldn’t answer that the clerk asked is his girlfriends breasts were as big as a grapfruit?
“No, no”, the man said, “smaller than grapefruits.”
He was then asked, “are they as big as apples?”
“No, no”, the man said, “smaller than apples.”
“Are they as big as plums?”
“No, no”, the man said, “smaller than plums.”
“How about eggs?” he was then asked.
The man lit up and said, “Yes, yes, they are the size of eggs, fried.”
January 10th, 2008 at 5:36 pmNow we know why Fake News didn’t fire Bill Orally. Because his boss is a bigoted Pig too. Did shouldn’t surprise anyone, this guy is a republican.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:25 pmRacist
Evangalical
Petty
United
Bigots
Lynching
Inconsiderate
Consistant
Angry
Nasty
Party
January 10th, 2008 at 10:29 pm