Headline Roundup May 18, 2017
Roger Ailes Dead
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Roger Ailes, who built Fox News into a cable powerhouse before leaving the company last year, died Thursday morning at the age of 77.
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Roger Ailes, former Fox News chairman, dead at 77
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Roger Ailes, the bombastic and controversial founder and CEO of Fox News ousted last year in a sexual harassment scandal, has died.
Roger Ailes, founder of Fox News, dead at 77
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The Ohio-born television pioneer was a confidante of presidents and an acknowledged master of communications. He founded Fox News in 1996 and built it into the nation's long-running No. 1 cable news network. Ailes resigned from Fox in July amid charges of sexual harassment.
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