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The one Roger Ailes hire that changed American politics forever

  • Written by Russell Frank, Associate Professor of Communications, Pennsylvania State University

Roger Ailes’ 20-year reign as the chairman of Fox News ended this week, the result of a sexual harassment scandal.

He will be remembered by journalism ethicists as the poster boy for conflict of interest. But of Ailes' many departures from journalistic norms of impartiality, the most egregious was his hiring of a cousin of presidential...

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