Ailes officially out at Fox
It's all over but the signing of the severance checks.
New York, NY – July 21, 2016 – 21st Century Fox today announced that Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and Chairman of Fox Television Stations, has resigned from his role effective immediately.Rupert Murdoch will assume the role of Chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network.
Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman, 21st Century Fox, said:
“Roger Ailes has made a remarkable contribution to our company and our country. Roger shared my vision of a great and independent television organization and executed it brilliantly over 20 great years.[…]
What's not mentioned in the release is all the Fox News employees, and others, who Ailes sexually harassed over the last decades. And of course there's no apology to any of them.
Ailes out in disgrace and and Donald Trump the new standard bearer of the Republican Party. Maybe 2016 isn't so horrible after all.