Roger Ailes spent FOX money to wage secret campaigns against foes
Now that Roger Ailes has left FOX, the news network has discovered that he misused company funds to wage secret campaigns against his enemies.
Ailes allegedly hired consultants, political operatives and private detectives, even running negative campaigns against his foes out of a secret so-called "Black Room" located on the 14th floor of the NewsCorp building in New York, according to a new New York Magazine report.
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Ailes' use of company monies went largely unchecked:
According to three highly-placed sources, part of the answer is that there were few checks on Ailes when it came to the FOX News budget. "It was the culture," one FOX executive said. "You didn't ask questions, and Roger wouldn't entertain questions." One former News Corp executive explained that because Fox made more than $1 billion in annual profits, the funds that were used for settlements amounted to little more than "a rounding error."
The top brass at FOX have been unearthing disturbing discoveries on how Ailes spent company dollars, now that he's gone following sexual harassment allegations.
The network fired five consultants hired by Ailes just last week.
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FOX executives have learned Ailes hired them for his own personal purposes. Bert Solivan is one example — hired to run a negative PR campaign against the former FOX News head's enemies, who included Gawker reporters John Cook and Hamilton Nolan, and former Putnam County News & Recorder editor Joe Lindsley.
"These allegations are totally false," Ailes said via his lawyer.
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