The Loudest Voice
Entertainment Weekly|June 28, 2019

EARLY ON IN THE LOUDEST VOICE, FOX NEWS CHANNEL FOUNDER Roger Ailes (Russell Crowe) summons his employees for an emergency 4 a.m. meeting.

Patrick Gomez
The Loudest Voice

The network is just a few months away from launch, and no one is ready. After singling out several employees for their poor performance (“You’re walking around like Mr. Magoo looking for his f---ing d--- in that control room!”), Ailes suddenly pivots to rally mode. Fox News has an opportunity, he says, to speak to conservatives, an audience cable news ignores. As Ailes talks—about loyalty, Fox News’ “mission,” and “fairness and balance”—his voice rises, and the camera pulls tighter and tighter until his face fills the screen, an angry, worked-up white guy yelling about “the real America.”

This story is from the June 28, 2019 edition of Entertainment Weekly.

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