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>> multimillionaire rupert murdoch is at the center of a journalistic empire, and he clearly is in the united states to stay. >> rupert murdoch is emerging as the biggest newspaper baron the world has ever known. >> if i didnt know what sensationalism was, i would soon find out. >> more journalists, more publishers should be in television. >> nobody was thinking as big as rupert murdoch. >> the largest single broadcast station transaction in history. >> murdoch has become sole owner of...

>> if i didnt know what sensationalism was, i would soon find out. >> more journalists, more publishers should be in television. >> nobody was thinking as big as rupert murdoch. >> the largest single broadcast station transaction in history. >> murdoch has become sole owner of 20th century fox. >> rupert has laid out that he wants one of his children to succeed him, but he doesnt say when, who and how. its going to have to be fought out between them. >> two minutes till the official st...

Attractive women. >> they couldnt make it at the last minute. >> busty, preferably blonde, perfectly made up, perfectly quaffed. >> roger hated orange. we were never allowed to wear orange on the air, ever. >> the wardrobe. oh, yeah. >> roger didnt want to see his anchors in pants. we didnt wear pants. >> they wanted us to be more of a kind of a cocktail party for work. >> short skirt, long legs -- that was very important. >> roger had a vision, albeit an antiquated one of how women are supposed...

Balanced, where news is going. >> shouldnt all journalists say theyre fair and balanced? well, were saying were fair and balanced -- means youre not. >> the way we report, the way we cover it, the way you get it -- fair and balanced. >> sometimes, you know, wed be in meetings and the producers would say, okay, well make that more f&b. fair and balanced had a particular meaning inside the walls, which was basically it has to be rogers vision. i remember one story that i did. it was about gay marr...

And i said, what other word is there? i was told many, many times, its all about the audience. think of what the viewers want. and that was when i started to figure out what roger ailes agenda was. roger really has his own personal fiefdom in terms of the way that he oversees fox and manages the place. rupert would warn other executives, leave roger alone, he knows what hes doing. >> ailes had an eye for what worked on tv. as it turned out, an eye for what he liked to see on tv. >> all these sex...

In meetings and the producers would say, okay, well make that more f&b. fair and balanced had a particular meaning inside the walls, which was basically it has to be rogers vision. i remember one story that i did. it was about gay marriage rights in massachusetts before it became law. and i found two women who were a couple who had children and wanted to get married. my bureau chief gets a phone call from new york that says, weve pulled the story. were killing the story. allison refers to them a...

Anchors in pants. we didnt wear pants. >> they wanted us to be more of a kind of a cocktail party for work. >> short skirt, long legs -- that was very important. >> roger had a vision, albeit an antiquated one of how women are supposed to look or were supposed to look. and so we became just kind of the manifestations of that image. >> he was in total command. i mean, people were afraid of him. it was a place that had he ruled with an iron hand. >> and it becomes clear to rupert that fox news is ...

I was told many, many times, its all about the audience. think of what the viewers want. and that was when i started to figure out what roger ailes agenda was. roger really has his own personal fiefdom in terms of the way that he oversees fox and manages the place. rupert would warn other executives, leave roger alone, he knows what hes doing. >> ailes had an eye for what worked on tv. as it turned out, an eye for what he liked to see on tv. >> all these sex seminars. were good to go, honey. >> ...