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In meetings and the producers would say, okay, we'll make that more f&b. fair and balanced had a particular meaning inside the walls, which was basically it has to be roger's 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, we've pulled the story. we're killing the story. allison refers to them as a family, and roger went berserk. and i said, what other word is there?

Anchors in pants. we didn't 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 roger ailes. >> and then in a few years, fox news is eating cnn and msnbc in the ratings. and that'...

I was told many, many times, it's 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 he's 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. we're good to go, honey. >> we have a panel of porn stars and stripping lessons. >> roger was very interested in showing the...