he said she made mistakes. romney landslide in the last campaign and ailes blunt, as always, said that he looked like a jerk and apologized for some of those predictions. why do you think that ailes chose not to renew sarah palin s contract? i think he paid her a lot of money when she was a very hot commodity and i was told that she was pursued at that time by a number of other networks, as well. and i think that as she cools off, her best selling book and her appearances became a little bit more, little bit less exciting in public, i think that he thought she was probably worth less money. i have got about half a minute since, to me, it seems like you defend roger ailes on almost every issue in this book. tell me, if it s not an authorized biography, what is the most critical thing you found about the chairman of fox news? well, the whole book is one long look behind the scenes at