father sees this thing. and they could either turn their back on the business and essentially wave the white flag, or they can try to double down and prove themselves to their father. and they choose the latter. it s october 2001, and roger ailes is at an annual dinner attended by all the new york politicians, the al smith dinner. i trust you all enjoyed your meal. this is one of the big events in new york city politics. i certainly enjoyed my meal. roger ailes has been the architect of fox news, one of very few people who rupert really, really trusts, and who rupert really needs. as the evening is winding down, roger hears from giuliani s office. the news corporation building has been attacked. at this point, roger has been on edge for over a month. today we may stare in the face of evil. when the country was attacked on 9/11, it s almost as if the attack was on roger himself, and he very much treats it that way. he went from this happy conservative warrior
it s the first moment where james and elizabeth are given a little window into how their father sees this thing. and they could either just turn their back on the business and essentially wave the white flag. or they can try to double down and prove themselves to their father. and they choose the latter. it s october 2001, and roger ailes is at an annual dinner attended by all the new york politicians. the al smith dinner. i trust you all enjoyed your meal. this is one of the big events in new york city politics. i certainly enjoyed my meal. roger ailes has been the architect of fox news. one of very few people who rupert really, really trusts and whom rupert really needs. as the evening s winding down, roger hears from giuliani s office. the news corporation building has been attacked. at this point, roger s been on edge for over a month. today, we may stare in the face of evil. when the country was attacked on 9/11, it s almost as if the attack was on roger
anthrax, all with media connections. take penicillin now. death to america. death to israel. allah is great. several newsrooms were sent anthrax. and one of those newsrooms was the new york post. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming a great american, the vice president of the united states, richard b. cheney. when giuliani s office informs roger about the new york post letter at the al smith dinner, roger is immediately on fire. it s vindication that, indeed, they re out to get him. they re out to get news corp. and he immediately rushes back to the fox newsroom, screaming, we re under attack! we re under attack! 4 at the same time, lachlan murdoch is in a meeting, strategizing with the hr people. for the time being, lachlan wants to really keep this
in just a week s time we have four confirmed cases of anthrax, all with media connections. take penicillin now. death to america, death to israel, allah is great. several newsrooms were sent anthrax, and one of those newsrooms was t the new york po post . ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcome aggregate american, vice president of the united states, richard b. cheney. when giuliani s office informs roger at the dinner, roger is moodily on fire. it s vindication that indeed they re out to get him, they re owl to get newscorp. and he immediately rushes back to the fox newsroom screaming we re under attack, we re under attack! at the same time lachlan murdoch is in a meeting strategizing with the hr people. for the time being, lachlan wants to really keep this