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In a December 2013 interview by Hollywood Reporter, Ailes was talking about MSNBC no longer being in the news business and then said,
In a December 2013 interview by Hollywood Reporter, Ailes was talking about MSNBC no longer being in the news business and then said,
{{cquote| For [[CNN]] to also throw in the towel and announce they’re out of the news business is quite interesting.}}
{{cquote| For [[CNN]] to also throw in the towel and announce they’re out of the news business is quite interesting.}}
This upset rival CNN President [[Jeff Zucker]] greatly and he lashed back that the GOP runs Fox News.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2014/01/10/zucker-gop-being-run-from-fox-news-headquarters-n1777255|title=Zucker: GOP being run from Fox News headquarters|date=January 11, 2014|work=[[Townhall]]}}</ref>
This upset rival CNN President [[Jeff Zucker]] greatly and he lashed back that the GOP runs Fox News.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2014/01/10/zucker-gop-being-run-from-fox-news-headquarters-n1777255|title=Zucker: GOP being run from Fox News headquarters|date=January 11, 2014|work=[[Townhall]]}}</ref>
In an April 2015 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Ailes said<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/fox-news-chairman-ailes-were-competing-with-tnt-usa-and-espn-not-cnn-or-msnbc/|title=Fox News Chairman Ailes: "We’re Competing with TNT, USA and ESPN," not CNN or MSNBC|date=April 8, 2015|first=Don|last=Irvine|work=[[Accuracy In Media]]}}</ref>
In an April 2015 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Ailes said<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/fox-news-chairman-ailes-were-competing-with-tnt-usa-and-espn-not-cnn-or-msnbc/|title=Fox News Chairman Ailes: "We’re Competing with TNT, USA and ESPN," not CNN or MSNBC|date=April 8, 2015|first=Don|last=Irvine|work=[[Accuracy In Media]]}}</ref>
{{cquote| I flip to MSNBC occasionally to make sure their blind pig didn’t find an acorn. But they never have once.}} and
{{cquote| I flip to MSNBC occasionally to make sure their blind pig didn’t find an acorn. But they never have once.}} and
{{cquote| I don’t watch much CNN, they got out of the news business in primetime. But I look to see if they have a good documentary or movie. If they do, I’ll watch that.}}
{{cquote| I don’t watch much CNN, they got out of the news business in primetime. But I look to see if they have a good documentary or movie. If they do, I’ll watch that.}}
From its foundation, Fox News had the slogan of "Fair and Balanced." In June 2017, it was reported that Fox would discontinue the slogan in an effort to distance itself from [[Roger Ailes]], who created the slogan.<ref>Nussbaum, Daniel (June 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/06/15/fox-news-dropping-fair-balanced-slogan/ Fox News Dropping ‘Fair and Balanced’ Slogan]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 15, 2017.</ref>
===Tony Snow===
===Tony Snow===