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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill O'Reilly: Roger Ailes endured hatred 'and it killed him. That is the truth.'
So at age 77, Roger is gone. Some in the press continued to demean him even on the day of his death. He leaves a wife and son who knew him best and adored him. For Roger, that meant more than all his accomplishments, and I hope that brought him solace in his last tough year.
We are living in a rough age, with technological advances changing behavior and perspective. The downside of that is turning us into a nation where hatred is almost celebrated in some quarters.
Roger Ailes experienced that hatred and it killed him. That is the truth. But he would not want to be remembered that way. He did both good and bad in his life and in that, he has something in common with every human being.
When I remember Roger, as I often will, I'll picture him holding court with his top anchors, jazzing them with wit, verbally crushing any and all pretensions. He was truly a force, an unforgettable person.
It was a privilege to know him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/18/bill-oreilly-it-was-a-privilege-to-know-roger-ailes-column/101846434/
tanyev
(42,601 posts)nikibatts
(2,198 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)hated.
gay texan
(2,470 posts)Fuck you Billo.....
Thrill
(19,178 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)some one needs to take a shit on his headstone
Siwsan
(26,289 posts)Kind of a straight forward thing, Billo.
rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)Siwsan
(26,289 posts)rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)Even a floor installed by card carrying Nazis would hate him.
Siwsan
(26,289 posts)tblue37
(65,483 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,377 posts)rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)Siwsan
(26,289 posts)I guess when you are that rich, you pretty much do what you want and to hell with what the 'little people' think!
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)unblock
(52,309 posts)kimbutgar
(21,181 posts)I hope he is burning crispy somewhere tonight.
VOX
(22,976 posts)You'd think he'd show some respect and gratitude for the specific emotion he cranked up for decades.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)Ailes was old. Old men sometimes fall down. And they sometimes die from those falls.
Crunchy Frog
(26,621 posts)He was brought down by women who hated being sexually harassed.
May he rot in Hell.
BannonsLiver
(16,439 posts)Fox and talk radio have destroyed our national dialogue for a generation and likely longer.
Roger Ailes and Bilo can go fuck themselves.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)WellDarn
(255 posts)Good
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Which he hath sown here on Earth.
dembotoz
(16,826 posts)Sadly little proof for good vibes probably less for bad vibes
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Fuck you O'Lielly. You are such a worthless piece of shit, just like your boss was.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)Old Terp
(464 posts)He realized what he had done, decided he couldn't live with himself and took himself out. Either that or looked at the legal future, and decided to exit.