Calling Mr. Ailes one of America’s “great patriotic warriors,” he credited his former boss for making him “the person I am today.”<br />Figures from other corners of the conservative media world also paid their respects, including Matt<br />Drudge, a longtime friend of Mr. Ailes who was the first to publish the news of his death.<br />How the Right and Left (and Everyone Else) Reacted to Roger Ailes’s Death -<br />By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICHMAY 18, 2017<br />The death of Roger Ailes on Thursday was always fated to be channeled through partisan filters.<br />Some tacitly acknowledged the accusations leveled against Mr. Ailes, while others ignored the recent history<br />that robbed him of his longtime post as the head of Fox News.<br />For better or worse & the ignominious end 2 his reign at Fox News, the impact of Roger Ailes on American politics & media was indisputable.<br />Many condemned Mr. Ailes’s and his network, pointing in particular to the manifold accusations against him, which he had always denied.
