The Loudest Voice in the Room ─ How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News-and Divided a Country

An inside account of the story of Fox News offers insight into its operations and influence, covering such topics as the original launch of a conservative cable news network by Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch, Ailes's campaign-like management style and the ways in which Fox has become a dominant and lucrative force in American politics.

Gabriel Sherman is a contributing editor at New York magazine. His journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The New York Observer, and GQ, among other publications. He has served as a commentator on National Public Radio, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, NBC’s Today show, and ABC’s World News. Since 2012, he has been a Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation. He lives in New York City with his wife, Jennifer Stahl. This is his first book.