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Gabriel Sherman: Fox Is Successful Because Ailes Understands Resentment And Wedge Issues “Better Than Anyone Else”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 01/16/14 9:32 PM EST

From the January 16 edition of MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes:

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Previously:

Ailes Biographer Sherman Discusses How The Fox News Chief Is “One Of The Great American Hucksters”

The Paranoia And Vindictiveness Of Roger Ailes

New Book Reveals The Real Roger Ailes

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