Editing Roger Ailes (section)

=== Early television ===
Ailes's career in television began in [[Cleveland]] and [[Philadelphia]], where he started as production assistant (1961), producer (1965), and executive producer (1967–68) at [[WKYC|KYW-TV]],<ref name="varietyobit">{{cite news|last1=Bernstein|first1=Paula|last2=Littleton|first2=Cynthia|last3=Lowry|first3=Brian |title=Roger Ailes, Fox News Founder Who Was Forced Out by Scandal, Dies at 77 |url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/roger-ailes-dead-77-fox-news-1202433523/ |access-date=May 20, 2017|work=Variety|date=May 18, 2017}}</ref> for a then-locally produced talk-variety show, ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]''. He continued as executive producer for the show when it was [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] nationally, and in 1967 and 1968 he won [[Emmy Award]]s for it.<ref name="varietyobit"/>

In 1967, Ailes had a spirited discussion about television in politics with one of the show's guests, [[Richard Nixon]], who took the view that television was a gimmick.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Flint|first1=Joe |title=Roger Ailes, Former Fox News Chief, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-fox-news-chief-roger-ailes-dies-1495112318 |website=[[Wall Street Journal]]|date=May 18, 2018 |access-date=May 18, 2017}}</ref> Later, Nixon called on Ailes to serve as his Executive Producer for television. Nixon's successful presidential campaign was Ailes's first venture into the political spotlight.<ref name="salonmasterdeceivers">{{cite news|last1=McFarland|first1=Melanie |title=Master deceivers: When Roger Ailes met Richard Nixon |url=http://www.salon.com/2017/05/18/master-deceivers-when-roger-ailes-met-richard-nixon/ |access-date=May 20, 2017|work=Salon|date=May 19, 2017}}</ref> His pioneering work in framing national campaign issues was later chronicled in ''[[The Selling of the President 1968]]'' by [[Joe McGinniss]].<ref name="salonmasterdeceivers"/>

Ailes was an employee of [[Television News Inc.]], a syndicated television newsfilm service owned by [[Joseph Coors]], from January to September 1975.<ref name="NYT750110">{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Les |date=January 10, 1975 |title=TV News Service to Transmit Materials by Satellite |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/10/archives/tv-news-service-to-transmit-materials-by-satellite-salvation-for.html |access-date=February 23, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223083553/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/10/archives/tv-news-service-to-transmit-materials-by-satellite-salvation-for.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Star750920">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95900958/director-of-independent-tv-news/|date=September 20, 1975|page=15A|title=Director of independent TV news company, Roger Ailes, resigns|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Minneapolis Tribune|location=Minneapolis, Minnesota|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223083554/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95900958/director-of-independent-tv-news/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat -->