{"id":1931201,"date":"2023-05-15T17:12:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T21:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/widow-of-former-fox-ceo-has-some-brutal-words-for-network-following-tucker-ouster\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T17:18:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T21:18:23","slug":"widow-of-former-fox-ceo-has-some-brutal-words-for-network-following-tucker-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/widow-of-former-fox-ceo-has-some-brutal-words-for-network-following-tucker-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox CEO&#8217;s widow slams network over Tucker&#8217;s exit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwidow-of-former-fox-ceo-has-some-brutal-words-for-network-following-tucker-ouster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1931201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Widow of Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Blasts Network on His Birthday<\/h2>\n<h3>By Johnathan Jones | May 15, 2023 at 11:30am<\/h3>\n<p>Elizabeth Ailes, the widow of former and longtime Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, took to Twitter on what would have been her husband&#8217;s 83rd birthday to call out the network for its <a title=\"Iran extends traffic curfew to lower-risk areas to sustain virus decline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-extends-traffic-curfew-to-lower-risk-areas-to-sustain-virus-decline\/\">recent decline<\/a>. Ailes, who founded the network in 1996 and turned it into a conservative powerhouse, was forced out in 2016 amid allegations of sexual harassment and passed away months later.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the network&#8217;s early success, recent weeks have seen a significant drop in ratings, with the unexpected firing of Tucker Carlson and a subsequent decline in viewership. Elizabeth Ailes didn&#8217;t hold back in her criticism, blaming Fox Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch for destroying her husband&#8217;s legacy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tucker Carlson was fired by the <a title=\"Fox CEO's widow slams network over Tucker's exit.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/widow-of-former-fox-ceo-has-some-brutal-words-for-network-following-tucker-ouster\/\">network unexpectedly<\/a> and without explanation on April 24.<\/li>\n<li>In the weeks since he was ousted, his old <a title=\"FOX News Moving Martha MacCallum To 3PM Slot \u2013 7PM Slot To Be Filled With Conservative Opinion Show\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-moving-martha-maccallum-to-3pm-slot-7pm-slot-to-be-filled-with-conservative-opinion-show\/\">time slot<\/a> has fallen off a ratings cliff.<\/li>\n<li>The <a title=\"FOX NEWS CRASHES! Viewers Cut in Half in 3 Weeks -- CNN Beats FOX in Daytime Viewers -- MSNBC Beats FOX in Every Prime-Time Slot but Tucker!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-crashes-viewers-cut-in-half-in-3-weeks-cnn-beats-fox-in-daytime-viewers-msnbc-beats-fox-in-every-prime-time-slot-but-tucker\/\">prime-time slot<\/a> has lost more than half of its audience while Carlson\u2019s absence has also affected other shows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elizabeth Ailes didn&#8217;t mince words in her tweet, saying, <strong>&#8220;It took you 20 years to build Fox News into the powerhouse that it was and only 6 years for the Murdochs to wreak havoc.&#8221;<\/strong> She went on to say that Rupert Murdoch thought he could do her husband&#8217;s job, but that he could never come close to Roger Ailes&#8217; genius.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the recent troubles at Fox News, Roger Ailes&#8217; impact on the network and on conservative media cannot be denied. A prominent Republican Party political consultant before launching Fox News, Ailes had the ears of former Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>As we remember Roger Ailes on what would have been his 83rd birthday, let us also remember the impact he had on the media landscape and the conservative movement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media. Johnathan &#8220;Kipp&#8221; Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. He is a proud husband and father.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Visit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE NEXT About Connatix \u00a0By Johnathan Jones \u00a0May 15, 2023 at 11:30am The widow of former and longtime Fox News CEO Roger Ailes attacked the network in a Monday morning tweet that recognized what would have been her husband\u2019s 83rd birthday. Elizabeth Ailes, who married Fox News\u2019 founding chief executive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":1931202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Fox CEO\u2019s widow criticizes network after Tucker\u2019s departure.","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[7268,10945,7690,5051,3944,25136,10080],"class_list":["post-1931201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-ceos","tag-exit","tag-fox","tag-network","tag-slams","tag-tuckers","tag-widow"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Fox CEO\u2019s widow criticizes network after Tucker\u2019s departure.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1931202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}