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REPORTER: Roger Ailes,
one of the most influential
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- and controversial figures in...
- After collapsing at his home
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three days ago,
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the former Fox News CEO
Roger Ailes has died.
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- ... Of Fox News...
- Sexual harassment allegations
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that dogged Roger Ailes...
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[OVERLAPPING VOICES CONTINUE]
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REPORTER: Fox News
CEO Roger Ailes has died.
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ROGER: I know what people
are going to say about me.
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I can pretty much pick
the words for you.
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Right-wing, paranoid, fat.
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And I'm not gonna argue with them.
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I am a conservative...
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- [COUGHS]
- I do like to eat,
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and I believe in the
power of television.
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- Giving the people what they want...
- ♪ Snowin' and blowin'... ♪
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... even if they don't
now they want it.
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Happy holidays.
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Merry Christmas.
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♪♪
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♪ I'm looking and I'm dreaming ♪
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♪ For the first time ♪
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♪ And I'm inside and I'm outside... ♪
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Both parties must do their part
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to move this process forward.
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♪ And everything is real ♪
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♪ Do I like the way I feel? ♪
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♪ When the world crashes in,
into my living room ♪
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♪ Television made me what I am ♪
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♪ People like to put
the television down ♪
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♪ But we are just good friends ♪
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♪ I'm a television man ♪
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♪ Yes, I... ♪
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[HORN HONKS]
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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Hello, I'm Roger Ailes.
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Jack Welch is expecting me.
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♪ And I knew a girl ♪
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Hell of a house you got.
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- I love it out here.
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ROGER: Thank you.
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♪ This is the place for me ♪
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So what's the plan, Jack?
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Well, we're thinking a...
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quiet announcement after the New Year
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that you're leaving to
pursue other opportunities.
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Uh, you can help to write the release.
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You know... [CLEARS THROAT]
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whatever they're saying I did,
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it didn't happen, Jack.
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Yeah, well, I am
your biggest fan, Roger.
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But with the HR investigation
and the lawyers,
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not up to me anymore.
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We want to make this easy.
The package is very generous.
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The money's not the issue.
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Then what is?
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The non-compete.
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Roger, we can't have
you walking over to CNN
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when we're about to launch MSNBC.
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Microsoft will have a cow.
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CNN? Ha.
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No, Jack, I mean that
I'm still a young man.
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I'm only 55. I got to keep working.
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Television has been my
life this past 30 years.
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You can stay in television, Roger.
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You can do whatever the hell you want.
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We just can't have you
crossing the street.
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- You know that.
- Okay, but I just got
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to keep the door open a little wider.
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For the future.
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Come on, Roger, let's be honest.
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You're a hell of a producer
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PR guys I've ever met.
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But you're not a news guy.
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Maybe.
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It's not an insult, Roger.
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No.
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It's a reminder that you
have limitless potential.
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And I mean that.
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[CLEARS THROAT]
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If there's anything I can do to help,
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- don't hesitate to ask.
- Well, you know, I am.
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I am asking, Jack.
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Uh, you know, I, uh...
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I can have my guys
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put together a specific noncompete list.
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Uh, it can include every
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existing news outlet on the planet.
You know? Uh...
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You can vet it, you can sign off on it.
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You know, I just have
to broaden the scope.
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I need to remain employable,
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and you have to give me a
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I'll do my best.
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Ah, that's all I can ask.
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Hey, it's Roger.
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- [WHISTLING]
- Yeah, I just left Jack.
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I think it's gonna work out.
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Yeah, well, he said he's gonna
leave the door open, you know.
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Huh.
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He has no idea...
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Okay.
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... how hard I'm about to fuck him.
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Thank you.
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[EXHALES]
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These last two years together,
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we've accomplished great things.
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Great things.
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You have to understand that, right?
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The ratings are up 50%.
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Profits have tripled.
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We... we...
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we innovated.
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We brought talk to prime time.
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[LAUGHS] Everybody said it was crazy,
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but, hey, we're crazy, we did it, right?
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- [LAUGHTER]
- We did it. We were the first
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to put a news anchor on the
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- Money Honey.
- The Money Honey, that's right!
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But we got to be respectful.
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Hold on, you got to be respectful,
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'cause Maria is a very
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Very fine. Who just happens to be
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hot as a pistol. What can I say?
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Not bad for the ratings I'm... anyway.
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Listen, I'm gonna miss all of you a...
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hell of a lot,
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'cause I consider all
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to be family.
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We love you, Roger.
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- Now you tell me?
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You should've played your
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- Might've got a raise.
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I am so proud of what we
have achieved together.
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And we have merely scratched
the surface of greatness.
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Finish the job for me.
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[APPLAUSE]
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REPORTER: There is news
to report to you tonight
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involving the news business.
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More specifically, this company.
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NBC and Microsoft Corporation
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- today announced that they are joining
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new ways to distribute
news around the world.
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The new venture will offer
viewers greater choice
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not just when they'll get their news,
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but what kind of information
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Jack Welch, chairman of
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General Electric, said
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GE and Microsoft were
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This is the very beginning
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REPORTER: As for a timetable,
executives say
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the new cable channel,
an online service,
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will be phased in over
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BETH: Roger?
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Roger?
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Roger?
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Oh, my gosh, Roger, what happened?
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It's just a little cut.
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It doesn't look like a little cut.
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Ah, you know, hemophiliacs bleed.
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We're pretty damn good at it.
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Is there anything I can do?
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Please remind me why you are
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Nice try.
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Where are your pills?
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So, NBC are going nuts because,
you know, I agreed
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to not work for a list of
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[LAUGHS] And they signed off
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- So smart.
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- Mm-hmm. [LAUGHS]
- Jack must be pissed.
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- Mm. So pissed. Right?
- Serves him right.
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- Mm-hmm.
- He betrayed you.
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He betrayed his shareholders.
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And what's happening with Fox?
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the offer letter came
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- So it's happening.
- It's happening.
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Roger, that is amazing.
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Now let's just hope I don't screw it up.
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You won't.
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You're gonna do great things.
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What about you?
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How are things down on the ranch?
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Weird.
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Mm...
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I just don't know who to trust.
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You know what?
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[KISSES] Trust yourself.
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You work twice as hard as
anybody in that building.
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You're twice as smart.
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And you're beautiful.
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And you should just go with that.
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Just be you.
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I promise you it's gonna work out.
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- Thank you.
- It's the best strategy.
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Can you imagine Jack
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tomorrow morning at breakfast?
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- To see his face.
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- BETH: How could he be so dumb?
- What a dick.
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MURDOCH: I, uh, appreciate
you all coming
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on such short notice.
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I'm delighted to
announce that my company,
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News Corporation,
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- is launching a 24-hour
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- cable news network
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to compete with CNN and MSNBC.
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One year from now, Fox News Channel
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will go on air, giving Americans
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a powerful new voice in
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And I am very lucky
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to obtain the services
of Mr. Roger Ailes.
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Producer of the number one-rated
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Mike Douglas Show at 26,
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Nixon media adviser at 28,
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Roger is the preeminent
Republican strategist
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of his generation,
advisor to three presidents
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and countless members of Congress.
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And as a producer, in two short years,
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he has built CNBC
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into a world-class news organization.
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[APPLAUSE]
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REPORTER: Roger, given your résumé,
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how can viewers expect Fox
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- Don't be shy, Jim.
- [LAUGHTER]
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I left politics years ago.
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I consider myself to be a
news guy first and foremost.
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At Fox, our job is to be objective.
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REPORTER: How can
you compete with MSNBC,
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which has the combined
resources of Microsoft and GE?
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"MSNBC." I never liked that title.
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It sounds like something we
should be raising money for.
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Roger. G'day.
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Ian Rae.
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- Welcome to Fox.
- Thank you.
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ROGER: This is my assistant Judy.
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IAN: Judy, of course. Welcome.
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The latest, uh, business plan,
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in case you want to read through it
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- before the presentation.
- Appreciate it.
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IAN: Yeah.
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I'll let you get to it, then.
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If there's anything you need,
anything at all,
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I'm just down the hall.
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I've worked with Rupert for a,
a long time, so...
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feel free to reach out if
something doesn't make sense
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and you need a, uh,
a translator of sorts.
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[LAUGHS] Thank you.
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- [CLEARS THROAT]
- Cool.
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What do you think?
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My thoughts exactly.
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AUSTRALIAN EXECUTIVE: We ran focus
groups in all the major markets:
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Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Chicago.
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CNN represent old.
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They're stuck in the 1980s.
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MSNBC,
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lost in a synergistic dream land.
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- That's one way of putting it.
- [LAUGHTER]
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Fox News will be
programmed for the '90s.
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Fast, loud, edgy.
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Tabloid TV.
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It's based on a
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very similar concept to
A Current Affair, Rupert.
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And it draws on the strengths
of the Post and the Sun.
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Sounds good to me, gents.
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Roger?
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Hmm.
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One question:
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who is your audience?
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Everyone.
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We want to reach the
widest audience possible.
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Well, I think that's wrong.
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EXECUTIVE: Excuse me?
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ROGER: We don't need everyone.
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Your problem is that
you're talking broadcast.
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Cable is different.
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Cable is about one thing:
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niche.
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The loyalty of a passionate few.
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We need to program
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directly to the viewer
who is predisposed
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to buying what we're trying to sell.
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In politics it's called
"turning out the base."
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If we can do that, then they will
never change the channel.
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And what is that niche?
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Well, I think it is conservatives.
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It's roughly half the damn country.
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Every other news service...
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you think about it, broadcast, cable,
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doesn't matter who it is...
they have a left wing bent.
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Ultimately, they are playing
to a liberal elite,
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and that's fine, fine.
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We will let them all
battle out for that half,
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and we're just gonna own the other half.
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Right now in America,
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60% of people
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think that the media is negative,
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that it's full of lies, full of bias,
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full of crap.
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We're just gonna give the
people what they want,
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a positive message,
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an American message,
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wrapped up in a conservative viewpoint.
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That's hearts and minds right there.
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Sounds like a plan.
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Yeah, agreed. Um, I can
make up a new blueprint
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and get it to you by next Monday.
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No, I'd like it before the weekend.
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Uh, it's good work, Roger.
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Thanks, mate.
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Thank you, everybody.
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Thank you. Thank you, Roger.
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Thank you, Ian.
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That was illuminating.
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BETH: Is Rupert really
as brilliant as they say?
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Well...
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he hired me, didn't he?
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[CHUCKLES] Yes, he did.
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You know, I'm gonna bring Brian in.
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Brian Lewis?
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You know what's gonna be
different about Fox, Brian?
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PR is gonna be the engine.
354
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The news people are
going to work for us.
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Now, you can take your velvet
coffin from NBC if you want,
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but I know you're not going to
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because you're Brian fucking Lewis.
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You're a trained killer,
you're an assassin,
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and I know that for a fact
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'cause I'm the guy who trained you.
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We're gonna have fun,
and we're gonna get rich doing it.
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And Chet Collier, too.
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Roger.
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I'm just gonna be surrounded
by people I trust.
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Too many
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fucking kangaroos running around Fox.
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So... what am I looking at?
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The main studio.
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We're gonna run our entire slate
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of dayside right out of here.
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Eight hours of live TV?
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This place is tiny.
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We can move things around.
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[TRAIN PASSING]
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What's that?
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That's a subway, it runs under Sixth.
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You gonna move that, too?
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Why am I here, Roger?
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How does Senior Vice President,
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Programming sound?
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The last thing I actually produced
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was the Westminster Dog Show.
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It's all the same.
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News, talk shows,
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English fucking bulldogs,
it's all the same.
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Rupert is giving us a once
in a lifetime opportunity.
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Millions of dollars
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and our own street-level studio,
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just like Good Morning America,
just like the Today Show,
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except, Chet, it's not one show,
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it's an entire fucking network,
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and it's our network.
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So, how much time is Murdoch giving you?
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A year.
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Ooh, that's tight.
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Not if I have you.
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Hey.
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Why don't you come and work for Fox?
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Get off that sinking ship.
401
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I...
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You know, since you left,
I've been really running things.
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I'm, like...
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running the transition to MSNBC,
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I'm in charge.
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Well, you know, that's...
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that's probably only for a few months.
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But, you know,
it could lead to something else,
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it's a great opportunity, you know that.
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And I don't want to be too
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dependent on you.
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Why? You think I'm gonna let you down?
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No. [CHUCKLES]
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No, I just don't want to put too much...
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pressure on... us.
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I'm not asking you to make a
choice, Beth. No.
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I appreciate that.
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I got to say, though, you know,
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you working for those
assholes who fired me,
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it makes me feel like I'm losing,
421
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and I don't, I don't like that feeling.
422
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I don't like to lose.
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You're not losing, Roger,
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and you're definitely not losing me.
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You should try this pasta.
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[SLOW, ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]
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♪♪
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_
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ROGER: Laurie Luhn.
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[LAURIE CHUCKLES]
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ROGER: So tell me about him.
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LAURIE: Well, h-he's nice.
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Nice?
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Yes, Roger, he's nice.
435
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Hmm. Is it serious?
436
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Well, he...
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he took me home to
Buffalo for Christmas.
438
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Buffalo in December?
439
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Mm-hmm.
440
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My God, that's serious. [CHUCKLES]
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00:21:01,771 --> 00:21:03,744
I do like you in a pearl necklace.
442
00:21:06,762 --> 00:21:07,762
Um...
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How's the new job? [CHUCKLES]
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00:21:13,612 --> 00:21:14,612
Well,
445
00:21:14,637 --> 00:21:17,887
my doctor says I'm killing myself,
so what's new?
446
00:21:17,912 --> 00:21:18,971
[LAUGHS]
447
00:21:18,996 --> 00:21:20,932
Well, if anyone can do it, you can.
448
00:21:22,795 --> 00:21:23,795
Laurie.
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00:21:26,838 --> 00:21:29,424
What do you think about you
coming to work for Fox News?
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I need to surround myself
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with people I can trust,
and that is one thing
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we definitively have: trust.
453
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I-I don't know what to say, I...
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ROGER: How about you say yes?
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I remember you told me you want
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to work in television,
you wanted to learn from me.
457
00:21:44,957 --> 00:21:46,041
Here's the opportunity...
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knock, knock, knock... on your door.
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Step through,
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say thank you, please me, yes.
461
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[STAMMERING] My life is in D.C....
462
00:21:54,679 --> 00:21:57,263
- Scott is there.
- Yeah, so stay.
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00:21:57,468 --> 00:21:59,119
You can be my eyes and ears in D.C.
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We're gonna open a bureau there anyway.
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Just take on special events.
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Do the dog and pony
shows for the affiliates,
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the launches, the announcements.
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Come and go out of New York
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or anywhere else we need
a little bit of sparkle,
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a little bit of star power.
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[CHUCKLES]
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Roger, I can't.
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Not anymore.
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00:22:30,083 --> 00:22:32,760
Laurie, we're building
something very special at Fox.
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And I want you to be part of it.
476
00:22:39,973 --> 00:22:42,931
You always had that star power
in my eyes, you know that.
477
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[DOOR OPENS]
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Yeah.
479
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Okay, all right.
480
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All right, I'll think
about it. [CHUCKLES]
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I'll think about it, Roger.
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♪ This is how we do it ♪
483
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♪ It's Friday night ♪
484
00:23:07,058 --> 00:23:09,103
♪ And I feel all right ♪
485
00:23:09,347 --> 00:23:11,721
♪ The party's here on the Westside... ♪
486
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Thought I was gonna
find Malcolm X in here.
487
00:23:14,285 --> 00:23:16,528
♪ Designated driver,
take the keys to my... ♪
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[MUSIC STOPS]
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That's good stuff.
You should give it a chance.
490
00:23:19,105 --> 00:23:21,736
Yeah. It's no Marvin Gaye.
491
00:23:21,761 --> 00:23:23,033
[LAUGHS]
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00:23:23,633 --> 00:23:26,252
Look, uh, I need you to
get the lay of the land
493
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as quick as you can and come
back and give me a report.
494
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Anyone in particular?
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Yeah, Ian Rae. He's Australian,
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he's worked for Murdoch for a long time.
497
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Famously unflappable.
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Anyone else?
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All of them.
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It's an old ship, lots of rats.
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00:23:45,738 --> 00:23:47,205
- [LAUGHS]
- It's good you're here.
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♪ Oh, I'm buzzing because ♪
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♪ This is how we do it ♪
504
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♪ South Central does
it like nobody does ♪
505
00:23:57,973 --> 00:24:00,057
♪ This is how we do it ♪
506
00:24:00,082 --> 00:24:02,415
♪ To all my neighbors,
you got much flavor ♪
507
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,619
- [DISTORTED] ♪ This is how we do it ♪
- _
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♪ I'll never ♪
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[INTENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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♪♪
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[SIREN WHOOPS]
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MURDOCH: Roger, this is in
tomorrow's Wall Street Journal.
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"Disney to Launch ABC
News Cable Network:
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A Fourth Competitor
Enters Crowded Market."
515
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[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
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IAN: They launch in December.
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MURDOCH: Yeah,
that's eight months from now.
518
00:24:36,168 --> 00:24:38,189
We launch in a year,
we're dead in the water.
519
00:24:39,196 --> 00:24:41,525
You know, there's barely
enough room in the market
520
00:24:41,550 --> 00:24:43,275
for two news networks,
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let alone four.
522
00:24:45,001 --> 00:24:47,033
So let's launch in six.
523
00:24:47,058 --> 00:24:49,228
[LAUGHS]
524
00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:52,846
What, you want to launch an
entire network in six months?
525
00:24:52,871 --> 00:24:54,338
I don't think we have a choice.
526
00:24:55,262 --> 00:24:57,213
Launching in a year is-is a heavy lift,
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six months is impossible.
528
00:24:58,988 --> 00:25:00,775
No, it's not impossible.
529
00:25:02,032 --> 00:25:03,463
Well, would you, uh,
530
00:25:03,891 --> 00:25:05,275
care to elaborate?
531
00:25:08,660 --> 00:25:11,713
ROGER: Well, if we wait an entire year,
532
00:25:11,738 --> 00:25:14,113
then we're gonna lose
something quite important
533
00:25:15,416 --> 00:25:17,322
that Mr. Murdoch is paying me for,
534
00:25:17,347 --> 00:25:19,814
and that's influence, so let's not pause
535
00:25:19,839 --> 00:25:21,377
to create a business model equivalent
536
00:25:21,402 --> 00:25:22,439
to the competition,
537
00:25:23,252 --> 00:25:24,586
let's undercut them.
538
00:25:26,762 --> 00:25:28,283
Just get the eyeballs.
539
00:25:29,899 --> 00:25:33,141
Now I don't know what
it's like in England or Australia.
540
00:25:33,166 --> 00:25:34,916
Newspapers might be enough.
541
00:25:35,110 --> 00:25:37,993
Here in America,
television news is king.
542
00:25:39,196 --> 00:25:42,196
I know television,
I know how to produce television.
543
00:25:42,946 --> 00:25:44,625
All you got to do is get me on the air.
544
00:25:44,923 --> 00:25:48,090
We can be ready in six months.
545
00:25:48,350 --> 00:25:50,711
MURDOCH: And, uh, if we're not?
546
00:25:51,902 --> 00:25:52,902
Fire me.
547
00:25:53,407 --> 00:25:54,913
No, you know what? Fuck it.
548
00:25:54,938 --> 00:25:59,054
I'll quit, and you can
donate my salary to the ACLU.
549
00:25:59,585 --> 00:26:01,904
- [INTENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- _
550
00:26:01,929 --> 00:26:04,070
BILL CLINTON: We are better
off than we were four years ago.
551
00:26:04,202 --> 00:26:06,109
We have a better plan for the future.
552
00:26:06,302 --> 00:26:08,038
Our best days are still ahead.
553
00:26:08,063 --> 00:26:10,236
You got to stop the liberal
bias in this country.
554
00:26:10,261 --> 00:26:12,296
Don't read that stuff,
don't watch television.
555
00:26:12,321 --> 00:26:14,654
You make up your mind, don't let them
556
00:26:14,679 --> 00:26:16,530
make up your mind for you.
557
00:26:16,555 --> 00:26:18,096
[CROWD CHEERS]
558
00:26:18,585 --> 00:26:21,859
Well, that's a fascinating life story.
559
00:26:21,884 --> 00:26:23,093
Thank you for coming in.
560
00:26:24,470 --> 00:26:26,053
Your English is great.
561
00:26:27,678 --> 00:26:28,937
[DOOR OPENS]
562
00:26:30,073 --> 00:26:31,073
[DOOR CLOSES]
563
00:26:31,428 --> 00:26:33,093
Who ordered the pussy masala?
564
00:26:33,118 --> 00:26:34,398
- [LAUGHS]
- She's smart.
565
00:26:34,685 --> 00:26:36,890
- She worked for the BBC.
- Mm.
566
00:26:36,915 --> 00:26:38,905
She won't play in the Midwest, Ian.
567
00:26:39,115 --> 00:26:40,507
She just won't play.
568
00:26:41,171 --> 00:26:42,513
Are these the ones you didn't choose?
569
00:26:42,538 --> 00:26:44,476
Those are a waste of time.
570
00:26:44,986 --> 00:26:47,515
Oh, well, they're ugly,
I'll give you that much.
571
00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:49,398
If we're ever gonna fight
the First World War again,
572
00:26:49,423 --> 00:26:51,141
- we're gonna call that guy.
- [LAUGHS]
573
00:26:53,212 --> 00:26:54,962
[CLEARS THROAT]
574
00:26:58,594 --> 00:26:59,885
You got any video on him?
575
00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:01,438
Yep.
576
00:27:02,018 --> 00:27:03,071
Hannity.
577
00:27:03,522 --> 00:27:05,469
Says he does talk radio in Atlanta.
578
00:27:05,494 --> 00:27:09,136
IAN: Yeah. The guy is
a bloody shock jock.
579
00:27:13,711 --> 00:27:16,492
Tax and spend,
that-that-that's really all you got.
580
00:27:16,517 --> 00:27:18,484
Not surprising for a limp-wristed lefty
581
00:27:18,509 --> 00:27:19,984
like yourself, always looking to...
582
00:27:20,009 --> 00:27:21,742
ROGER: Limp-wristed lefty's good.
583
00:27:22,726 --> 00:27:24,859
He was painting houses
there a year or two ago.
584
00:27:24,884 --> 00:27:26,679
There is no way this guy
585
00:27:26,704 --> 00:27:27,906
is ready for prime time.
586
00:27:27,931 --> 00:27:29,056
Mute the sound.
587
00:27:29,081 --> 00:27:32,242
- What?
- Mute... the sound.
588
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:36,362
[SOUND MUTED]
589
00:27:37,305 --> 00:27:39,596
[INTRIGUING, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
590
00:27:39,621 --> 00:27:41,663
♪♪
591
00:27:55,045 --> 00:27:56,186
What do you think, Chet?
592
00:27:56,820 --> 00:27:57,820
CHET: Yeah.
593
00:27:57,845 --> 00:27:59,512
Yeah, he's good.
594
00:28:00,234 --> 00:28:01,961
ROGER: Okay, bring that guy in
595
00:28:01,986 --> 00:28:04,237
and find me more guys like that guy.
596
00:28:04,262 --> 00:28:05,262
Real guys.
597
00:28:19,220 --> 00:28:21,303
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
598
00:28:23,095 --> 00:28:25,220
[SOMBER, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
599
00:28:25,220 --> 00:28:26,970
♪♪
600
00:28:40,263 --> 00:28:41,476
You going to HR?
601
00:28:42,492 --> 00:28:43,573
Yeah.
602
00:28:47,238 --> 00:28:48,726
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
603
00:28:59,429 --> 00:29:00,595
ROGER: So, Chloe,
604
00:29:00,620 --> 00:29:02,031
where do you see yourself?
605
00:29:02,683 --> 00:29:04,445
Honestly, on air.
606
00:29:04,470 --> 00:29:06,468
I mean, it's been my dream
since I was a little girl.
607
00:29:06,493 --> 00:29:07,493
Uh-huh.
608
00:29:08,148 --> 00:29:09,914
In, uh, Virginia.
609
00:29:10,097 --> 00:29:11,914
Yes, sir. Abingdon, Virginia.
610
00:29:12,251 --> 00:29:14,203
"Honor for the past,
faith for the future."
611
00:29:14,228 --> 00:29:15,779
- [CHUCKLES]
- That's our town's motto.
612
00:29:15,804 --> 00:29:16,845
I like that.
613
00:29:17,726 --> 00:29:19,595
You know, if you want to be on air,
614
00:29:19,595 --> 00:29:20,820
you're gonna have to fight for that.
615
00:29:20,845 --> 00:29:22,921
That's a highly, highly competitive job.
616
00:29:23,279 --> 00:29:25,312
You've got to be prepared
to go all the way.
617
00:29:29,645 --> 00:29:31,007
Stand up, let me look at you.
618
00:29:31,940 --> 00:29:33,218
Come here into the light.
619
00:29:44,145 --> 00:29:45,750
Give me a little twirl.
620
00:29:47,303 --> 00:29:48,640
[CHUCKLES]
621
00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:52,140
Well, you move very well.
622
00:29:52,726 --> 00:29:54,000
And you know what?
623
00:29:54,711 --> 00:29:57,476
You have got some beautiful eyes.
624
00:30:07,195 --> 00:30:08,945
How do you get on with your dad?
625
00:30:09,946 --> 00:30:10,946
Um...
626
00:30:11,757 --> 00:30:13,612
HANNITY: Even someone
like you has to admit,
627
00:30:13,637 --> 00:30:14,929
- when you, when you look at
- _
628
00:30:14,954 --> 00:30:18,140
the prosperity of the country
under President George Bush...
629
00:30:18,165 --> 00:30:20,929
President Bush wanted
to-to have no new taxes,
630
00:30:20,954 --> 00:30:23,679
if you recall, in his campaign,
but he wasn't able to
631
00:30:23,704 --> 00:30:26,649
because, you know, liberals
like yourself forced his hand,
632
00:30:26,842 --> 00:30:29,782
uh, into-into doing something he...
633
00:30:29,807 --> 00:30:32,070
Then what did George Bush
call trickle-down economics?
634
00:30:33,054 --> 00:30:34,266
HANNITY: Yeah, I don't,
I don't really care
635
00:30:34,291 --> 00:30:35,949
what President Bush called it.
636
00:30:35,974 --> 00:30:37,652
LIBERAL: He called
it "voodoo economics."
637
00:30:37,677 --> 00:30:39,637
HANNITY: Uh, well,
what's, what's your point?
638
00:30:39,662 --> 00:30:41,329
LIBERAL: My point is,
even your own party knows
639
00:30:41,354 --> 00:30:43,824
that trickle-down economics
is nothing but a bogus theory
640
00:30:43,849 --> 00:30:46,160
to justify transferring
wealth to the rich.
641
00:30:46,185 --> 00:30:48,241
Just look at, look at the facts.
642
00:30:48,266 --> 00:30:50,545
- What are the facts?
- The facts are...
643
00:30:50,570 --> 00:30:52,445
You don't have any facts,
Sean, this is what I'm saying.
644
00:30:52,470 --> 00:30:55,012
HANNITY: Yeah, well, you're
forgetting about Ronald Reagan.
645
00:30:55,045 --> 00:30:56,163
STEPHANIE: Ronald Reagan?
646
00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:57,780
That's a name, not an argument.
647
00:30:58,678 --> 00:31:00,256
What do you think, Roger?
648
00:31:01,553 --> 00:31:02,834
I'll talk to him.
649
00:31:03,345 --> 00:31:04,842
Get me a different liberal.
650
00:31:05,741 --> 00:31:06,967
That's your fix?
651
00:31:07,243 --> 00:31:09,553
We can't control every guest
who comes on this show.
652
00:31:09,941 --> 00:31:10,941
Yeah?
653
00:31:11,862 --> 00:31:12,862
Watch me.
654
00:31:12,887 --> 00:31:14,061
STEPHANIE: What about fair
655
00:31:14,086 --> 00:31:16,170
- and balanced news?
- I am balancing.
656
00:31:16,759 --> 00:31:19,397
I will get around to fair
when Hannity gets better.
657
00:31:19,422 --> 00:31:20,592
And what if he doesn't?
658
00:31:20,985 --> 00:31:22,639
ROGER: Then Bill will
write him a script.
659
00:31:22,664 --> 00:31:23,986
_
660
00:31:24,011 --> 00:31:25,022
I can do that.
661
00:31:25,054 --> 00:31:26,733
What? No, you can't do that.
662
00:31:26,758 --> 00:31:27,770
This is a news network,
663
00:31:27,795 --> 00:31:30,006
- not a sitcom.
- This is an opinion show.
664
00:31:30,031 --> 00:31:31,756
I don't set my people up for failure.
665
00:31:31,781 --> 00:31:33,014
I set 'em up to succeed.
666
00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:34,694
You don't like the way I do
things, missy,
667
00:31:34,719 --> 00:31:36,045
you can go and get yourself a job
668
00:31:36,070 --> 00:31:37,545
with the Clinton News Network.
669
00:31:42,664 --> 00:31:45,467
Better than working for the
American version of Pravda.
670
00:31:45,555 --> 00:31:46,597
ROGER: Ho, ho, ho.
671
00:31:46,622 --> 00:31:48,330
- [LAUGHS]
- [DOOR OPENS]
672
00:31:48,355 --> 00:31:50,779
Jesus Christ. What the fuck is that?
673
00:31:50,804 --> 00:31:51,970
- [DOOR SHUTS]
- What a fucking bitch.
674
00:31:51,970 --> 00:31:54,012
She is our lead political reporter.
675
00:31:54,037 --> 00:31:55,350
No, she's fucking not.
676
00:31:55,375 --> 00:31:56,998
We only have team players here.
677
00:31:57,023 --> 00:31:58,944
IAN: We are a news network, Roger.
678
00:31:58,969 --> 00:32:00,272
We need seasoned reporters.
679
00:32:00,297 --> 00:32:05,380
What we need is people
that people want to watch,
680
00:32:05,405 --> 00:32:07,295
because it's fucking television.
681
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,264
Yeah, and when they do,
it's our job to inform them.
682
00:32:09,289 --> 00:32:11,647
- It's what we do.
- People don't want to be informed, Ian.
683
00:32:11,672 --> 00:32:12,959
They want to feel informed.
684
00:32:12,984 --> 00:32:15,076
That was a completely inappropriate way
685
00:32:15,101 --> 00:32:16,131
- to talk to staff.
- [BANGS DESK]
686
00:32:16,156 --> 00:32:18,631
I don't give a fucking
hairy nun's vagina
687
00:32:18,656 --> 00:32:20,403
what you think is appropriate.
688
00:32:20,572 --> 00:32:23,176
All right? I'm just trying
to make this network
689
00:32:23,193 --> 00:32:26,262
the best and most watchable it can be.
690
00:32:27,508 --> 00:32:29,340
And that's what everybody in this room,
691
00:32:29,871 --> 00:32:30,980
everybody,
692
00:32:31,574 --> 00:32:32,782
should be focused on.
693
00:32:32,845 --> 00:32:34,683
Now, I'm gonna go and talk to Sean.
694
00:32:35,578 --> 00:32:37,230
I'm gonna build up his confidence,
695
00:32:37,788 --> 00:32:40,863
I'm gonna ask him to engage his
fucking brain before he talks,
696
00:32:40,888 --> 00:32:43,549
and I'm gonna leave him
with just the one asshole.
697
00:32:43,574 --> 00:32:44,574
All right.
698
00:32:49,169 --> 00:32:50,169
Sean.
699
00:32:50,737 --> 00:32:52,965
I'm sorry, Mr. Ailes. That was bad.
700
00:32:52,990 --> 00:32:54,371
Yeah, it was. [CHUCKLES]
701
00:32:54,396 --> 00:32:57,090
- I was just... I was nervous.
- Yeah. Who wouldn't be?
702
00:32:57,722 --> 00:32:59,066
[SIGHS] Kiddo,
703
00:33:00,433 --> 00:33:02,027
I can spot talent.
704
00:33:02,553 --> 00:33:04,129
You've got talent.
705
00:33:04,792 --> 00:33:06,445
I'm just here to help you share it.
706
00:33:06,470 --> 00:33:07,824
- Okay?
- Yeah.
707
00:33:08,126 --> 00:33:09,585
You've got to be you.
708
00:33:09,610 --> 00:33:11,035
That's what I'm paying for.
709
00:33:11,113 --> 00:33:13,215
Loud, opinionated,
710
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,965
a little bit obnoxious, tough guy.
711
00:33:15,990 --> 00:33:18,558
Now, don't worry about
what is right or wrong.
712
00:33:18,583 --> 00:33:20,808
I will worry about that. Okay?
713
00:33:20,833 --> 00:33:22,762
Take a few moments to relax,
714
00:33:22,787 --> 00:33:24,246
- then we're gonna run it again.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
715
00:33:24,271 --> 00:33:25,277
- Okay?
- Yeah.
716
00:33:25,302 --> 00:33:27,605
And this time, you kick his fucking ass.
717
00:33:27,630 --> 00:33:30,537
All right? Okay, everybody,
we're going again.
718
00:33:30,701 --> 00:33:32,310
All right, 15.
719
00:33:35,379 --> 00:33:36,862
Okay, ten.
720
00:33:36,887 --> 00:33:38,349
MAN: Quiet, please, quiet.
721
00:33:38,374 --> 00:33:39,443
Tie, Sean.
722
00:33:41,789 --> 00:33:42,789
Here we go.
723
00:33:45,562 --> 00:33:46,881
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
724
00:33:47,412 --> 00:33:50,287
MURDOCH: Stephanie Rains
is our best reporter.
725
00:33:51,382 --> 00:33:52,890
She was way out of line.
726
00:33:52,915 --> 00:33:57,028
Getting her over from ABC
was not easy or cheap.
727
00:33:57,053 --> 00:33:58,178
She was hysterical.
728
00:33:58,178 --> 00:34:00,523
She's questioning me
in front of my people.
729
00:34:00,548 --> 00:34:01,952
I-I don't stand for that.
730
00:34:02,135 --> 00:34:04,554
Well, uh, that's not what I heard.
731
00:34:05,491 --> 00:34:06,733
What else did you hear?
732
00:34:07,087 --> 00:34:10,069
I heard she merely
presented an alternative
733
00:34:10,094 --> 00:34:11,280
point of view, and you acted
734
00:34:11,305 --> 00:34:13,835
- extremely abusively toward her.
- [LAUGHS]
735
00:34:14,191 --> 00:34:15,677
That's what she told you?
That's no surprise.
736
00:34:15,702 --> 00:34:17,116
'Cause she's fucking nuts.
737
00:34:17,827 --> 00:34:19,780
Well, she's not the only one, Roger.
738
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,319
Listen, I'm not gonna tell you
how to run your affairs, mate.
739
00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:26,344
Good.
740
00:34:26,429 --> 00:34:28,030
Stephanie Rains goes.
741
00:34:29,829 --> 00:34:31,412
She's already quit.
742
00:34:34,862 --> 00:34:37,444
If you create problems,
743
00:34:37,469 --> 00:34:39,296
they're my problems,
and I don't have time
744
00:34:39,321 --> 00:34:44,218
to deal with problems,
so either they stop...
745
00:34:46,095 --> 00:34:47,640
or I'll have to make a change.
746
00:34:47,665 --> 00:34:48,765
Do you understand me?
747
00:34:51,639 --> 00:34:52,639
Yeah...
748
00:34:54,765 --> 00:34:56,178
- I do.
- Good.
749
00:34:56,178 --> 00:34:59,140
Well, thanks for coming out, mate.
750
00:35:05,821 --> 00:35:06,821
Roger?
751
00:35:12,350 --> 00:35:15,999
If I don't tell you about a problem,
752
00:35:17,261 --> 00:35:18,741
then it's not your problem.
753
00:35:22,421 --> 00:35:24,312
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
754
00:35:26,971 --> 00:35:29,648
_
755
00:35:30,637 --> 00:35:32,720
[SIREN WAILING]
756
00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:34,595
[SOMBER, ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]
757
00:35:34,595 --> 00:35:36,595
♪♪
758
00:35:40,608 --> 00:35:42,046
BETH: With the transition, they said
759
00:35:42,071 --> 00:35:43,999
there was no place for me anymore.
760
00:35:44,444 --> 00:35:45,913
ROGER: And they fired you.
761
00:35:50,316 --> 00:35:51,405
Hey, come here.
762
00:35:51,430 --> 00:35:52,430
Come on.
763
00:35:53,157 --> 00:35:54,157
It's okay.
764
00:35:55,684 --> 00:35:57,523
You know, none of this
should have happened.
765
00:35:57,548 --> 00:35:59,702
- No.
- You made such a dumb choice.
766
00:36:00,873 --> 00:36:01,873
What?
767
00:36:04,144 --> 00:36:06,852
I offered you a way off
that sinking ship, remember?
768
00:36:07,220 --> 00:36:08,483
- Yes.
- Yeah?
769
00:36:08,508 --> 00:36:11,780
Well, you should have taken
it when I goddamn asked.
770
00:36:12,257 --> 00:36:14,093
And I told you why I couldn't.
771
00:36:14,986 --> 00:36:16,569
Wouldn't. Different.
772
00:36:17,115 --> 00:36:19,694
- Roger, we agreed...
- No, we did not agree.
773
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:20,804
Okay.
774
00:36:21,431 --> 00:36:23,694
- What are you gonna do now?
- I don't know.
775
00:36:24,773 --> 00:36:27,077
- I don't know.
- You know what?
776
00:36:27,257 --> 00:36:29,220
You know what this is about, right?
777
00:36:30,593 --> 00:36:34,319
This is NBC saying, "Fuck you, Roger.
778
00:36:34,745 --> 00:36:36,921
We're gonna fire all your people."
779
00:36:39,068 --> 00:36:40,788
I will not forget this.
780
00:36:45,110 --> 00:36:46,382
I'm gonna hire you.
781
00:36:47,753 --> 00:36:48,820
As a consultant.
782
00:36:48,845 --> 00:36:50,155
I got no top-line services.
783
00:36:50,180 --> 00:36:51,593
Nobody in the goddamn building knows
784
00:36:51,618 --> 00:36:52,898
what anybody else is doing.
785
00:36:53,027 --> 00:36:54,653
- Like a shared portal?
- Yes.
786
00:36:54,678 --> 00:36:55,913
Breaking news and assignments?
787
00:36:55,938 --> 00:36:58,022
- I will absolutely handle that for you.
- Perfect.
788
00:36:58,530 --> 00:36:59,595
I won't let you down.
789
00:36:59,595 --> 00:37:01,085
[SCOFFS]
790
00:37:01,577 --> 00:37:03,062
WOMAN: MSNBC.
791
00:37:03,474 --> 00:37:06,546
MAN: A 24-hour cable and
Internet news service.
792
00:37:06,699 --> 00:37:10,240
The future of news from
the people you know.
793
00:37:10,265 --> 00:37:11,874
MSNBC.
794
00:37:12,608 --> 00:37:14,866
Good morning, and welcome to MSNBC.
795
00:37:14,891 --> 00:37:17,483
I'm Jodi Applegate,
and here are some of the top stories
796
00:37:17,508 --> 00:37:18,924
we're covering for you today.
797
00:37:18,949 --> 00:37:20,311
How we doing with Sean?
798
00:37:20,608 --> 00:37:22,687
Got a new co-host, a guy named Colmes.
799
00:37:22,712 --> 00:37:24,593
- Uh-huh.
- He was a stand-up comic.
800
00:37:24,618 --> 00:37:26,929
He's a real New York type. Ethnic.
801
00:37:26,954 --> 00:37:28,617
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- ROGER: Is he smart?
802
00:37:28,642 --> 00:37:29,672
Oh, yeah.
803
00:37:30,031 --> 00:37:31,687
Rupert's on line one.
804
00:37:34,196 --> 00:37:35,196
Okay.
805
00:37:35,221 --> 00:37:37,750
APPLEGATE: But the Saudis say no way.
806
00:37:38,158 --> 00:37:40,406
Along with those stories,
we're making a little news
807
00:37:40,431 --> 00:37:42,274
of our own today: the launch of MSNBC...
808
00:37:42,299 --> 00:37:43,299
Hey, Rupert.
809
00:37:43,673 --> 00:37:45,845
Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm just watching now.
810
00:37:46,261 --> 00:37:48,110
Join us here on cable, or connect...
811
00:37:48,135 --> 00:37:51,329
No, this is more the cappuccino crowd.
812
00:37:52,102 --> 00:37:54,445
We're the deli, coffee-to-go,
813
00:37:54,470 --> 00:37:55,540
extra sugar crowd.
814
00:37:56,951 --> 00:37:59,352
Yeah. No, not at all.
815
00:37:59,532 --> 00:38:02,829
We will blow them out of
the water when we launch.
816
00:38:04,087 --> 00:38:05,462
Okay, yeah, bye.
817
00:38:07,665 --> 00:38:09,305
Yeah, all this interactivity shit.
818
00:38:09,330 --> 00:38:11,024
ROGER: Oh, come on,
it's all video games.
819
00:38:11,049 --> 00:38:12,407
I don't know, it's pretty cool.
820
00:38:12,751 --> 00:38:15,001
What is going on with you girls?
821
00:38:15,345 --> 00:38:16,587
What the fuck?
822
00:38:17,110 --> 00:38:18,462
Pull up your panties.
823
00:38:18,956 --> 00:38:23,123
Fox News, what we create,
is gonna change the game.
824
00:38:23,148 --> 00:38:25,641
All right? Okay.
825
00:38:25,666 --> 00:38:28,634
... more about that now,
Today's Katie Couric and Matt Lauer.
826
00:38:28,659 --> 00:38:30,134
- Good morning, Katie and Matt.
- Hi, Jodi..
827
00:38:30,159 --> 00:38:31,445
Good morning. I want you to know
828
00:38:31,470 --> 00:38:33,063
that Matt and I are extremely jealous,
829
00:38:33,088 --> 00:38:34,779
and we're gonna demand
a cappuccino machine
830
00:38:34,804 --> 00:38:36,415
in our next contract, Jodi.
831
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:37,524
LAUER: But ours is going to work.
832
00:38:37,549 --> 00:38:38,759
It's gonna be hooked up.
833
00:38:39,430 --> 00:38:40,460
COURIC: Pretty exciting...
834
00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:41,915
ROGER: All right,
let's look at where we are.
835
00:38:43,129 --> 00:38:44,329
What's she wearing?
836
00:38:44,354 --> 00:38:47,403
What, is the bull dyke
rodeo in town or something?
837
00:38:47,428 --> 00:38:49,415
Why is she wearing pants?
Why is she wearing pa...?
838
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,805
I like legs. Anybody else like legs?
839
00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:52,930
I like legs.
840
00:38:54,410 --> 00:38:56,788
What the fuck is that?
841
00:38:56,813 --> 00:38:58,235
It's the feed. There's some sort of...
842
00:38:58,260 --> 00:38:59,402
Halloween is orange.
843
00:38:59,595 --> 00:39:00,727
It's orange!
844
00:39:01,116 --> 00:39:03,149
This is not so difficult, people.
845
00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:04,673
_
846
00:39:04,857 --> 00:39:06,737
Look, let's run it again,
and we're gonna try
847
00:39:06,762 --> 00:39:09,446
and at least get one thing
right this time. Yeah.
848
00:39:09,471 --> 00:39:11,995
O'Reilly lost another
producer this morning.
849
00:39:12,020 --> 00:39:13,020
Why?
850
00:39:13,045 --> 00:39:15,446
- Something about sparkling water.
- Fuck off.
851
00:39:15,471 --> 00:39:16,471
Dumb fuck.
852
00:39:16,496 --> 00:39:18,236
REPORTER: I'm live here in Wayne County,
853
00:39:18,261 --> 00:39:19,644
where pumpkin carvers are...
854
00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:21,714
What happened?
855
00:39:22,387 --> 00:39:25,178
- Check the uplink.
- Uh, which one is Uplink Three?
856
00:39:25,178 --> 00:39:26,361
- ROGER: Oh, my God.
- MAN: That one.
857
00:39:26,386 --> 00:39:27,804
- No, that one.
- Nobody in this room
858
00:39:27,804 --> 00:39:29,300
knows how to do a live shot?
859
00:39:29,325 --> 00:39:30,331
Are you seeing this?
860
00:39:30,590 --> 00:39:32,769
CHET: You said you didn't want
fucking news people, Roger.
861
00:39:32,794 --> 00:39:34,636
Yeah, but I didn't say
I wanted fucking idiots.
862
00:39:34,661 --> 00:39:36,496
- All right, look, we're gonna go...
- They're learning, they're learning.
863
00:39:36,521 --> 00:39:39,635
We're gonna go back to the
studio to the pet segment.
864
00:39:39,660 --> 00:39:41,191
All right? To the pet segment.
865
00:39:41,216 --> 00:39:45,667
Linda, we're coming back
to you in three, two, one.
866
00:39:45,692 --> 00:39:46,917
Camera two.
867
00:39:49,925 --> 00:39:51,595
LINDA: We're here now with Zsa Zsa...
868
00:39:51,595 --> 00:39:53,589
You do see that dog's
taking a shit, right?
869
00:39:53,614 --> 00:39:56,300
... award-winning dog... oh.
870
00:39:56,325 --> 00:39:57,816
You don't think you
should change the shot?!
871
00:39:58,175 --> 00:40:01,111
That dog is shitting in
America's bowl of Cheerios!
872
00:40:01,136 --> 00:40:02,652
Change that fucking shot!
873
00:40:02,677 --> 00:40:04,191
[ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES]
874
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,261
MURDOCH: Ah, Rog,
we're gonna delay the launch.
875
00:40:08,503 --> 00:40:10,652
Disney's pulled out, pressure's off.
876
00:40:10,677 --> 00:40:13,675
We're gonna put our foot
on the brake, do it right.
877
00:40:13,704 --> 00:40:15,128
No, no, no. You're making a mistake.
878
00:40:15,153 --> 00:40:16,191
We have momentum.
879
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:18,261
Don't bullshit me, Roger.
880
00:40:18,261 --> 00:40:20,527
It's a bloody fucking mess down there.
881
00:40:20,552 --> 00:40:23,535
We have had a couple
of bad rehearsals, Rupert.
882
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:25,456
- That's all.
- I am not gonna be made
883
00:40:25,481 --> 00:40:27,019
a laughing-stock.
884
00:40:28,619 --> 00:40:30,386
If you delay this launch,
885
00:40:30,988 --> 00:40:32,621
I guarantee you will be.
886
00:40:32,646 --> 00:40:34,063
I'll take my chances.
887
00:40:34,088 --> 00:40:37,099
It's for the best, Rog.
It's all happening, uh, too fast.
888
00:40:40,472 --> 00:40:41,709
Okay.
889
00:40:43,834 --> 00:40:46,762
Look, obviously, I'm not doing
something right here.
890
00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:50,293
So I'm gonna step aside,
I'm gonna let you two reassess.
891
00:40:50,318 --> 00:40:51,724
MURDOCH: Well, you can't just walk away.
892
00:40:51,749 --> 00:40:54,170
- You got a job to do.
- Then let me do it.
893
00:40:54,493 --> 00:40:56,327
Stop calling me up here
894
00:40:56,352 --> 00:40:58,227
for every bump in the fucking road
895
00:40:58,252 --> 00:41:01,028
that won't count for shit
when all is said and done!
896
00:41:01,053 --> 00:41:03,434
We're that close, Rupert. That close.
897
00:41:03,459 --> 00:41:05,099
We don't need to delay anything.
898
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:10,036
And I know exactly what
we need to do to be ready.
899
00:41:10,637 --> 00:41:11,928
And what is that?
900
00:41:16,717 --> 00:41:18,107
Get people in line.
901
00:41:22,718 --> 00:41:25,384
[TENSE, AMBIENT MUSIC]
902
00:41:25,409 --> 00:41:27,409
♪♪
903
00:41:33,246 --> 00:41:35,045
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
904
00:41:40,443 --> 00:41:41,646
BETH: Roger.
905
00:41:45,345 --> 00:41:47,498
Come here. Don't you worry,
906
00:41:47,523 --> 00:41:48,888
I can take it to the drycleaner
907
00:41:48,913 --> 00:41:50,122
- with the rest...
- Stop it.
908
00:42:00,218 --> 00:42:01,218
Sorry.
909
00:42:03,463 --> 00:42:04,463
JUDY: Beth?
910
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,763
Roger doesn't want to
be disturbed right now.
911
00:42:10,928 --> 00:42:12,709
BETH: Could you just let
him know that I'm leaving?
912
00:42:13,715 --> 00:42:14,787
I will.
913
00:42:43,357 --> 00:42:44,365
ROGER: Call everyone.
914
00:42:44,390 --> 00:42:45,764
I want to see them all now.
915
00:42:46,198 --> 00:42:47,761
- Bring 'em in.
- JUDY: Now?
916
00:42:48,622 --> 00:42:49,622
ROGER: Yeah.
917
00:43:04,003 --> 00:43:07,269
Get me the, uh, dark blue tie.
918
00:43:07,294 --> 00:43:10,386
The one with flowers or diamonds?
919
00:43:10,411 --> 00:43:11,487
ROGER: Diamonds.
920
00:43:31,855 --> 00:43:33,136
What kind of sick joke is this?
921
00:43:33,136 --> 00:43:34,597
Really, 4 a.m.?
922
00:43:34,622 --> 00:43:35,622
Sit down!
923
00:43:46,261 --> 00:43:48,776
Anyone else want to
complain about the hours?
924
00:43:50,183 --> 00:43:53,230
You know, there's a Foot
Locker right across the road.
925
00:43:53,761 --> 00:43:55,971
I believe they work
in eight-hour shifts.
926
00:43:57,182 --> 00:43:58,464
They might be hiring.
927
00:44:03,274 --> 00:44:04,979
Now, what I have seen
928
00:44:05,004 --> 00:44:06,823
in rehearsals so far,
929
00:44:09,136 --> 00:44:10,839
it's just unacceptable.
930
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:14,719
Chet.
931
00:44:16,315 --> 00:44:19,142
You keep bringing me
these so-called producers
932
00:44:19,167 --> 00:44:21,018
who don't seem to know the difference
933
00:44:21,043 --> 00:44:23,409
between their own asshole
and a hole in the ground.
934
00:44:24,253 --> 00:44:26,362
You got to train them up right, okay?
935
00:44:26,971 --> 00:44:28,378
Yes, Roger.
936
00:44:28,553 --> 00:44:29,553
Moody.
937
00:44:31,732 --> 00:44:34,220
You're giving me scripts that read
938
00:44:34,220 --> 00:44:36,011
like War and fucking
Peace. It's television.
939
00:44:36,011 --> 00:44:37,762
Shorten them up. Okay?
940
00:44:37,787 --> 00:44:38,982
Yes, Roger.
941
00:44:43,675 --> 00:44:44,675
ROGER: Bill.
942
00:44:46,317 --> 00:44:47,544
Bill Shine.
943
00:44:48,756 --> 00:44:49,762
Now, Bill,
944
00:44:49,762 --> 00:44:51,715
this is my interpretation
of recent events.
945
00:44:51,740 --> 00:44:54,279
You can correct me if you
believe me to be wrong.
946
00:44:54,304 --> 00:44:57,849
But I just rescued your
sorry ass from local news.
947
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,595
And you're walking around like Mr. Magoo
948
00:45:01,595 --> 00:45:03,996
looking for his fucking
dick in that control room.
949
00:45:04,021 --> 00:45:06,652
And I need you to be Bill fucking Shine
950
00:45:06,677 --> 00:45:08,218
and take control, okay?
951
00:45:08,472 --> 00:45:10,496
- Okay?
- Yes, Roger.
952
00:45:15,937 --> 00:45:16,937
You're fired.
953
00:45:19,285 --> 00:45:20,582
Are you serious?
954
00:45:20,607 --> 00:45:22,433
[CHUCKLES] I am. Please,
955
00:45:22,458 --> 00:45:23,660
get the fuck out of here.
956
00:45:25,015 --> 00:45:26,015
IAN: Roger.
957
00:45:27,413 --> 00:45:28,780
That's enough.
958
00:45:32,722 --> 00:45:33,874
What did you say?
959
00:45:34,913 --> 00:45:37,054
- That's enough.
- No. No, Ian,
960
00:45:37,079 --> 00:45:39,989
it's not enough, all right?
961
00:45:40,014 --> 00:45:41,593
I need you to help me
with a couple of things.
962
00:45:41,618 --> 00:45:43,388
One: stop fucking interrupting me,
963
00:45:43,413 --> 00:45:46,240
and two: you got
to stop acting like you have
964
00:45:46,265 --> 00:45:49,522
any authority in this
room because you do not!
965
00:45:49,997 --> 00:45:51,497
The only reason you are here
966
00:45:51,522 --> 00:45:53,889
is because you and Rupert
used to bugger each other
967
00:45:53,914 --> 00:45:56,092
- in grade school!
- Fuck you, Roger!
968
00:45:56,117 --> 00:45:57,272
- Fuck you!
- Fuck you, too!
969
00:45:57,297 --> 00:45:58,756
- Fucking get out of here!
- Fuck you!
970
00:45:58,781 --> 00:46:00,700
Fuck off! I got work to do!
971
00:46:00,725 --> 00:46:01,959
I don't fucking need this.
972
00:46:03,655 --> 00:46:06,684
Anybody else want to
paint your rear end white
973
00:46:06,709 --> 00:46:08,436
and run with the fucking antelope,
974
00:46:08,461 --> 00:46:09,858
- now's your chance!
- [FIST THUMPS TABLE]
975
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:19,440
Look...
976
00:46:22,545 --> 00:46:26,023
I hired you because I saw
something special in you,
977
00:46:26,048 --> 00:46:27,048
all right?
978
00:46:27,461 --> 00:46:28,859
That I believe in.
979
00:46:31,977 --> 00:46:33,637
[EXHALES]
980
00:46:34,065 --> 00:46:35,757
Let's just reframe this.
981
00:46:37,743 --> 00:46:39,774
For the last 50 years,
982
00:46:41,241 --> 00:46:44,595
the left side of
politics in this country
983
00:46:45,790 --> 00:46:47,553
have attempted to control
984
00:46:47,553 --> 00:46:49,876
the narrative of news.
985
00:46:50,207 --> 00:46:52,540
They force-fed America
986
00:46:53,180 --> 00:46:55,845
with a big-government,
nanny-state agenda,
987
00:46:55,845 --> 00:46:57,743
and you know what that creates?
988
00:47:01,746 --> 00:47:04,095
That creates opportunity.
989
00:47:07,394 --> 00:47:08,657
If we're gonna beat
990
00:47:09,011 --> 00:47:12,266
CNN, MSNBC, CNBC...
991
00:47:14,315 --> 00:47:16,481
we have to have a bond of loyalty.
992
00:47:17,321 --> 00:47:21,220
Loyalty to each other and
loyalty to the mission.
993
00:47:21,329 --> 00:47:22,625
The mission
994
00:47:23,452 --> 00:47:26,076
is to sell to the forgotten American
995
00:47:26,891 --> 00:47:28,512
that their voice
996
00:47:28,512 --> 00:47:32,299
can and will be heard in our democracy.
997
00:47:32,324 --> 00:47:35,558
We'll give them a vision of
the world the way it really is
998
00:47:36,340 --> 00:47:40,246
and the way they want it to be.
999
00:47:43,295 --> 00:47:44,785
You know what happens?
1000
00:47:46,168 --> 00:47:47,488
We reclaim
1001
00:47:47,713 --> 00:47:49,699
the real America.
1002
00:47:52,308 --> 00:47:55,095
We challenge the existing agenda,
1003
00:47:55,095 --> 00:47:58,035
and we become the loudest voice
1004
00:47:58,060 --> 00:48:01,269
and we bring back to
this fucking country
1005
00:48:01,294 --> 00:48:03,129
fairness and balance!
1006
00:48:04,467 --> 00:48:05,467
Come on!
1007
00:48:06,011 --> 00:48:07,927
Ain't that worth being yelled at
1008
00:48:07,952 --> 00:48:09,699
at four o'clock in the morning for?
1009
00:48:09,970 --> 00:48:11,679
Come on! Fuck me, right?
1010
00:48:11,679 --> 00:48:13,074
- [SOFT LAUGHTER]
- Right?
1011
00:48:13,409 --> 00:48:14,472
MAN: Right.
1012
00:48:17,394 --> 00:48:18,668
ROGER: The work day starts now.
1013
00:48:19,115 --> 00:48:20,115
Okay?
1014
00:48:21,380 --> 00:48:22,380
Everybody,
1015
00:48:23,151 --> 00:48:26,683
let's just be at our very best.
1016
00:48:45,432 --> 00:48:47,354
Where have you...
did you get all my messages?
1017
00:48:47,379 --> 00:48:48,707
ROGER: I got to get my pills.
1018
00:48:48,732 --> 00:48:51,152
I heard there was some
sort of a meeting, or...
1019
00:48:55,394 --> 00:48:56,980
I don't think this is gonna work.
1020
00:48:58,933 --> 00:49:00,574
I think you need to choose.
1021
00:49:01,813 --> 00:49:03,176
Me or the job.
1022
00:49:05,271 --> 00:49:07,637
- But you said...
- I know what I said. I know.
1023
00:49:13,237 --> 00:49:15,237
[WATER RUNNING]
1024
00:49:16,928 --> 00:49:17,928
[WATER STOPS RUNNING]
1025
00:49:26,506 --> 00:49:29,355
_
1026
00:49:29,887 --> 00:49:31,970
[TENSE, AMBIENT MUSIC]
1027
00:49:31,970 --> 00:49:34,011
♪♪
1028
00:49:41,178 --> 00:49:43,178
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
1029
00:51:23,473 --> 00:51:25,491
PRODUCER: And we're live in five,
1030
00:51:25,516 --> 00:51:27,468
four, three,
1031
00:51:27,493 --> 00:51:28,796
two...
1032
00:51:34,270 --> 00:51:36,644
[CHEERING, APPLAUSE]
1033
00:51:36,669 --> 00:51:38,669
[BOB DYLAN'S "POLITICAL WORLD" PLAYING]
1034
00:51:39,111 --> 00:51:41,577
♪ We live in a political world ♪
1035
00:51:41,602 --> 00:51:43,643
♪ Love don't have any place ♪
1036
00:51:44,031 --> 00:51:45,153
♪ We're living in times... ♪
1037
00:51:45,178 --> 00:51:46,887
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Fox News Channel.
1038
00:51:46,887 --> 00:51:48,637
♪ And crime don't have a face... ♪
1039
00:51:48,637 --> 00:51:49,805
Good morning, everyone.
1040
00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:55,773
♪ We live in a political world ♪
1041
00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:57,937
♪ Icicles hanging down ♪
1042
00:51:58,568 --> 00:52:00,820
♪ Wedding bells ring and angels sing ♪
1043
00:52:00,845 --> 00:52:03,388
♪ And clouds cover up the ground ♪
1044
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