Ailes started the network almost from scratch in 1996 and built into not just a cable news ratings leader but a profound influence on the right wing of American politics.
Fox News and MSNBC both find themselves in unusual positions right now: Fox is losing and MSNBC is winning. And there seems to be a striking similarity between the ratings race and President Trump's political fortunes.
The family of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staffer who was fatally shot last July, is demanding retractions from Fox News and WTTG-TV on Wednesday for their inaccurate reports on the unsolved murder.
Stephen Colbert opened CBS' annual presentation to advertisers on Wednesday afternoon with a musical number at New York's Carnegie Hall, and followed it with a monologue that mocked the commander-in-chief.