Roger Ailes founded the FOX News Network. Showtime did a hit-piece on him and the ratings are as to be expected.
From The Washington Times:
Showtime's much-hyped expose on Roger Ailes tanks in the ratings
The unexpected passing of Fox News founder Roger Ailes in 2017 brought out a variety of hostile headlines from news organizations. The press attacked him even in death.
“Roger Ailes is dead, his scourge will live for decades,” The Washington Post wrote at the time.
“Roger Ailes‘ life work was making paranoid creeps look like virtuous men,” Slate noted.
Such negative portrayals appear to be continuing in a new Showtime biography series, “The Loudest Voice,” about the late media kingpin and former adviser to then-President Richard M. Nixon. Not many viewers, however, were interested in such fare.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the series premiered on Sunday before a total of 299,000 viewers. In the much-coveted 18- to 34-year-old and 18-49 demographic, the series only averaged 8,000 and 26,000 viewers, respectively.
Heh - people want actual facts and accomplishments. They are getting tired of 24/7 narrative. Glad to see.
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