151. Near the end of his book Ailes and Kraushar, You Are the Message, 203–4.
152. “If you can get the audience” Ibid.
153. He had two million Rick Kissell, “MSNBC Continues Ratings Slide as CNN Surges over Summer,” Variety.com, Aug. 21, 2013, http://www.variety.com/2013/tv/news/msnbc-continues-ratings-slide-as-cnn-surges-over-summer-1200585373/.
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