On Thursday former Fox News chair Roger Ailes died and it in the blink of an eye the liberal media started dancing on his grave.
The Huffington Post ran the headline “groper gone” to mark the passing of the man who built Fox News.
Then there was MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough who used the opportunity to brag about his network’s recent ratings wins.
“You look at Roger Ailes’ life — and you look at all of his successes — and I’m reminded of Joe Paterno,” the show’s host, Scarborough said, “a man that America loved and respected and looked up to for years. And I know, certainly, not all of America loved Roger Ailes. He was a very divisive figure. But I can tell you, conservatives were thankful for him.”
“Right now, Fox News is an absolute mess,” he said. “We talked about this earlier in passing. Roger Ailes gone for, what, maybe six months, a year — and for first time this century, they aren’t in first place. In fact, for the first time this century, they are in third place.”
“Rachel (Maddow) beats them every night,” Matthews added.
Neither mentioned the fact that Fox News has been curb stomping MSNBC in the ratings for years until the recent firing of Bill O’Reilly and the reorganization of its primetime schedule.
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Others were even more brutal and heartless.
Roger Ailes will be remembered as a pitiful abuser, but his legacy lives on in Trump: https://t.co/rfQDdoM5qL pic.twitter.com/Qqu4mwGxQX
— Slate (@Slate) May 18, 2017
skirts at Fox News today will be lowered to half-mast
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) May 18, 2017
Roger Ailes has died. Wow. Sending deep and heartfelt condolences to everyone who was abused, harassed, exploited, and unjustly fired by him
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 18, 2017
My deepest condolences to the women Roger Ailes harassed and the great country his fake news station has nearly destroyed.
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) May 18, 2017
Let the death of Roger Ailes finally kill off the inane prohibition on speaking ill of public figures upon death https://t.co/Gv8457F2zL
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 18, 2017
Today Roger Ailes returns to hell a hero.
— marc maron (@marcmaron) May 18, 2017
Roger Ailes is dead. He just…ran out of power. And importance…
And now…a moment’s silence in memory of the many women he harassed…
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) May 18, 2017
In Roger Ailes’ version of hell, the women wear long skirts, everyone has civil rights and all the TVs run a constant loop of Rachel Maddow.
— shauna (@goldengateblond) May 18, 2017
Roger Ailes has died. Let all his victims now be ungagged for the true, full reckoning of his life. And give them back their jobs.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) May 18, 2017
What did Roger Ailes die of, aside from perfect timing
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) May 18, 2017
Yes, Roger Ailes was a TV genius. He also had an apparently monstrous personal life and nasty, dangerous editorial instincts.
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) May 18, 2017
I once spent a day interviewing with Roger Ailes for a job at Fox. He was a disgusting scumbag. I’m glad he can’t hurt people anymore.
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) May 18, 2017
Fuck him and fuck you you fucking jizz rags. https://t.co/9RdQy2e7TT
— John Niven (@NivenJ1) May 18, 2017
In fairness to Roger Ailes family: fuck you too. You knew what the fucking right wing sex case fuck was like.
— John Niven (@NivenJ1) May 18, 2017
Chris Cornell: if you pass Roger Ailes on his way down when you’re on your way up, kick him in the balls for us. Yours, humanity.
— John Niven (@NivenJ1) May 18, 2017
A lesson of today: if you live as an abusive, cynical scoundrel who loves nothing more than your own power, no one will cry when you die.
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) May 18, 2017
Roger Ailes behaved egregiously toward women in his organization and changed our culture for the worse, making people dumber and angrier.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) May 18, 2017
I’m sure Roger Ailes is in a worse place looking up at us.
— Travon Free (@Travon) May 18, 2017
There were also some surprises on the left from people one might not expect to say nice things about the former head of Fox News.
I’ve known Roger Ailes for over 30 years. We’ve fought, debated and exchanged war stories. He had real passion and a master strategist for
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) May 18, 2017
what he believed. We didn’t agree on much and I protested him many times. However his impact on US Culture is undeniable. He is a study !
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) May 18, 2017
Sorry to hear about the passing of Roger Ailes. He and I shared many laughs He was always very nice to me and I counted him as a friend
— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) May 18, 2017
Condolences and prayers to family and friends of #RogerAiles. pic.twitter.com/faumcIQTtb
— Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) May 18, 2017
Politically we did not see eye to eye. But there was mutual respect. He helped a lot of people. I will miss him very much. RIP #RogerAiles https://t.co/Wq6c9eCil1
— Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) May 18, 2017
For better or worse & the ignominious end 2 his reign at Fox News, the impact of Roger Ailes on American politics & media was indisputable.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 18, 2017
I knew Ailes. Competed against him in campaigns. Railed against him many times. But appreciated our frank, backchannel conversations.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 18, 2017
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