Highlighting this country’s chief domestic and international problems, Ailes cited “the worst economic slump since the Great Depression"

◼ Roger E. Ailes, CEO and Chairman of Fox News in an introspective presentation to the 2012 National Security and New Media Conference of the Center for Security Policy

Highlighting this country’s chief domestic and international problems, Ailes cited “the worst economic slump since the Great Depression,” noting the high rate of unemployment (with minority unemployment at 16% and the migration of jobs overseas), China’s ownership of $1.1 trillion of American debt, the self-generated decline of our space program, an incoherent energy policy, a 96% increase in gas prices in the last two years, and the rise of radical Islam in Egypt are among the latest developments.

Ailes went on to heavily criticize what he calls the overregulation of government. “In the last year, we have passed 80,000 regulations,” he declared, “which is something that America simply cannot put up with. We have a one-party country, and the top ten poverty centers in the USA have one thing in common – they are all in a one-party city.”