Gabriel Sherman

Gabriel Sherman is an American author. In 2014, he wrote a biography about FOX News president Roger Ailes called The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News - and Divided a Country,[1] which debut at #9 on The New York Times Bestseller list.[2][3]

He has written for The New York Observer[4] and for New York magazine[5] where he is a contributing editor.[6]

SF Gate called his biography of Ailes The Loudest Voice in the Room "classic in a subgenre that might be called Enraged TV Executives Throwing Things."[6] Sherman interviewed 600 people for the book, but did not have an interview with Ailes himself.[6] Sherman portrays Ailes' leadership of FOX News as "absolute".[7] Ken Kurson wrote that the Zev Chafets' biography, Roger Ailes: Off Camera, released before Sherman's book, "does a better job penetrating the psyche of Mr. Ailes (Mr. Chafets had extensive access to the wizard), and Mr. Sherman’s book does a better job depicting the phenomenon of Fox News and its cultural meaning."[8] FOX News has denied many of the events depicted in the book and has accused Sherman of not doing a good job of fact checking.[9] The book led to a number of media reports about FOX and its culture.[10][11] Jay Ambrose said that readers "should also not worry yourself to death about" The Loudest Voice in the Room because Ailes is a "fascinating if endlessly castigated man whose direction of Fox News divided nothing."[12]

References

  1. ↑ JACOB WEISBERG (Jan 12, 2014). "Gabriel Sherman’s ‘Loudest Voice in the Room’". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. ↑ GREGORY COWLES (January 24, 2014). "Inside the List". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Gabriel Sherman- intimidation and smear campaign while writing the book - PANEL: Truth & Consequence - Retrieved July 20, 1014
  4. ↑ Levy, Steven (2006-10-23). The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness. Simon & Schuster. pp. 75–. ISBN 9780743293914. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Lehmann, Chris (2010-10-15). Rich People Things. OR Books. pp. 29–. ISBN 9781935928133. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Kevin Canfield (January 31, 2014). "'The Loudest Voice in the Room,' by Gabriel Sherman". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Highlights of an interview with Terry Gross (January 16, 2014). "Interview: Gabriel Sherman, Author Of 'The Loudest Voice In The Room'". NPR. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Ken Kurson (1/27 /2014). "Dueling Ailes Bios and the New York Times Bestseller List". The New York Observer. Retrieved 2 February 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ↑ Erik Wemple (January 14, 2014). "Politico’s Mike Allen and Fox News PR". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  10. ↑ ISAAC CHOTINER (January 27, 2014). "Fox News Channel racism too Harmful to Be Ignored by Liberals". New Republic. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  11. ↑ Marc Ambinder (January 16, 2014). "Fox News' culture of sexism". The Week. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  12. ↑ Jay Ambrose (January 26, 2014). "Jay Ambrose: ‘Corporate media’ critics far off base". Providence Journal. Retrieved 2 February 2014.