Did Fox News originate in the Nixon White House?

Gawker unearths a decades-old memo that suggests Roger Ailes was an early proponent of Fox-style news — even when he was a young Nixon aide  

President Richard Nixon is all smiles in a 1969 photo: Gawker reports that the original idea for Fox News was "buried deep within the Richard Nixon Presidential Library," in a 1970 memo.
(Image credit: Wally McNamee/CORBIS)

Since its launch in 1996, Fox News has rocketed to dominance in the cable wars. But Roger Ailes' "fair and balanced" alternative to what he calls the liberal bias of other news outlets was far from an overnight success. In fact, according to documents obtained by Gawker, his idea for a conservative news source was conceived in 1970, when Ailes worked as a media consultant for then-President Richard Nixon. Here, a brief guide to how it all (might have) started:

Where was the idea for Fox News born?

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