Head of Fox News Afraid of Gay Activists

Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, was so afraid of possible attacks from gay activists that he insisted on bombproof glass for his second-floor Manhattan office, according to Rolling Stone magazine.

Ailes feared retaliation for his general opposition to gay rights and because he had broken up a protest by gay advocates of a Rudy Giuliani speech in 1989, when Ailes was working on Giuliani’s first campaign for mayor of New York City. Ailes had gone so far as to grab a demonstrator by the throat and shove him out the door.

After moving into his Fox News office when he joined the network in 1996, Ailes reportedly told a colleague, “They’ll be down there protesting. Those gays."

Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, was so afraid of possible attacks from gay activists that he insisted on bombproof glass for his second-floor Manhattan office, according to Rolling Stone magazine.

Ailes feared retaliation for his general opposition to gay rights and because he had broken up a protest by gay advocates of a Rudy Giuliani speech in 1989, when Ailes was working on Giuliani’s first campaign for mayor of New York City. Ailes had gone so far as to grab a demonstrator by the throat and shove him out the door.

After moving into his Fox News office when he joined the network in 1996, Ailes reportedly told a colleague, “They’ll be down there protesting. Those gays."