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Joe Lindsley

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Joe Lindsley, also writing as JP Lindsley, is an American journalist.

Lindsley graduated from University of Notre Dame and worked as research assistant to Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes.[1]

In 2009, Lindsley was hired by Fox News CEO Roger Ailes.[1] He was appointed editor-in-chief of two local newspapers owned by Ailes, the Putnam County News & Recorder and the Putnam County Courier, both published in Putnam County, New York where Ailes lived. Lindsley transformed them into publications with an aggressively conservative editorial line.[2][1]

Lindsley became a close confidant and protégé of Ailes and his wife, but left Ailes's employ in April 2011 after disagreements with Ailes. In 2017, he wrote a novelistic memoir, Fake News, True Story, chronicling his time working for Ailes. He self-published the book after failing to find a publisher.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Johnson, Eliana (17 September 2017). "'I Want to Explode' — A Roger Ailes Protégé Bares His Soul". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. ^ Boyer, Peter J. (24 January 2011). "Fox Among the Chickens". The New Yorker. Retrieved 17 September 2017.