The Loudest Voice (TV Mini Series)

2009 (2019)

Seth MacFarlane: Brian Lewis

Quotes 

• Brian Lewis : Look at this. Hot off the press, tomorrow's edition. Listen to this. "Some stories, lacking facts, never catch fire, but others do. And a newspaper like the Times needs to be alert to them, lest it wind up looking clueless or worse, partisan."

  [laughing with Roger] 

  Brian Lewis : You son of a bitch. You did it.

  Joe Lindsley : What?

  Brian Lewis : Well, it's like a game, Joe. It's like baseball. See, first base, we find the ACORN story. Right? We put it out there.

  Joe Lindsley : Uh-huh.

  Brian Lewis : Second base, everyone else picks up the story. Our story.

  Joe Lindsley : But it's... it's a fake story. There is...

  Roger Ailes : Who said it was fake?

  Brian Lewis : Doesn't matter if it's real or fake. Third base, the New York Times, the paper of record, says that if a lot of people are talking about a story, it has to be important. And, real or not, they have to cover it. Finally, a Democratic Congress just defunded ACORN without a single investigation because of us. That's a home fucking run.

  Roger Ailes : We created that, Joe. We don't follow the news. We make the news. We're changing the world.

  Brian Lewis : I don't know about you guys, I'm getting a drink.

• Brian Lewis : [watching President Obama on TV]  He's calling us out publicly.

  Roger Ailes : Yeah, good. That means we're getting into his head. Just gotta intensify the pressure.

  Brian Lewis : Roger, this is not CNN, okay? This is the White House. We have to be strategic here. Rupert was very clear that we're...

  Roger Ailes : Come on, come on. Fuck Rupert. Fuck this White House. I fought for editorial control, and I intend to use it. If this Barry guy... "Barry O.", "my bro," whatever the fuck his name is, if he wants a fight, okay, I'm good.

  Brian Lewis : All right, we'll... we'll war-game it later, see how it plays.

• Brian Lewis : Okay, we say Beck's views do not represent the views of Fox News or News Corp, and then we figure out what the fuck to do with him.

  Bill Shine : Have you seen his numbers? We should give him *more* airtime.

  Roger Ailes : [coming in]  What's all the ruckus?

  Brian Lewis : Beck straight-up called Obama a racist on "Fox & Friends."

  Roger Ailes : Well, he's not wrong.

  Brian Lewis : Jesus Christ, Roger. We can't just say that. Okay, we have to put out a statement. We have to get ahead of this.

  Roger Ailes : Okay, fine. But, you know, let's just not rise to the occasion when there's no occasion. Just to be clear, we're fully committed to Glenn, we're fully committed to his show.

  Brian Lewis : "Fair and balanced" doesn't mean a whole lot when one of your stars calls the president a racist. Okay, it makes it a little hard to protect the brand.

  Roger Ailes : I'll decide what the brand is. You put out the fires. I'll talk to Glenn. Racist? He just called him a racist?

  Brian Lewis : Yeah, that's what he said.

  Roger Ailes : [trying to stifle laughter]  He's a funny guy.