By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 14:45 EST, 8 January 2014 | UPDATED: 20:12 EST, 8 January 2014 Fox News head Roger Ailes has spoken out about how he wants to launch an entirely new channel dedicated to teaching 'the kids' history with the help of his star anchor Bill O'Reilly while keeping the changes at Fox to a minimum. He also said that he has no concerns about Fox News staying at the top spot in cable news since his main competitors- saying that MSNBC 'dodged a bullet' by firing Alec Baldwin and slamming CNN as effectively 'throwing in the towel' by adding more documentaries to their programing line up.
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Fox News chief is under fire as a new book will be published shortly claiming that he bad-mouthed O'Reilly and propositioned a female hire
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Ailes gave a rare sit-down interview and slammed his competitors CNN and MSNBC for 'throwing in the towel' in the ratings race
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Praised Fox News and said that he wants to launch a new venture focused on the 'real' version of history with O'Reilly
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Gave his thoughts on a bevy of Fox figures like Megyn Kelly ('talented'), Sarah Palin ('attractive') and Elisabeth Hasselbeck ('in a tough spot')
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Says CNN and MSNBC- Fox's top competitors- are 'no longer in the news business'
The work that O'Reilly does outside of his show- namely writing books and promoting specials with a historical edge- as a possible new venue for growth, but pointedly saying that there were no plans for @placeholder to leave the Fox line-up anytime soon.