Could her stalled career prospects have stemmed from her having spurned Roger Ailes? That's not entirely clear, though Camerota did cite another element of friction in her interactions with Ailes. "It was sort of emotional harassment. Roger Ailes ruled with an iron fist, and he wanted us all to fall in line and have his worldview and say the things that he wanted us to say on Fox News," said the former Fox News host. "He targeted me because he sort of figured out early on that I didn't share his worldview. And he said, 'You're not saying the conservative things that I want you to say, and you could be a real role model, and you could be a real star if only you could sound conservative sometimes.' I said 'Uh. Well, Roger, that's not my job. I'm not supposed to sound conservative or liberal. I am supposed to be a fair and balanced, in your terms, journalist, and I'm supposed to be open, and I'm not supposed to take a side."