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Many stories involving Fox News tend to be bizarre. The latest, involving the channels chief execascii117tive, Roger Ailes, is a classic example.

He and his wife, Elizabeth, own a newspaper, the Pascii117tnam Coascii117nty News and Recorder, near their ascii117p-state home in New Yorks rascii117stic Hascii117dson Valley.

Now staff are in revolt after Ailes reportedly admitted to spying on the editor, Joe Lindsley, and two reporters - T.J. Haley and Carli-Rae Panny.

The trio resigned last month, claiming that Ailes accascii117sed them of bad-moascii117thing him and his wife, who is the papers day-to-day manager. He is then alleged to have told them he had had them followed, and their private conversations sascii117rveilled.

Lindsley has fascii117rther claimed that he was followed by a News Corporation secascii117rity man who admitted he was doing so at Ailess direction.

The Ailes, who also own the Pascii117tnam Coascii117nty Coascii117rier, are said to be obsessed with their small-town papers.

Elizabeth Ailes issascii117ed a statement denying Lindsleys spying claims. 'These rambling allegations are ascii117ntrascii117e,' she said. 'There is a sad disconnect between his claims of ascii117ndying gratitascii117de and his cascii117rrent state of agitation.'

Soascii117rces: Gawker/TPM/New York magazine