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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Oct 20, 2017, 04:25 PM Oct 2017

Fox's Wallace doesnt like colleagues echoing press attacks

NEW YORK (AP) — Sunday host Chris Wallace generally lives in peaceful co-existence with Fox News Channel’s opinion folks, except when he hears some of them echo President Donald Trump’s criticism of the news media.

Fake news? He’s fighting back.

“It bothers me,” Wallace said in an interview. “If they want to say they like Trump, or that they’re upset with the Democrats, that’s fine. That’s opinion. That’s what they do for a living.

“I don’t like them bashing the media, because oftentimes what they’re bashing is stuff that we on the news side are doing. I don’t think they recognize that they have a role at Fox News and we have a role at Fox News. I don’t know what’s in their head. I just think it’s bad form.”

Wallace, who turned 70 last week, speaks from a position of strength. He just signed a contract extension that commits him to keep questioning politicians for Fox until well past the 2020 election. Now the dean of Sunday morning political talk hosts, he moderated his first presidential debate last year and drew generally high marks.

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Fox's Wallace doesnt like colleagues echoing press attacks (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP

This may make me unpopular Pope George Ringo II Oct 2017 #1

Yes, Shep is mostly OK in my book...not always spouting the party line captain queeg Oct 2017 #4

LOL. "the news side" LOL. PSPS Oct 2017 #2

Wallace is kidding himself. C_U_L8R Oct 2017 #3

Delusion seems too be a necessary quality at Faux. old guy Oct 2017 #6

Now the dean of Sunday morning political talk hosts, underpants Oct 2017 #5

Pope George Ringo II

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1. This may make me unpopular

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2017, 04:31 PM

Oct 2017

But he's one of two Fox employees I actually respect. He and Shepherd Smith may not be perfect, and I may disagree with them on things, but I think you get an honest effort out of them.