FNC’s Wallace: Trump ‘Bears the Primary Responsibility for What Happened’ at Chaotic Debate

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FNC’s Wallace: Trump ‘Bears the Primary Responsibility for What Happened’ at Chaotic Debate

Pam Key 1 Oct 2020

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace put the blame on President Donald Trump for the chaotic presidential debate on Tuesday night on Thursday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Bill Hemmer Reports.”

Wallace said, “Here’s what happened. We began the first segment on the Supreme Court. They each got there 2 minutes, and they both obeyed in that particular case. And then, Biden started to answer a question, and the president started interrupting him. My initial reaction was, this is great. So often, these debates become parallel news conferences where one candidate answers the question. The other candidate answers the question to him. When the president started engaging with Biden, I thought we are going to have a real debate here. It became clearer and clearer over time that this was something different. And that the president was determined to try to but in and throw Joe Biden off. I saw another Fox analysis that indicates the president interrupted either Biden’s answers are my questions a total of 145 times, which is way more than one a minute. He bears the primary responsibility for what happened on Tuesday.”

He continued, “In the beginning, I was cajoling, ‘Mr. President, wait a minute. I’m going to ask a question you’re going to want to hear. I guess I did that twice. And then I began being more forceful. And at a certain point, 45 minutes in, I called a halt to the debate for a moment and said this, ‘You know, this really isn’t serving America. Please stop the interruptions.’ The president said, ‘Well, why don’t you admonish him?’ And I said, ‘Because you’re doing a lot more of the interrupting, Mr. President.’ Biden was doing some, no question about it. But less than half as many times as the president.”

He added, “It was only 45 minutes in that I realized what a total mess and disservice this was to the country, and try to stop it. Do I wish I had stepped in earlier? Yes. But as I say, hindsight is 20/20.”

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[Cyber Liberty]

I know a thing or two about Moderating, and sorry Chris...this is on you.

[skeeter]

I know a thing or two about Moderating, and sorry Chris...this is on you.

I doubt Wallace noticed Trump started going all caveman only after he told Chris ‘I guess I’m debating you not him’.

[Cyber Liberty]

I doubt Wallace noticed Trump started going all caveman only after he told Chris ‘I guess I’m debating you not him’.

Yes, that was a turning point, and it came in the first 5 minutes of the so-called "debate."  It's when Malice started arguing with Trump directly.  He crossed the line between "Moderator" and "participant."

And now he blames Trump!  Malice's transition to TDS is now complete, and he won't be trusted again.  Malice may have seen his last one-on-one interview with the President, and it'll be a long four more years for him.

[skeeter]

Yes, that was a turning point, and it came in the first 5 minutes of the so-called "debate."  It's when Malice started arguing with Trump directly.  He crossed the line between "Moderator" and "participant."

And now he blames Trump!  Malice's transition to TDS is now complete, and he won't be trusted again.  Malice may have seen his last one-on-one interview with the President, and it'll be a long four more years for him.

Even never trumpers had better hope you’re right. In spite of themselves.

[catfish1957]

I know I said this on another thread, but I was shocked Hannity and Carlson took the chicken shit approach, and decided not to rebuke colleague Chris Wallaces's left leaning hijack of this debate.  Cowards.

Company line wins over intellectual honesty in this sad case.

[rustynail]

Old news.  Today is Covid.

[aligncare]

Yes, that was a turning point, and it came in the first 5 minutes of the so-called "debate."  It's when Malice started arguing with Trump directly.  He crossed the line between "Moderator" and "participant."

And now he blames Trump!  Malice's transition to TDS is now complete, and he won't be trusted again.  Malice may have seen his last one-on-one interview with the President, and it'll be a long four more years for him.

Wallace told a string of lies about the debate in an interview with Bill Hemmer, chief anchor at FOX. Wallace  completely misrepresented who interrupted first. Went on to whine about Trump stepping on his beautifully prepared cake.

Chris, the debates are not about you and your friggin’ cake! And you inserted yourself, interrupting the flow and free exchange of ideas. It’s about the candidates slugging it out. That’s what people came to see.

[catfish1957]

Old news.  Today is Covid.

Excellent case in point.  50-60 % of the people in this country are idiots, and have an attention span of 10 minutes at best.

[skeeter]

Wallace told a string of lies about the debate in an interview with Bill Hemmer, chief anchor at FOX. Wallace  completely misrepresented who interrupted first. Went on to whine about Trump stepping on his beautifully prepared cake.

Chris, the debates are not about you and your friggin’ cake! And you inserted yourself, interrupting the flow and free exchange of ideas. It’s about the candidates slugging it out. That’s what people came to see.

I wonder what kind of cake he was going to serve up. The bastard tipped his hand several times during the debate, like when he characterized Hunters $3.5 million gift from the ex mayor of Moscow as inconsequential.

[catfish1957]

The bastard tipped his hand several times during the debate, like when he characterized Hunters $3.5 million gift from the ex mayor of Moscow as inconsequential.

lol...  Missed that one.  Wonder if dnc paid him that kind of inconsequential money

[Cyber Liberty]

lol...  Missed that one.  Wonder if dnc paid him that kind of inconsequential money

Malice isn't bright enough to figure out how to monetize what comes naturally.

[skeeter]

lol...  Missed that one.  Wonder if dnc paid him that kind of inconsequential money

I think Fox needs to just come out the closet as a more successful CNN. They been playing coy about the new tact they’ve taken since the old man passed away, but i believe they are underestimating the average intelligence of their audience. People can see it.

[Cyber Liberty]

I think Fox needs to just come out the closet as a more successful CNN. They been playing coy about the new tact they’ve taken since the old man passed away, but i believe they are underestimating the average intelligence of their audience. People can see it.

FNC's loss is OANN's gain.

[skeeter]

FNC's loss is OANN's gain.

yes. Ive noticed OANN has been attracting better interviews and more attention in the WH Briefing Room in the past 6 months I’ve been watching.

[catfish1957]

I think Fox needs to just come out the closet as a more successful CNN. They been playing coy about the new tact they’ve taken since the old man passed away, but i believe they are underestimating the average intelligence of their audience. People can see it.

I might sound like a broken record, but the new Fox managment has put a squelch on intellectual integrity when it  comes to corporate loyalty, as both Hannity and Colson failed to call out their sleazy colleage Chris Wallace on this debacle.  Even Levin, scaled back his anger and didn't call out Wallace or moderator by name.

In the major league conservative news circuit it seems only Limbaugh had the nads to truly tell the truth. 

[skeeter]

I might sound like a broken record, but the new Fox managment has put a squelch on intellectual integrity when it  comes to corporate loyalty, as both Hannity and Colson failed to call out their sleazy colleage Chris Wallace on this debacle.  Even Levin, scaled back his anger and didn't call out Wallace or moderator by name.

In the major league conservative news circuit it seems only Limbaugh had the nads to truly tell the truth.

Igraham and Gutfeld came close to ripping him on twitter but haven’t followed up on TV since.

[aligncare]

I wonder what kind of cake he was going to serve up. The bastard tipped his hand several times during the debate, like when he characterized Hunters $3.5 million gift from the ex mayor of Moscow as inconsequential.

The guy’s a prima Donna. He isn’t half the interviewer his dad was. Of course, Mike Wallace was trained back when journalism school taught journalism skills and practices, not social justice advocacy disguised as journalism.

[catfish1957]

The guy’s a prima Donna. He isn’t half the interviewer his dad was. Of course, Mike Wallace was trained back when journalism school taught journalism skills and practices, not social justice advocacy disguised as journalism.

Mike Wallace was as left as they come back in the '60's as far as a journalist.  Still...   Having him show up to interview you had to be a harrowing event.

[aligncare]

Mike Wallace was as left as they come back in the '60's as far as a journalist.  Still...   Having him show up to interview you had to be a harrowing event.

Mike Wallace was certainly liberal but not a leftist. My guess is he liked America. And I don’t think he pimped for the democrats like Chris, so much as he went after corrupt individuals and organizations wherever he dug them up, republicans and democrats.

[catfish1957]

Mike Wallace was certainly liberal but not a leftist. My guess is he liked America. And I don’t think he pimped for the democrats like Chris, so much as he went after corrupt individuals and organizations wherever he dug them up, republicans and democrats.

I always considered the old 60 Minutes Crew a "Left of Center" outfit who had a great knack of trying to bias public opinion in that direction  He may have been more honest to the truth than the others, but it is kind of hard extracting that from the total body of work, and the damage they did, and still do.

[skeeter]

The guy’s a prima Donna. He isn’t half the interviewer his dad was. Of course, Mike Wallace was trained back when journalism school taught journalism skills and practices, not social justice advocacy disguised as journalism.

Of course you are right, journalism has changed in the past 40 years, it ain't journalism any more.

And, as liberal as he was, Mike Wallace had an empathetic demeanor that made him not nearly as abrasive as his son. I find Chris's inappropriate smile as he asks his skewed questions makes his face immensely punchable.

[catfish1957]

Of course you are right, journalism has changed in the past 40 years, it ain't journalism any more.

And, as liberal as he was, Mike Wallace had an empathetic demeanor that made him not nearly as abrasive as his son. I find Chris's inappropriate smile as he asks his skewed questions makes his face immensely punchable.

Mike Wallace had a Jack Webb (Joe Friday) slant in his journalistic demeanor.  IMO, he almost single handledly invented the "Gotcha" interview style.

[XenaLee]

I know I said this on another thread, but I was shocked Hannity and Carlson took the chicken shit approach, and decided not to rebuke colleague Chris Wallaces's left leaning hijack of this debate.  Cowards.

Company line wins over intellectual honesty in this sad case.

All of the Fox slaves have probably been ordered not to bash or diss Wallace.   And then again... some of them think he's a hero.

[skeeter]

Mike Wallace had a Jack Webb (Joe Friday) demeanor in his journalistic demeanor.  IMO, he almost single handledly invented the "Gotcha" interview style.

Perhaps thats why he was so much better at it than is his son.