Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Chris Wallace Shows Fox News Is No More State-Run Now Than CNN Was During Obama's Years

One of the interesting takeaways from Vladimir Putin's interview with Chris Wallace last night is how several of the reviews I've seen give Wallace credit for not being a softball on Putin.

President Trump refuses to press Vladimir Putin on the questions pretty much every official in American government thinks he should.

He pressed Putin on the questions Trump has played off, including during Monday's news conference with Putin in Helsinki.

The interview turned heated at points, with Wallace clearly frustrated by Putin's trademark filibustering and Putin clearly frustrated by a journalist actually challenging him.

In the piece, aptly titled "Fox News's Chris Wallace gives Putin the grilling Trump won't", Blake acknowledges something a lot more in the media should pay attention to: Editorial lean doesn't make an entire outlet bad. Here's Wallace going after Putin on his critics ending up dead. PUTIN: Well, first of all, all of us have plenty of political rivals.

Wallace goes after Putin in a way that Donald Trump won't.

It's a good thing, and it's a reminder that while many feel Fox News as a whole has become the very same state-run media the right accused most other media outlets of being between 2008 and 2016.

https://www.redstate.com/joesquire/2018/07/17/chris-wallace-shows-fox-news-no-state-run-now-cnn-obamas-years/ 

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