Chris Wallace Lies On National TV -- "Grandiose" and Newt Gingrich

Fox and Friends ^ | 20 Jan 12 | Fox and Friends

[xzins]

Chris Wallace just claimed on national TV that he looked up the word "grandiose" in the dictionary and that it is a negative word and that Gingrich misused and misapplied it to himself. In the segment, Wallace was obviously spinning against Gingrich, and in that piece he was saying the "grandiose" exchange with Santorum was Santorum's shining moment.

However, he claimed he looked the word up in a dictionary and that the word is negative in meaning.

If he actually looked it up in any dictionary, it would have had multiple meanings. In honesty, he would have had to report that. He did not, so by his own word he looked it up, saw multiple meanings and chose that which he could spin.

gran·di·ose (grnd-s, grnd-s adj.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grandiose

1. Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand. See Synonyms at grand.

2. Characterized by feigned or affected grandeur; pompous.

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[French, from Italian grandioso, from grande, great, from Latin grandis.]

[yldstrk]

As an English major I can tell you the word “grandiose” does have a negative connotation. As in ambitiously reaching in a way not indicated by the circumstances, or acting like it’s a bigger deal than it actually is.

Whether Wallace looked it up, who knows, but Wallace’s statements and premise is silly.

[hampdenkid]

Says a lot about Wallace’s intellectual acumen that he had to look up the word “grandiose.” I don’t think I personally know anyone above the age of five who doesn’t know (or, can’t quickly figure out) the meaning of grandiose.

Lucky for Chris that daddy got him a job.

[McGruff]

In his defense, Chris Wallace ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[Hugin]

In a battle of wits with Newt, Chris Wallace is severely undergunned.

[Explorer89]

this thread is begging for a wftd ping so the real experts can weigh in. :)

[RoosterRedux]

Newt can probably recite the dictionary by heart, providing all usages of the words in it.

It's about time the GOP had a really smart guy on its side. He is gonna murder the libs.

[monkapotamus]

Newt Gingrich Slams Chris Wallace Over 'Gotcha Question'

[winkadink]

Why would you expect Chris Wallace to tell the truth about anything when Republicans/Conservatives are involved? He wants Obama to have a 2nd term.

[unkus]

Chris Wallace is an ass with his daddy’s name attached.

[xzins]

It does also have a negative connotation, but as you can see, it also has a positive one. An honest reporter would have said there was both a positive and a negative connotation and that Newt was using it appropriately in its positve sense.

Now, THAT would have been honest.

Not reporting that it also has a positive connotation, when you’ve just claimed to have looked the word up, is dishonest.

[yldstrk]

Some idiot dictionaries may claim it has a positive connotation, but it really doesn’t. Same with “notorious” there is no positive connotation to this word, but some ignoramuses use it that way. “Notorious” means well known for bad stuff not famous.

[Bender2]

Re: Chris Wallies Lies On National TV

And this... is news?

FNC overall may be slanted our way... but Chris Wallace isn't--

[broken_arrow1]

Wallace is a Romney butt sniffer - nuff said!

[RoosterRedux]

Haha! Just watched that video. PWNED!!!

[mosaicwolf]

... "An honest reporter would have said"...

Help me with this one. Is there such a concept?

[FrankR]

Actually, we - the people - knew what he meant, without the vocabulary lesson from Chris Wallace.

At this point, those trying to knock out the current GOP frontrunner, or threat to the frontrunner, are trying to kill him with a thousand paper cuts.

Those people who stand and cheer Newt are not worrying about his vocabulary.

The "elequent speaker" we now have in the WH has shown that speaking ability (albeit with teleprompter) doesn't mean that the "president" will do a great joy for the people.

I don't know what they'll climb on next - maybe his neckties or hair color - but it's far beyond apparent that the talking heads - even most on FOX news - are Romneyites, and next to protecting obama at all cost, they will shield for Romney to the end.

I hear repeatedly on the news that "...most people think Romney is the only one who can beat obama.". No...the news media is saying that because they know obama CAN beat Romney.

Like a sales manager I once knew told his team who were laughing at the top salesman's call report due to misspelled and misused words, "We need to stop worrying about spelling, and worry more about SELLING."

[ari-freedom]

“As an English major I can tell you the word “grandiose” does have a negative connotation.”

Of course it does which is why Santorum used that word to describe Newt.

[yldstrk]

Exactly!!!!! lol

[Lou L]

When is the last time a Democrat’s word choices have undergone such scrutiny? This is an example of a personal vendetta that Wallace has for Gingrich—trying to hit ‘em while he’s (allegedly) against the ropes.