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Chris Wallace: Media Bias 'Astonishing'
NewsMax.com ^ | 16 October 2005 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 10/16/2005 5:40:36 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!

"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace said Friday that since leaving the mainstream networks behind to join Fox he's noticed an "astonishing" amount of biased reporting on the part of his former colleagues.

"I came from the mainstream media and I didn't used to feel this way," Wallace told WRKO Boston radio host Howie Carr.

In radio interviews he does to promote his Sunday broadcast, Wallace said, the questions he gets are almost always slanted against the Bush administration.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bias; chriswallace; fns; foxnews; leftistbias; leftistlies; media; mediabias; msm
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To: dinok
"Fox is a start...we need a major network."

In the "news" category these days, Fox "is" a major network. Their ratings now surpass their competitors.

61 posted on 10/16/2005 6:58:09 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (\\)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Leftwing media bias was much more subtle years ago, so I will give Chris Wallace some slack. During the the past 2-3 years, however, it has become "astonishing" how far the media will go to trash the President.


62 posted on 10/16/2005 6:58:21 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Chris, grow up and get a brain!


63 posted on 10/16/2005 7:02:32 AM PDT by Doc Savage (...because they stand on a wall, and they say nothing is going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch!)
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To: G.Mason

Are you logged on?


64 posted on 10/16/2005 7:03:58 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they have to.)
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To: bmwcyle

I had the same reaction as you did...he's either dumb are not being totally truthful. Either one is not good.


65 posted on 10/16/2005 7:05:36 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they have to.)
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To: G.Mason
".....Chris Wallace is now simply projecting his employers line, and if and when he goes to another employer he will echo their montra. JMHO....."

[*LOL*] I agree.

66 posted on 10/16/2005 7:06:17 AM PDT by DoctorMichael (The Fourth-Estate is a Fifth-Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: MarkL

"I have an Aunt who tells me that she can't stand President Bush. When I ask her for specific reasons, she can't come up with any. She "just doesn't like him." "

I have in-laws who feel the same way. I ask her if she doesn't like Bush's values. She said no. It was at that point that I lost all hope in talking with her.

All my mother in law does is tell me how Halliburton is going to take her SS check and how Bush implemented the draft and gave all the NO contracts to his cronies. Of course in the Star Ledger it mentioned only Becchtel and The Shaw group. I told her the Shaw group was run by the chairman of the NO DNC. She called me a liar.



67 posted on 10/16/2005 7:11:31 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
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To: Alas Babylon!; Miss Marple

The few times I have seen Chris Wallace on FNC, he reminds me of a cross between Paula Zahn and Bill Krystal, a sneering a sexual possum who hates conservatives and GW.


68 posted on 10/16/2005 7:13:18 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Jamie Gorelick is responsible for more dead Americans(9-11) than those killed in Iraq.)
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To: my side
I do not like Bush! He is a fiscal Liberal! 30 years ago - he would NOT have been able to run as a Republican!

I have to take issue with this. About 30 years ago, a Republican President ushered in price/wage controls, established OSHA and EPA, and presided over numerous other liberal policies. The Republican Party was more liberal 30 years ago. Please refer to Senators like Jacob Javits, Mark Hatfield, Bob Packwood, Lowell Weicker, and not to forget Robert Dole.

In your urge to hate Bush, please do not rewrite the history of Republican conservatism. While Bush has not followed the grass-roots conservative policies on some issues (like spending and immigration), on almost everything else, he is far to the right of Nixon and Ford.

69 posted on 10/16/2005 7:13:23 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: MarkL
I have an Aunt who tells me that she can't stand President Bush. When I ask her for specific reasons, she can't come up with any. She "just doesn't like him."

She must be my co-worker. I had Fox News up with a picture of President Bush visited Mississippi after Katrina. She, mistakingly thinking that he was in New Orleans, went on a rant about how he was "getting in the way of the rescuers". When I pointed out that he was a full state away she immediately switched gears and began to rant about how he should be visiting the Super Dome but he was too much of a coward.

I pointed out the contradiction in her stance and she snapped "Well, I don't like him. He's too smug and sure of himself.".

I said very dryly, "Usually that is called confidence by normal people." She turned bright red and flounced off.

70 posted on 10/16/2005 7:14:57 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Warning: Not a Romantic or hero worshiper. Attempts to tug at my heartstrings annoy me... and I bite)
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To: Paleo Conservative
Mike Wallace used to call himself a Republican. Nixon even let him have exclusive interviews.

So did the New York Times, which endorsed Nixon's boss for President. Back then "Republican" meant "not a racist Southerner", and little else.

71 posted on 10/16/2005 7:14:59 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: my side
30 years ago - he would NOT have been able to run as a Republican!

Actually he would have but don't allow reality to in any way block your historical illiteracy. Or have you forgotten Nixon?

72 posted on 10/16/2005 7:17:42 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Warning: Not a Romantic or hero worshiper. Attempts to tug at my heartstrings annoy me... and I bite)
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To: Pharmboy
I know Chris was lead down the path of stuck on stupid from his father. Chris is growing up a little late in life. The threads were flame wars around here when Chris got the job. Many Freepers defended the Fox News choice. Either New York City is the "Protective Cone of Fantasy" or Chris needs to cross the George Washington Bridge and head west. He might wake up in the fresh air.
73 posted on 10/16/2005 7:17:43 AM PDT by bmwcyle (We broke Pink's Code and found a terrorist message)
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To: alnick

Isn't Miller now in the Hitlery "I don't remember" club?


74 posted on 10/16/2005 7:18:10 AM PDT by Paladin2 (MSM rioted over Katrina and looted the truth)
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To: Pharmboy
"Are you logged on?"


Not yet. What did I do? ;)



75 posted on 10/16/2005 7:21:30 AM PDT by G.Mason ("Necessity is the mother of taking chances" ... Mark Twain)
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To: MarkL
My mother-in-law is exactly the same way. She "just doesn't trust" Bush. Yet she had no problem with John Kerry. She's a fine woman, with traditional values, yet cannot see how the Dimmicrats undercut everything she stands for. I don't understand it myself.

Even when the MSM was the only media there was, I could see the bias, and despaired. Rush was like manna from heaven for me. It was the first time I really realized there were large numbers of people who thought as I did out there.
76 posted on 10/16/2005 7:21:44 AM PDT by chesley
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To: DoctorMichael
Things are looking up. That's two of us. ;)



77 posted on 10/16/2005 7:22:51 AM PDT by G.Mason ("Necessity is the mother of taking chances" ... Mark Twain)
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To: G.Mason
I was just funnin' with ya...you're always going after the good conservatives that question Dubya's decisions like you did in the post that I replied to.

I think this Miers pick is a legitimate question mark as do many others on this forum and about a dozen genuine conservative commentators. I think that is healthy, and the debate should be joined (as long as we don't devolve into a nasty, leftoid, name-calling battle royal). Just my opinion.

78 posted on 10/16/2005 7:27:59 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they have to.)
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To: bmwcyle

Good answer...okay, I'll be a bit more patient with him.


79 posted on 10/16/2005 7:29:04 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they have to.)
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To: MarkL; Mia T; Grampa Dave; MeekOneGOP
. . . she was unable to think of a single favorable news report she's seen regarding the Bush administration, or anything it's done.

Now now, Mark. You're being grossly unfair. How dare you and the other FReepers take on the Libbers using facts in your argument.

LOL.

Most Libbers, and anti-GW'ers . . . like your aunt . . . just don't know how to deal with facts. Many, many in our nation just drink the koolaid poured by the MSM'ers and don't even want to exercise their noodle. They just go silent when given an opportunity to participate in a factual debate.

You and thousands of FReepers are making a positive difference. Keep fighting the good fight, Mark.

I'm surrounded by Hispanics in my tiny Texas-town. Yes, even some illegals. History dictates that they would all be leaning to the Democrats, right? WRONG!!.

Our local Hispanic population is probably 90% conservative. Why? I know it's wrong to generalize but I'm too damned old to change. Anyway . . . the Hispanics I've been exposed to in my 52 West-Texas, Redneck years are . . .
1. . . . strongly pro-family.
2. . . . devout Catholics.
3. . . . proud, hard working, and have latched on to the American Dream with an inspirational passion. I know of seven of the children who graduated from high school here. All had straight A's . . . four were Valedictorians of their classes . . . two were ONLY Salutatorians.
4. . . . lastly and most importantly . . . the heads of four Hispanic families on my street insist that their children view Free Republic every day and bring at least one topic to the dinner table at every meal so the family can discuss BOTH sides of the subject. IN ENGLISH!! The first language of the parents is Spanish . . . but they insist it be English for their children.

Their favorite FRee Republic discussions are articles written or posted by Mia T, MeekOneGOP, Steyn, and Grampa Dave. You made their list today, Mark. You'll be discussed at noon. My seven year-old girlfriend, Monica, called then sent me an email linking me to your post. Seven years old! And already a FReeper. Because of folks like y'all.

With their priorities, Hispanics should naturally be conservatives. They don't have a home with the liberals where everything goes. Many are starting to wake up.

Be proud, folks . . . you're making a difference. Even in the communities that have "historically" been the Liberals for the asking. Free Republic has even motivated the three illegals I know to hire attorneys to become REAL American citizens. One of them has been here for 30 years . . . but he sees the damage that illegal immigration is doing to his adopted land so he wants to set an example for his children. Yes, he's Monica's father and he refuses to let me marry her. LOL.

I'm disabled and can't join y'all in an active way . . . but I always manage to log on to FRee Republic at least once a day, regardless of how my day is going. Mainly so I can find at least one story of how my fellow FReepers are taking on our enemies. Your post did it for me today, Mark. I thank you. You and the others who refuse to give in to our enemies are the ONLY reason I manage to keep a somewhat optimistic attitude.

God, how I love my fellow FReepers.

I can do nothing but cheerlead now . . . so . . . hoooo-raaah, shish-boom-baaah. Kick another Libber for me today.

LOL. I know it doesn't rhyme . . . but, hell, I don't have the legs of a cheerleader anyway.

80 posted on 10/16/2005 7:37:32 AM PDT by geedee (Most people don't really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility and courage.)
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