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Jeri Thompson: Fox's Wallace owes Palin an apology
Politico ^ | 2/5/10 | Ben Smith

Posted on 02/07/2010 1:21:15 PM PST by pissant

Jeri Thompson blasted Fox News host Chris Wallace on the Fred Thompson show today, calling his joke that he hoped Sarah Palin would sit on his lap during an interview with him "inappropriate" and "insipid," and demanding "action from Fox.

Thompson, the wife of the former senator and presidential candidate, told POLITICO's Jonathan Martin that the remark, to Fox Business's Don Imus, amounted to misogyny, and that she was tired of seeing it from "these dirty old men" on Fox, a network that she said ought to be respectful of conservative women.

"Sarah Palin is now part of the Fox family," Thompson said on the show. "She deserves you all watching her back -- and I do not mean it literally."

Wallace, she said, "owes her an apology."

"Not only is she a national figure – she deserves the respect that any other man would get in that situation," Thompson said, saying that her inbox was full of complaints from conservative women over the segment, and that the Palin group Team Sarah, as well as the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List, were dismayed by the segment.

"I hope that Fox does something about this, and they actually take this on, because it is not funny," Thompson said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: apology; chriswallace; climategate; didntsaythat; education; fns; government; healthcare; jerithompson; military; neversaidthat; notbreakingnews; obama; obamacare; palin; politics; purebs; wasntsaid
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To: I see my hands
Libs have the White House, the Senate, the House, the military and the courts.

Yeah but WE'VE got the guns and ammo.
81 posted on 02/07/2010 2:40:29 PM PST by mkjessup (0bama squats to pee.)
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To: pissant
his joke that he hoped Sarah Palin would sit on his lap during an interview with him “inappropriate” and “insipid,”

I agree and if the joke was about Michelle Obama he would be fired you can bet on that.

82 posted on 02/07/2010 2:43:43 PM PST by McGruff (Don't whine. Explain to me who I should support other than Sarah Palin.)
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To: mkjessup
"Yeah but WE'VE got the guns and ammo."

They've got more and they are organized.


83 posted on 02/07/2010 2:44:02 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: nhwingut
I like Jeri’s tude. She puts up with zilch.

I like that she's saying what a lot of people have been thinking. Faux News runs the sleaze all the time. I've been laid up for a week and have watched a lot of TV when I'm not catching up on my reading, and it's amazing the amount of sleaze that FNC runs on its morning news shows. If I had little kids around, I wouldn't let them watch. Feels like National Enquirer got a channel or something at times.
84 posted on 02/07/2010 2:44:11 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: pissant

I wouldn’t mind if she sat on my lap either.

My wife and Todd might have some opposition to that, though. ;-)

Jeri needs to get over it.


85 posted on 02/07/2010 2:46:22 PM PST by DakotaRed (What happened to the country I fought for?)
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To: patriot preacher

Sorry, Preacher, but you are wrong on this one. This isn’t about being PC, or hyper-sensitive, but about acting with some class and having good manners. By virtue of even talking with Imus, Wallace set himself up for making this off-the-cuff remark. Wallace typically acts in a respectful manner, so why talk with Imus who has no class or manners, or audience??? I wish all so-called Conservatives would stop giving the Libs the time of day - stop being on their shows and giving them ammo. That Wallace had to chase down Palin for 18 months to get an interview is very interesting.


86 posted on 02/07/2010 2:48:25 PM PST by Sioux-san
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To: maggief

I think Dianne Feinstein is attractive for her age. SF wasn’t the sinkhole it is now when she was mayor.


87 posted on 02/07/2010 2:51:00 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: pissant

Since Ms. Palin is conservative, the hypocritical womens’ movement won’t call Chris on this.


88 posted on 02/07/2010 2:56:33 PM PST by RoadTest (The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. Ps. 119:130)
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To: pnh102

I think you’re probably correct for a good portion of the country, but I’m up here in the Northeast where Palin-trashing is proper cocktail party drivel.


89 posted on 02/07/2010 2:57:34 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: sabe@q.com

I don’t think her hair has moved since she was mayor of SF.


90 posted on 02/07/2010 2:58:05 PM PST by maggief
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To: 9YearLurker
I think you’re probably correct for a good portion of the country, but I’m up here in the Northeast where Palin-trashing is proper cocktail party drivel.

Where I work is geographically located in the belly of the beast so I hear ya. But an apology would get us no mileage with the leftist crowd.

91 posted on 02/07/2010 2:59:04 PM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: pissant

Media Matters For America is who is fussing about this and we fall for it?

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201002040018


92 posted on 02/07/2010 2:59:29 PM PST by DakotaRed (What happened to the country I fought for?)
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To: pissant

Aw jeez. I think Wallace was clearly being complimentary of Palin.
Maybe Jeri needs to set on Fred’s lap more.


93 posted on 02/07/2010 2:59:35 PM PST by em2vn
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To: maggief

But Feinstein is very intelligent and not your average run of the mill leftie.


94 posted on 02/07/2010 2:59:37 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: pissant

Chris Wallace is a chip off the old block his father, Mike Wallace.....BOTH PATHETIC!!


95 posted on 02/07/2010 3:01:37 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: nhwingut

Jeri is FABULOUS!!!


96 posted on 02/07/2010 3:02:13 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion,,,,,,the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: pnh102

You’re right—an apology wouldn’t get us or her any mileage. But it might put male reporters on notice for the future.


97 posted on 02/07/2010 3:05:59 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: pissant
Whoa! If Chris Wallace did say that, well, that was a rather unprofessional thing to say. I guess Chris Wallace's IQ is below 100.
98 posted on 02/07/2010 3:08:26 PM PST by Chgogal (American Mugabe, get your arse out of my bank, my car, my doctor's office & my elec. utility.)
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To: sabe@q.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_C._Blum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perini


99 posted on 02/07/2010 3:14:11 PM PST by maggief
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To: trumandogz
Wallace crossed the line and should be fired or suspended.

I've always worried that we would begin to adopt the tactics of the left and it appears that it's happening. If we must now be politically correct, then it's all over.

If Sarah were to make a comment about Scott Brown's good looks -- which I could see her doing in good humor -- would we have to condemn her, too? Give it a break, folks.

Once upon a time, complimenting someone's physical attractiveness was considered a good thing.

100 posted on 02/07/2010 3:15:05 PM PST by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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