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EXCERPT Wallace, who moderated the first presidential debate on Tuesday, reacted during a conversation on Fox News with Sandra Smith: "I'm gonna say something, and folks, I'm just trying to give you the truth. Folks, Dr. Scott Atlas is not an epidemiologist, is not an infectious disease specialist. He has no training in this area at all." ... "There are a number of top people on the president's coronavirus task force who have had grave concerns about Scott Atlas and his scientific bona fides," Wallace continued. "He can't know because the president is just in the earliest stages of this....

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace had a lot of thoughts on Friday morning following the massive news that President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19, scolding the Trump family for declining to wear masks at Tuesday’s debate and then, in a later segment, dismissing the expertise of the president’s Fox-friendly coronavirus adviser. Appearing on Fox & Friends, Wallace excoriated the Trumps for refusing to adhere to the safety restrictions put in place by the Cleveland Clinic at the debate hall. Fox host Sandra Smith, meanwhile, brought up an “exclusive interview” that the network recent obtained from Dr. Scott Atlas,...

Fox News’ Chris Wallace says he's “sad” about how the presidential debate he moderated Tuesday night turned out and that he never dreamt that it would “go off the tracks the way it did,” in a phone interview with The New York Times. The 90-minute debate between President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden began and ended with the candidates interpreting and talking over each other – at times with harsh words. Trump said Biden was not "smart.” Biden called Trump a “clown" and asked him to “shut up.” “I’m just sad with the way last night turned out,” Wallace...

Fox News Channel’s Wallace said the lesson from President Donald Trump’s positive coronavirus diagnosis was “wear the damn mask” on Friday’s broadcast of FNC’s “America’s Newsroom.” Wallace said, “In terms of what went on in the hall, it was curious. The Biden camp and Mrs. Biden, Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, all their people all came in wearing masks and wore them throughout the entire debate. The Trump family came in, I’m told, wearing masks but then took them off once they sat down in their seats. That actually violated the rules of the Cleveland Clinic, which was in charge...

CLAIM: Chris Wallace -- during an Interview on Fox News -- says President Trump started 'engaging with Biden... but it became clear, and clearer over time the President was determined to try to butt in or throw Joe Biden off." FALSE-- In the first 10 minutes of the debate: CHRIS WALLACE interrupted TRUMP 3 times. TRUMP did not interrupt WALLACE. BIDEN interrupted TRUMP 9 times. TRUMP interrupted BIDEN 1 time. THE TRUTH: JOE BIDEN and CHRIS WALLACE set the tone for the evening by interrupting TRUMP a combined total of 12 times in the first 10 minutes; while TRUMP clocked...