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Home Front: Politix
Chris Wallace to Trump: You're seen around the world as a 'beacon for repression'
2018-11-19
[The Hill] Fox News anchor Chris Wallace told President Trump that he is viewed as a "beacon for repression around the world" because of his repeated attacks against the press.

Wallace made the statement to Trump while conducting a sit-down interview with the president that was aired on Sunday. In it, Wallace pressed Trump about his rhetoric in regard to the media, noting that most presidents haven't like the coverage of their administrations.

"No president has liked his press coverage ... Nobody called it the enemy of the American people," Wallace said.

"The fake news is the enemy ‐ it’s fake, it’s phony," Trump replied, before claiming that he doesn't mind negative press coverage if he gets something wrong.

But Wallace pushed Trump on the topic, saying that "leaders in authoritarian countries like Russia, China, Venezuela, now repress the media using your words."

After Trump said he can't speak for other countries, Wallace stated that "you’re seen around the world as a beacon for repression."
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  Chris - isn't it the least bit egocentric to assume you know the opinions/beliefs 'around the world'?

You preening, pompous, posturing twit.
Posted by: Bobby   2018-11-19 16:20  

#12  I blame it on 60 Minutes(CBS)™ style of "Ambush Journalism" and the television medium. The reporters have bought into the fatuous idea that the way to produce News is to Provoke their interviewee into a verbal slip (Remember all of those Perry Mason courtroom dramas?) and ♫ Expose The Truth! ♫
...Each reporters gets to be the superhero of their own personal docu-drama. Chris Wallace (and Shep Smith, and Geraldo Riviera, and so on) isn't Socrates, he isn't Perry Mason either, and his shtick gets tiresome.
Posted by: magpie   2018-11-19 13:32  

#11  Can you name 10 nations where the press is not govt controlled? UK -- nope. Canada-- hate speech laws. Five? Three?
Posted by: regular joe   2018-11-19 11:58  

#10  I suspect other countries see our press complaining about words and laugh at their considering that oppression.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-11-19 11:57  

#9  "you’re seen around the world as a beacon for repression"

No, the real repressive folks are just lighting up their target.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-11-19 11:38  

#8  They aren't the press. They are demoncratic operatives with bylines.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-11-19 09:05  

#7  De-centralize power and deregulation are acts of 'repression'? Chris is probably in the Nazis were not socialist but conservatives crowd.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-11-19 09:03  

#6  Miiiiiiister Wallichinsky. F*ck You!
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-11-19 08:42  

#5  And Chris is a beacon of stupidity
Posted by: Slolutle Cloluse3142   2018-11-19 08:23  

#4  Wallace has always been a preening tool, just like his Dad
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-19 07:40  

#3  Jerry Springer was funny and good it it and knew it was trash.

The MSM just don't have any self-awareness.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-11-19 05:30  

#2  I blame it on (quote) News (un-quote) becoming Infotainment™. The Jerry Springer Show 24/7/365 with no adult supervision...
Posted by: magpie   2018-11-19 04:30  

#1  Chris Wallace attempting to make Jim Acosta and Trevor Noah look acceptable ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-19 03:24  

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