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Chris Wallace On White House: “Biggest Bunch Of Crybabies I’ve Seen”

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Picture 5President Barack Obama is making all the media rounds this weekend, going on five Sunday news programs to drum up support for his health care reform. One network not included in his very busy schedule? Fox News. Last night Bill O’Reilly had the host of “Fox News Sunday” Chris Wallace on to discuss the White House’s decision to exclude FNC from Obama’s Sunday tour, and while Wallace seemed to want to take the high road, it got a little juvenile.

Oh the irony. Just after saying just “how petty” this White House is and how it’s nothing like the Reagan Administration, Fox’s Wallace called the Obama administration “the biggest bunch of crybabies I have dealt with in my 30 years in Washington.” So much for the high road.

Later in the segment O’Reilly repeatedly made the point (made here before) that Obama is making a big mistake by snubbing Fox News. As we’ve said before, the real debate on health care is between the White House and Fox News.

Attacks on the Obama administration are not uncommon on Fox News, but accusations of bias are often rebutted with the claim that FNC’s primetime hosts are “analysts” or “commenters”, not journalists, and hold themselves to a different standard. It’s worth noting that Chris Wallace is regarded as one of the premier television journalists, not just for Fox, but across the industry. Which makes his comment all the more stunning.

The piece wrapped up with Wallace and O’Reilly agreeing, nay, pleading with the White House to “let Fox Help them.” And they have a point. While the techniques of Fox News are certainly up for debate, it is difficult to argue with the net result — they appear to have more influence in the political discourse right now than any other outlet. Perhaps the Obama administration would be better served engaging with FNC instead of fighting them, because it appears to be a battle that the White House is losing right now.


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  • m

    Cry babies? Didn’t Chris Wallace have a stupid clock counting the amount of days Obama rejected to appear on his show? And why would President Obama voluntarily choose to be interviewed by the main political opposition? The only reason Fox wants the President on is so they can humiliate him.

  • m

    Maybe Chris will ask a question about Obama’s birth certificate because “we’ve been getting a lot of emails from viewers” about it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carol-McKenna/1271447303 Carol McKenna

    Fox News is to news as Scientology is to science.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Barron/1655390030 Joe Barron

    Wallace is a suck up to his FAUX news Masters.. His Father must be so proud of his “Journalism”.

    OT: “Is there a John Luck Pickerd here….” Q

  • ImNotBlue

    The only reason Fox wants the President on is so they can humiliate him.

    Obama was on O’Reilly before… the segment was regarded as one of the best interviews done with Obama, prior to the election… by many journalists (aka not right-wingers). So there’s his incentive.

    Plus, FOX News Sunday is a FNC/FOX local hybrid program… so to group it in with Beck and Hannity, is a bit of a stretch.

    And why would President Obama voluntarily choose to be interviewed by the main political opposition?

    Isn’t this a question Obama himself has asked and answered in regards to our “enemies?” He’s willing to talk to them, even though they’re harsh on AMERICA… but not to FOX because they’re harsh on HIM. You see the difference?

    Oh the irony. Just after saying just “how petty” this White House is and how it’s nothing like the Reagan Administration, Fox’s Wallace called the Obama administration “the biggest bunch of crybabies I have dealt with in my 30 years in Washington.” So much for the high road.

    You misrepresented what Wallace was saying. Wallace’s complaint was with the entire PR department of the White House, which apparently calls and harasses news folks (like him), every time they don’t like what someone (a guest, a host, etc.) has said or asked. That shows very thin skin, and a strong desire to always “control the message,” and does make them look like cry babies.

    FURTHERMORE, I’d like to point out where this video actually came from. If you notice the title of the YouTube clip, “Chris “Daddy Never Loved Me” Wallace, Whines & Moans Obama a Bunch of Crybabies”. Didn’t we talk about how unacceptable it was for KO to refer to O’Reilly’s father a few weeks ago? Why is Mediaite using such a clip? Additionally, the clip is posted from someone with the name, “RagingLib” and is originally sourced to “MediaMatters.org.”

    This, of course, leads to a few questions… (1) Is this where you’re getting your information from? (2) Why doesn’t Mediaite put up it’s own clips? (3) Is Colby Hall actually “RagingLib”? (4) Do you regard MM as a trust-able source? (5) Is this what Mediaite is going to be… a covert left-of-center site, which refuses to acknowledge it’s biases, and attempts to pass off suspect material as unbiased?

  • thelowedown

    It’s simple. I’m sure Obama would go on FNS, and FNC shows like O’Reilly or Shepard Smith or Brett Baier. However, I wouldn’t go on any Fox show if they went around letting a host call me a racist. It’s that plain and simple.

  • sarainitaly

    obama is preaching to the choir by going on ABC, NBC, CBS. If he wants to bring more people on board he needs to address viewers of FOX.

    If you want to grow your base, you don’t cluck to the same hens over and over again. You have to visit other hen houses.

    Obama doesn’t gain anything by preaching to his followers. It’s the doubters that need to be converted.

    Since he’s like the smartest president, evah! you would think he would realize that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Barron/1655390030 Joe Barron

    The FAUX viewers NEED to get news from OTHER places..
    CNN is Fighting Back!! So is MSNBC.. and its about time!

    CNN ad responds to Fox ad’s false claim: “Fox News: distorting, not reporting” http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200909180056

  • sarainitaly

    It’s impossible to not get news from other places. FOX viewers do see news from other places.

    CNN reported on the event, but they missed the point of the story entirely. Smearing the attendees, calling them extremists, racists, teabaggers, etc. is missing the story.

    Underreporting the numbers is also missing the story. Avoiding the reasons people are upset is missing the story.

    Calling people racist and just throwing hate their way is missing the story.

  • CaptainAmerica

    ImNotBlue is totally correct. It is wong to use a video from that dishonest organization MediaMatters. There have been MSNBC anchors who have attacked that organization. If I’m not mistaken even Dan Abrams complained about them on air. Colby why don’t you check with Dan and ask him his feelings on them?

    Also, here’s an article from Politco on the situation:

    http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0909/Wallace_calls_WH_biggest_bunch_of_crybabies.html

  • SuperSmart

    Obama isn’t an idiot. Touching on a narrative-post I just made in another thread… The narrative being presented by Fox News 24/7/365 is that of Obama-is-probably-a-Muslim-Marxist-Communist-Socialist-Nazi-liar-fraud-racist who is here to give free abortions to all and to take money from all white Americans to give to the black American population as reparations for slavery.

    If a “news” network were to actively promote that narrative against you… would you give them an interview? Would you even listen to what they were saying? Or would you simply realize that you can’t fix crazy and just ignore them?

    And sarainitaly: “Smearing the attendees, calling them extremists, racists, teabaggers, etc. is missing the story.”

    Did you not see the pictures and video from that gathering of extremists and racists? Because that is exactly what a LARGE segment of that group was. To not label them as such would be ignoring reality.

  • Jim Treacher

    The only reason Fox wants the President on is so they can humiliate him.

    He’s been doing fine with that all by himself.

    However, I wouldn’t go on any Fox show if they went around letting a host call me a racist.

    Obama isn’t a racist. He just judges people without having the facts, based on the color of their skin.

    Obama isn’t an idiot.

    If you have to keep insisting it…

    Did you not see the pictures and video from that gathering of extremists and racists? Because that is exactly what a LARGE segment of that group was.

    Sure, and Code Pink is a LARGE segment of the left.

  • sarainitaly

    Here is a PERFECT example of the LEFT distorting and lying and misrepresenting the facts.

    http://hotair.com/archives/2009/09/19/media-matters-dishonest-editing-in-support-of-their-smear-argument-exposed/

    Alan Colmes this week totally lied about Limbaugh and his segment where he was mocking the Is your Baby Racist Newsweek article, and the comments he made about the kids on the bus.

    I used to believe ALL this crap from the left. I just took what they said as truth, and never verified the truth. The LIE all the time. Edit and cut, and misrepresent.

    Marc Lamont Hill totally lied about the ACORN scandal, saying the admitted to going to hundreds of ACORN offices. He is a LIAR.

    How many people did the MSM have to interview to find the handful of off color comments they got? How many of the THOUSANDS of signs did they have to read at the rally to find the few questionable ones?

    Even Carter lied about the sign: Bury Obamacare with Kennedy. He called it Bury Obama with Kennedy. It was distributed by a Catholic Anti-abortion group who was trying to insert themselves into the day. That was NOT representative of the average tea party goer.

    The liberals on here keep trashing the right but won’t look in the frickin mirror!

    http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/people-have-shortest-attention-spans.html

    http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/did-obama-joker-poster-cross-line.html

    http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/there-is-plenty-of-bs-for-plants-in.html

    Who made a MOVIE about the assassination of a sitting president?

    “Did you not see the pictures and video from that gathering of extremists and racists? Because that is exactly what a LARGE segment of that group was. To not label them as such would be ignoring reality.” ~ SuperSmart says

    That is a total LIE. Keep spreading that filthy lie *supersmart*….

  • SFPhoto

    Jim Treacher’s post is amazing in that is covers all the bases! I would just like to add MSNBC is in and of itself “A Sickness Unto Death,” and I wonder why this site is so largely fixated on Fox News?

  • SuperSmart

    Jim Treacher: “Sure, and Code Pink is a LARGE segment of the left.”

    Agreed. The racists/hate-filled segment that made up a large section of the 9/12ers are not the majority of the right… but unfortunately it is this very segment that is dictating the conversation for the right as a whole.

    And conversely, If Code Pink were to dictate the conversation from the left, the right, the center, independents and the conservative-left would be pointing out the absurdity of their tactics in chorus.

  • CaptainAmerica

    This is why no one should ever use video from Media Matters EVER. They’ve been busted for lying yet again:

    http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/09/17/another-distortion-and-attempt-to-defend-acorn-by-attacking-the-messenger-1.php

  • sarainitaly

    it is this very segment that is dictating the conversation for the right as a whole

    No, it is the segment that the Liberal MSM is focusing on, thus making you believe that is what is dictating the conversation.

  • sarainitaly

    Here is a PERFECT example of the LEFT distorting and lying and misrepresenting the facts.

    http://hotair.com/archives/2009/09/19/media-matters-dishonest-editing-in-support-of-their-smear-argument-exposed/

    Alan Colmes this week totally lied about Limbaugh and his segment where he was mocking the Is your Baby Racist Newsweek article, and the comments he made about the kids on the bus.

    I used to believe ALL this crap from the left. I just took what they said as truth, and never verified the truth. The LIE all the time. Edit and cut, and misrepresent.

    Marc Lamont Hill totally lied about the ACORN scandal, saying the admitted to going to hundreds of ACORN offices. He is a LIAR.

    How many people did the MSM have to interview to find the handful of off color comments they got? How many of the THOUSANDS of signs did they have to read at the rally to find the few questionable ones?

    Even Carter lied about the sign: Bury Obamacare with Kennedy. He called it Bury Obama with Kennedy. It was distributed by a Catholic Anti-abortion group who was trying to insert themselves into the day. That was NOT representative of the average tea party goer.

    The liberals on here keep trashing the right but won’t look in the frickin mirror!

    Who made a MOVIE about the assassination of a sitting president?

    “Did you not see the pictures and video from that gathering of extremists and racists? Because that is exactly what a LARGE segment of that group was. To not label them as such would be ignoring reality.” ~ SuperSmart says

    That is a total LIE. Keep spreading that filthy lie *supersmart*….

    (I just noticed my earlier post didn’t show up…i had some links in it.)

  • m

    thelowedown nailed it. If I was Obama I’d only go on to be interviewed by Shepard Smith or Brett Baier. Or Geraldo or Alan Colmes.

  • SuperSmart

    sarainitaly… Apparently you (nor CaptainAmerica) can’t grasp the concept that justifying idiocy from your side of the fence by pointing to the idiocy on the other side of the fence is a losing proposition. Apparently if your opponents are going to jump off a bridge, you will do it too. “Well THEY DID IT FIRST!!!!!!!!!1″

    And take 2 minutes to browse through the postings on Flickr from the 9/12 gathering — there are tons available — and you will quickly come to realize that there was no need to comb through the pictures of the signs held by the protesters in an attempt to find a few that were hateful — as the majority of the signs were hateful.

    Calling me a liar in light of your ignorance of this fact is your failing and is shameful. Shame on you.

  • mastertechmedia

    I love Liberals…I even have a few “Token” Liberal friends. First of all, I would not want someone leading this country if he can’t take on his adversaries head-on. Obama’s refusal to sit down with Fox News, is a big mistake and sends a clear message, I will only talk with people who like me. Let’s face it….he is in over his head and in less than a year his presidency is crumbling around him. I don’t blame him directly, he has surrounded himself with some real left-wing radicals who’s allegiance to this country are suspect at best. If I had his ear, I’d tell him to move to the center, and quit with the social issues. Focus on the economy, forget all this “Cap and Trade” , Investigate the CIA, crap and then I would do everything in my power to get that nut-case Pelosi out of power in the house, and get someone who is an American and has some degree of intelligence. You know, on second thought, I’d tell President Obama, “you’re doing a great job” and I’d make sure all my talking heads visited the liberal media, so they could convince themselves how great Obama is doing. Please make sure Pelosi stays Speaker of the House. Come November 2010, the Liberals are going to be scratching their heads trying to figure out why most of them were booted out of office…oh they try to play the “Race Card”…Blah…Blah…Blah…So…Listen up Liberals…PLEASE DON’T CHANGE A THING…you’re doing a great job….Keep trying to move the country even more the left….let no government program go unfunded…in fact…while you’re at it….increase federal funding for ACORN.

    Michael Erwin – CEO Mastertech Media Corp

  • Des

    Well SS, if it only takes you 2 minutes to browse through the tens of thousands of signs, read them all, then determine the exact number of ones you consider hateful versus the ones that are legitimately critical of the government’s tax and spend policies, then I guess we have our answer as to how seriously to take your posts. There’s a word for someone who so readily stereotypes people he doesn’t know…..I believe it’s called being a bigot.

  • Des

    Anyone who’s surprised by the crybaby behavior of this administration was just living on another planet during the election. Obama is the most thin-skinned President we’ve had since Carter. The Dems tipped their hand early when they refused to debate on Fox (despite it having the highest ratings of all the cable news networks). They screamed that Fox wasn’t fair, yet you saw the Republicans debating everywhere they were invited. It’s called being the President of the entire US, not just the part of it that agrees with you.

    Seriously, was anyone actually surprised to hear Tea Party and Town Hall protesters called everything from racists, to a mob, to evil? It’s the way the Dems have been behaving for a decade. I almost fell out of my chair laughing at Nancy Pelosi saying people were being too mean and it was scaring her. That’s like the late, great Sam Kinison complaining about a comedian being too dirty. You have to be a moron not to understand how full of crap she is.

  • sarainitaly

    “justifying idiocy from your side of the fence by pointing to the idiocy on the other side of the fence is a losing proposition”

    attacking a president for 8 years, the first female pres. candidate, and a female VP candidate viciously, and then screaming racism and whining about it just because people are criticizing Obama is hypocrisy.

    http://sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/did-obama-joker-poster-cross-line.html

    Don’t *my side of the fence* me. I was a dem, now I am an indy. but i know hypocrisy and lies when i see them.

    (and while Hillary is a Dem, she was attacked by Obama supporters during the primary. These charges of racism began two years ago, during the primary. Anyone who didn’t support Obama was called a racist by the left. I know, I was one of them. I even liked him when the primary season first started, but because i preferred Hiallary, I was called a racist sl*t by numerous Bots.)

  • Jim Treacher

    The racists/hate-filled segment that made up a large section of the 9/12ers are not the majority of the right… but unfortunately it is this very segment that is dictating the conversation for the right as a whole.

    No it’s not, liar.

  • Jim Treacher

    Calling me a liar in light of your ignorance of this fact is your failing and is shameful. Shame on you.

    Calling a lie a fact is the most shameful thing of all, liar.

  • m

    Most of the 9/12ers were of the right-wing fringe. Fox News aligning itself with 9/12ers is like MSNBC aligning itself with Code Pink protests.

  • ImNotBlue

    Most of the 9/12ers were of the right-wing fringe.

    What is the proof or evidence for this statement?

    thelowedown says:
    September 19, 2009 at 9:41 am

    What exactly has Chris Wallace said to so offend Obama, as to make this avoidance acceptable? Wallace isn’t Glenn Beck… he isn’t Hannity… he’s in the same vein as Smith or Baier… so what’s the beef?

  • mastertechmedia

    What you have is a minor league president, surrounding himself with minor league advisers/czars, trying to run a Big League Country. I see rookie, mistake after rookie mistake. Compound that with the “Softball” questions the president receives from the liberal press, and he’s never going to be able to play in the big leagues. Only when the President steps up to the plate and takes some hard balls thrown at him will he ever prove himself capable of leading a big league country. I’m sure he’d do a fine job leading Kenya….perhaps he should run for president there….It appears that’s where he was born….so that would make him eligible.

  • zflynn

    A couple of years ago, I never thought someone could replace Bush who’d make me miss him, but good ol’ Obama did before he even won the office. But now the bumbling and incompetence is so hysterical I’m not sure I’d want anyone else around. We’re watching history, folks, the fastest crash and burn presidency in history. I’ve never seen a president and his die hard supporters so quickly alientate so many others so quickly. And they’re such knuckleheads, incompetents and boobs, you don’t worry about them like you did Georgie Boy and Cheney. The only problem is any real candidate who represents real change is not supported by the Republicans either it seems. Georgie Boy ran up an enormous tab and expanded government to massively bigger heights. Until the average republican stops thinking government is a solution for social problems/issues, we’ll continue to get Obaminations and Goergie Boys exchanging their turns at the feeding troughs funded by Joe and Jane Doe Taxpayer .

  • Magister

    @ImNotBlue: I have no inside knowledge, but I’m thinking…

    1) It was kind of for them to snub Fox News.

    2) The typical Fox viewer is not going to sign onto the reform plan, no matter what he says. So, there’s not a lot of reason to try and sell the unsellable.

    3) Many more people watch the other shows combined, than watch Chris Wallace’s Sunday thing.

    4) O’Reilly and Beck declared war against the White House on behalf of all of Fox News, not just their individual programs.

    5) By not appearing with Mr. Wallace, it places some limits on the amount of video Fox can dissect.

  • Magister

    Correction: #1 should’ve read;
    It was kind of fun for them to snub Fox News.

    (an edit button would be nice)

  • shootfromthehip

    Why would Obama go on Chris’ show after Chris has done nothing but attack him every Sunday for the past 4 months with falsehoods aplenty? Fox needs to start showing a little “balance” or they will get shut out everytime. They can’t have it both ways. Either put the “news” back in Fox News or stop whining about how the President won’t come on your show. He went on O’Reilly last year so don’t say he’s “scared” or whatever. I just think he doesn’t want to let Faux News drive the news cycle this time with some fake outrage controversy. Anyway, they are low rated anyway and will have to cover it regardless (we already know what they will say — the sky is falling! The world will end if Americans believe him!) so who needs ‘em anyway.

  • shootfromthehip

    Oh and Chris Wallace, newsflash: It’s YOU coming across like a crybaby, not the WH or Obama.

  • m

    90% of all Fox News viewers voted for McCain/Palin. The 9/12 rally was organized by Fox News. They’re the political opposition. Why would Obama choose to go on the network?

  • Billy Carter

    @ m

    “90% of all Fox News viewers voted for McCain/Palin.”

    If the above is true, so what? The same could be said of MSNBC viewers. Irrelevant to the subject of the story above, as Fox News viewers are Americans too.

    “The 9/12 rally was organized by Fox News.”

    9/12 Project organized by Glenn Beck, under the umbrella of Fox. Again, irrelevant to the story.

    “They’re the political opposition”

    BINGO!!….all the more reason to face your political opposition and at least try to persuade.

    “Why would Obama choose to go on the network?”

    For one, he’d be guaranteed a larger audience, contributing to his goal of reaching as many people as possible. Secondly, as President and one who vigorously campaigned on transparency and inclusiveness, he should embrace this opportunity. Shunning Fox News makes the President appear as though he is too thin skinned to face the possibility of tough questions. He’s a master at communicating, so this gives the impression that he’s punishing Fox for not giving him support a la MSNBC and again, as a thin-skinned lightweight. Appearing on Letterman is a huge mistake. He doesn’t need to let people know that he’s also “hip”. He’s the President and leader of the free world. Leave the Letterman appearances to actors and tv personalities.

  • ImNotBlue

    Magister says:
    September 20, 2009 at 2:23 am

    I’ll respond point by point for you:

    1) Fun for whom? Fun for the White House? Is that the level of pettiness you want from the President?

    2) A few points: Don’t forget that FOX News Sunday airs on local FOX stations, not just on FNC, so the potential audience is much larger. Also, how does this help the President combat all the “false information” being spread? If it’s the right who’s spreading this “misinformation” (as the WH calls it), shouldn’t they try to address what they see as the source? Isn’t that more effective, than shunning them? Also, if you only talk to the people who agree with you, what does that say about Obama’s pledge to be “bi-partisan?” Seems that by snubbing those who disagree, you are essentially saying, “I don’t care what you think,” a contradiction of his previously stated goals… certainly not unifying.

    3) If you’re going to do all the shows, do all the shows. What exactly are the ratings for Univision anyway? (PS- Univision, unless I’m mistaken, is an NBC property… so he’s really seeing them twice today.)

    4) O’Reilly has been very fair to the President, and defends him more than I thought he would. Beck attacks Obama daily. But neither of them have the authority to speak for all of FOX News, FOX, or NewsCorp. That’s a weak excuse… the equivalent of saying Olbermann and Ed speak for all of NBC and GE.

    5) Are you implying that the White House is actively afraid of Wallace and FOX? By not wanting them to have more ammunition, isn’t that them running scared? Furthermore, FOX can still pick up quotes and video from the other interviews… that won’t be a problem.

    The only thing this really does is help FOX… and here are the reasons why:

    1) It makes FOX look even more powerful than before. If the WH is actively avoiding or scared of them, what does that say about FOX’s ability to influence… what does it say about their power?

    2) It makes the other networks look weak. FOX can claim that the WH wanted only softball interviews, so that’s why they dodged.

    3) It firms up FOX’s base. The message is clear, FOX strong… everyone else, weak. It plays well into the “Liberal Media” theory, and gives the right another bit of evidence.

    4) It will cause more people to watch FOX News Sunday in the future. If the President is too scared to talk to Chris Wallace, one must ask “Why?” That will cause people to tune in… thus a free boost in the ratings from the WH.

    This was a foolish move for the President… who apparently isn’t afraid to talk to our enemies, isn’t afraid to spend time with radicals on his own side… but is too scared to talk with an alleged right-wingers (although Chris Wallace, a right-winger… really?) ON CAMERA! What does that say about his strengths? What does that say about how he respects the opposition? What does that say about the other network’s biases? Nothing positive… that’s for sure.

    shootfromthehip says:
    September 20, 2009 at 4:16 am

    It would be super great if you could provide some examples of these “falsehoods aplenty.” That would help make it look like you know what you’re talking about… not just making stuff up.

    But you say they need more “balance.” Don’t you find that a little ironic? I mean, they invite the President on… FOR BALANCE… and he rejects! Wasn’t that the balance you wanted? So who’s at fault?

    m says:
    September 20, 2009 at 5:57 am

    Oh m… just making stuff up again. *Sigh*

    So much for that “bi-partisanship” Obama said he wanted to usher in. I guess he can only talk to people who agree with him… safe havens if you will. Pa-thetic.

  • Pam1151

    “There’s no reason in the world to be afraid of going on Fox and getting interviewed.”

    You really think that Obama is AFRAID to go on Faux? I am glad he didn’t. He has nothing to gain– It would be like having a Hari Krishna trying to convert a bunch of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

    And do you suppose that Chris Wallace- the one who said that because Justice Roberts bungled the swearing in of Obama he might not legally be the President–would ask any question that wasn’t about nonsense? Puhleeze.

  • ImNotBlue

    Um… didn’t Justice Roberts and President Obama eventually RE-DO the swearing in? Hmmm.

    And Obama isn’t afraid to sit down with Iran… despite their leader being an avowed Holocaust denier… yet, the questions asked by Chris Wallace were just “too much.” YIKES! Now THAT’S frightening.

  • CaptainAmerica

    How many times is M going to keep distorting that poll? Once again, since you keep harping on it. Nobody voted in August of 2008. The election wasn’t until November. Also, nice that even though its been pointed out you can’t tell the difference between 87 and 90%.

    But why would Obama go on Fox? Probably because it has the best balance of Republicans/Democrats and Independents of any cable news network.

    Probably because as even the Hillary campaign admitted, Fox news was the fairest news channel during the election.

    Why go on FNC–probably because as the Pew Research showed FNC was easier on Obama than McCain, but not totally in the tank for Obama and against McCain like MSNBC.

    Funny how Bush went on all the MSM shows when they were totally against him. But then Bush has a “pair” while Obama is just an impotent wimp who relies on TELEPROMPTERS.

  • bthorson

    I find it extremely ironic that you seem upset that the President of the United States will not appear on your show, and you charge him and his administration with being petty for not appearing on a conservative news show, and then in the same breath call him and his team “the biggest bunch of crybabies I’ve seen.” Statements like that are reasons why liberal politicians and guests decline appearing on FOX shows; because of the rudeness and below-the-belt comments that are made like that.
    In the Factor, Bill claims to have “tried to give the President a fair chance”, but he still “doesn’t like us very much.” I wonder why? Looking back at FOX’s treatment of the President, it doesn’t seem like they’ve given him much of a chance at all. In June, there was the infamous “fist jab” incident, where FOX likened Obama’s signature fist pump to a “Terrorist Fist Jab”. Last October FOX ran a special on “Obama and His Friends; A History of Radicalism”. Why would the President of the United States agree to sit down with a station that has never respected him, and in fact, has only treated him with a rudeness no person deserved, especially the President of our nation.
    FOX’s behavior has put journalism to shame in a way it does not deserve. Its not unbiased journalism, and just that is ok. Because media is changing, and people deserve to be able to listen to their news in any way they want. But you bring an aspect to journalism that no one would ever condone; disrespect.
    If you treat those you talk to and about with respect, and use integrity in your broadcasting, people are much more likely to come on your show. And I guarantee you’ll gain viewers as well.

  • CaptainAmerica

    Stop confusing Opinion shows with the news shows bthorson. It would be nice if MSNBC and others labled their opinion shows as such, but they don’t want to make that distinction. Same way they let Chris Mathews and Keith Olbermann host debates and voting nights etc.

    Chris Wallace is fair.

    Once again isnt it odd that George Bush went on all these left wing MSM shows and wasn’t afraid to do it. He also went on hostile left wing shows like David Letterman. Why was it ok for Bush to do interviews on left wing news organizations like CBS, NBC, ABC etc? Yet, Obama can’t go on the ONLY network that challenges him?

  • CaptainAmerica

    It’s obvious why Obama didn’t go on Fox. My goodness, even Chris Mathews was complaining about Obama giving his same robotic answers during each interview. It’s like he is a programmed robot.

  • DFW

    Chris Wallace is whining that Cabinet Secretaries don’t want to come on Fox talk shows where they will be shouted down and repeatedly interrupted by propagandist hosts who will bombard them with prepared false claims of “many of our viewers are asking……….”

    If cabinet secretaries take the time to come on a Sunday talk show, they are wise to choose those shows where they will be allowed to speak their piece. When Cheney(Bush) was in the White House, they used to let the Bush cabinet members run their mouths on ad nauseam. Now that the cabinet is made up of Democrats, it’s “shut them up and shout them down,” and the interview becomes a Roger Ailes propaganda show. Fox blares that crap 24/7. All of Obama’s cabinet knows it. Obama knows it. If that’s how Fox wants to play their game, it’s their right. But if Cabinet Secretaries want to inform the public, it is their right to shun Fox and go on shows where they are allowed to speak. Chris Wallace knows this as well as anyone else, so his whining is nothing more than Ailes-ordered posturing…..as usual.

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