Chris Wallace: Media Bias 'Astonishing'

NewsMax.com ^ | 16 October 2005 | Carl Limbacher

[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.

[Patriotic Bostonian]

The Irish hate him because he is of English heritage!

[G.Mason]

Thanks

See you in the trenches.

[Patriotic Bostonian]

Being a Democrat is like being in a cult.

[G.Mason]

Alas ... I suffer from that basic human weakness of never being satisfied.

Please don't be overly upset. It is, after all, only my opinion.

[foreshadowed at waco]

In NYC Rudy Guliani's term in office resulted in the annual murder rate dropping from something like 1800 to 2000 down to under 700 (mostly black lives saved BTW--blacks who were dropping like flies under David Dinkins, our 1st black mayor) but the MSM focused on things like the Diallo case so the black community enthralled by Sharpton and Jackson consistently saw him as a racist...clueless people don't have a clue...go figure...and, of course, the MSM cover Sharrpton and Jackson like they are demigods instead of reporting the truth and informing the masses...truth...bah!...integrity...what's that?...money and power...that's the Democrats of today.

[G.Mason]

"Dittos on that one. Roger Ailes told Chris to butch it up a bit and the Fox viewers will love ya for it."

I can believe that. As an avid Fox viewer, I can see they play to the larger audience, but do cover all the bases. Sometimes to my blood pressures dismay. ;)

[cousair]

Well, at least she is on the right track if she listens to Rush. Her age is probably suspect, although almost everyone I know in that age bracket is pretty sharp. Rush usually gets through with some time.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Thats a tuffy.
Try to avoid the politics arguments for later discussion.
Focus on areas of interest, common interest and values that you both share and agree on ( she might be surprised ( just imagine a light bulb going on in her mind ) that you both actually DO agree on SOMETHING ) that you believe in some of the things that she believes in, but, keep it on a light topic.
My dad was a Democrat ( FDR Democrat generation, raised during WWII..50s ), and he shared the views of abortion as the liberals do, but, it was hard to read my dad, because, he also shared some values as you and me.
Yes, my dad and I had ( shall I say ? debates ) debates on politics and religion, but, one thing my dad and I never did was have knock down arguments on politics and religion
My dad and I respected each other and had respect towards each other.
Sadly to say, my dad passed away from a heart attack a few years ago, but, at his funeral, his co worker ( I knew his co worker ) came up to me, and said to me " ( ____ )( my name ) out of all the children your dad had, your the one who spent the most time with your dad, and your the one he talked about ( and was proud of the most ) the most."
I showed my dad ( in spite that he was a Democrat ) that I loved him, and I know in my heart he knew it.

[Mrs Zip]

ping

[Prophet in the wilderness]

You got that right.
But, they need to be freed from it first.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

At least, she is listening, just give her time, and if you want, give her a " LISTENING ASSIGNMENT " and have a pleasant chat ( at least, try ) on the things she might have learned, and listened to on Rush's show.

[okie01]

I don't believe there's any evidence she was protecting a Bush admin source. I think there's evidence she is still protecting another source, which she to this day will not reveal.

A source she "cannot recall"...

[Bernard Marx]

Please don't be overly upset. It is, after all, only my opinion.

I'm not upset, overly or otherwise, with your opinion. But I'm certainly not satisfied with either it or your cop-out response to a serious question.

[BILL_C]

your the one who spent the most time with your dad, and your the one he talked about ( and was proud of the most ) the most."
I showed my dad ( in spite that he was a Democrat ) that I loved him, and I know in my heart he knew it.

I have a similar story. My father used to say in similar discussions we had that "FDR saved this country" with his socialistic policies. My mother, who is still voting, won't say that about FDR (at least not to me) but she buys the Democratic Party's lies hook, line and sinker.

But my mother voted for Bush last election. It may have been when I asked her WHY she fought in WWII (army nurse in the Pacific) if she was just going to vote for communists like Gore and Kerry.

[Cathy]

Sorry about your father's passing - you proved to be a great son. That probably means so much to you to have his co-worker make such a great comment on such a sad occasion. I hope I have no regrets when my parents pass on - I spend a lot of time with them since they live 30 minutes from me.

I don't think I have a contentious relationship with my mom - I just enjoy political discussion and she doesn't. As she told me she was taught you didn't talk about politics or religion - period. I grew up in different times - graduated HS in 85 and college in 89 - truly a Reaganite - and very proud of it. My mom is an FDR democrat like your dad. Born in '38 and raised in the 40's and 50's - she knew the democratic party when it was very different. She views the desire to talk politics as devisive and when it is raised in discussion she get uncomfortable.

Funny I have a really great dialogue with my dad, but there is a mother/daughter thing that is weird sometimes. I am very much like my mother so we get along very well, but we lack the ability to bridge some topics, whereas with my dad he will engage me. Mom gives me advise about house and home and relationships, but dad and I do the serious talking.

The best to you, keep wondering what kind of relationship I will have with my kids at my parent's age. Hoping for one like you and your dads.

Boy, that was long post, huh???

[goresalooza]

I have an aunt much like yours. She tells me she will always vote dem no matter what. She reads nothing, listens to C---BS news and has such a warped view of what's really going on, there's no hope for her. Her main reason for voting dem is that her husband always did!

Yikes. Her vote is what the rats live for.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

My aunt once told me that my grandmother was a Republican, and that she would vote Republican just to tick off my grandfather ( he was a Democrat ) ...lol.. that was way back in the old days, WWII, 50s.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

My auntie is a good old Republican all her life ( my mom's older sister ).

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Tell her that if politics & religion were not to be discussed, we would not have this great country of ours, because POLITICS & RELIGION were discussed at the Continental Congress, before the Revolutionary War, after that war, and before our Constitution was built, signed, and passed.
I can only just imagine those political and religious discussions that went on during the Continental Congress, the drafting of our US Constitution.
Yes, they ( ex specially your mom ) were raised in a different time, but, I am afraid, that they use that as a excuse to not engage in a political & religious discussion because either they don't want contention, or they fear that they would not be taken seriously, or they don't want change.
Maybe you can reassure her that you love her, and that, you won't laugh at her ideas ( even though ? you want to put her on the right path ) and reassure her that you TOO, also have the same values, and beliefs as you do, but, in a different language, or words, or form.
Find out in a not so contentious way what her true core values are, and if you need help, go ask your dad, and maybe he can translate to her what you mean, and believe.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

The Steelers/Jacksonville game went into over time, and the Steelers won the coin toss.