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Have you considered the delicious hypocrisy of Democrat presidential candidates that months ago refused to participate in debates sponsored by Fox News now practically lining up to appear on the cable news channel?Chris Wallace certainly has, and on the most recent installment of "Fox News Sunday," asked Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean about this sudden change of heart by folks who just months ago were depicting the station as too biased to bother with.What follows is a partial transcript of this segment (video embedded right):

Today on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace confronted Howard Dean over two highly misleading ads put out by the DNC attacking John McCain on Iraq and the economy. Regardless of the very obvious fact that the ads were misleading, at best, Dean refuses to back down irrespective of the evidence Wallace cites. It makes for comical political television, and we can all rest assured that there's plenty more of this to come...

In an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, Barack Obama again fabricated the background of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to try to excuse his longtime pastor’s denunciations of America and of whites. Referring to racial discrimination, violence, and segregation, Obama said Wright “went through experiences that I never went through.” In his speech on race in Philadelphia, Obama made similar claims. He described a “lack of economic opportunity among black men, and the shame and frustration that came from not being able to provide for one’s family . . .” Obama said this was “the reality in which...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that race is not the reason he is struggling to attract working-class votes and insisted he can win over uncommitted superdelegates by showing he is "best able to not just defeat John McCain, but also lead the country." Speaking in a broadcast interview, Obama also brushed aside a challenge from Hillary Rodham Clinton to debate before the May 6 primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. "I'm not ducking. We've had 21" debates, he said. Trailing in delegates and the popular vote, Clinton has been stepping up the pressure on Obama for more debates...

Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois, sat for an interview Saturday in Indiana with Chris Wallace. The interview aired on “FOX News Sunday.” They touched on a wide range of topics including the marathon race to the Democratic nomination, Obama’s controversial former pastor, patriotism, and Obama’s positions on the Iraq war, taxes and education.

The Fox News Sunday interview is over. And Obama didn't take on Fox at all in any meaningful sense. On Friday, a senior Obama adviser responded to criticism of his decision to go on Fox with a bunch of tough talk, saying that Obama knew full well that Fox has been at the forefront of spreading "the most specious of rumors" (i.e., lies) about Obama and vowing that he would "take Fox on." Well, it didn't happen. Obama definitely pushed back hard on some of Chris Wallace's questions, but at no point did he draw attention to Fox's spreading of...

It seems like a long time ago that Barack Obama delivered these stirring words in the wake of his victory in the Iowa caucuses: On this January night - at this defining moment in history - you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this New Year, 2008. In lines that stretched around schools and churches; in small towns and big cities; you came together as Democrats, Republicans and Independents to stand up and say that...

For a moment, let's step away from the commentary, per se, and focus on the commentators. Liberals love to chide Fox News for its alleged conservative bias. So why don't we see, when it comes to being fair and balanced, how this morning's Fox News Sunday panel stacked up against that of its main competitor, Meet the Press? Here are the line-ups--you be the judge. MEET THE PRESS Host–Tim Russert Panel * David Broder–Washington Post columnist * John Dickerson–Slate * Gwen Ifill–PBS * Andrea Mitchell–NBC * Richard Wolffe–Newsweek

Give Barack Obama this: he performed a lot better on Fox News Sunday today than he did in the debate on April 16th. He stammered less when challenged, allowed his considerable personal warmth to surface, and kept his annoyance and anger in check. On the other hand, he offered about the same level of commitment to his answers as he did in Philadelphia, and gave at least a couple of whoppers.One of the more interesting answers came in regards to Jeremiah Wright. He called Wright a “legitimate” campaign issue, which will seem rather shocking to the New York Times, the...

MSNBC's Dan Abrams and the folks in the liberal blogosphere are going to be very disappointed tomorrow when they witness what Chris Wallace says was "a very friendly exchange" between the "Fox News Sunday" host and Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. In fact, despite what Talking Points Memo reported Friday concerning Obama doing the program to "take on Fox," as well as Jonathan Kim's ("Fox Attacks") recommendation on MSNBC's "Verdict" that the junior senator from Illinois should "[go] on and just [attack] them," it appears Chris and Barack had an exceedingly civil and informative discussion about the campaign and the...

Chris Wallace must be happy... Fishbowl DC has learned that Sen. Barack Obama will finally appear on Fox News Sunday this weekend. A pre-taped interview is slated to take place Saturday in Marion, Indiana. You'll recall that Wallace started the "Obama Watch" in March (and even put notice of it on his office door) and dated it back to May 2006, when Wallace said Obama agreed to a face-to-face interview on Fox News Sunday. Obama has largely avoided Fox throughout the campaign, although things changed on January 9 when he did do an interview with the cable news network. We...

FNC anchor Chris Wallace was a topic of conversation during the final segment of Hardball this afternoon on MSNBC. Chris Matthews played the clip of Wallace chastising the "two hours of Obama bashing" on Fox & Friends on Friday, and complimented the anchor for speaking up. The MSNBC panel of Norah O'Donnell, Eugene Robinson and Chuck Todd were complimentary as well during the three-minute segment. "Congratulations to Chris Wallace for standing up to those around you. I always like somebody who's willing to take up others around them," Matthews concluded. Then, smiling, he said, "I sometimes try it," as O'Donnell...

I count Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace among the fairest and most incisive interviewers in the business, and hope his tenure at Fox News is a long one. Anyone who can relentlessly cross-exam Mitt Romney on his changed position on abortion the way Wallace did a while back, then turn around and provoke Bill Clinton to near the point of taking a poke at him, is doing his job and playing no favorites. But should Wallace ever wish a change of venue, never fear: MSNBC apparently can find a place for him. Wallace made some news when, appearing on...

WASHINGTON -- Hoping to prod Barack Obama into appearing on its show, "Fox News Sunday" launched the "Obama Watch," a weekly update on the number of days the Democratic presidential candidate has failed to appear on the program. Host Chris Wallace said Sunday that Obama promised him in March 2006 that he would appear, but the Illinois senator has since demurred. Since then, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, has been a guest at least twice since then, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the likely Republican nominee for president, has shown up at...

Fox launches 'Obama Watch' Chris Wallace told me last December that the Democratic candidates were "damn fools" for refusing to debate on Fox, and that Barack Obama — unlike Hillary and, famously, Bill Clinton — declined requests to appear on "Fox News Sunday." This morning, Wallace launched the "Obama Watch." Showing perfect News Corp. synergy, Obama was displayed in split screen a la "24," with the ticking time clock at 730 days, 13 hours, 53 minutes and 9 seconds. And counting. That number dates to May 2006, when Wallace said Obama first agreed to a face-to-face interview on "Fox News...

Brit Hume has some blunt advice for conservative Republicans: lay off McCain if you don't want a Dem president. At the very end of today's Fox News Sunday panel segment, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol was first to make a point along similar lines. BILL KRISTOL: I'm more conservative than John McCain but I think it would be a mistake for him to just make himself into an orthodox conservative in this election. The reason he is a stronger candidate than a lot of other Republicans would be is that he is a little bit heterodox. He's got his own...

The Bush administration is keeping pressure on the U.S. Congress to reauthorize a domestic terrorist surveillance program involving communications between people in the United States and terror suspects abroad. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House that top officials are making the administration's case on national television. The terrorist surveillance law lapsed Sunday. A few hours later, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, in a rare broadcast interview, warned of the consequences. He said at a time when al-Qaida is regrouping in the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan, America is at increased danger. "We do not have the agility...

WALLACE: I want to follow up on that. Whether it is interrogation of terror prisoners or the intercepting of surveillance among al Qaeda members, are you ever puzzled by all of the concern in this country about protecting of rights of people who want to kill us? BUSH: That is an interesting way to put it. I wouldn't necessarily define some of the critics of my policy that way. I would say that they want to be very careful that we don't overstep our bounds from protecting the civil liberties of Americans. And I understand that, a lot. I do...

President Bush, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace, said he believes John McCain is a true conservative, who is strong on defense, fiscally tough and thinks the Bush tax cuts should be made permanent. He also thinks McCain has a tough job ahead of him convincing other conservatives that he is one of their own. When asked about criticism by conservative pundits like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, the president said "I think that if John is the nominee, he has got some convincing to do to convince people that he is a solid conservative and...

Chris Wallace: "Is John McCain a 'true' conservative?" George Bush: "Absolutely." There's about two minutes more at the link.

McCain a 'True Conservative,' Bush Says Feb 10 09:36 AM US/Eastern WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain is a "true conservative," President Bush says, although the presumptive Republican presidential nominee may have to work harder to convince other conservatives that he is one of their own. McCain "is very strong on national defense," Bush said in an interview taped for airing on "Fox News Sunday." "He is tough fiscally. He believes the tax cuts ought to be permanent. He is pro-life. His principles are sound and solid as far as I'm concerned." But when asked about criticism of McCain by conservative...

Our exclusive guest this week is Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson, former Tennessee senator. Plus, The Des Moines Register's David Yepsen joins us. We're just days away from the first-in-the-nation caucuses in Iowa where voters will begin choosing their party's nominees for president. The race is getting tighter as each candidate makes a final push to win the Hawkeye state's caucuses. Fred Thompson made a late entry into the field and started with high numbers. Now he's scrambling for a good showing with the hopes of gaining some much needed momentum. How does he plan to make it happen? We'll...

WALLACE: As you rise in the polls, I don't have to tell you that your past is becoming more of an issue. It now turns out that when you ran for the Senate back in 1992, you called for quarantining AIDS patients, you opposed increased federal funding to find a cure, and you also said that homosexuality was a, quote, "sinful lifestyle that could pose a dangerous health risk." Do you stand by any of that now, Governor? HUCKABEE: Chris, I didn't say that we should quarantine. I said it was the first time in public health protocols that when...

Your take on whether there is merit to Fred Thompson's charge that Fox News is biased against his campaign may depend on which candidate you are backing in the race for the 2008 presidential nomination. If you're Fred-friendly, like A. Renee Daley at Falcons for Fred, Fox's bias is obvious, and Fred gave you reason to cheer when he called them out on it: Wallace's exchange with Fred Thompson shows us how juvenile Fox News really is. That's why I refer to it as the Fox Neo-Con Channel. Pro-Giuliani, and Anti-Conservative. Fair and balanced it's not. If you're Fred-hostile and...

This is a rush transcript from "FOX News Sunday," November 25, 2007. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: I'm Chris Wallace and this is "FOX News Sunday." The Republican race for president took a surprising turn right here last spring. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) WALLACE: Question: Are you considering running for president in 2008? FRED THOMPSON, FORMER U.S. SENATOR: I'm giving some thought to it. Going to leave the door open. (END VIDEO CLIP) WALLACE: Now, eight months later, Fred Thompson is running hard. In a Sunday exclusive, we'll find out...

WASHINGTON DC -- Thompson’s appearance on Fox News Sunday this morning was billed by his campaign as an opportunity to rollout a new tax reform proposal, but after talking about taxes for less than three minutes, Thompson shifted the conversation towards the tax benefits of his Social Security plan. Host Chris Wallace then took that as a cue to discuss various criticisms of Thompson’s campaign made by his rivals and Fox’s own conservative pundits.

Former Tennessee Senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson has been accused of lacking fire to run for the presidency. Seeking to alter that image, Thompson fired away at Chris Wallace of Fox News this morning, accusing the network of being biased against his campaign: Thompson said, "This has been a constant mantra of Fox, to tell you the truth." He noted that other conservatives have praised his bid for the GOP nomination and took issue with a Fox promo that focused on polling in New Hampshire, where Thompson is registering in the single digits. He said he is running second...

Fred Thompson attacked Fox News on Sunday for what he called a "constant mantra" that his floundering campaign for president is troubled, and he accused the network of skewing things against him. Thompson certainly isn't the first politician to make that accusation, but he's the first high-profile Republican to do so. The assertion was arresting because Fox News was frequently Thompson's forum of choice when he was contemplating a campaign and as he tried to find his footing after he announced. Where did Thompson do it? On "Fox News Sunday," in a heated exchange with host Chris Wallace, who played...

Thompson charges Fox News is biased against his campaign By Bob Cusack | Posted 11/25/07 11:05 a.m. [ET] November 25, 2007 Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) suggested on Sunday that Fox News is biased against his campaign, charging that the network highlights commentators who have been critical of his run for the presidency. In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," host Chris Wallace pressed Thompson on how some conservatives have lambasted Thompson's campaign and showed clips of Fox conservative commentators Charles Krauthammer and Fred Barnes criticizing the former senator. Thompson said, "This has been a constant mantra of Fox, to...

As NewsBusters reported last Saturday, PBS's Bill Moyers went on an absolutely disgraceful rant about Karl Rove, George W. Bush, and religion during the August 17 installment of "Bill Moyers Journal." Two days later, Rove was Chris Wallace's guest on "Fox News Sunday," and took issue with Moyers's comments: "Mr. Moyers ought to do a little bit better research before he does another drive-by slander." Moyers followed this up with a letter to Wallace posted at his blog Wednesday suggesting that Wallace didn't do his homework concerning Rove, and that Wallace shouldn't "take his every word as gospel." This Sunday,...

MoveOn.org and other leftist groups are making misleading statements about the Fox News Channel making misleading statements. Liberal activists have started a campaign to dissuade Fox advertisers from buying more airtime, according to The Associated Press. Brave New Films, maker of anti-Fox videos, claims it has 8,000 volunteers to identify all national and local Fox sponsors, said Jim Gilliam, vice president of media strategy, when we spoke by telephone last week. "It's just a matter of good journalism," Mr. Gilliam says. He claims Fox does not air the truth about global warming, preferring to question the legitimacy of the fear-mongering....

Satire scores for Fox News net 'News Hour' pilot bows with 1.5 mil viewers It got mixed reviews, but Fox News Channel's take on news satire scored with the only voters that matter. Heavily promoted on FNC and on conservative talkradio, the first pilot episode of "The ½ Hour News Hour" premiered with nearly 1.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's a big number for an unknown show in a Sunday timeslot. First episode opened with some conservative star power, with Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter hamming it up as fictional -- or perhaps fantasy -- president and...

Brian Wilson, just said that as of Monday he was taking over as Bureau Chief in DC. Does this mean Brit is out? They made no mention of him at all.

Let's tally up the poll at AOL News ...

I'm frankly tired of hearing "Abdul" Shepard Smith repeatedly berating the Israelis and their Army. He is worse than Baghdad Bob the PR spokesman for Saddam Hussein during the War there! Shepard broadcasts that the Israelis were defeated and kicked out of Lebanon by the Hezbollah after occupation there when in fact the Israelis kicked ass when they invaded Lebanon and the stayed there in control of the land for 18 years! If the Hezbollah were so tough and successful why did it take the fanatical Arabs 18 long years to "expel" the Israelis? And the Israelis did not turn...

"FOX NEWS SUNDAY" GUEST HOST BRIT HUME: For more now on efforts to resolve this conflict, we're joined from our New York studios by the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton. Mr. Ambassador, welcome. Good morning. U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS JOHN BOLTON: Glad to be here.

The Talk Shows Sunday, June 4th, 2006 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.; former U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. THIS WEEK (ABC): Former Vice President Al Gore; author John Updike. LATE EDITION (CNN) : Rice; Blix; Sens. George Allen, R-Va., and Carl Levin, D-Mich.

Guilt by Association: The NPR-FOX Connection NPR.org, May 15, 2006 · Nothing riles some public-radio listeners like NPR journalists appearing on FOX News television programs. Two prominent NPR correspondents, Mara Liasson and Juan Williams are regular panelists on FOX. What bothers those NPR listeners who complain to me is that the cable television network openly espouses conservative opinions as expressed by outspoken hosts. The FOX slogan, "fair and balanced" is deemed by many of the complainants as ironic, to say the least. That's because NPR makes every effort to remain nonpartisan, and FOX, it appears, does not. (no bias here,...

This weekend, join host Chris Wallace for a very special edition of "FOX News Sunday" — 10 years in the making. We'll look back at a decade's worth of news-making interviews and unforgettable moments, starting with our early days broadcasting from historic homes. *snip* Plus, we'll go behind the scenes with our Sunday regulars. What do Brit Hume, Mara Liasson, Bill Kristol and Juan Williams really think of each other? You'll find out.

"FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: And we're joined now by the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice. Secretary Rice, welcome back to "FOX News Sunday". SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE: Thank you, Chris. Good to be with you. WALLACE: Thank you. Let's start with Abdul Rahman, the Afghan who was being prosecuted for converting to Christianity. As we say, his case apparently was dropped this morning. What do you know? RICE: Well, I don't have independent confirmation, Chris, of that news report, but I do know that the Afghan government was working on it, that they were looking at the...

following is a partial transcript of the March 12, 2006, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace": "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: With Republicans fighting amongst themselves, do Democrats have their house in order to take back Congress this fall? We want to talk about that with one of their key leaders, Senator Chris Dodd. And, Senator, welcome back to "FOX News Sunday". SEN. CHRIS DODD, D-CONN.: Good to be with you, Chris. WALLACE: I want to start with something that General John Abizaid, head of U.S. Central Command, said this week about the opposition to the Dubai...

The Talk Shows Sunday, March 12th, 2006 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.; Reps. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Mike Pence, R-Ind.; opera singer Placido Domingo.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sens. George Allen, R-Va., and Joseph Biden, D-Del.; retired Marine Gen. Bernard Trainor and Michael Gordon, chief military correspondent for The New York Times. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.; Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark. THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Russ Feingold, D-Wis.; political satirist Art Buchwald. LATE EDITION (CNN) : U.S. Ambassador to Iraq...

by Mark Finkelstein February 26, 2006 Anyone who thinks Fox goes too easy on Republicans would have to think twice after watching Chris Wallace's rugged cross-examination of GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on this morning's 'Fox News Sunday.' Wallace cornered and confronted Romney until the presidential hopeful was eventually forced to admit that his position on abortion had "evolved" in a manner that suggests political opportunism. Wallace began by noting that Romney has been accused of "flip-flopping on the issue of abortion." He put Romney's own words up on the screen from the time he was running for governor of...

The Talk Shows Sunday, February 26th, 2006 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., Sen. John Warner, R-Va., Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif. FACE THE NATION (CBS): National security adviser Stephen Hadley; Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Carl Levin, D-Mich.; actor Richard Gere. LATE EDITION (CNN) : Hadley; Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie; Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and...

Transcript: Former Sen. Simpson Discusses His Friend, Dick Cheney The following is a partial transcript of the FOX News Sunday edition that aired on Feb. 19, 2006: "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: To get an idea of how Mr. Cheney has been getting through what he described as a very long week, we turn now to one of his closest friends in politics, former Senator Alan Simpson, who joins us from Cody, Wyoming. And, Senator, welcome to "FOX News Sunday". .... excerpted.... Simpson: Dick Cheney has become the hate symbol from the beginning. He was the hate symbol when...

The Bush administration will reverse its decision to allow a Dubai company based in the United Arab Emirates to gain control over several key U.S. ports, the Fox News Channel's Brit Hume predicted on Sunday. "I don't think the administration will be able to sustain this," Hume told "Fox News Sunday." "I think it will have to reverse itself in some way or create some entity that stands between the company and the management of the ports." "I just don't think [the decision] can stand," he added. "It doesn't sound good to let some Arab shieks to be in charge...

The Talk Shows Sunday, February 19th, 2006 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Evan Bayh, D-Ind.; former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. THIS WEEK (ABC): Chertoff; Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., and Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va.; basketball player Shaquille O'Neal. LATE EDITION (CNN) : Chertoff; British ambassador to the United States David Manning, German ambassador to the U.S. Wolfgang Ischinger and French ambassador to the U.S. Jean-David...

Chris Wallace was on Fox and Friends friday morning previewing sunday's Fox News Sunday. One of his guests will be Lindsey Graham. I watch every sunday and Graham is on every three or four weeks. I can't stand him and finally sent Wallace an email today. It reads as follows: "I have seen enough of Lindsey Graham on FNS to last a lifetime. I want to inform Wallace that there are other Republican senators, some are actually conservative, some actually support President Bush. This pattern that Wallace follows with Graham is getting tiresome. Have him on the show under the...

CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: Among those listening to every word the president says Tuesday night are congressional Republicans who will have to run on his agenda. We turn now to two young guns of the GOP, Senator John Thune, who joins us from his home state of South Dakota, and here in studio, Indiana Congressman Mike Pence. Thanks for coming in today. SEN. JOHN THUNE, R-S.D.: Thanks, Chris. REP. MIKE PENCE, R-IND.: Thanks, Chris. WALLACE: White House officials say the president is going to offer a more modest domestic agenda in the State of the Union speech this week because this...