"KUDOS TO FOX'S CHRIS WALLACE"
BY: DR. FOREST LEWIS
This is surely a crazy world that we live in!
Take the case of the rabid, anti-Barack Obama network, known as Fox News. Fox News, "Always Fair And Balanced." Not according to one of their own. Chris Wallace called his own network last Friday morning, and read Steve Doocey, Brian Kilmeade, and Gretchen Carlson the riot act. Wallace was incensed over Fox News showing over and over, clips of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's crazy sermons!
The looks on these three "anchors" faces told the story. Each of them looked like the cat that had swallowed the canary. Doocey became defiant at one point, chiding Wallace for not watching the entire show. Wallace said that he had been up since six that morning, and all that he heard and saw was Jeremiah Wright. He even charged "The Three Stooges" with taking Barack Obama's comments out of context. To prove his point, he read one of Obama's statements in its entirety.
It took a lot of courage to do what Chris Wallace did. He showed me that he is "A Man Who Believes In Fair Play." No one is saying that the media shouldn't have run those crazy rants of Wrights. What people like Wallace and this writer are saying is this, after you have made your point with the soundbites, and you continue to run the tapes, ad nauseum, you are no longer being fair; you have assigned yourself to be both judge and jury. You are playing to the haters in this country. The question that Fox News needs to answer is why did this once venerable station stoop so low? Could it be that Fox News is just as "Hateful" as Jeremiah Wright?
It is clear that Fox News and several other individuals went beyond the pale. Wallace may have talked himself out of a job. But, Chris Wallace is a "True Journalist." There will always be a door open to him somewhere.
That is a lot more than I can say for the likes of Steve Doocey, Brian Kilmeade, and Gretchen Carlson!
A tip of the hat to Mr. Chris Wallace, a true gentleman and a scholar!
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Comment by Ed— 2008/03/24 @ 04:21 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Dr. Forest Lewis— 2008/03/24 @ 04:54 PM — (Reply)
Comment by aza spade— 2008/03/24 @ 05:01 PM — (Reply)
Your thoughts on that one Dr.?
Comment by Ed— 2008/03/24 @ 05:43 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Dr. Forest Lewis— 2008/03/24 @ 05:47 PM — (Reply)
Hillary's Bosnia lies are a even not as bad as this. I remain incensed.
Ed
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Comment by Ed— 2008/03/24 @ 05:44 PM — (Reply)
The lewd comments about Mrs G. Carlson is a sign of intelligence by the maker. How would like to see your wife's name in some of these comments. maybe your wife is just ugly.
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