Obama campaign praises (Chris) Wallace, says Fox has been "deeply irresponsible"

[Unsane]

March 21, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama

Obama campaign praises Wallace, says Fox has been "deeply irresponsible"


From the campaign's blog:

We appreciate Chris Wallace for doing his job as a tough but fair journalist on a network that has been deeply irresponsible over the last week in its unrelenting and sensationalistic coverage of Sen. Obama.

Sen. Obama gave the speech he did on Tuesday because he believes that Americans are ready for a thoughtful, mature discussion about race, and are hungry to move past media-generated controversies that distract from the struggles they face in their everyday lives.

If Fox News wants to play clips of the same offensive sound bites every day from now until November, that's their right, but that type of coverage does a disservice to their viewers and to a nation that is facing serious challenges that merit thoughtful and honest reporting.




By Ben Smith 01:33 PM

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Obama_campaign_praises_Wallace_says_Fox_has_been_deeply_irresponsible.html

[leftofcool]

1. Oh this will get Fox to stop playing it!

[KittyWampus]

5. they're going to keep it up anyway, why not highlight it and hopefully make a point?

[anigbrowl]

8. Do you think that they should stop?

[leftofcool]

10. I am for a free press

I see this as no different than the Hillary bashing that goes on in the RW media. They do what they do.

[anigbrowl]

13. Please answer the question I asked you.

This is not a freedom of the press issue, as nobody is saying they should be punished or censored in any way. I'm asking for your opinion on whether Fox should keep playing them endlessly - are they doing their viewers a service, or a disservice?

[KittyWampus]

2. Obama supporters, tell me if making an issue of Fox's insane distortions of politics is wise?

IMO, it works to the democratic party's advantage.

[Unsane]

4. Was it wise when Hillary continually bashed MSNBC?

[anigbrowl]

9. Certainly, I don't even think they're making a big issue...

they used the occasion to thank someone (Wallace) for taking a principled stand, rather than complaining and wagging a finger.

[LSparkle]

3. Wow, I guess Chris Wallace IS Mike Wallace's son after all ...

Showing a bit of family credibility at last.

[DearAbby]

7. At LONG Last

:wow:

[K Gardner]

6. Obama's campaign now needs to turn its attention to MSNBC

[UALRBSofL]

11. See ya Chris Wallace, they will put Rove in his sunday slot

Wallace defending Obama and attacking Clinton then Fox finds out he is a democrat. I believe he will be bye-bye.

[hfojvt]

12. Gosh darn, but I am old. I read the title and thought "George Wallace"?

:wtf:

Granted, Mike Wallace is about as old as Abraham Lincoln, but he was never called "Wallace".

[Unsane]

14. edited

[anonymous171]

15. Man they've been extremely obvious in these attacks.

I mean, I always thought they would at least be subtle about it. But they repeating this non-stop, over and over, making all sorts of implications that don't exists. I think they're doing it in a failed attempt to rally the GOP base.

[Orsino]

16. Praising Fox?

They should only bash him for one hour? :shrug:

Fox is the Mouth of Sauron, folks.

[npincus]

17. OP doesn't tell you WHY the campaign praised Wallce- read here:

Nice try, tying to make Obama look like a jerk. You can give context next time.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Chris_Wallace_Two_hours_of_Obama_0321.html

Veteran journalist Chris Wallace admonished Fox & Friends over their characterization of a comment in which Obama referred to his grandmother as a "typical white person."

"I love you guys, but I want to take you to task if I may respectfully for a moment," Wallace began. "I have been watching the show..., and it seems to me that two hours of Obama-bashing on this 'typical white person' remark is somewhat excessive, and frankly, I think you're somewhat distorting what Obama had to say."

As the F&F hosts began grinning and shifting around in their seats, Wallace continued, "What he said was, 'The point I was making was not that my harbors any racial animosity--she doesn't--but she is a typical white person...,'" which is where you generally have clipped it."

As co-host Steve Doocy denied the charge, Wallace continued, "But what he went on to say is, '...who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, there's a reaction that's been bred into our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes comes out in the wrong way, and that's just the nature of race in our society.'"

Added Wallace, "I'm not saying that's the most felicitous remark that anybody ever made, but I think it's a little more complicated than we've been portraying."