Sunday December 12th 2021
Big surprise in USA
Fox News star Wallace joins CNN
Fox News is considered to be the home and court broadcaster of ex-US President Trump. That was never entirely true, also because of moderators like Chris Wallace, who was considered by some to be a serious fig leaf on the TV station. Now he is switching to the competition.
The prominent presenter Chris Wallace is leaving Fox News, which is controversial because of its proximity to former US President Donald Trump, and joins the competition from CNN. “I’m ready for a new adventure,” said the 74-year-old surprisingly at the end of his weekly program “Fox News Sunday”. “I want to try something new.” CNN said Wallace will be the presenter on the planned streaming service CNN +, which will go on air in the first quarter of next year.
Wallace was respected as independent despite serving at Fox News. Trump and his supporters repeatedly attacked the moderator because, from their point of view, he reported too critically. Wallace also moderated the first pre-US presidential debate between Trump and eventual election winner Joe Biden last September. Trump then accused Wallace of being “controlled by the radical left”. Wallace later became frustrated: “I’m a professional. I’ve never been through anything like this,” he said.
Last appearance on “Fox News Sunday”
Wallace had interviewed every incumbent US president since George HW Bush and interviewed numerous foreign heads of state, including Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron. In 2016 he also moderated the duel between Trump and Hillary Clinton.
CNN is clearly critical of Trump in the polarized US media world. Wallace said on Sunday, “18 years ago the bosses here at Fox promised me that they would never interfere with a guest I booked or a question I asked. And they kept that promise. I was free to the best of my knowledge and conscience to report, to cover the stories that I consider important. ” In his own words, the moderation on Sunday was Wallace’s last appearance on “Fox News Sunday”.