http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/chris_wallace This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Chris Wallace en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807180007 <em>Fox News Sunday</em>'s Chris Wallace falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain "momentarily mistook Shias and Sunnis in Jordan," and the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>'s Michael Dorning asserted that if Sen. Barack Obama "makes a mistake" on his upcoming overseas trip, "it'll be a much bigger deal than, say, when McCain was in Jordan, or somewhere in the Middle East, and basically mixed up Shia and Sunnis for a moment." In fact, McCain did not "mix[] up" Shias and Sunnis just for a moment; he made the false statement three times in two days. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807180007 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:43:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806080003 <em>Fox News Sunday</em>'s Chris Wallace did not challenge Gov. Tim Pawlenty's false assertion that Sen. Barack Obama "is somebody who has first said that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard isn't a terrorist group, and now he's changed his views on that and several other foreign policy issues." In fact, Obama has consistently supported designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, having co-sponsored a bill in 2007 to do so. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806080003 Sun, 8 Jun 2008 15:54:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280006 Despite the availability of expenditure reports showing that Sen. John McCain's campaign used a corporate jet owned by his wife's company over a seven-month period beginning in the summer of 2007, several members of the media asserted earlier this year that McCain flew coach when the campaign was low on funds. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804280006 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:59:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804070007 Sen. John McCain said at a New Hampshire town hall meeting that the U.S. may have a presence in Iraq for "[m]aybe a hundred [years]. We've been in South Korea; we've been in Japan for 60 years. We've been in South Korea for 50 years or so." But McCain said in an interview four months earlier on <em>Charlie Rose</em> that a long-term U.S. presence in Iraq, modeled after its presence in South Korea, would not work "because of the nature of the society in Iraq." When Sen. John Kerry pointed out this inconsistency on <em>Fox News Sunday</em>, host Chris Wallace did not acknowledge it, instead saying that he thought Kerry was "conflating two different interviews." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804070007 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 17:49:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804060003 Responding to Sen. John Kerry's assertion that "[n]obody ever would insinuate that John McCain is anything but a hero for his activities in -- in -- ," <em>Fox News Sunday</em> host Chris Wallace interrupted him and stated: "Well, [Democratic National Committee chairman] Howard Dean called him a blatant opportunist," falsely suggesting that Dean accused McCain of being a "blatant opportunist" because McCain has discussed his military experience. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804060003 Sun, 6 Apr 2008 18:14:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210008 <em>Fox News Sunday</em>'s Chris Wallace criticized the hosts of <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> <strong><strong>for </strong></strong>engaging in "two hours of Obama bashing" and for "distorting" comments Sen. Barack Obama made about his grandmother in a radio interview on March 20. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803210008 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:46:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803020003 On <em>Fox News Sunday</em>, Karl Rove asserted of Sen. Barack Obama facing questions about the Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan: "Now, having ties to Louis Farrakhan and his anti-Semitic comments, that's -- that's -- you know, people have a reason -- that's a reasonable question: Do you agree with him? Do you renounce him? Do you reject him?" In fact, Obama has denied that his campaign has "ties to" Farrakhan and has answered the questions posed by Rove, having repeatedly denounced Farrakhan's anti-Semitic statements. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803020003 Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:01:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802170004 Introducing an interview with Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell, Chris Wallace asserted: "A law which gives President Bush powers to monitor communications among terrorism suspects expired at midnight." In fact, the expired PAA revisions to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, did not simply give Bush "powers to monitor communications among terrorism suspects," but rather, among other things, the revisions expanded the government's authority to eavesdrop on Americans' domestic-to-foreign communications without a warrant. Further, Wallace never mentioned that the government had the authority to listen in on the communications of suspected terrorists before Congress passed the PAA in August 2007 or that this authority continues despite the PAA's expiration. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802170004 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:57:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802150015 Referring to the expiring revisions to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Fox host Chris Wallace asserted that when Sen. John McCain "gets on the campaign trail and says, 'Look, here is a law that was going to provide the tools for the United States to be able to intercept communications of people who want to kill us and Congress went home, the Democratic Congress went home on a break' -- that's going to be a pretty effective weapon to use against the Democrats in the fall." In fact, contrary to Wallace's suggestion, the government has "the tools" to "intercept communications" of suspected terrorists. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802150015 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:39:58 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802110006 During a <em>Fox News Sunday</em> interview with President Bush, Chris Wallace left unchallenged Bush's statement regarding Sen. Barack Obama: "I certainly don't know what he believes in. The only foreign policy thing I remember he said was he's going to attack Pakistan and embrace [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad." But Bush and his administration have made contradictory statements on the question of dealing with Al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan, the specific issue that Bush purported to know where Obama stands. Wallace also did not note Bush misrepresented Obama's statements regarding Pakistan and engaging in dialogue with Ahmadinejad. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802110006 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:56:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080009 On <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em>, Chris Wallace said of Karl Rove's performance as a Fox News contributor: "[I]t's humbling, because it makes you realize that these real political professionals have a level of analysis and see things in the returns that we don't even understand. And his ability to crunch those numbers and project delegates and see things from the exit polls about what it told us about strengths and weaknesses." But neither Wallace nor any of the <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> co-hosts mentioned Rove's history of flawed political predictions and analysis, including his false claim the previous night that John McCain "is beating [Barack] Obama and beating [Hillary] Clinton." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080009 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 16:56:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802030003 While discussing the war in Iraq with Sen. Hillary Clinton on <em>Fox News Sunday</em>, host Chris Wallace echoed Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain by asking Clinton, "[W]hy are you so determined to declare defeat?" McCain has repeatedly referred to Clinton's and other Democrats' proposals on Iraq as "surrender." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802030003 Sun, 3 Feb 2008 13:12:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200712030009 Chris Matthews, Tim Russert, and Chris Wallace each discussed a <em>Politico</em> article that reported: "As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan." But, at no point during these segments did any of the hosts or guests note that Giuliani was having an extramarital affair with Nathan - whom they described merely as his girlfriend -- and that, because of the affair, New York City taxpayers were reportedly paying for both her protection and that of Giuliani's estranged wife. http://mediamatters.org/items/200712030009 Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:30:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200712020001 On <em>Fox News Sunday</em>, Karl Rove stated, "I'm confident the Republican candidates are going to have enough money to make enough damage out of this record to make gains in the Congress." Host Chris Wallace did not note Rove's incorrect prediction that Republicans would retain control of Congress in the 2006 elections or Rove's incorrect predictions about the 2000 presidential election. http://mediamatters.org/items/200712020001 Sun, 2 Dec 2007 15:03:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709160004 <em>Fox News Sunday</em> host Chris Wallace did not challenge Defense Secretary Robert Gates' assertion that troop drawdowns "between December [2007]and July [2008]" will be due to "successes" in Iraq. In fact, due to strain on the military, the troop reduction would have been necessary regardless of conditions on the ground. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709160004 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:35:02 EST