20070420 FNC’s Wallace’s Bulldog Style of Interviewing

“Let’s look at the record.”

April 20, 2007

Hat tip: TVNewser

The Virginian Pilot has a piece up on the Sunday morning news “talking heads” programs…

TVNewser says…

"Wallace's bulldog style of interviewing should make his father, Mike Wallace, proud. At times, he'll plunge into an interview by saying, 'Let's look at the record.'”

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Also: TV Guide has a Q&A with Wallace...

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Sunday morning brew

http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=123246&ran=135848

Also take time to review an good synopsis of The Sunday morning news lineup

By LARRY BONKO, The Virginian-Pilot

© April 22, 2007

What's Sunday morning like in your house?

A lazy day of sleeping late, devouring the Sunday paper, munching on toast and sipping coffee, followed by "Meet the Press" on NBC at 9, followed by "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace" on Fox at 10, followed by "Face the Nation" on CBS at 10:30, followed by "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" at 11:30 on ABC?

If you watch these four shows on a regular basis, you are a certified news and public affairs junkie.

Chris Wallace loves you for it.

He's been at the helm of "Fox News Sunday" since 2003. The program celebrated its 11th anniversary last Sunday, and Wallace talked about how the cable upstart has become a force.

"Fox News Sunday" preceded the start-up of the Fox News Channel by seven months in 1996.

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Who could forget…

Clinton wagged his finger in Wallace's face as he scolded him. He poked at the notes that Wallace held.

"I got the full Clinton treatment," said Wallace.

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Clinton supporters called it a conservative hit job.

Wallace left ABC News after 15 years to join Fox News four years ago. ABC was prepared to extend his contract by three years when he left for Fox.

"I'd love to say that I helped build Fox News and the Fox News Channel into what it is today, but by the time I made the switch, Fox was No. 1 in cable news. As I looked across the television landscape, I saw that Fox News was still growing and expanding. I came to the conclusion that its best days were still ahead."

In the coming months Wallace and his "power panelists" on "Fox News Sunday" - including Brit Hume, Fox News Washington, D.C., bureau managing editor; William Kristol of The Weekly Standard; and Mara Liasson of National Public Radio - will spend much time discussing the run for the White House in 2008, which is well under way.

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Read the entire piece… It is well worth the time. You can find it here: Sunday morning brew.

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