Eric Boehlert: Chris Wallace picked the right week to quit Fox News

[babylonsister]

https://pressrun.media/p/chris-wallace-picked-a-good-week

Chris Wallace picked the right week to quit Fox News
The Murdoch debacle
Eric Boehlert
1 hr ago

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The Sunday news flash about Wallace was a punch in the gut for Fox, mostly because it robs the network of its ability to point to the morning host as supposedly a ‘serious journalist’ when trying to knock down the obvious claim that the network is nothing more than a bigoted propaganda outlet.

“The abrupt departure of “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace stripped the network of its foremost fig leaf, and gave reality-based journalists clear license to stop the lame euphemisms and call Fox what it is: a propaganda and disinformation operation,” wrote media critic Dan Froomkin.

The second, more serious newsflash about the text messages ripped away the Fox veneer that’s been constructed since January 6, that the insurrection was no big deal (i.e. a bunch of grandparents marching around with placards), and that any investigation today represents a partisan witch hunt. Just last week, Kilmeade, who was privately beseeching for action on January 6, mocked news outlets for spending too much time reporting on the revelations that keep tumbling out about Trump’s coup attempt last winter, and about the widespread obstruction of justice on display.

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It was an awful 36 hours for Fox, and Wallace definitely picked a prime time to leave. I wonder if he knew the release of the Insurrection Day texts from his colleagues was imminent, and if that sped up what appeared to be his hasty exit from his TV home for 18 years. Either way, his move was a stinger for the network, for lots of reasons.

The exit, and how it was choreographed, came with an unmistakable scent of F.U. directed to Wallace’s former bosses. According to reports, virtually nobody inside Fox’s Washington D.C. bureau knew about the departure before Wallace announced it live on television. Worse, he’s jumping straight to Fox News’ most hated rival — CNN. That’s a poke in the eye for the right-wing network, which hates the fact that CNN doggedly details Fox’s dishonest ways. It’s unheard of for a high-profile Fox player like Wallace to pack their bags and head directly to CNN.

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The lingering, pungent stench from episodes like this might be why Wallace walked away this week. His timing was impeccable.

[samnsara]

1. first I heard of him going to CNN...

...thats wonderful. Now they need to get Shep as soon as they can

[mopinko]

3. streaming. cnn+

not on air.

[Mad_Machine76]

9. Shep is on CNBC right now

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Wallace's presence at Fox was the only thing that Fox could point to as showing "balance" lol.

[AngryOldDem]

4. I'm sure now the timing was no accident.

Who would want to work for — much less be associated with — a seditionist organization like Fox News? What still amazes me is how he lasted there this long.

Fox has made no effort to hide its manipulation of viewers who see it as giving them “fair and balanced coverage.”

[Baitball Blogger]

5. I don't think the information that the special committee revealed yesterday was the

first time it was heard by those in the media who had connections.

[grumpyduck]

6. So is he going to write a book exposing Faux for what it is?

The people who need to read it won't, as usual, but it could be very interesting.

[EYESORE 9001]

7. I wonder how much Chris Wallace will unveil to CNN

about Faux’s skulduggery over past years. CNN must be salivating at the prospect of dishing up sordid tales on a daily basis.

[traitorsgalore]

8. I'll never watch the cretin regardless of what TV platform he's lying on

"Lingering, pungent stench" describes him well.