Chris Wallace Thinks Asking Eric Cantor One Question is "Covering" the Ensign Scandal
By Heather Sunday Oct 18, 2009 5:00pm
Chris Wallace claiming to "fact check" Anita Dunn for daring to say that Fox News hasn't covered the John Ensign scandal. This didn't look like much of a "fact checking" to me. While I have seen some scant coverage of the Ensign scandal on Fox by the likes of Shep Smith, this has hardly been a leading story on Fox News.
So what example does Wallace decide to use to prove they're covered the Ensign scandal? Wallace asking Eric Cantor one question about John Ensign. That's it. No other clips to support that anyone else on his network has covered the story. Just one clip of him asking Eric Cantor--one question.
I hate to break it to you Chris, but that's not covering the John Ensign story. This is covering the John Ensign story.
This is covering the John Ensign story.
The Rachel Maddow Show: John Ensign's Deepening Hole
This is covering the John Ensign story.
The Rachel Maddow Show: Tom Coburn Caught Lying About His Role in Ensign Affair
This is covering the John Ensign story.
Ensign Claims He Complied with Senate Ethics Rules, Says He'll Cooperate With Investigations
This is covering the John Ensign story.
Rachel Maddow: John Ensign Did Have Contact With Doug Hampton on Lobbying Matters
I'd also like for Chris Wallace to explain to us why Fox News sat on the story for five days after this happened: Husband Of Ensign's Girlfriend To Fox's Kelly: Help Me Expose Senator's "Relentless Pursuit Of My Wife" and allowed the Las Vegas Sun to report it instead. We're all shocked Wallace didn't bother to bring that up, right?
How about C-Street? Has Fox News covered the C-Street story? If you're ignoring the C-Street house scandal Chris Wallace, you're not covering the John Ensign scandal as well.
The Rachel Maddow Show: C-Street Part II
Here's Rachel's coverage of the C-Street house from back in June. Fox News was all over this story...right Chris?? Note to Chris Wallace, this is what something called journalism looks like. Not asking Eric Cantor one question about a scandal you haven't covered.
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his father must be ashamed of him.
doesn't he?
If that smirk gets much bigger it's gonna bisect his fat little head and the top of it's gonna come off.
No harm done.
I have notice that smirk on many conservatives. Does anybody know what it indicates?
arrogant and ignorant person's face does all by it's lonesome.
Chris Frankenwallacestein.
Coming to a Halloween Party near you in two weeks.
Should be ashame of himself....
He had a very good backgoound in news reporting....
Fruit cakes like Beck ,, don't know their a... from a hole in the ground..
One starts the deceit , lies and BS then all the others pile on in or something like that..
Keep the heat on Fox! Get them on the ropes and trying to justify themselves for a while.
............of this putz as a 'journalist' NOT!!!!
Ensign's last name isn't Acorn.
...on Imus last week.
"Wow," thought I. "Who'd have guessed?"
asking Cantor about the Ensign story. He was giving Cantor an opportunity to put forth the talking point that Ensign and Sanford are to be ignored when regarding what is happening to the Republican Party. (Nothing to see here folks...move along.)
I'm with the first commenter. Mike Wallace must gag when he sees these clips. Or, maybe he can't bear to watch. It's gotta be tough.
his dad is famous he does not have to ask great questions
besides he works for fox noise he just must follow the party line
these are yes men every society has had their yes men ours is no different
in a dumbed downed society you dont need great follow up questions just sing the song of your racist and imperialist listeners
most journalists dont ask great follow up questions
corp media is not about to ask great follow up questions
it is intertainment not news
While few if any fathers (parents) would admit to being ashamed of their children, Chris Wallace must be (at least professionally) a tremendous disappointment to his father if not an outright embarrassment.
I may be ignorant here but does anyone know if the elder Wallace doesn't feel that old school journalism wasn't the best model and Fox's model isn't really better? I know I've invoked Mikes name in the past but has he ever directly addressed this?
FOX?
JOURNALISM????
HA HA HA HA HA HA!
DAMMIT! ANOTHER SPIT TAKE!
Cleaning coffee from keyboard and monitor.....
C-Street is creepy stuff
Maddow's segment on the C-Street House goings-on is a real eye-opener. It's a showcase of government-paid creeps, weirdos and criminals. Unbelievable.
This should be front-page news in the MSM.
...............remember Hilly is one of them, too!!! Rahmie turned her on to them and they adopted her when she got royally shafted on her foray into 'Wealthcare' for the corporations.
wallace is just one more miscreant the
gop and murdock have their hands up his
ass. must be room for them to clap also.....lol
Really? This was his example? One damn story? He has the balls to even say this? This is a joke, correct? Why would somebody step in it as deep as Mike Wallace's son did. I mean this guy has some kind of brain doesn't he? He's Mike Wallace's son for Christ's sake. On dumbass example? A shitty one at that.
On a lighter note here is the list of senators who voted against the Franken bill that allows women to sue a company for rape who does work for the U.S. government.
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)
each and everyone a big fat
misogynist. not any surprises here.
And overwhelmingly southern, white men. The regional GOP.
Of that list of thirty, are they all male? Of the ten that didn't vote with them, do you have the male-female breakdown? Seems like we had a similar split on Lily Ledbetter, but that's been a while.
I don't know the answer and I don't feel like looking but I would hope that these asshole's decision will lose them the female of the woman persuasion vote in their next election.
I wonder if the Republicans who voted FOR this bill will all be up for reelection next time. I will look into this.
These are the Republicans Senators up for reelection in 2010
Bennett, Robert F. - (R - UT)
Bond, Christopher S. - (R - MO)
Brownback, Sam - (R - KS)
Bunning, Jim - (R - KY)
Coburn, Tom - (R - OK)
Crapo, Mike - (R - ID)
Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA)
Gregg, Judd - (R - NH)
Isakson, Johnny - (R - GA)
LeMieux, George S. - (R - FL)
McCain, John - (R - AZ)
Murkowski, Lisa - (R - AK)
Shelby, Richard C. - (R - AL)
Thune, John - (R - SD)
Vitter, David - (R - LA)
that one's going to be Roy Blunt vs Robin Carnahan.
but after a quick run through, I think they're all 'men'...and I use that term very loosely when referring to the misogynist pigs.
That's a good idea to post that list now and again. Everybody needs to see that list - again and again and I'm makin' a big deal of it 'cause I can't type for shit and I know where the "on" button is on the computer etc.
This list is a stain on reason and justice and humanity...lot of it going around.
The men that voted in this way should be publicized on the "front page" of every decent blog from now until that league of scoundrels, villains and greedheads known as the Republican Party is buried with the corporations for which they rode shotgun.
Thanks for posting the list again, Captain.
As a repugnican might say, "What up?"
Thanks for asking!
Howboutchoo?
who get their names and mugshots posted in local newspapers for soliciting prostitutes. Only difference is that these are real criminals.
I think that's a great idea.
Republicans have sold out totally to big business. Can anyone think of anything that this party has done for the good of the people in the last thirty years? Conservative trickle down economics is a total failure.
was chris wallace " thinks "
I always figured he was a bottom...
but he's a TOP bottom feeder.
of Chris Wallace makes me angry. He's just such a little bitch.
That all you have to do to get people to lie is pay them enough money! republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness.
These people are loons!
In FOX's defense,they were all over the tea parties...........*fart*
journalism if it bit them in the ass.
They're proud of it.
Great that Rachel Maddow is exposing The Family.
If you want to read a real life modern day thriller that will make your blood boil and scare the hell out of you , I recommend reading 'The Family'!
is indeed stranger than fiction, PUKIES have the whole world rolling on the floor laughing their assess off at the stupid amerikans again
gov. sanford took the media heat for ensign. senator ensign is another political/lawmaker hypocrite.
Chris "Fish Lips" Wallace, mentions Republican scandals once then says he "covered it" The man is such a stereotypical Fox Propagandist, masterful at disguising & twisting the truth. Watch as he works those fish lips, sucking in the clouded, murky water, then spewing it out his gills to contaminate the waters around him.
points like these get sent to Chris Wallace. Not that he'd probably read them.
I have been telling people for quite a while now that republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness! I think that you will find little difference in the people that are part of this family organization and I hate to say it but hitler and his buddies.
Thay all believe that they have been called upon, that they don't have to live by the same rules as everyone else. They are better then you in every aspect and therefore should not be held accountable for donig things that would land you in jail.
Can there be any doubt that republicans in general must be batshit crazy to believe in these people?
republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness!
Great that finally the WH and others are calling FOX out on what it really is. FOX is not a news organization, but a right-wing political organization. It clearly pushes a right-wing agenda in every single thing it does, regardless of facts and objectivity.
They are a political organization period. There is no news on FOX.
Anybody with any brains knows that Faux Noise isn't a news channel, just a big polical arm for Reslugs.
Good gravy!
Not only do the wingnuts have Brownshirts Lite, now they have their own Thule Society.
When they start their own SS, I'm out of here.
is the fact that it was during a portion of the program they call(called?)RIGHT NOW, which Wallace described as, and I'll quote him here, "Where we talk to rising Republican stars about the future of the GOP." Have I been missing their segments featuring rising Democratic stars discussing the future of their party? Yeah, I didn't think so....
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