Did Chris Wallace Ditch Fox News Because of Tucker Carlson and Other Extremist Dirtbags?

At the end of this week’s episode of Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace announced that this broadcast would be his last. It was an unusually abrupt notice of an exit from an enterprise that he’s been with for eighteen years. Ordinarily, planned separations provide several weeks of notice to give both the company and the viewers time to absorb and adjust to the news.

Fox News, Chris Wallace

So what would prompt this surprise departure from one of the longest serving Fox News personalities? Wallace didn’t give any clues in his announcement. He said merely that…

“…after 18 years, I have decided to leave Fox. I want to try something new, to go beyond politics to all the things I’m interested in. I’m ready for a new adventure.”

Wallace didn’t say what form that adventure might take or where he might be headed. There is some speculation that he could join CNN+, the network’s soon to be launched streaming service. And while Fox News hasn’t had the time to consider replacements for Wallace, the early money is probably on Bret Baier. That is if Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson don’t pull rank over the weak-kneed Fox News executives who cower before them.

Speaking of Tucker Carlson, there are good reasons to suspect that he might have given Wallace a shove out the door. Wallace has been critical of Carlson’s ultra-extremist ravings of late. After the airing of Carlson’s false flag crocumentary, “Patriot Purge,” Wallace complained to Fox News executives, Suzanne Scott, Fox News Media CEO, and Jay Wallace, President of News. Wallace was also said to be troubled by Lara Logan’s nauseating comparison of Dr. Anthony Fauci to Nazi doctor Josef Mengele. Some other indications that Wallace and Fox News may not have been a good fit going forward…

In his farewell message Wallace recounted the changes in the media during his years at Fox News. “When I started in this business 50 years ago,” Wallace recalled, “being fair was the basic job requirement to keep you from being fired. And the idea that I stand out now because I’m fair, I think is a kind of sad commentary on the state of journalism.” Wallace isn’t being explicit in this criticism, but it is unambiguously a critique of the sort of bias that is integral to Fox News and its super-partisan editorial mission.

The landscape of cable news is changing significantly. In addition to Wallace exiting Fox News, the network has another open primetime weekday slot at 7:00pm. Brian Williams has left MSNBC. Chris Cuomo is out at CNN. And next year Rachel Maddow will be downsizing her weekday presence on MSNBC.

There is no way to predict what MSNBC and CNN will do with their roster. But we can rest assured that Fox News will become even more radically right-wing, because that’s what they’ve done with every other recent schedule opening. And with the midterm elections next year, they are sure to dig in. We could see (GASP) Jesse Watters, or Maria Bartiromo, or Peter Doocy, or Kayleigh McEnany, in the Fox News Sunday anchor chair next year. They might as well just give the job to Trump.

UPDATE: It has been confirmed that Wallace will be joining CNN+ to host a weekday talk show.

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The Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly Fake ‘History’ Tour is the Biggest Flop of the Season

Last June Donald Trump and Bill O’Reilly announced that they would team up for a series of four public appearances in what News Corpse dubbed The Sexual Predator Tour:” a pairing of Trump, who has been accused by more than two dozen women of harassment and/or assault, and O’Reilly, who was fired by Fox News after some multi-million dollar settlements with his female victims were disclosed.

Donald Trump, Bill O'Reilly

As predicted, the conmen’s concert tour is turning out to be an epic bust. Reports reveal that the first stop in Sunrise, Florida, failed to attract much of a crowd. Many unsold seats were still available at showtime and organizers had to shut down the upper level of the arena. Attendees who purchased the cheapest tickets were “upgraded” to sections closer to the stage.

The event was billed as the “Trump/O’Reilly History Tour.” But anyone who has followed these empty-headliners knew that it would be to history what tofu is to steak. It was really just a new opportunity for the pair of failed TV grifters to fleece their flock further, promising a program of the same old regurgitated lies they’ve both told a thousand times before. The privilege of witnessing that boredom-fest would set back their dimwitted fans $100.00 each. Which apparently many weren’t willing to spend.

Trump pitched the show as offering “…hard-hitting sessions where we’ll talk about the real problems happening in the U.S., those that the Fake News Media never mention. I will be focusing on greatness for our Country” Instead, Trump tread the familiar territory of his still seething resentment for having lost to President Biden. He reprised relentlessly his “Big Lie” that the election was “rigged” and “stolen” from him. And rather than focusing on American greatness, he spent most of his time espousing his new slogan that America is “going to hell” under the Biden “regime.”

Both Trump and O’Reilly had moments wherein they displayed their utter disgust for America. While discussing his record on foreign relations, Trump admitted that the world leaders he “got along best with were tyrants. For whatever reason, I got along great with them.” Which shouldn’t surprise anyone given his affinity for, and subservience, to Vladimir Putin. And when the media that both of them despise was brought up, Trump suggested suppressing free speech with tougher libel laws. To which O’Reilly responded with an even harsher suggestion saying that “that’s better than my solution, which is a machine gun.” Yes, he’s referring to the mass murder of journalists.

Last week Trump did four impromptu call-in interviews with radio programs in Houston and Dallas. And if anyone wondered why, it’s because that’s where the duo are headed next, and their prospects for ticket sales are no better than they were in Florida. Trump may still be able to draw an audience at his free events in red counties. But even his most devoted disciples aren’t interested in shelling out cash to watch him whine the same old tedious crap for two hours.

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.
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