On Fox News Sunday, Thompson Accuses Fox Of "Constant Mantra" Of Attacks

  |   November 25, 2007 10:36 AM


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In a heated exchange this morning on Fox News Sunday, former Sen. Fred Thompson took host Chris Wallace to task for what he claims is a "constant mantra" of attacks on Thompson from Fox News.

Thompson reacted to two clips from Fox News contributors Charles Krauthammer and Fred Barnes sharply criticizing Thompson's candidacy.

"I don't know if Fox has been going after you," Wallace said, defending his network's coverage.

But Thompson insisted -- "From day one, they said I got in too late --" only to have Wallace interrupt. "Well, there are a lot of people besides Fox who said that."

Watch the full exchange below, and tell HuffPost your thoughts: is Fox News biased against Thompson? And is this a smart move on Thompson's part?

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- lentinelia I'm a Fan of lentinelia 68 fans permalink
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Chris Wallace should be sent somewhere. Some kind of camp. Maybe he should be enlisted to give a course in techniques of torture.

Maybe he should be a prison guard - or someone who pulls the switch on an electric chair.

Was he picked on in the schoolyard at an early age?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:42 PM on 11/25/2007
- olivia I'm a Fan of olivia 96 fans permalink

Chris Wallace is such a weenie.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:28 PM on 11/25/2007

Fred, if I was in your shoes, I would have decked that pussy Chris Wallace.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:25 PM on 11/25/2007
- gregrocker I'm a Fan of gregrocker 8 fans permalink

When Fox News first started up, Ted Turner used his CNN leverage to get Time Warner to block them out of the NYC market. Fat Bastard Ailes went to Guiliani who put them on a city owned cable channel. So they have had Ghouliani bought from day one. They are going to campaign for him as if their life depended upon it, since they don't own any other GOP candidate and if the new Dem President has any sense at all, he will call Rupert Murdoch into the Oval Office and tell him he has 30 days to turn in his passport on the way out of the country.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:10 PM on 11/25/2007
- MikeDu I'm a Fan of MikeDu 159 fans permalink
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Its one thing to see Bill Clinton call Wallace's bluff on-air. After all, 'true-believers' will just brush Clinton's criticism aside out-of-hand. Its another thing altogether for one of their own to voice his disgust at Faux News' partisan attacks.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:09 PM on 11/25/2007
- shag11 I'm a Fan of shag11 11 fans permalink

I wonder how Wallace's dad must feel, watching his son the hack. It's interesting to watch a Republican get the treatment the Dems. usually receive.
Fox is now the official network of the Guiliani campaign, no one else has a prayer of getting any good coverage.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:07 PM on 11/25/2007
- Clarabell I'm a Fan of Clarabell 72 fans permalink
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I haven't read any of the comments yet, but here's my 2 cents:

Gee, he finally noticed -- not a big deal until he -- a Republican yet -- is the target.

Good God, what a whiner!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:04 PM on 11/25/2007
- elkabong I'm a Fan of elkabong 188 fans permalink
    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:03 PM on 11/25/2007

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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:02 PM on 11/25/2007

Hmmm...a story about Fred and Fox News...two sources I don't bother paying attention to.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:59 PM on 11/25/2007

It's common knowledge that Rudy is Ailes' close friend and personal favorite. It's also common knowledge that Fox News is showing favoritism to Rudy by only allowing him to use Fox News clips in his ads. I think it's hilarious that a Republican opposing Guiliani is getting some of the same treatment from Fox usually reserved for Democrats. Wallace is doing Fox's bidding here just as he did with the famous Bill Clinton interview not too long ago. Simply working for Fox News is strong evidence that Krauthammer, Barnes, and Wallace don't know the meaning of Fair and Balanced. They're all hard-core conservative pitch men who take their lead from Ailes and Murdock.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:36 PM on 11/25/2007
- Fernando I'm a Fan of Fernando 29 fans permalink
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Really? It took the good Senator this long to realize FOX news takes sides? Really? NO!

Let's see if he says the same thing 10 months from now when FOX is blatantly backing the Republican candidate (which apparently won't be him).

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:27 PM on 11/25/2007

Old man Thompson, the "B-grade actor", even less popular than Ronald Reagan, tried too come onto the scene as a "great white hope" for the republican party and is being out done by Ron Paul, whom Fox News, and all other media right wing propagandists mocked and laughed at, goes too show that the right wing or left wing media take your pick cannot always make a winning candidate out of a looser, kind've like the old southern saying from my roots, that one cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear...!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:55 PM on 11/25/2007
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:51 PM on 11/25/2007
- zendem1 I'm a Fan of zendem1 115 fans permalink

Typical Repuke candidate's weekend for Uncle Fester. First he had to go play with guns. Then the interview on FuxSpews, where he attempted to demonstrate that he's the strong fearless Grandpa who will protect our freedom from the raghead devils. These boys love guns..too bad none of them wanted to get paid to carry them off to some foreign land.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:43 PM on 11/25/2007
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