Chris Wallace, Juan Williams Spar Over Occupy Wall Street

Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace sparred with Fox News analyst Juan Williams over Occupy Wall street.

After Williams charged that Wall Street protesters made the Republican presidential candidates look like "protectors of the super rich", Wallace dismissed the movement.

"I don't think we should talk about Occupy Wall Street as a plus anymore," he said, adding that "most people are...getting fed up with it."

Williams then began to explain the message Occupy Wall Street, including anger about banks' greed and income equality. Wallace cut him off, saying "there's a limit."

"You're not playing fair," Williams retorted.

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Comments

[mario59]

01:45 PM on 11/22/2011

"Talking points, leverage, vetting" (feel free to add to the list) these are all words that have arisen out of the jargon that is the right-wing noise machine and sadly, words and ideas that are used against the common person too much anymore.

These were not common words or ones I even recall hearing much before the era of 1996-2001. Just another indication of the language of propaganda and what we need to be fighting each and every day.

[Gatorzone]

11:25 AM on 11/22/2011

This is 2 weeks in a row Juan has been slapped down by Wallace about OWS! I kinda feel sorry for him. IT is clear what slant Faux wants to push and he is bucking the system... Juan will not be there in another 6 months.

[Glen Sault]

11:15 AM on 11/22/2011

Juan what did you expect?

[MrBwood]

11:05 AM on 11/22/2011

Mike Wallace, has got to be ashamed of his worthless son.

[tlgpa]

10:12 AM on 11/22/2011

When he says that "most people are...getting fed up with it."

What he really means is "most of his 1%'er friends are getting fed up with it"

[WryAwry]

08:11 AM on 11/22/2011

What is this? Pee-Wee Herman and Dora the Explorer discussing Professional Wrestling?

[truly moderate]

03:45 AM on 11/22/2011

I mean atleast Juan gets to host The Factor once a week. Clarification was needed as usually Centrists, Dems, or Moderate Indies don't get much of a voice on Fox. I'm surprised Sheppard and Greta have remained

[truly moderate]

03:43 AM on 11/22/2011

At least Juan Williams gets the Factor once a week to give his views. I know he was getting a once a week stand in from O'Reilly and he actually did a pretty good job.

[FrankieFive]

10:28 PM on 11/21/2011

Chris Wallace did not let Jaun Williams make his point, a number of times. As soon as Chris had a hint of what Juan was saying he wanted to interrupt him and stop him and he did. You go Juan! These are not unwashed hippes, thte 99ers but citizens, young and old with legitimate complaints. The 99% protest is not a choice between socialism and capitalism but rather a demand that we make Americanism work the way it is supposed to work for the rich, the workers and the poor. it can work and does work if the GOP will let it. Fox will stop lying by omission. How fun that would be. We would be back on top as a nation over night. United we won WWII and if only the greedy would let that happen for their own good they would get even richer.

[MarkJudiGoet]

08:52 PM on 11/21/2011

Chris Wallace--- Howdy Doody, Both puppets, only difference, Howdy Doody was more intellegent.

[Chapin Smith]

06:34 PM on 11/21/2011

And people aren't fed up with the Tea Party?

Lol

[mataylor16]

02:44 PM on 11/21/2011

When do you know a fox comentator is about to drop a whopper on you? Any statement that begins with the words 'most people...'

[OnTheRoadAgain]

01:26 PM on 11/21/2011

Wallace' father must be sooo proud.

[ThomasPaine1776]

11:43 AM on 11/21/2011

Very obviously, Chris Wallace was under orders to NOT let Williams talk about OWS. His orders are to crush OWS. He was being a good soldier there.

FOX is the Republican party channel and they are diabolical.

[mcostello]

12:10 PM on 11/21/2011

Righties do hate OWS. I can't defend it because I can't communicate what they stand for; because they can't.

[TheOneIndependent]

03:34 PM on 11/21/2011

you mean you cant communicate...typical fox viewer....told what opinions to have...

[iam7545 r]

11:22 AM on 11/21/2011

I thought their message was that with tents they could buy dope, get free sex, while having free food provided anywhere in the USA. The dude in charge of the NY group was staying at five star hotel W. Who is Juan kidding???

[Robaloba]

11:35 AM on 11/21/2011

It's sad you think that. Another zombified Fox adherent...

...the "dude in charge" (actually not the dude in charge) used his own money to stay at a hotel as close as possible to the OWS camp...he let other OWS'ers use his room to freshen up, etc...

[Luke23]

12:11 AM on 12/28/2011

You are an idiot. There is nobody "in charge" of the Occupy Wall Street movement. We all know who is in charge of thr Tea baggers and that is the Koch brothers and their billions of dollars.

[madame48]

10:55 AM on 11/22/2011

and that is how you would descibe the groups of women with my Gram marching, protesting, getting arrested and jailed....for demanding justice in the right to vote...does your daughter vote? Thank my protesting Gram