Fox News' Chris Wallace interviewed Russia President Vladimir Putin after today's shocking Treason Summit. What do you think of this interview?
Do you think Wallace took a cheap shot at the Russia investigation near the end? Was he tough enough about the election meddling?
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Ellen commented
2018-07-19 01:21:51 -0400
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Good point, Kevin. I missed it though I will say that I found the translator distracting.
Kevin Koster commented
2018-07-18 15:10:02 -0400
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There’s a sinister moment in the middle of the interview, where Putin throws out a blatant lie about the hacking and Wallace slyly lets it go by.
Putin claims that the DNC materials were “all true”, and that the DNC somehow admitted that the materials were true, that the DNC admitted “rigging” their primaries and that “they all resigned” over the issue. Wallace of course did not correct these lies, given that the Right Wing is enjoying their opportunity to continue fomenting them and hopefully divide the Dems so they fall apart before the midterm vote in 3 ½ months.
In truth, the leaked DNC emails did NOT show the Dems rigging the primaries against Bernie Sanders. What they showed was the reality of the process – that everyone involved knew that Sanders was not likely to be the nominee when the primaries were finished, and that they needed to keep the later campaign in view, for when Hillary Clinton would need the whole party behind her. If anything, the emails showed that the DNC heads didn’t give much thought to Sanders as a serious candidate – something that was echoed by many longtime Dems who had a dim view of Sanders suddenly joining the party so he could run for President. And the general thought was always that Sanders was running to publicize his issues, including college tuition and healthcare, more than anything along the lines of a serious run for the presidency. When Wikileaks maliciously published the emails, it was an attempt to air hopefully dirty laundry in public and embarrass the Dems on the eve of their convention – a goal shared by Julian Assange and clearly by others. The resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz was not because she was admitting to Right Wing lies. She resigned to make sure that the Right Wing and Assange’s attempts to disrupt the convention would not succeed. (It’s true that Donna Brazile voiced her own opinions about the situation in her book – but her account of supposed rigging is contradicted by the other Dems who were involved. The Right Wing does love to quote Brazile now as a way of continuing their meme, but they always leave out what everyone else said.)
This is important because it’s yet another attempt by Fox News to rewrite the 2016 election, now with the help of Vladimir Putin. And of course, it’s an attempt to depress Democratic turnout this fall. The silence of Chris Wallace about this during the interview speaks volumes about the real goals of Fox News and the Right Wing these days. It isn’t just that there will be no impeachment and no consequences for the Trump group for their shady behavior here – it’s that Fox News wants to get a double advantage by once again trying to divide their opposition.
Putin claims that the DNC materials were “all true”, and that the DNC somehow admitted that the materials were true, that the DNC admitted “rigging” their primaries and that “they all resigned” over the issue. Wallace of course did not correct these lies, given that the Right Wing is enjoying their opportunity to continue fomenting them and hopefully divide the Dems so they fall apart before the midterm vote in 3 ½ months.
In truth, the leaked DNC emails did NOT show the Dems rigging the primaries against Bernie Sanders. What they showed was the reality of the process – that everyone involved knew that Sanders was not likely to be the nominee when the primaries were finished, and that they needed to keep the later campaign in view, for when Hillary Clinton would need the whole party behind her. If anything, the emails showed that the DNC heads didn’t give much thought to Sanders as a serious candidate – something that was echoed by many longtime Dems who had a dim view of Sanders suddenly joining the party so he could run for President. And the general thought was always that Sanders was running to publicize his issues, including college tuition and healthcare, more than anything along the lines of a serious run for the presidency. When Wikileaks maliciously published the emails, it was an attempt to air hopefully dirty laundry in public and embarrass the Dems on the eve of their convention – a goal shared by Julian Assange and clearly by others. The resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz was not because she was admitting to Right Wing lies. She resigned to make sure that the Right Wing and Assange’s attempts to disrupt the convention would not succeed. (It’s true that Donna Brazile voiced her own opinions about the situation in her book – but her account of supposed rigging is contradicted by the other Dems who were involved. The Right Wing does love to quote Brazile now as a way of continuing their meme, but they always leave out what everyone else said.)
This is important because it’s yet another attempt by Fox News to rewrite the 2016 election, now with the help of Vladimir Putin. And of course, it’s an attempt to depress Democratic turnout this fall. The silence of Chris Wallace about this during the interview speaks volumes about the real goals of Fox News and the Right Wing these days. It isn’t just that there will be no impeachment and no consequences for the Trump group for their shady behavior here – it’s that Fox News wants to get a double advantage by once again trying to divide their opposition.
Bemused commented
2018-07-17 15:32:35 -0400
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Much as I would like to find a silver lining, my reaction to Chris Wallace is: Too little, too late, mate.