Promoted by Steven D.
O.k. MediaMatters, if you are reading this diary (which I hope is recommended), I encourage you to watch this video of Chris Wallace “before” the Clinton interview and Chris Wallace “after” the Clinton interview.
The Bill Clinton / Wallace interview, which is generating headlines in the American Corporate media, is now being played by Chris Wallace as a “surprise”. They are “surprised” and “bewildered” as to why President Clinton would react in such an angry matter.
This is curious, since it was the same Chris Wallace that went “off” on Fox & Friends a couple of weeks earlier — spitting bricks over ABC’s “docu-dramea”, The Path To 9/11.
(video and analyses below…)
Here is Chris Wallace (2 weeks ago) when “going off” on his attack on The Path to 9/11. He compares it to the movie “The Insider” which he views unfavorably:
I went to see it and I gotta tell ya — to see my father saying things that were not especially flattering — that he didn’t actually say — is very hurtful. And I can understand why these guys [the former Clinton administration officials] are mad.
and with regards to Madeleine Albright:
You know, if they want to say Secretary of State John Smith said something — that’s one thing. But when you say Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said something — then it better be what she said, or I think she’s got a heck of a case.
Here’s Chris Wallace on Fox after the Clinton interview:
I was the only one asking him about his record fighting Al Qaeda. I have to say, paticularly after the controversy over ABC and the docu-drama, “The Path to 9/11”, I find that astonishing [that no other interview has recently asked him about it]. Not that I asked it, but that none of the others did ask it — and, uhh…you know…I didn’t think it was going to be inflammatory. I thought, you know, he would handle it for 30 seconds and then we’d move on. He accused me of having a smirk at one point. Frankly, I was in wonder in this…kind of…tidle wave of emotion on his part.
It is very interesting to note that the Wallace’s main point in both discussions has changed dramatically. Look at the video 2 weeks ago. He associates the PT 9/11 movie very very loosely with, what he believes, are mistakes made by Clinton with respect to fighting Al Qaeda. He makes it a point as to not to confuse the two issues. That is:
- Criticism of the inaccuracies in PT 9/11 and
- Criticism of Clinton wrt fighting Al Qaeda in general
He condemns the movie and infers that these docu-dramas (which include major fictional distortions) is not being helpful to this overall discussion on where to place the blame. In one of his half-thoughts, he even says, “We should not do movies [like PT 9/11]…” and then he discusses the Reagan mini-series.
In the discussion after the Clinton interview, he places much importance on the PT 9/11 movie — and, in fact, tells the viewers that this same docu-drama should have sparked discussion about Clinton’s effectivenes with Al Qaeda:
I have to say, paticularly after the controversy over ABC and the docu-drama, “The Path to 9/11”, I find that astonishing [that no other interview has recently asked him about it].
Got that?
Before the Clinton interview:
Fox Host: Are you going to be doing a piece about this [the PT 9/11 controversy] on your big show?
Wallace: Nah! We’ll leave it up to you guys [Fox & Friends]
(laughter)
Wallace: On the big show, we’re going to be talking about 9/11…you know, frankly, there’s more important stuff than some silly ABC movie…
After the Clinton interview:
I have to say, paticularly after the controversy over ABC and the docu-drama, “The Path to 9/11”, I find that astonishing [that no other interview has recently asked him about it].
Furthermore, going back to this “surprise” at Clinton reacting this way. What exactly is Chris smoking? In the discussion rant he had with his Fox & Friends, he was very passionate about stating that Clinton and his people have every right to be upset over this smear job. And what does Wallace do in his interview with Clinton? He brings up Somalia.
To understand how wickedly slimy Chris Wallace is on this hack-job, listen to how he introduces the whole issue in the Clinton interview:
When we announced that you were going to be on Fox News Sunday, I got a lot of emails from viewers — and I gotta say, I was surprised — most of them wanted to ask you this question. Why didn’t you do more to put Bin Laden and Al Qaeda out of business when you were President?
There he goes with that “being surprised — oh, I’m a fair and balaned reporter” bullshit again. Listen to this quick slip of the tongue from the Fox & Friends discussion:
And look…there’s plenty…I’m not saying that the Clinton administration didn’t do plenty wrong in the way it handled Al Qaeda…
Surprised are you, Mr. Wallace? Did you think we wouldn’t notice your incredible disingenuity — there’s a thing called “YouTube”, you know.
Here’s the compilation of the two discussions that I’ve created:
(click HERE or on pic to watch)
