In the United States, Chris Wallace is leaving Fox News to join CNN. The journalist was one of the mainstays of the pro-Trump conservative channel, but was one of the few to refute the conspiratorial theories relayed on the air.
With our correspondent in New York, Loubna Anaki
He has interviewed all American presidents since George Bush Sr. and won several journalistic awards. For over 20 years, Chris Wallace has been one of Fox News’s star journalists. An adventure that ended this Sunday when he announced at the end of his show that he was leaving to join CNN.
A change that makes a lot of talk
A change of media that is causing a lot of talk on this side of the Atlantic. Because Chris Wallace is leaving Fox News, which in recent years has become the favorite channel of the conservatives, pro-Trump. A channel which some hosts make the apology for conspiracy theories and where he was one of the few to dare to criticize the former Republican president.
Chris Wallace therefore joins CNN, whose editorial positions are diametrically opposed to those of Fox News. He’s slated to head a weekly show on CNN +, a new subscription-based streaming service.
Wallace ” impatient “
At 74, the journalist has built a career as a formidable political interviewer, recognized for his professionalism. Talents for which Donald Trump paid the price, on several occasions, in one-on-one interviews. Sunday, Chris Wallace said to himself ” can’t wait to start this new adventure “.
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