Christopher W. Wallace ( born Christopher W. Wallace ; October 12, 1947, Chicago [1] ) is an American television presenter and political columnist who has hosted Fox News Sunday on Fox Broadcasting Company since 2003.
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| Birth name | Christopher Wallace |
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| Citizenship |  USA |
| Occupation | journalist TV presenter |
| Father | Mike Wallace |
| Mother | Norma Kafen |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Jane Farrell (Divorce) Lorraine Martin Smoters (since 1997) |
| Children | 7 |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Awards and achievements
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Born October 12, 1947 in Chicago in the family of American journalist Mike Wallace and his first wife, Norma [1] . His older brother Peter was tragically killed in 1962 while climbing in Greece [2] [3] . In honor of his brother, Chris named one of his sons, [4] . After the divorce of his parents, Chris was raised by his mother and her new spouse - the head of CBS News, Bill Leonard. He did not maintain relations with his father until the age of 14. Thanks to his stepfather, he ended up in journalism. In 1964, he helped Chris to be an assistant to Walter Cronkite at the next Republican National Convention.
Wallace attended Hotchkiss School and Harvard College . Although he enrolled at Yale Law School , Wallace preferred jurisprudence to work at The Boston Globe . In 1972, he switched to television, spending several years on the Chicago-based WBBM-TV channel, which was part of the CBS division [5] .
He began his career in online journalism at NBC in 1975, where he worked for 14 years as a reporter in New York. Wallace then joined the NBC Washington Bureau as a political correspondent for NBC News, and then co-authored and announcer in the 1982 hit Today’s program. He also served as chief correspondent for the White House (1982-1989).
Some colleagues called Wallace's style confrontational. During the March 1987 press conference of President Ronald Reagan on Iran-Contras , Wallace asked Reagan why he denied that Israel was involved in the sale of weapons to Iran “when you knew it was untrue” [6] .
Wallace left NBC in 1989 to work at ABC . At ABC News, Wallace was a senior correspondent and occasionally led nightly news releases.
After 14 years at ABC, Wallace quit in 2003 to join the Fox News Channel. Wallace replaced Fox News Sunday host Tony Snow.
The Presidential Debate Commission selected Chris Wallace as moderator of the third presidential debate on October 19, 2016 at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. [7] This was the first time that a leading Fox News moderated a general presidential election debate. [8]
In July 2018, after the Russia-US summit in Helsinki, Wallace conducted a tough interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin . In particular, Wallace asked Putin why so many of his political opponents ultimately died and tried to transfer documents containing a bill of indictment to 12 Russian election campaign agents in 2016 (Putin refused to touch the papers) [9] [10 ] ] . According to Aaron Blake of The Washington Post , Putin was "clearly disappointed with a journalist who really challenges him." [9] Soon after, Wallace and his wife visited Moscow and St. Petersburg [11] .
Personal life
He was twice married. Since 1997, married to Lorraine Martin Smoters (born 1959), the former wife of comedian Dick Smoters. Chris Wallace has seven children.
Awards and Achievements
During his professional career, Wallace has won three Emmys and Alfred Dupont, Paul White [12] and ICFJ [13] awards. Chris Wallace is the only person to date who has hosted more than one of the main American official morning talk shows in America. [14]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Murray, Michael D., ed. Encyclopedia of Television News . - Greenwood, 1998 .-- P. 273. - ISBN 978-1573561082 .
- ↑ Deborah Solomon. "The Newsman Makes News . " The New York Times . October 8, 2006.
- ↑ Mike Wallace is a legendary man who has revealed to the world the stories of many prominent people and ... the true face of depression
- ↑ Weddings / Celebrations; Jennifer Breheny, Peter Wallace . The New York Times . June 27, 2004.
- ↑ Anonymous. Harvard's WHRB celebrates 70 years - Cambridge, Massachusetts - Cambridge Chronicle . Wickedlocal.com (April 13, 2010). Date of appeal May 15, 2012.
- ↑ Church, George J .. Reagan: Well, He Survived (March 30, 1987). Date of treatment September 1, 2010.
- ↑ CPD Announces 2016 Debate Moderators . Commission on Presidential Debates.
- ↑ The mainstreaming of racism on Fox News , By Jennifer Rubin October 26, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Blake, Aaron Analysis | Fox News's Chris Wallace gives Putin the grilling Trump won't . Washington Post . Date of treatment July 17, 2018.
- ↑ Wilstein, Matt . Fox News' Chris Wallace Presses Vladimir Putin in Tense Interview After Donald Trump Gives Him a Pass , The Daily Beast (July 16, 2018).
- ↑ Chris Wallace on Interviewing Putin, and Why He Isn't Afraid to Visit Russia , The New York Times (July 22, 2018). Date of treatment July 23, 2018.
- ↑ Paul White Award . Radio Television Digital News Association. Date of treatment May 27, 2014.
- ↑ Chris Wallace, Winner of the 2017 ICFJ Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism | ICFJ - International Center for Journalists . www.icfj.org . Date of treatment November 10, 2017.
- ↑ The New Dean of Sunday Mornings . RealClear Politics (September 18, 2015). Date of treatment April 7, 2016.
Links
- Biography on Fox News