Fox News Host Chris Wallace Escalated the Network’s War With Trump

The Fox News host Chris Wallace says US President Donald Trump has launched the most sustained attack on press freedom in the country’s history.

“I believe that President Trump is engaged in the most direct sustained assault on freedom of the press in our history,” Wallace said on Wednesday night, according to The Guardian.

He made the comments at the Newseum, a museum about the media industry and free expression in Washington, DC, at an event celebrating the First Amendment. The event was also a farewell for the Newseum, which is closing at the end of the year.

“He has done everything he can to undercut the media, to try and delegitimize us, and I think his purpose is clear: to raise doubts when we report critically about him and his administration that we can be trusted,” Wallace said.

He also discussed “fake news,” a phrase that originally referred to intentionally false information but was co-opted by Trump during his presidential campaign to disparage the legitimate news media. (Read more from “Fox News Host Chris Wallace Escalated the Network’s War With Trump” HERE)

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