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Wallace was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]],<ref name=encyclopediaTVnews>{{cite book| title= Encyclopedia of Television News| year= 1998| editor-first= Michael D.| editor-last= Murray | publisher= Greenwood| isbn=978-1573561082 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=J3fhcUnCC1AC&pg=PA273 | page =273}}</ref> to longtime [[CBS]] ''[[60 Minutes]]'' reporter [[Mike Wallace]] and Norma Kaphan.<ref name="nytimes19941024">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/24/obituaries/william-leonard-78-former-head-of-cbs-news.html?pagewanted=print |first=Randy|last=Kennedy|title=William Leonard, 78, Former Head of CBS News.|accessdate=June 27, 2011|date=October 24, 1994|work=[[The New York Times]]|quote=After retiring Mr. Leonard lived in Washington with his second wife, the former Norma Kaphan Wallace, ex-wife of the "60 Minutes" correspondent, Mike Wallace. |
Wallace was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]],<ref name=encyclopediaTVnews>{{cite book| title= Encyclopedia of Television News| year= 1998| editor-first= Michael D.| editor-last= Murray | publisher= Greenwood| isbn=978-1573561082 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=J3fhcUnCC1AC&pg=PA273 | page =273}}</ref> to longtime [[CBS]] ''[[60 Minutes]]'' reporter [[Mike Wallace]] and Norma Kaphan.<ref name="nytimes19941024">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/24/obituaries/william-leonard-78-former-head-of-cbs-news.html?pagewanted=print |first=Randy|last=Kennedy|title=William Leonard, 78, Former Head of CBS News.|accessdate=June 27, 2011|date=October 24, 1994|work=[[The New York Times]]|quote=After retiring Mr. Leonard lived in Washington with his second wife, the former Norma Kaphan Wallace, ex-wife of the "60 Minutes" correspondent, Mike Wallace. |
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}}</ref> Wallace is [[American Jews|Jewish]];<ref>[http://forward.com/the-assimilator/352262/7-things-about-debate-moderator-chris-wallace-starting-with-hes-jewish/ "7 Things About Debate Moderator Chris Wallace — Starting With He’s Jewish"] by Thea Glassman, The Forward, October 19, 2016</ref> both his parents were Jewish.<ref name="NYT obit">{{cite news |title=Mike Wallace, CBS Pioneer of '60 Minutes,' Dies at 93 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 8, 2012 |author=Tim Weiner |accessdate=April 8, 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/business/media/mike-wallace-cbs-pioneer-of-60-minutes-dead-at-93.html?pagewanted=all}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QH7MftSWNUcC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=Norma+Kaphan+jew&source=bl&ots=rCXVbsoeYU&sig=I6U5EfuoIC8EA08qznPirX76ooA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AOk1UZrmPObg0QHliID4AQ&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBA#v=snippet&q=Norma%20Kaphan&f=false Stars of David: ''Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish'' By Abigail Pogrebin] retrieved March 30, 2013.</ref> He was named Christopher because he was born on [[Columbus Day]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Grynbaum|first=Michael M.|date= |
}}</ref> Wallace is [[American Jews|Jewish]];<ref>[http://forward.com/the-assimilator/352262/7-things-about-debate-moderator-chris-wallace-starting-with-hes-jewish/ "7 Things About Debate Moderator Chris Wallace — Starting With He’s Jewish"] by Thea Glassman, The Forward, October 19, 2016</ref> both his parents were Jewish.<ref name="NYT obit">{{cite news |title=Mike Wallace, CBS Pioneer of '60 Minutes,' Dies at 93 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 8, 2012 |author=Tim Weiner |accessdate=April 8, 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/business/media/mike-wallace-cbs-pioneer-of-60-minutes-dead-at-93.html?pagewanted=all}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QH7MftSWNUcC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=Norma+Kaphan+jew&source=bl&ots=rCXVbsoeYU&sig=I6U5EfuoIC8EA08qznPirX76ooA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AOk1UZrmPObg0QHliID4AQ&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBA#v=snippet&q=Norma%20Kaphan&f=false Stars of David: ''Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish'' By Abigail Pogrebin] retrieved March 30, 2013.</ref> He was named Christopher because he was born on [[Columbus Day]].<ref name=Gajewski>{{cite web |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/chris-wallace-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-w445527/ |work=[[Us Weekly]] |title=Chris Wallace, Third Presidential Debate 2016 Moderator: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me (I Beat Michael Jordan at Basketball!) |date=19 October 2016 |first=Ryan |last=Gajewski |quote=1. I am named Christopher because I was born on the real Christopher Columbus Day, October 12. 2. My mom hated her middle name (Augusta), so she let me choose mine. I went by Christopher Tarzan for a while.}}</ref><ref name=Grynbaum>{{Cite news|last=Grynbaum|first=Michael M.|date=14 June 2020 |title=Chris Wallace, Insider and Outlier at Fox News |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/14/business/media/chris-wallace-fox-news.html|access-date=2020-08-13|issn=0362-4331 |quote=Though his parents were both Jewish, Mr. Wallace — named Christopher because he was born on Columbus Day — attended Episcopalian prep school in a uniform bearing a small cross, startling his Jewish grandmother.}}</ref> His parents divorced when he was one year old; he grew up with his mother and stepfather [[Bill Leonard (journalist)|Bill Leonard]], President of [[CBS News]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/13/chris-wallace-on-playing-_n_186102.html |title=Chris Wallace On Playing Newsman With His Stepfather, Why Roger Ailes Is Like Roone Arledge |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= April 13, 2009|accessdate=May 15, 2012 |first=Danny |last=Shea}}</ref> Leonard gave him early exposure to [[political journalism]], hiring him as an assistant to [[Walter Cronkite]] at the [[1964 Republican National Convention]]. Wallace did not develop a relationship with his father Mike until the age of 14.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-04-08/mike-wallace-60-minutes-obituary/54116154/1 |title=Newsman Mike Wallace dead at 93 – |publisher=Usatoday.com |date= April 8, 2012|accessdate=May 15, 2012}}</ref> |
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Wallace attended the [[Hotchkiss School]] and [[Harvard College]].<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=October 12, 2016 |title=Famous Alumni: Your House's Claim to Fame |first=Jim |last=Yung |work=[[Harvard Crimson]] |url=http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/2010/3/12/house-alumni-include-famous/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115205246/http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/2010/3/12/house-alumni-include-famous/ |archive-date=November 15, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He first reported news on-air for [[WHRB]], the student radio station at Harvard. He memorably covered the 1969 student occupation of University Hall and was detained by [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] policemen, using his one phone call to sign off a report from Cambridge City Jail with "This is Chris Wallace from [[WHRB|WHRB News]] reporting from Middlesex County Jail in custody."<ref>{{cite news|last=Levinson|first=Arlene|title=Harvard Alumni Plan Reunion To Mark Shutting Down University in 1969|agency=The Associated Press|date=March 15, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |editor1-last=Lambert |editor1-first=Craig |title=Echoes of 1969 |magazine=[[Harvard Magazine]] |date=March–April 2019 |volume=121 |issue=4 |pages=52–60 |url=https://harvardmagazine.com/2019/03/1969-student-protests-vietnam |accessdate=May 7, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |
Wallace attended the [[Hotchkiss School]] and [[Harvard College]].<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=October 12, 2016 |title=Famous Alumni: Your House's Claim to Fame |first=Jim |last=Yung |work=[[Harvard Crimson]] |url=http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/2010/3/12/house-alumni-include-famous/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115205246/http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/2010/3/12/house-alumni-include-famous/ |archive-date=November 15, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He first reported news on-air for [[WHRB]], the student radio station at Harvard. He memorably covered the 1969 student occupation of University Hall and was detained by [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] policemen, using his one phone call to sign off a report from Cambridge City Jail with "This is Chris Wallace from [[WHRB|WHRB News]] reporting from Middlesex County Jail in custody."<ref>{{cite news|last=Levinson|first=Arlene|title=Harvard Alumni Plan Reunion To Mark Shutting Down University in 1969|agency=The Associated Press|date=March 15, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |editor1-last=Lambert |editor1-first=Craig |title=Echoes of 1969 |magazine=[[Harvard Magazine]] |date=March–April 2019 |volume=121 |issue=4 |pages=52–60 |url=https://harvardmagazine.com/2019/03/1969-student-protests-vietnam |accessdate=May 7, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| Born | Christopher Wallace (1947-10-12) October 12, 1947 (age 76) |
| Education | Harvard University (AB) |
| Occupation | Host of Fox News Sunday |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Notable credit(s) | NBC Nightly News anchor (1982–1987) Meet the Press moderator (1987–1988) ABC Primetime correspondent (1989–2003) Fox News Sunday anchor (2003–present) |
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Lorraine (Martin) Smothers
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| Children | 8 |
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Christopher Wallace (born October 12, 1947) is an American journalist and television news anchor of the Fox News program Fox News Sunday. Wallace is known for his tough and wide ranging interviews, for which he is often compared to his father, 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace. As a teenager, Wallace became an assistant to Walter Cronkite during the 1964 Republican National Convention.[1] After graduating from Harvard University, he worked as a national reporter for The Boston Globe where he was described by his boss as an "aggressive and ambitious reporter".[2] After seeing the impact television had on news at the 1972 Republican National Convention, he focused on working on broadcast news, first at NBC (1975–1988) where he served as a White House correspondent alongside contemporaries CBS's Lesley Stahl and ABC's Sam Donaldson.[3] Wallace also worked the anchor for NBC Nightly News and host of Meet the Press. He then worked for ABC, where he served as an anchor for Primetime Thursday and Nightline (1989–2003). Wallace is the only person to have served as host and moderator of more than one of the major U.S. political Sunday morning talk shows, which he did during his time at NBC.[4] Since 2003, Wallace has hosted Fox News Sunday, where he has gained praise and acclaim for his interviews with politicians such as Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Russian president Vladimir Putin.[5][6]
According to a 2018 poll, he was ranked as being one of the most trusted TV news anchors in America.[7] Wallace is also known for his skills as a presidential debate moderator. He made history when he was chosen to moderate the final 2016 United States presidential debate between Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, this being the first for a Fox News journalist. He was chosen again to moderate, this time the first 2020 United States presidential debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Wallace has won a Peabody Award, three Emmy Awards, the duPont–Columbia Silver Baton Award, and a Paul White lifetime achievement award.[8]
Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois,[9] to longtime CBS 60 Minutes reporter Mike Wallace and Norma Kaphan.[10] Wallace is Jewish;[11] both his parents were Jewish.[12][13] He was named Christopher because he was born on Columbus Day.[14][15] His parents divorced when he was one year old; he grew up with his mother and stepfather Bill Leonard, President of CBS News.[16] Leonard gave him early exposure to political journalism, hiring him as an assistant to Walter Cronkite at the 1964 Republican National Convention. Wallace did not develop a relationship with his father Mike until the age of 14.[17]
Wallace attended the Hotchkiss School and Harvard College.[18] He first reported news on-air for WHRB, the student radio station at Harvard. He memorably covered the 1969 student occupation of University Hall and was detained by Cambridge policemen, using his one phone call to sign off a report from Cambridge City Jail with "This is Chris Wallace from WHRB News reporting from Middlesex County Jail in custody."[19][20]
Although accepted at Yale Law School, he decided to work as a national reporter for The Boston Globe where he was described by his boss as an "aggressive and ambitious reporter".[21][22] Wallace soon focused his attention towards broadcast television news when he noticed all the reporters at the 1972 political conventions were watching the proceedings on televisions instead of in person. For a time in the early 1970s, he worked for the Chicago station WBBM-TV, which was owned and operated by CBS.[23]
Wallace began his network journalism career with NBC in 1975, where he stayed for 14 years, as a reporter with WNBC-TVinNew York City. Wallace then transferred to NBC's Washington bureau as a political correspondent for NBC News and later served as Washington co-anchor and news reader for the Today show with Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley in 1982. That same year, he also served as chief White House correspondent (1982–1989), anchor of the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News (1982–1984, 1986–1987), and moderator of Meet the Press (1987–1988).
Some journalists have described Wallace's style as confrontational. During President Ronald Reagan's news conference in March 1987, when Reagan admitted to dealing arms for hostages, Wallace asked Reagan why he had denied that Israel was involved with the arms sales to Iran "when you knew that wasn't true."[24]
Wallace left NBC in 1989 for ABC. Sam Donaldson, ABC's outgoing chief White House correspondent, said he was 'delighted' and 'very pleased' that Wallace, his journalistic rival, will be joining the network saying, 'I've always liked his work, I think he's going to be a plus.'[25]AtABC News, Wallace was the senior correspondent for Primetime Thursday and occasionally hosted Nightline. During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, he reported from Tel Aviv on the Iraqi Scud missiles attacks. At the time, the Israeli government did not want to advertise where the Scuds landed, to prevent the Iraqis from making adjustments to their launchers. On one episode of Nightline, Wallace started describing the location in Tel Aviv where a Scud missile landed. Host Ted Koppel cut him off and asked him to point to a general area rather than give a specific location.[26] Wallace received a News and Documentary Emmy Award nomination for his reporting on Primetime Live segment: Hope Sells.[27]
After another 14 years at ABC, Wallace left in 2003 to join Fox News. Wallace began hosting Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace in 2003 after replacing Tony Snow. Wallace along with Shepard Smith gained a reputation at FOX for their reputable status as journalists on the network.[28][29] In an interview with The Chicago Tribune, Howard Kurtz wrote, "Fox seems to be inching toward more conventional journalism." When asked about his political opinions, Wallace stated, "Do I have political opinions? Absolutely. But I vote for the person, and I've voted for Republicans and Democrats and independents over the course of my life. I feel very strongly that you try not to let that affect the way you report the news."[29] Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes called Wallace "one of the best interviewers in the business. ... I have no idea what he thinks personally, but he asks tough questions of everybody."[29]
Throughout his 17 years at FOX, Wallace has participated in coverage of nearly every major political event and has also secured several high-profile interviews with dignitaries and U.S leaders. In February 2009, he secured Fox's first interview with President Barack Obama.[30] On March 3, 2016, Wallace joined Bret Baier, and Megyn Kelly in moderating the 2016 Republican Party Presidential debateonFox News.[31] In 2017, he interviewed President Donald Trump for his first interview since being elected.
The Commission on Presidential Debates selected Chris Wallace as moderator of the third presidential debate, held on October 19, 2016, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This was the first time a Fox News anchor had moderated a general election presidential debate.[32] After he was selected, Wallace controversially said, "it's not my job" to fact-check candidates, but that it was the job of the opposing candidate.[33] He received notable praise from both sides of the aisle for his tough questioning of both presidential candidates at that last presidential debate of the 2016 election. Afterwards, Jennifer RubininThe Washington Post said that, despite her strong disapproval of other Fox News commentators, "No one could watch the final debate and deny that Chris Wallace is among the best in the business."[34]
In July 2018, Wallace conducted an interview with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Wallace questioned Putin about why so many of his political opponents end up dead, and sought to hand Putin papers containing the indictment of 12 Russian agents for interference in the 2016 election. Putin declined to touch the papers.[35][36] According to The Washington Post's Aaron Blake, Putin was "clearly frustrated by a journalist actually challenging him".[35] His interview earned himself a News and Documentary Emmy Award award for Outstanding Live Interview.[37] It was the first News and Documentary Award in Fox News' history.[38]
In September 2018, Wallace covered the Supreme Court hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, during which Kavanaugh was accused by multiple women including Christine Blasey Ford of sexual assault. Wallace described Ford's testimony as "extremely emotional, extremely raw, and extremely credible...nobody could listen to her deliver those words and talk about the assault and the impact it had had on his life, on her life, and not have your heart, go out to her. She obviously was traumatized by an event."[39][40] He also described the cross-examination format as "a disaster for the Republicans."[41] When Ford's testimony was criticized by conservative pundits, Wallace discussed how his daughters had related their own previously undisclosed experiences. Wallace said that they "hadn’t told their parents, I don’t know if they told their friends. Certainly had never reported it to police...But the point is that there are teenage girls who don’t tell stories to a lot of people, and then it comes up, and I don’t think we can disregard that, I don't think we can disregard Christine Blasey Ford and the seriousness of this. I think that would be a big mistake."[42][43]
On January 27, 2020 Wallace got into a heated exchange with conservative pundit Katie PavlichofTownHall.comonFox News Sunday as to whether or not additional witnesses should be allowed to testify during the 2020 Impeachment trial of Donald Trump in the Senate.[44][45] Pavlich argued that Republicans should be allowed to deny Democrats the right to call witnesses during the trial citing the 1998 Investigation and Impeachment of Bill Clinton. Wallace objected stating, "So we just shouldn't listen to what John Bolton has to say?, elaborating, "To say in the Clinton investigation, these people who were interviewed by the House — one, they weren’t — and to say that it wasn’t done by the Justice Department… It wasn’t done because the Justice Department refused to carry out the investigation! Get your facts straight!"[46][47]
On July 19, 2020, Wallace sat down with President Donald Trump for a wide-ranging interview outside The White House. The interview gained widespread social media attraction and news attraction for its content. Wallace earned praise for holding Trump accountable and fact-checking him in real time.[48][49] In the midst of the ongoing nationwide Black Lives Matter protests over the killing of George Floyd, Wallace pressed Trump on his claim that Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee wanted to "defund and abolish" the police by replying "No, sir, he does not."[50] In reference to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wallace also challenged Trump on his exaggerated claims concerning the mortality rate and testing for COVID-19. When confronted by the statistics, the President responded: "I'll be right eventually." Many have compared the interview style with that of Wallace's father, 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace. This includes Frank Sesno, a professor at George Washington University who teaches a class on "the art of the interview", who stated, "He's very good at this. He's been doing this for a long time. And he's got the Wallace DNA."[49] Many noticed Trump's awkwardness during the interview, including Meghan McCain who stated on The View that, "it was the first time I've really seen President Trump squirm."[51]
The Commission on Presidential Debates selected Wallace as moderator of the first presidential debate, held on September 29, 2020, at Case Western Reserve UniversityinCleveland, Ohio.[52] The debate was deemed a "disaster" by various news pundits for its lack of decorum, civility, and content. President Trump interrupted, taunted, bullied Biden throughout the debate which prompted Biden to tell Trump "will you shut up man", and also calling him a "clown". During the debate Wallace tried to gain control numerous times including stopping the debate and telling the candidates, specifically Trump, "So here's the deal...I think the country would be better served if we allowed both people to speak with fewer interruptions, I'm appealing to you sir".[53]
Numerous post debate polls declared Biden the winner of the debate.[54][55][56] In response to the debate Wallace shared his frustration with the President in an interview with Bill Hemmer where he stated that Trump "bears the primary responsibility for what happened" and that "It was frustrating for me because I tried hard to prepare for a serious debate, much more frustrating and more importantly for the American people because they didn't get the debate they wanted that they deserved."[57] Despite criticism from viewers for not being able to reign in Trump despite repeated attempts Fox News executives released a statement commending Wallace saying they were "extremely proud of his professionalism, skill and fortitude in a unique situation."[58] The Commission on Presidential Debates also praised Wallace stating, they were "grateful to Chris Wallace for the professionalism and skill he brought to last night's debate" while also stating they intend to ensure that additional tools to maintain order are in place for the remaining debates.” [59][60]
In July 2019, Wallace appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote a documentary made on his father, Mike Wallace is Here.[61]
In December 2019, Wallace stated at the Washington Media Museum that "Trump is engaged in the most direct sustained assault on freedom of the press in our history".[62] He also stated that in his 50-year career in journalism his highlights include "spending a week with Mother TeresainCalcutta", as well as covering Reagan across the world for ABC News, and interviewing Putin in Helsinki, asking him "Why do so many people who oppose you end up dead?"[63]
In June 2020, Wallace published his first book, Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World, (ISBN 1982143347) with Mitch Weiss. The book received positive reviews[64] and spent multiple weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list.[65]
In addition to being awarded a Peabody Award and three Emmy Awards[66] he has been awarded:
Wallace has said that despite his blood relationship with his father, Mike, his stepfather, Bill Leonard, had far more of an impact on his life. Wallace said that Leonard was "the single most important person in my life."[74] Wallace first developed a relationship with his father in his teens, after his older brother Peter died in 1962 climbing a mountain in Greece.[75]
Wallace has been married twice. In 1973, he married Elizabeth Farrell, with whom he has four children: Peter (father of William, Caroline, and James),[76] Megan (mother of Sabine and Livia), Andrew (father of Jack), and Catherine.[77] In 1997, he married Lorraine Smothers (née Martin, born 1959), the former wife of Dick Smothers.[78] Lorraine has two children from her previous marriage: Sarah Smothers and Remick Smothers.[79][80]
On October 11, 2006, The Washington Post reported that Wallace had been a registered Democrat for more than two decades. Wallace explained his party affiliation as pragmatism, saying that being a Democrat is the only feasible means of participating in the political process in heavily Democratic Washington, DC. He maintained that he had voted for candidates from both major parties in the past.[81]
He's won three Emmys, a DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton award, and a Paul White lifetime achievement award.
After retiring Mr. Leonard lived in Washington with his second wife, the former Norma Kaphan Wallace, ex-wife of the "60 Minutes" correspondent, Mike Wallace.
1. I am named Christopher because I was born on the real Christopher Columbus Day, October 12. 2. My mom hated her middle name (Augusta), so she let me choose mine. I went by Christopher Tarzan for a while.
Though his parents were both Jewish, Mr. Wallace — named Christopher because he was born on Columbus Day — attended Episcopalian prep school in a uniform bearing a small cross, startling his Jewish grandmother.
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