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September 27 to October 3, 2020

Interview Transcript

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,215397,00.html If you want to have a quote from the the interview, at least quote it properly, instead of mashing separate sections together with the lines "But I had responsibility for trying to protect this country. I tried and I failed to get bin Laden. I regret it. But I did try. So I tried and failed. When I failed, I left a comprehensive anti-terror strategy and the best guy in the country, Dick Clarke, who got demoted."

References needed

There are references to 1969, one of the peak years of the Vietnam War, but no indication of how Wallace was able to avoid being drafted. Also, since when did being accepted to a law school and not attending become a credential? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.238.77 (talk) 17:59, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I placed a references needed template at the top of the article because there are essentially no references in the personal life section and the infor there has the appearance of original research. My hope is that references can be added soon. SkagitRiverQueen (talk) 16:24, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have a particular concern with the list of notable people he's interviewed. People add names to this list from time to time, and it's completely unsourced. I'm concerned that some jokers might just add names more or less at random. JamesMLane t c 21:21, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Notable Interviews

I completely agree with the Wikipedia editor's tag on this section. I am alarmed by the fact that it is nowhere near complete and we should urge all readers to expand upon it. Are there any more proactive steps we can take as Wikipedians to encourage readers to add names of people Chris has interviewed over his career?

If you are reading this now and you have seen Chris Wallace on television interviewing a person whose name does not appear on this list, you can help Wikipedia by adding that information. Please don't be shy! As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia wishes to include all relevant information. Mardiste (talk) 23:45, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can't tell if the above two remarks are intended as jokes. The bloated and mindless "Notable interview" list was justly deleted several years ago. Let's hope it doesn't return. TheScotch (talk) 06:32, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Registered Democratic

Is this section even necessary? It's basically like having a section based on his opinion of what color shoes he wears — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.17.241 (talk) 15:13, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps "Political affiliation" would be better" Patapsco913 (talk) 02:00, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed the heading to "Political affiliation.--Southronite (talk) 17:57, 16 April 2012 (UTC)"[reply]

Re: "It's basically like having a section based on his opinion of what color shoes he wears"

If Wallace worked for Fox Shoe News which purported to be a "fair and balanced" source of information about shoes, but in fact was nothing but a series of "infomercials" for Famous Footwear, then it would be like "having a section"...on what brand of shoe Wallace wears (not the color or "his opinion of what color"--this is as close an analogy as I can conjure). Since Fox News clearly and consistently espouses a very particular political viewpoint and actively promotes a very particular political agenda in an obvious and heavy-handed manner and since Wallace previously worked for many years in mainstream television news, his own political affiliation is certainly of interest. TheScotch (talk) 06:17, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Chris Wallace attended the Millbrook School. He may have later attended Hotchkiss, but was a student at Millbrook for at least the two years, and was there when his older brother, who also attended Millbrook, died under suspicious circumstances attempting to do investigative reporting in Greece.

21:17, 20 October 2016 (UTC)172.78.136.106 (talk)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - Mlpearc (open channel) 21:22, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mention Trump interview (July 2020)?

The interview seemed to attract considerable controversy and coverage. It might also be a good idea to mention every interview Wallace has conducted with a president. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 14:22, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

alleged middle initial

I see him called "Christopher W. Wallace" in the intro and template but no source is cited for supporting this middle initial. Can someone find something predating the addition of the initial to Wikipedia?

Checking back through the history I located special:diff/777627497 on 28 April 2017 when this was added by user:2602:302:d1a2:c740:451:6d42:2162:f043 to both the template and introduction. No sources were used and the editor seems pretty suspicious.

This has gone unchecked for over 3 years with no source in site, so I am going to remove that for now. Feel free to add it back if you can find a reliable source (prior to April 2017) that actually used it, or perhaps a recent statement from Chris himself, because otherwise it's probably lazy reporters repeating what they see on Wikipedia without checking the facts. WakandaQT (talk) 02:50, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Moving to Extended Protection.

Hi everyone. Due to the situation of the first 2020 Presidential Debate and the effects of it, should this article move to extended protection in case of vandalism? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MOADooAH1 (talk • contribs) 04:52, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No. GreenFrogsGoRibbit (talk) 14:54, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Universally panned

Wallace's performance in the first 2020 presidential debate has been universally panned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.168.17.209 (talk • contribs) 07:35, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a forum read this plz GreenFrogsGoRibbit (talk) 14:54, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tarzan

In special:diff/981477855 I just added a commented-out "alias = Christopher Tarzan" to the template and would like to have a discussion here to gather opinions on whether or not it should be displayed.

Wallace mentioned this in an interview, the source for it is this:

Gajewski, Ryan (19 October 2016). "Chris Wallace, Third Presidential Debate 2016 Moderator: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me (I Beat Michael Jordan at Basketball!)". Us Weekly. 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.

I was banned for 2 days for moving the article to "Chris Tarzan Wallace" for disambiguatory purposes, so I will not be attempting that again, but I do believe it is worth discussing whether or not to at least include this information. I don't think Chris would have brought this up unless it was important to him. WakandaQT (talk) 15:19, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That statement is clearly a joke. He's saying that as a child he picked a Disney character as his "middle name", like how children pretend that they're superheroes or princesses or whatever. The source you used is also a primary source (an interview with the subject), for adding this kind of information to the article it would be preferable to use a secondary source, and there's no agreement here whether US magazine is reliable. 86.23.86.239 (talk) 22:40, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hes on HBO, not CNN.

Reccomend ammending article. He is on HBO Max. 7 episodes in 66.75.63.125 (talk) 03:07, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He's also on CNN. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 03:18, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]