Fox's Chris Wallace Attacks Moyers To Defend Rove

[EV_Ares]

On Friday August 17, PBS’s Bill Moyers criticized Karl Rove for cynically invoking God and Christianity for political purposes while telling others that he is an agnostic, calling him “a skeptic, a secular manipulator.”

Two days later, when Rove appeared on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked him to take on Moyers’ criticism. “I’m a Christian. I go to church. I’m an Episcopalian,” responded Rove. “You know, Mr. Moyers ought to do a little bit better research before he does another drive-by slander.”

Earlier this week, Moyers argued that Wallace shouldn’t have taken Rove’s “every word as gospel,” but instead, should have challenged Rove’s assertion with other sources who report that he is an agnostic. On Fox News Sunday this morning, Wallace responded to Moyers’ rebuke, saying Moyers failed to do “reporting 101″:

Well, to save on postage, Bill, here’s my response. If you want to find out about someone’s religious beliefs, a good first step might be to ask him. If you had talked to Rove as I did, you would have found out he reads a devotional every day and the biggest charitable contribution he ever made was to his church. Of course, you never called Rove. That’s reporting 101, but it would have gotten in the way of a tasty story line about a non-believer flimflamming the Christian right. I guess, Bill, reporting is easier when you don’t worry about the facts.

Watch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlwmWC4eW00

(rest of article & Transcript @ link)

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/26/bill-moyers-chris-wallace/

[rodeodance]

1. Moyers is an intellectual threat to a pea brain like C. Wallace!

[Rob H.]

2. "I guess, Bill, reporting is easier when you don’t worry about the facts."

Well, if anyone would know all about that, it'd be you, Chris. And call him "Mr. Moyers", you disrespectful disgrace to journalism.

[Critters2]

3. It's well known that Rove is Episcopalian.

My Anglican friends know enough to be embarassed by this. I truly hate Chris Wallace, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Rove may or may not be an Agnostic. But he is certainly an Episcopalian.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

4. How easy to take on Moyers when he has no...

...opportunity to respond. Chris Wallace learned his lesson when he tried to go head-to-head with Bill Clinton, and he doesn't want any part of a face-to-face with somebody like Moyers so he pulls cowardly shit like this.

Wallace is to journalism what Ted Nugent is to guitar playing -- a pretender.

[shadowknows69]

5. All I gotta say is: Mike?

Wha happened? Chris Wallace isn't worthy to lick Moyers socks.

[Cha]

6. I call bullshit on rove and wallace..

rove is a fucking, hypocritical, homicidal dick and I don't care how much money he throws at his church..he's the fucking anti-CHRIST.

[Cobalt-60]

7. He might foul Episcopalian churches with his presence

But Rove's behavior is more in line with the Church of Satan.

[DeSwiss]

8. Having determined some time ago....

.....that he would never, ever come anywhere close to the level of impact and sagacity that his father imbued upon television news and documentaries, Chris has opted to do everything in his power to try and shit on his father's legacy.

You poor, poor pissant.....

[defendandprotect]

9. Is Chris attack Moyers, or attacking Moyers criticism of journalists like him?

Rather than dealing with the issue of our MSM failure to properly inform the public --
as vigorously brought home by Bill Moyers -- Chris took the propagandist's route with a kiss for Rove.

The question isn't what someone professes to be -- the question is what is Rove's behavior?