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Chris Wallace modererade den första debatten. (Olivier Douliery / TT NYHETSBYRÅN)

Wallace om kaoset under debatten: ”Det spårade ur”

Fox News-moderatorn Chris Wallace säger i en intervju med New York Times att han ”aldrig har varit med om något liknande” när han får beskriva den första kaotiska debatten mellan Donald Trump och demokratiske utmanaren Joe Biden.

Sittande presidenten avbröt vid upprepade tillfällen den demokratiske utmanaren, vilket i går fick kommissionen som ansvarar för debatterna att utlova nya regler inför de två kvarvarande drabbningarna.

Wallace har i efterhand kritiserats för hur han hanterade situationen – även om många medger att uppdraget var nästintill omöjligt. En stor del av kritiken har handlat om att Wallace inte lyckades få tyst på Trump och att han missade uppenbara följdfrågor.

– Jag kunde aldrig drömma om att det skulle spåra ur som det gjorde, säger Wallace till tidningen.

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Chris Wallace
Wikipedia (en)
Christopher Wallace (born October 12, 1947) is an American television anchor and journalist who is the 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. 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". 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 and the anchor for NBC Nightly News and host of Meet the Press. He then worked for ABC 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. Since 2003, Wallace has hosted Fox News Sunday where he has gained praise and acclaim for his interviews with such politicians as Barack Obama, President Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump.According to a 2018 poll, he was ranked as being one of the most trusted TV news anchors in America. 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.
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