During his wide-ranging conversation on Mediaite’s Press Club podcast, CNN’s Chris Wallace spoke with Mediaite editor in chief Aidan McLaughlin about one of his former colleagues, Tucker Carlson. As a stalwart of traditional media, Wallace had something to say about the role the press should play in conveying the truth versus “trying to attract attention.”
Carlson, who was fired by Fox News in 2023, now hosts a show on Twitter/X and has formed alliances with known far-right conspiracy theorists including Alex Jones. Wallace himself quit Fox News in 2021. He explained on Press Club that the lies and conspiracy theories that festered after Trump lost the 2020 election, including Carlson’s conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol, pushed him to exit the network. Since, Carlson has frequently attacked Wallace in interviews.
McLaughlin asked Wallace about the turn his former Fox colleague has taken:
McLaughlin: Speaking of independent media, there was …