Chris Wallace Announces He’s Leaving Fox News, Joining CNN

Jack Phillips
By Jack Phillips
December 12, 2021US News
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Chris Wallace Announces He’s Leaving Fox News, Joining CNN
Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News speaks as President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate in Cleveland on Sept. 29, 2020. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace announced on Sunday that he’s leaving the network, ending his 18-year-long run of hosting “Fox News Sunday,” and joining CNN to host a weekday show.

Wallace will join CNN+, the news organization’s streaming product that’s launching next year, and will host a show that interviews celebrities, politicians, business leaders, and sports figures, according to CNN in a news release.

“I am thrilled to join CNN+. After decades in broadcast and cable news, I am excited to explore the world of streaming. I look forward to the new freedom and flexibility streaming affords in interviewing major figures across the news landscape—and finding new ways to tell stories,” Wallace said in a statement provided by CNN.

During his past several years at Fox News, Wallace was criticized by Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, for showing an alleged bias against conservatives. During his “Fox News Sunday” program, Wallace would often criticize Trump when he was in office, which would draw consistent and considerable negative feedback in Fox News’ comments section.

Wallace also recently objected to Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s “Patriot Purge,” a documentary that offers an alternative to the dominant narrative on Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Two longtime Fox News contributors resigned last month over Carlson’s documentary.

On Sunday, Wallace told viewers that “after 18 years—this is my final Fox News Sunday … it is the last time—and I say this with real sadness—we will meet like this.”

“Eighteen years ago, the bosses here at Fox promised me they would never interfere with a guest I booked or a question I asked. And they kept that promise,” Wallace, the son of CBS correspondent Mike Wallace, added in his on-air announcement. “I have been free to report to the best of my ability, to cover the stories I think are important, to hold our country’s leaders to account.”

Fox News, meanwhile, said that it would use a rotating slate of hosts to replace Wallace on Sundays.

In recent weeks, CNN has been plagued by scandal. The network announced last weekend that it fired Chris Cuomo after reports suggested that he was more involved in trying to help his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, navigate a public relations implosion following a series of sexual harassment allegations last year.

And over the weekend, a CNN producer, John Griffin, was arrested on charges that he allegedly coerced parents to allow their minor daughters to engage in sexual activity in his Vermont home. According to his LinkedIn profile, Griffin had worked on “New Day,” which was hosted by Chris Cuomo.

On several “communication platforms, Griffin sought to persuade parents to allow him to train their daughters to be sexually submissive,” U.S. Attorney’s Office in Vermont wrote in a statement. “In June of 2020, Griffin advised a mother of 9- and 13-year-old daughters that the mother’s responsibility was to see that her older daughter was ‘trained properly.'”

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