Sunday, April 26, 2009

Chris Wallace's Underhanded Tricksterism

Oh, that Chris Wallace. Media Matters shows us a clip today where the Fox News headmaster poses the question that is on the forefront of everyone's minds: "I don't mean to see it in either a positive or negative way: is Obama a radical figure in American politics?"



Wallace, of course, of course meant no harm and no nefarious connotation with the choice of the word "radical." Only a pounce-on-every-word liberal firebreather would think his motives were even the slightest bit underhanded or conniving. So, since the people who watch "Fox News Sunday" are likely to be predominantly people who turn to Fox News for their, you know, news, let's get this one straight from the horse's mouth.

Fox News search returns for "radical":



Radical: Clearly a neutral term without any special meaning in the United States in 2009.