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'''Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace''' (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was a news broadcaster and media personality, whose main claim to fame was being an ambush journalist on [[CBS]] and later hosting [[60 Minutes]]. He is also the father of [[Fox News]] correspondent [[Chris Wallace]]. | '''Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace''' (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was a news broadcaster and media personality, whose main claim to fame was being an ambush journalist on [[CBS]] and later hosting [[60 Minutes]]. He is also the father of [[Fox News]] correspondent [[Chris Wallace]]. | ||
| − | Mike Wallace was also among those in journalism who gradually transformed it into the liberal-biased institution of today. Infamously, during a 1987 televised debate for Orders | + | Mike Wallace was also among those in journalism who gradually transformed it into the liberal-biased institution of today. Infamously, during a 1987 televised debate for the "Under Orders, Under Fire" episodes for the series Ethics in America, Mike Wallace chastised ABC reporter [[Peter Jennings]] for deciding to try and warn the Americans that they were walking into an ambush while implying that he felt it was just another story to cover, and when asked whether he felt he had a higher duty than the journalistic ethic of reporting facts by Charles Ogletree, he flatly stated with no hesitation “No. You don’t have a higher duty. No. No. You’re a reporter!”<ref>http://marine-family.org/cowards/mike_wallace.htm</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGg_dpGhlf0</ref><ref>http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brent-baker/2006/03/16/mike-wallace-journalist-first-american-second-vintage-video</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:11, April 21, 2017
Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was a news broadcaster and media personality, whose main claim to fame was being an ambush journalist on CBS and later hosting 60 Minutes. He is also the father of Fox News correspondent Chris Wallace.
Mike Wallace was also among those in journalism who gradually transformed it into the liberal-biased institution of today. Infamously, during a 1987 televised debate for the "Under Orders, Under Fire" episodes for the series Ethics in America, Mike Wallace chastised ABC reporter Peter Jennings for deciding to try and warn the Americans that they were walking into an ambush while implying that he felt it was just another story to cover, and when asked whether he felt he had a higher duty than the journalistic ethic of reporting facts by Charles Ogletree, he flatly stated with no hesitation “No. You don’t have a higher duty. No. No. You’re a reporter!”[1][2][3]