Chris Wallace Is OUT at Fox News, Plugs ‘New Adventure’ – Opinion

Chris Wallace, Fox News’s 18-year veteran announced this morning that he would be leaving the station. This is apparently not a retirement either, with Wallace noting that he’s going to pursue other opportunities.

And while he didn’t give any specifics, we can speculate on that what that next move is going to be. Here’s what the video of Wallace announcing his exit looked like.

Chris Wallace has announced his departure from Fox News Sunday. After 18 years of working for Fox, I’ve decided to quit. “I want to be a pioneer in something else. To go beyond politics and to pursue all my interests. I am open to a new adventure. “I hope you enjoy it.” pic.twitter.com/X60xE47HDx

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 12, 2021

It’s a little weird that Wallace would plug his “new adventure,” including asking people to “check it out,” given that it’s not going to be with Fox News. If he’s headed to a rival network, as is almost certainly the case, I wouldn’t think Fox News would be wanting its viewers to check it out.

So where’s he going? I think Newsbusters’ Curtis Houck is on the right track.

Here’s my logic — CNN will need talent to fill airtime as Discovery takes over and who knows what changes they’ll make.

Apart from holes they’re their regular programming, CNN+ has not announced anything other than Kasie Hunt’s program.

Chris Wallace would be the big “get”.

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 12, 2021

Wallace has been a fish-out-of-water at Fox News for at least the past several years, and I don’t mean that as a compliment. Like many in the media, Donald Trump appeared to break him, with Wallace going from “ah shucks” middle-of-the-road Democrat to a consistent purveyor of leftwing talking points. He was a disgraceful performer in the 2020 debate, in which he sought out to defend Joe Biden and completely avoided any discussion that could have been beneficial for Trump.

The examples don’t stop there, though. Over just the past year, Wallace has managed to go on the far-left Stephen Colbert show to bash Republicans and he’s praised congenital liar Jen Psaki as one of the best press secretaries ever. Wallace tried to make a mockery of Republicans by accusing them of funding the police. He was echoing a White House talk point at the time. Wallace just nodded his head when John Brennan made a lie about Steele Dossier. I could keep going by citing the numerous softball interviews he’s given Nancy Pelosi recently, but you get the point.

Fox News is far better off with someone else in the Fox News Sunday chair, and Wallace’s analysis on election nights won’t be missed either. It’s one thing to be unbiased. It’s another to continually spit in the face of your audience, and Wallace has devolved into doing the latter far too often.

So where’s Wallace headed next? I don’t know. Maybe it’s a gig over at CNN. Maybe it’s a network chair. Or is he’s headed for something far more minuscule? Personally, I don’t buy that this Wallace leaving his role at Fox News is wholly voluntary. I’ve been speculating for a while that they had to make a move here if they wanted to keep their audience, and it looks like that move has been made.

And while many on the right will spend today singing Wallace’s praises (especially those who work or appear on Fox News), you can count me out on that. I don’t believe he’s operated in good faith towards his audience for a long time.