From Fox News to CNN: Why Chris Wallace made his move
Q: Why did Chris Wallace leave Fox News Channel after so long? – Kathy Miles, Buffalo, N.Y.
A: If one takes what he had to say about it at face value, the veteran newsman (and son of fellow television-news veteran Mike Wallace) was presented with a new challenge elsewhere and decided to accept it. He’ll be joining CNN+ when that streaming-service corollary of the cable network launches later in 2022, and he’ll reportedly do a weekday program that will let him address subjects beyond politics. It also must be noted, though, that Wallace spent a lot of time delineating for critics between what he does and what Fox News Channel’s weeknight opinion-show hosts do. It’s possible that he might have decided the time to keep doing that was over, and Wallace’s new program is being designed around his hard-news approach. At least for now, “Fox News Sunday” is being handled by a rotating set of anchors in the immediate aftermath of Wallace’s departure from that news operation.
Q: I often hear Sunny Hostin reference her legal background on “The View.” Exactly what sort of an attorney is she? – Susan Levy, Clovis, Calif.
A: With a Doctor of Law degree from Notre Dame Law School, she first went to work as a law clerk for a retired chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, then joined the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney. Following that, Hostin became a federal prosecutor specializing in child sex crimes ... and while she’s typically passionate (along with the show’s other hosts) about the subjects she addresses on the weekday ABC program, that’s likely why that subject elicits such particularly strong responses from her. Hostin also has delved into other areas of the law professionally, as with her time at risk-consultant firm Kroll, where she served as a managing director of business intelligence and investigations. In that role, she oversaw investigators who looked into cases of fraud around the globe.