Thread by @JewhadiTM

Oh. Great timing, Chris.

Fox News’ Chris Wallace: ‘Facts are clearly under attack’ by POTUS, and it’s his fault that journalists have become “advocates” against him forbes.com/sites/markjoye…

Asked if Americans’ trust in the media has been damaged by President Trump, Wallace said “absolutely. There is no question.”

Wallace said the president’s regular attacks on the news media—and his repeated claims that news stories he doesn’t like are “fake news” has eroded the media’s standing—but also impacted the way journalists cover the White House and the president himself.

“My concern, in terms of the media, is that his attacks on the media and his polarization of the whole process has infected some people in the media,” Wallace said. “And I’ve tried very much to stay out of this.

And I think that some of the people, I’m not talking about opinion people, I’m talking about straight news reporters. I watch you know, I covered—you talked about I was the White House correspondent for NBC—I covered Ronald Reagan for six years.

And I am actually shocked by the animosity, the hostility, the kind of advocacy in White House briefings now, because I think that his license in attacking the media has given reporters.. either lulled them or enraged them, that they have become advocates...often against him.“