Wallace Was “Acting Like A Newsman”

CNN’s Reliable Sources tackled the Clinton/Wallace confrontation this morning with David Frum, Roger Simon and Arianna Huffington. Simon, the chief political correspondent for Bloomberg, had this to say:

KURTZ: What I want to know, Roger Simon, is, was he particularly sensitive maybe about being asked this on Fox News [Sunday], where he’s never before done a one-on-one interview? He brings in Rupert Murdoch and conservative… What do you think? SIMON: Well, a couple of things. One, I think we’ve seen, as if we ever doubted, that making yourself available to the media is not the same thing as liking the media. And Bill Clinton still does not like the media, number one. And number two, I think what his answer shows is that he believes, as his wife once famously said, there is a vast right wing conspiracy out to get the Clinton. That may be true. I’m not sure Chris Wallace is part of it, however. I think Chris Wallace was simply acting like a newsman.

Here’s the transcript…

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