福克斯新闻的主要主持人克里斯·华莱士重申了他对总统攻击媒体的批评，从而巩固了他在唐纳德·特朗普最喜欢的频道上最突出的反对声音的地位。
华盛顿媒体博物馆新闻博物馆的观众爆发出掌声，华莱士在一次演讲中告诉他们，特朗普“参与了我们历史上对新闻自由最直接的持续攻击”卫报报道。
他说:“他已经竭尽所能削弱媒体，试图使我们非法化，我认为他的目的很明确——当我们批评他和他的政府时，提出我们可以信任的疑问。”。
华莱士在推特上描述了特朗普断言“虚假新闻媒体”是总统所说的“美国人民的敌人”，这如何侵蚀了公众对媒体的信任
“老实说，总统的攻击造成了一些损害，”华莱士说，引用了自由论坛研究所的一项民意调查，该调查发现近三分之一的美国人认为第一修正案“太过分了”
第一修正案规定:“国会不得制定任何关于建立宗教或禁止自由信奉宗教的法律；或剥夺言论自由或新闻自由；或人民和平集会和向政府请愿要求纠正冤情的权利。”
华莱士还说，“四分之三的人说虚假新闻是对我们民主的严重威胁”，引用了自由论坛研究所的调查。
的主人福克斯周日新闻是鲁珀特·默多克旗下频道上罕见的反对声音，也是舆论主持人劳拉·英格拉姆和肖恩·哈尼蒂表达的亲特朗普情绪的抗衡力量。
总统反对华莱士的一些提问，尤其是在他接受众议院少数党党鞭史蒂夫·斯卡利斯的艰难采访之后特朗普发推特华莱士“令人讨厌”和“讨厌”。
10月份，特朗普在乌克兰调查的报道上把华莱士和他已故的记者父亲相提并论。
他在推特上写道:“请某人向福克斯公司的克里斯·华莱士解释一下，他永远不会是他的父亲[和我的朋友”，迈克·华莱士说，我和乌克兰总统的电话交谈很愉快
华莱士周三的最新评论标志着新闻博物馆在目前的位置关闭了近12年，受到了华盛顿邮报。
然而，该出版物指出，这与他2017年在国际记者中心所做的类似，他还说特朗普“正在对我们历史上最直接、持续的新闻自由进行攻击。”
埃里克·温普尔在一篇专栏文章中写道张贴:“我们应该让华莱士靠岸进行语音语言回收吗？见鬼，不。恰恰相反，这个基本的真理需要被重复，强调，敲进美国人的耳朵。"
福克斯电视台的另一位主持人以展示编辑独立性而闻名，谢泼德·史密斯于10月份退出了该网络警告说,“恐吓和诽谤新闻界现在是一种全球现象。我们不必找太多证据。”
TRUMP IS BEHIND 'MOST DIRECT SUSTAINED ASSAULT' ON MEDIA FREEDOM SAYS FOX NEWS HOST CHRIS WALLACE
Leading Fox News host Chris Wallace has reinforced his status as the most prominent dissenting voice on Donald Trump's favorite channel by reiterating his criticism of the president's attacks on the media.
The audience at the Washington media museum, the Newseum, burst into applause when Wallace told them in a speech that Trump was "engaged in the most direct sustained assault on freedom of the press in our history," The Guardian reported.
"He has done everything he can to undercut the media, to try and delegitimize us, and I think his purpose is clear—to raise doubts when we report critically about him and his administration that we can be trusted," he said.
Wallace described how trust from the public in the media had been corroded by Trump's assertion in a tweet that "fake news media" was in the president's words, "the enemy of the American people."
"Let's be honest, the president's attacks have done some damage," Wallace said, citing a Freedom Forum Institute poll which found that almost a third of Americans think the first amendment "goes too far."
The first amendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Wallace added that "three quarters say that fake news is a serious threat to our democracy," citing the same Freedom Forum Institute poll.
The host of Fox News Sunday is a rare dissenting voice on the channel owned by Rupert Murdoch, and is a counterweight to the pro-Trump sentiment expressed by opinion hosts Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity.
The president has taken exception to some of Wallace's questioning, especially after he gave a tough interview to House minority whip Steve Scalise, after which Trump tweeted that Wallace was "nasty" and "obnoxious".
In October, Trump unfavorably compared Wallace with his late journalist father over the coverage of the Ukraine investigation.
He tweeted: "Somebody please explain to Chris Wallace of Fox, who will never be his father [and my friend], Mike Wallace that the Phone Conversation I had with the President of Ukraine was a congenial & good one."
Wallace's latest comments on Wednesday to mark the closure of the Newseum after nearly 12 years at its current location, drew praise from The Washington Post.
However, the publication noted that they were similar to ones he made in 2017 at the International Center for Journalists in which he also said that Trump, "is engaged in the most direct, sustained assault on a free press in our history."
Erik Wemple wrote in an op-ed for the Post: "Should we dock Wallace for speech-language recycling? Heck no. To the contrary, this fundamental truth needs to be repeated, stressed, pounded into Americans' ears."
Another Fox host known for his displays of editorial independence, Shepard Smith quit the network in October, warning that "intimidation and vilification of the press is now a global phenomenon. We don't have to look far for evidence of that."
