FOX News Channel to Host a Town Hall with 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Sunday May 19th
April 23 2019 - 11:44AM
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FOX News Sunday’s Chris Wallace to
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FOX News Channel (FNC) will present a town hall with 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South
Bend, IN on Sunday, May 19th, announced Jay Wallace, President and
Executive Editor of FOX News and FOX Business Network. Moderated by
FOX News Sunday’s Chris Wallace, the town hall will take place live
from 7-8PM/ET in Claremont, NH and focus on the top issues facing
voters.
In making the announcement, Jay Wallace said, “We look forward
to hosting Mayor Buttigieg in New Hampshire and again showcasing
our first-in-class journalism and election coverage.”
This marks the fourth such event of the current election season
hosted by FNC and will be the third with a Democratic presidential
candidate. Most recently, Special Report’s Bret Baier and The
Story’s Martha MacCallum held a town hall with 2020 frontrunner
Sen. Bernie Sanders which was the highest rated of the election
cycle, garnering nearly 2.6 million viewers, preceded by a town
hall with Howard Schultz which drew more than 1.9 million viewers,
according to Nielsen Media Research. Additionally, the network
announced a town hall last week with 2020 presidential candidate
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) scheduled for May 8th in Milwaukee,
WI.
The Buttigieg town hall will be moderator Chris Wallace’s first
of the season. During his tenure at FOX News, Wallace has
participated in coverage of nearly every major political event and
has played an integral role in the network’s 2016, 2012, 2008 and
2004 election coverage. Most notably, Wallace was the first
journalist from FOX News to moderate a general election
presidential debate, which took place at the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas in October 2016. He received praise from both sides of
the aisle for his tough questioning of then presidential candidates
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at the third and final debate
leading up to the election.
As anchor of FOX News Sunday, Wallace joined the network in 2003
and is based in Washington, D.C. In 2014, he marked his 50th year
in broadcasting. Wallace has secured several high-profile
interviews with dignitaries and U.S leaders including: a
widely praised sit down with Russian President Vladimir Putin at
the Helsinki Summit in 2018; an exclusive interview with
French President Emmanuel Macron; the first interview
with President Donald Trump after he was elected in
2016; an interview with then-Democratic presidential
nominee Hillary Clinton, and an exclusive interview with
then-President Barack Obama in 2016.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most
watched television news channel for 17 consecutive years. According
to a 2019 Suffolk University poll, FOX News is the most trusted
source for television news or commentary in the country while a
2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Brand Analysis survey found that
FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017
Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who
could name an objective news source, FOX News is the top-cited
outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90
million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely
notching the top ten programs in the genre.
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