FOX News Chief Roger Ailes: Clinton Hatred for Journalists is Showing

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FOX News Chief: Clinton Hatred for Journalists is Showing

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216180,00.html

NEW YORK — Fox News chief Roger Ailes says former President Clinton's response to Chris Wallace's question about going after Usama bin Laden represents "an assault on all journalists."

Ailes said Clinton had a "wild overreaction" in the interview, broadcast on "FOX News Sunday." Hundreds of thousands of people subsequently watched clips over the Internet, with FOX News foes rallying behind Clinton.

"If you can't sit there and answer a question from a professional, mild-mannered, respectful reporter like Chris Wallace, then the hatred for journalists is showing," Ailes said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday. "All journalists need to raise their eyebrows and say, 'hold on a second."'

Wallace has said he asked Clinton about bin Laden partly because of ABC's recent docudrama "The Path to 9/11," widely criticized as full of falsehoods by former Clinton administration officials for depicting a bungling effort at going after the terrorist leader.