Fox News's Neil Cavuto on Monday launched into a blistering critique of President Trump over his attacks against "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace, saying that journalists are "obligated to question" the president and his defenders, even if it means "inviting your wrath."
The Hill reports Cavuto made the statements just a day after Trump blasted Wallace as "nasty" and "obnoxious" following an interview in which the Fox News anchor repeatedly pressed House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) over the House's impeachment inquiry into Trump's dealings with Ukraine.
"What makes something fake news?" Cavuto asked on Fox News. "I would assume if the news being reported is fake or wrong and the person presenting that news knows it is fake or wrong that is bad. But what if the news being reported is accurate?"
"My colleague Chris Wallace has discovered again the president doesn’t distinguish," Cavuto added before noting that Wallace's interview with Scalise caused an "apparently furious" Trump to lash out at the broadcaster.
Cavuto went on to note that Scalise has gained Trump's support given his consistent defense of the president on matters related to impeachment.
"Let’s just say [Trump] doesn’t like Chris for challenging Scalise on that," Cavuto said, pointing to the questioning the Republican congressman received on Sunday.
Wallace pressed Scalise on a variety of issues related to the public impeachment hearings that began last week in the House. After Scalise dismissed the three witnesses who testified as "Schiff's witnesses," a reference to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Wallace countered that they were all career diplomats who worked within the Trump administration.
Cavuto concluded his monologue by arguing that the president isn't entitled to glowing coverage from the network and that he isn't the first chief executive to believe the media "has it out" for them.
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