Trump to Appear on Fox News Sunday
Donald Trump will get together with one of the tough questioners from Fox's coverage of the first GOP debate, Chris Wallace, for an appearance on Fox News Sunday (Oct. 18).
It will be the leading Republican presidential candidates' first appearance on the show since he announced his candidacy and the first face-to-face since the debate, following which Trump criticized the questioners and questions and has had an on-again, off-again relationship with the network, which appears to be on again—he appeared on Sean Hannity's show Monday.
Michael Clemente, executive VP of news at Fox News, last week said: "The door is always open for Mr. Trump to meet with our senior editorial team to discuss any issues he may have with our coverage of his campaign. Mr. Trump continues to appear on Fox News and we haven’t changed a thing, so we don’t see any overwhelming need for a meeting at this time.”
Trump and Wallace had a heated exchange during the debate over Trump's casino bankruptcies, and Wallace told the Huffington Post last month he had declined to allow Trump to phone in to the Sunday show, as Trump has done to numerous other news shows.
Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter
The smarter way to stay on top of broadcasting and cable industry. Sign up below
Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.