Fox News Snares First Post-Convention Interview With Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton will give her first interview after this week’s Democratic National Convention to Chris Wallace of Fox News, the 21st Century Fox-owned cable-news outlet said Thursday, a sign that Clinton will work to woo conservative viewers who are known to favor the outlet as she mounts an aggressive bid to win the nation’s highest office.
Clinton will appear on “Fox News Sunday,” a public-affairs program that airs on Fox Broadcasting affiliates on Sunday mornings, and then on Fox News Channel in the afternoon and evening. The interview will air Sunday, July 31.
During an appearance on Fox News Channel Wednesday afternoon, Wallace told viewers he had worked for 15 months to secure the candidate’s participation.
Clinton’s appearance on “Fox News Sunday” will mark her first on the program in almost five years and her fourth time appearing on Fox News since announcing her presidential candidacy in 2015. Clinton took part in Fox News’ Democratic town hall moderated by Bret Baier in March, followed by a satellite interview with Baier in June after securing enough votes to become the presumptive Democratic nominee. She recently gave an on-air phone interview to Bill O’Reilly the night of the terrorist attacks in Nice, France.
Her appearance this weekend will lend credence to the notion that Fox News’ ratings and influence continue as a force to be reckoned with even as the network works through a leadership transition. Roger Ailes, the network’s longtime chairman and chief executive, stepped down last week in the wake of sexual harassment allegations that he has denied. Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of the network’s parent company, has taken on the posts of chairman and interim chief executive, while Fox News executives Bill Shine and Jay Wallace continue to oversee the network’s programming.
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