Trump, Clinton, Fox News and the Final Debate: QuickTake Q&A
Trump Vs. Clinton: The Final Showdown
Like Frazier and Ali, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will go at it a third time, in what figures to be the final debate of an increasingly vituperative presidential campaign. While an estimated 84 million people watched the first Trump-Clinton debate, viewership dropped to a more typical 66.5 million people for the second debate, with its town-hall format. The next debate, Wednesday night at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, will be moderated by Chris Wallace of Fox News, who may or may not manage to steer the candidates away from personal invective and onto policy differences.
In recent months, it’s been Trump’s go-to station for nationally televised interviews. Its longtime head, Roger Ailes, is a Trump friend and has advised him in the months since being ousted from the network amid complaints about sexual harassment. Some Fox News personalities, especially Sean Hannity, have been Trump cheerleaders. On the other hand, Trump has sparred with some of the journalists at Fox, including Megyn Kelly during the Republican primaries, and Clinton gave Wallace, host of "Fox News Sunday," her first interview after the Democratic National Convention.