Fox News Host Sorry He Equated Bachmann to a Flake

Washington, DC - It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Fox News host Chris Wallace. First he had a dust-up with The Daily Show host, comedian Jon Stewart, over Fox News viewers allegedly being the most consistently uniformed (unless you count being informed with manufactured facts as being informed), and now he implied presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was a “flake” on the air.

Wallace was alluding the Congresswoman was a flake because she continues to say the darndest things in public, but Bachmann would offer no further (goofy) comment on Wallace’s accusation other than to refuse to answer his question based upon him being an unprofessional dick. Wallace has since apologized for his gaffe, but it doesn’t look like Bachmann is willing to accept his apology.

Wallace’s behavior did seem unprofessional to us too and we reached out to Fox News for comment. One behind the scenes staffer told us, “Of course, the simplest explanation is that Chris was still shell-shocked by the Jon Stewart interview and thought of Bachmann as just another comedian. Which she kind of is as she’s running on her non-accomplishments after never drafting any significant legislation in Congress and her district in Minnesota having still having one of the highest unemployment rates.  Or maybe Chris just misspoke. Like for instance, if he was thinking about the 23 foster children that Bachmann claims to have raised, many of whom were only in her care for just days or weeks, maybe what Chris meant to say was “are you a fake?” Yes.  I think that’s the most likely explanation.”