The former press secretary in the Bush White House will moderate the next Republican debate. She’s managed to rise at Fox without being a Trump supplicant.
Fox News Media and Univision have announced the co-moderators of the second Republican presidential primary set to air across Fox Business Network and Univision on Sept. 27, at 9-11 p.m. ET at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. Fox Business’ Stuart Varney and Fox News’ Dana Perino have been named as co-moderators for the event by Fox News Media, while Univision named its evening news anchor Ilia Calderón as co-moderator.
In its statement on Wallace’s exit from the network, Fox News said, “the legacy of Fox News Sunday will continue with our star journalists, many of whom will rotate in the position until a permanent host is named.” Among those mentioned among the network’s news-side anchors who will rotate in the Fox News Sunday moderator role are Bret Baier, John Roberts, Harris Faulkner, Shannon Bream, Martha MacCallum, Neil Cavuto, Bill Hemmer, Jennifer Griffin and Dana Perino.
Jay Wallace, president of Fox News Media and several of the network’s top anchors — Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, Dana Perino and Juan Williams — have been advised to quarantine after being exposed to someone on a private flight who later tested positive for the coronavirus, two people with direct knowledge of the situation said on Sunday.
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Fox News Channel’s panel show The Five relies on the combative camaraderie of its longtime hosts. Now patched together from five separate locations, its characteristic conversations can sometimes literally miss a beat.
The fact that Fox News Channel’s Dana Perino was chosen to question Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg last week speaks to Perino’s growing role at Fox, and a sense that sources are trusting her as an honest broker of information.
Fox News Channel has tapped Dana Perino (l) and Chris Stirewalt to host a Sunday program through the current election cycle. Perino & Stirewalt: I’ll Tell You What is the first new program to launch on the 21st Century Fox-owned network since the departure of longtime leader Roger Ailes.
