Here are some things you may not know about Chris Wallace, the Fox News anchor who will moderate the presidential debate https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-09-28/who-is-chris-wallace-presidential-debate-moderator-fox-news
He comes from a journalism family. He is the son of Mike Wallace, the hard-charging correspondent who helped launch “60 Minutes” in 1968 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-09-28/who-is-chris-wallace-presidential-debate-moderator-fox-news
He has worked for four TV network news divisions. He has worked at a CBS Chicago TV station, NBC News, ABC, and of course Fox News https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-09-28/who-is-chris-wallace-presidential-debate-moderator-fox-news
He has a reputation as one of the toughest interrogators in TV news. For instance, Wallace asked Russian president Vladimir Putin in 2018 why so many of his political opponents ended up dead. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-09-28/who-is-chris-wallace-presidential-debate-moderator-fox-news
Here's more information on Wallace, including which party he is a registered voter for: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-09-28/who-is-chris-wallace-presidential-debate-moderator-fox-news
One of our reporters has strong feelings about the usefulness of debates https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-09-29/presidential-debates-2020-trump-biden-watch
TV networks are still haunted by how botched Bush v. Gore election night coverage set in motion the Florida recount crisis. Can it happen again? https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-08-14/democratic-convention-republican-biden-trump-bush-gore-election-florida-recount
Speaking of Wallaces in the news industry, Nicolle Wallace recently discussed covering politics in these tense times, and why she thinks she was fired from "The View" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-08-17/nicolle-wallace-msnbc-trump-election-2020