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Shep Smith, Fox News Anchor, Abruptly Departs From Network | |
2019-10-12 | |
[NYT] Shepard Smith, the chief news anchor of Fox News whose reporting often drew the ire of President Trump, said on Friday that he was leaving the cable news network after 23 years, an abrupt move that left some of his co-workers openly stunned. "Recently, I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox News," Mr. Smith told viewers at the close of his regular broadcast. "After requesting that I stay, they obliged." A fixture of Fox News, Mr. Smith joined the network as a correspondent at its start in 1996 and became one of its most visible journalists. He is leaving in the middle of his current contract, a rarity in the cutthroat television business, and he told viewers on Friday that, under his exit agreement, "I won’t be reporting elsewhere at least in the near future." Since Mr. Trump took office, Mr. Smith has stood out at Fox News for his tough coverage of the White House ‐ a stark contrast from the Trump cheerleading often displayed by the network’s prime-time and morning-show commentators. Mr. Smith’s reporting has sometimes frustrated Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly taunted the anchor on Twitter, referring to him as Fox’s "lowest rated anchor." On Thursday, Mr. Trump cited Mr. Smith by name, along with the former Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, arguing that Fox News was "much different than it used to be in the good old days."
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Posted by:Besoeker |
#15 Best work he ever did was in the movie "Volcano". |
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-10-12 22:40 |
#14 MUSTA backed up on something and GOT CAUGHT?? |
Posted by: ranture 2019-10-12 18:43 |
#13 Never a Shepard Smith fan. He was a shill for the Dems/Left. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2019-10-12 18:10 |
#12 Wallichinski delenda est |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-10-12 11:10 |
#11 FauxNews Lie Hundred |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-10-12 10:14 |
#10 "Guess |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-10-12 09:07 |
#9 |
Posted by: DarthVader 2019-10-12 09:05 |
#8 Aids That's what I thought a few years ago. Meds losing effectiveness? |
Posted by: Whavimp Grath4899 2019-10-12 08:48 |
#7 How soon until he winds up on CNN? I give it three months, tops. |
Posted by: Raj 2019-10-12 07:29 |
#6 He'll be missed like chiggers. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-10-12 07:26 |
#5 Fox News barely missed Bill O’Reilly when replaced by Tucker Carlson and they will improve their ratings with any replacement of Shemp. |
Posted by: Airandee 2019-10-12 07:06 |
#4 Barr met /Murdoch a day or two before. Leakgate uncovered by Durham? |
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454 2019-10-12 02:24 |
#3 Aids |
Posted by: Thimp Clusort2035 2019-10-12 02:22 |
#2 Shep Smith at center of Chasten Buttigieg and wife Pete announced split. Gutfeld, Timpf, and Tyrus find revealing pics in Faux News green room, refuse to re-enter. Owners demand Smith take a hike ??? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-10-12 02:11 |
#1 I started started avoiding listening to Shep Smith beginning with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010. His buffoonery on a sandy beach was the final straw. I could look at the chyron for the news segment and extrapolate how "Shemp" would massage and spin the facts into a half-baked morality fable. Listening to him became a waste of time. Good riddance. |
Posted by: magpie 2019-10-12 00:14 |