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« on: 10 14, 19, 05:10:20:PM » Reply

With President Trump actively distorting the truth and many of his own colleagues helping him do it, the Fox News star prided himself on anchoring a newscast that countered the network's pro-Trump opinion shows.

The way Smith saw it, he was making sure that accurate information was getting on Fox's air.

"I wonder," he told a Time magazine reporter last year, "if I stopped delivering the facts, what would go in its place in this place that is most watched, most listened, most viewed, most trusted? I don't know."

But he reached a breaking point. Sometime in September, according to a well-placed source, he went to Fox News management and asked to be let out of his long-term contract. Tensions with the opinion shows were getting to be too much.

In late September, 8 p.m. host Tucker Carlson mocked Smith for standing up for his friend and colleague Judge Andrew Napolitano after the judge was called a "fool" by one of Carlson's guests. The network's lack of a vocal defense for Smith following the incident bothered him and the whole episode factored into his decision to leave, according to a person familiar with the matter.

But that episode was just one of many skirmishes that weighed heavily on Smith.

Executives at the network leaned on him to stay, but to no avail. On Friday afternoon he announced his departure on the air, then exited the building immediately, clearly emotional about saying goodbye to his television home of twenty years.

Smith was a Fox News original. He didn't change over the years -- the network changed around him.

For months I have been working on a book about Fox News in the Trump age. Staffers have been confiding in me about the challenges of covering the news inside a network that is increasingly defined by sychophantic pro-Trump personalities like Sean Hannity.

"Some of the top names among the news side at Fox" have been "leaving voluntarily one by one," a former staffer pointed out, as big chunks of the network have basically been co-opted by Trump.

Carl Cameron, who used to be Fox's chief political correspondent, said earlier this year, "Shep and I were among the first hires" at Fox "and I give that man huge credit for continuing to do it. I reached my limit." He left soon after Trump took office.

Smith had an incredibly sweet gig, at least on paper. His most recent contract reached $15 million a year, according to a person familiar with the matter, far more than he would make at any other channel.

"Years ago, he told me it was all about the money," one of Smith's former colleagues said.

But in the Trump age, that former colleague said, it wasn't "about the money anymore. It's about saying he's holding down the mantle of journalism."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-shep-smith-finally-walked-out-of-fox-news-for-good/ar-AAIEh0H?ocid=msn360
Dan
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« Reply #1 on: 10 14, 19, 05:46:59:PM » Reply

With President Trump's democrat enemies actively distorting the truth and many of their own colleagues helping them do it, the left wing media star prided himself on anchoring a newscast that countered accurate news on the Trump administration.

The way they saw it, they were making sure that false information on Trump was getting on the air.
wvit1001
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« Reply #2 on: 10 14, 19, 05:56:32:PM » Reply

 More opinion from Dan ha ha Ha ha ha
Dan
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« Reply #3 on: 10 14, 19, 05:59:23:PM » Reply

And more opinions from you.  You betcha!  So?  Smith is a liberal ideologue with an agenda.  Don't even try to pretend he is objective.
wvit1001
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« Reply #4 on: 10 14, 19, 06:06:13:PM » Reply

 Trolling Dan trolling again
Dan
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« Reply #5 on: 10 14, 19, 06:09:00:PM » Reply

Trolling vit trolling again.
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« Reply #6 on: 10 14, 19, 07:52:20:PM » Reply

More likely he has AIDS and is dying. I'll bet you hear about his demise within a year or so.
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« Reply #7 on: 10 14, 19, 07:59:05:PM » Reply

I like Shep and will miss his sarcastic reporting!

I am sure one day he will recognize the Democrat party for what it is!
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