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Shepard Smith leaves Fox News

FreddyE1977 said:
It's not the sort of thing you go and announce to the world.
At least not if your HR practices are in any way professional.
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Given the number of reports from a number of sources on all sides that is how it would seem, however.
 
Esquire, Forbes, CNBC, CNN have not credited Variety for the article. I haven't read the Variety article. I also have not tuned in Fox since November 6, 2018.
 
Personally I think Shepard saw the journalistic integrity go out the window the past few months at Fox News and he got out while he still had a reputation as a real journalist.

It's obvious that the talking heads in primetime run the channel now and their FUD is what brings in the money, not real news and reporting.
 
Don CT said:
Personally I think Shepard saw the journalistic integrity go out the window the past few months at Fox News and he got out while he still had a reputation as a real journalist.

It's obvious that the talking heads in primetime run the channel now and their FUD is what brings in the money, not real news and reporting.
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump...com/shepard-smith-stepping-down-from-fox-news

Yes and management find themselves in a crazy situation. The current Fox News leaders have to wonder how many conservatives are leaving the network for other places and how many non-Republicans viewers does Fox News need to remain viable though.

Watching Fake News CNN is better than watching Shepard Smith, the lowest rated show on
@FoxNews
. Actually, whenever possible, I turn to
@OANN
!
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ed-henry-walks-line-between-news-opinion-at-fox-news-1245512

Ed Henry is put on the spotlight on the roles as a Talk host and Correspondent comes into play.

As the network's news wing (led until recently by Shepard Smith) and opinion wing clash, Henry regularly does double duty.
If anyone embodies the occasionally hard-to-define line between the news and opinion sides at Fox News, it's Ed Henry.

Henry, the former president of the White House Correspondents' Association, is the network's chief national correspondent. He also frequently co-hosts the morning opinion show Fox & Friends Weekend, sharing a couch with the openly pro-Trump Pete Hegseth.


Even the president of the United States seems to be whipsawed by Henry's dual roles at the network, praising him when his talk show chatter is favorable to his administration and lambasting him when his reporter side emerges.

On Sunday, Sept. 29, Henry pressed opinion colleague Mark Levin on the president's actions toward Ukraine, asking: "Are you OK with a president asking his counterpart — this is a simple yes or no — to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son?"

Trump was so angered by Henry's questioning that he retweeted more than two dozen Twitter users who had insulted the anchor, including one who called Henry a "lying **** head." (Earlier in the month, the president had praised Henry's decision to donate part of his liver to his sister as "a wonderful thing to do!")

On an Oct. 4 appearance on Fox & Friends, Henry seemed to change his tune about Trump and Ukraine when offering commentary. “He has been honest and transparent publicly about how he wants this investigated. And, by the way, it's put a spotlight on Joe and Hunter Biden in a way that the Democrats didn't want," Henry said.

The Hollywood Reporter spoke with eight of Henry's current and former colleagues, some of whom expressed reservations about him juggling both news and opinion duties at Fox. "TV anchors should not host talk shows on Fox News," one says. "News anchor people should not be going on the talk shows as a lead person because they are now on the entertainment, opinion side."
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Don CT said:
Personally I think Shepard saw the journalistic integrity go out the window the past few months at Fox News and he got out while he still had a reputation as a real journalist.

It's obvious that the talking heads in primetime run the channel now and their FUD is what brings in the money, not real news and reporting.
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Well Don, if it's putting your placard in a television entity of integrity that matters, you will be homeless in 2019. Let's study ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN and FOX and you tell me which one of those report real news, unabridged and straight down the line. Where should ole Shep go if he could go tomorrow? (Also, might be fun to note ow many people have made the network switch and been better ratings?)
 
Thanks. The article says:

“Chris becomes the next voice of realism at Fox News, but I’m not sure that he replaces Shep,” said Conor Powell, a former Fox News foreign correspondent. 'Chris is a really good interviewer and plays an important role. But he only has one show once a week. Shep was on every day.' ”

That doesn't sound like a sure-fire replacement.
 
Fox News seems to have lost their way recently, IMO. While they still lean conservative, there are cracks for sure. I would not be surprised to see more middle of the road reporting. I believe it is an issue of #1, becoming more objective than CNN, and #2, not going down with a President who is under impeachment proceedings. More to play out for sure...
 
https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/cnn-jeff-zucker-shepard-smith-1203382363/

CNN is rumored to consider getting Shepard Smith.

Attention, Shepard Smith: You could have a job waiting for you at CNN.

Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN Worldwide, suggested at an event held by the network Thursday that the AT&T-owned news outlet would be “open” to speaking with the former Fox News Channel anchor when he is allowed to start looking for a new job. Smith left Fox News Channel abruptly earlier this month after clashing publicly with Tucker Carlson, one of the network’s primetime opinion hosts.

Zucker, who also is chairman of the news and sports properties of AT&T’s WarnerMedia unit, said he was not surprised Smith left Fox News Channel, noting that he felt Smith’s continued tenure there had become untenable. “I’ve said before, it’s akin to state run TV. I think it has morphed into conspiracy TV. It’s not a place where someone like Shep Smith could work,” Zucker said. “I don’t think it’s a journalism organization.” He added that he saw little if any difference between Fox News Channel’s opinion programming and news shows.

“I think Shep’s a great journalist,” said Zucker, who took part in a conversation with Brian Stelter, CNN’s chief media correspondent. “I would be open to talking to him.”

A representative for Smith declined to comment.

Fox News declined to respond to Zucker’s remarks. On Twitter, however, a Fox News reporter, Trey Yingst, pointed followers to recent Fox News scoops and said: “If you don’t think Fox News is a ‘journalistic organization,’ I’d encourage you to take a look at the work my colleagues have done over the past year.”

While acknowledging some of the criticism leveled at his own network – the argumentative panels of guests, the over-reliance on use of the phrase “breaking news” in graphics – Zucker said he was proud of CNN’s various “town hall” events in which various candidates took questions on topics such as the environment and equality, sometimes over hours of scheduled programming. “It’s not about the ratings,” he said, but rather about making sure people were informed about important issues.
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https://thehill.com/media/471614-fo...mith-donates-500000-to-independent-journalism

Former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith announced that he will personally donate $500,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists in his first public remarks since resigning from his longtime news organization.

“Intimidation and vilification of the press is now a global phenomenon. We don’t have to look far for evidence of that,” Smith said at the group’s annual International Press Freedom Awards in New York, The New York Times reported. The nonprofit organization works to guard press freedoms around the world.

The crowd, made up of reporters, editors and media executives, gave Smith a standing ovation after his announcement, according to the paper
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Shepard SMith comes forward after he left Fox News.
 
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