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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 08:22 PM Sep 2016

Shep Smith May Be Leaving Fox News, Refuses To Lie For Trump

http://winningdemocrats.com/shep-smith-may-be-leaving-fox-news-refuses-to-lie-for-trump-video/

Shep Smith must be awfully anxious to see his contract at Fox News come to an end. As the only person there with any kind of moral compass, it has to be difficult to consistently report a one-sided agenda formulated by the corporate elite to keep the masses of conservative dimwits believing the propaganda Fox is selling.

When reporting on the Commander-In-Chief forum disaster held on NBC by Trump apologist and sellout Matt Lauer, Smith refused to toss out the talking points he was handed by his bosses and instead told the truth:

It truly is just that simple. Trump said, “I supported the war.” In no way does that translate to “I didn’t support the war.” It just…doesn’t. Shep is right that it would be career suicide to report such nonsense, but since his other cohorts at Fox don’t seem to care, he must be considering life after working for the Republican party’s lie machine.


Not to worry. I hear Ron Burgundy's available.
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Shep Smith May Be Leaving Fox News, Refuses To Lie For Trump (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2016 OP
I remember him crying and getting angry with the reporters in the studio madaboutharry Sep 2016 #1
Shep cant help himself every once in a while he has truth outbursts. Egnever Sep 2016 #2
He's been on Fox for 20 years melman Sep 2016 #3
+1 JimGinPA Sep 2016 #4
I actually like Shep.... BooScout Sep 2016 #5
Money,what else? virgogal Sep 2016 #6
The rats are leaving the sinking ship! yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2016 #7

madaboutharry

(40,232 posts)
1. I remember him crying and getting angry with the reporters in the studio
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 08:36 PM
Sep 2016

when he was reporting about the tragedy in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. They were blowing him off. He was yelling at them "These people need help!"

I don't know why he didn't quit then.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
2. Shep cant help himself every once in a while he has truth outbursts.
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 08:40 PM
Sep 2016

this isn't the first time by any means.

 

melman

(7,681 posts)
3. He's been on Fox for 20 years
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 08:40 PM
Sep 2016

This idea that he's somehow better than the rest of them is nonsense.

BooScout

(10,406 posts)
5. I actually like Shep....
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 09:41 PM
Sep 2016

But for the life of me, I cannot fathom how a gay man could possibly work for that network.

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