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NEWS ABOUT: Shepard Smith

Shepard Smith stories: 5 news summaries

 Fox Ratings 
 Soar After 
 Obama Tiff 

Conservative station still trounces cable news competitors

Oct 27, 09 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Maybe Roger Ailes is on Barack Obama’s Christmas list. His administration sure seems to have given Fox News a gift anyway; in the two weeks since Anita Dunn publicly slammed the network, its ratings are up 9% overall, and 14% among the all-important 25-to-54 demographic. Shepard Smith’s show... More »

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Fox News • Roger Ailes • Obama administration • Shepard Smith • cable news • Anita Dunn

OPINION

 Right Fans 
 Flames of 
 Extremist 
 Fury: Rich 

Right-wing rhetoric complicit in rise of extremism

Jun 14, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a Fox News anchor cautions against the rising extremism of hate-driven Americans, as Shepard Smith did after the Holocaust Museum shooting, we should take note, argues Frank Rich in the New York Times. Unlike his fear-mongering colleagues, says Rich, Smith—not known for having an agenda—had "... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Frank Rich • domestic terrorism • culture wars • Shepard Smith • right-wing extremism

Right Rips Smith for Warning on Right-Wing Violence

Conservatives call for head of Fox anchor

Jun 12, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives are calling for the head of Shepard Smith after the Fox anchor suggested that the Holocaust Museum shooting backs up a Homeland Security report warning of a rise in right-wing extremism, Gawker reports. Right-wing bloggers labeled Smith a "pompous elitist" and said he should be fired, while Rush... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Holocaust Museum • Department of Homeland Security • Fox News • news anchor • Shepard Smith • right-wing extremism

Fox News' Smith Loses Cool
Over Torture

Rogue anchor pounds table, drops F-bomb
in angry tirade

Apr 23, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shep Smith has had it with fellow Fox News anchors justifying torture. When Trace Gallagher suggested that the harsh interrogation techniques may have helped on The Strategy Room last night, the increasingly disgruntled Smith lost it. “We are America!” he bellowed, slapping the desk. “I don’t... More »

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CIA • torture • profanity • Fox News • harsh interrogation • Shepard Smith

analysis

 Fox Ponies Up
 as Ad Picture
 Clouds 


Oct 23, 08 6:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the election season winding down and the economy slumping, Fox News could have trouble paying the heavy hitters it's signed and re-signed to multimillion-dollar contracts, the New York Times reports. Experts agree that advertising, a big chunk of Fox’s budget, will fall off after the amazing expenditures... More »

MORE ABOUT:
advertising • Bill O'Reilly • conservative • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • Election 2008 • financial crisis • Shepard Smith

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