There are just no coincidences when it comes to politics and the media.
Case in point. A day or so after Fox News Chairman Rupert Murdoch privately met with Attorney General William P. Barr at the his Manhattan manse, long-time newsman Shepard Smith stepped down.
While Fox claims the decision was Smith’s to opt out of his newly signed contract, Smith, a Fox employee since its inception, has been in a on-air row with the more conservative evening pundits over his Trump bashing about the phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
On Friday President Trump asked reporters after Smith’s on-air announcement of his exit, “Is he leaving because of bad ratings? He had terrible ratings. He had the worst ratings on Fox.”
While neither Barr nor Murdoch staffers would comment on their meeting, the timing of the two events seem to indicate that Smith’s future at the network was brought up.
Now my having more than a nodding acquaintance with both Smith and Murdoch, the abruptness of the decision tells me all I need to know along with Smith’s acknowlegment that he will “spend time with his family”.
However, I do not believe Smith’s rash exit has anything to do with his politics, but I will have to leave it there until perhaps federal attorneys in New York’s Southern District have something more to say on the matter.
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are. you that stupid???
of course he was kicked for being a corrupted journalist , d s f corrupted to the core, wake up Neo
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I believe Lolita you need to read between the lines. This has nothing to do with him being a journalist.
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Could it be Epstein tied?
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Mike,
Shep’s reputation with others at FOX was very toxic, I get the notion he was a blackmailer with strong connection to JE and Brennan’s dirty circle. He most likely will be indicted and R Murdock was given heads up whether he want’s to go down trying to protect Shep or let him crash and burn alone.
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