Nearly a year after sudden exit, Shepard Smith returns to TV

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


DAVID BAUDER
, AP Media Writer
Sep. 27, 2020
Updated: Sep. 27, 2020 7:22 p.m.

NEW YORK (AP) — Two weeks shy of a year after abruptly quitting Fox News Channel with a declaration that “truth will always matter,” Shepard Smith returns to television this week at his unexpected new home.

He begins a general interest nightly newscast Wednesday at 7 p.m. on the financial network CNBC, putting him back in the time slot he loved before Fox moved him to the afternoon seven years ago.

The 56-year-old newsman, a Fox News original who joined that network at its start in 1996, says he's relishing the fresh start.

“We're going to come out and do just the news,” he said. “We're not planning to do any analysis in our news hour. We're going to have journalists, reporters, sound and video. We're going to have newsmakers and experts ... but no pundits. We're going to leave the opinion to others. It's exactly what I've been wanting to do. It's what I've been working at for 30 years.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/business/article/Nearly-a-year-after-sudden-exit-Shepard-Smith-15601255.php

[marble falls]

1. I've always liked Shep. CNBC not so much.

[howardmappel]

2. I suspect any non-compete he had expired.

IMHO, he probably got a decent severance package which precluded him going to work for a competitor for a specified period of time. He was one of the few persons at Fox I respected and admired and I look forward to him ripping the great orange shitgibbon and his fellow nazis new assholes.

[cstanleytech]

4. "He was one of the few persons at Fox I respected" Why? Had he not stayed with them once their true

colors of being little more than the PR arm of the Republican party was made clear I could understand however the fact is he did stay and that helped give them a thin veneer of legitimacy on which to build on.

[LuvNewcastle]

3. Good for him. I wish him well.

CNBC is lucky to have him.

[chillfactor]

5. Always respected Shep Smith.

So happy he is on the air again!

[Sapient Donkey]

6. Wow. That was a year ago?

[Cha]

7. lol.. Ikr. I was thinking..

Time sure does FLY when you're in the midst of a Pandemic & all the shite that comes down the pike!

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Just said the same thing

Seems like it was just months ago.

[Cha]

8. Shep is not just back.. it's at the time slot he

wants & the format sounds super interesting!

[TeamPooka]

9. This is not breaking news. Smith can go fuck himself

[Mike Nelson]

10. Well...

... I like how he got out... and remember he made some noise while he was still on FOX. Now, people like Chris Wallace should look at themselves and the network they are supporting, with their presence. I can't even get started on someone like Juan Williams. I would cringe each time I cashed the FOX paycheck and tell my agent to get me out...

[bucolic_frolic]

12. CNBC would be my last choice for news or financial advice

They've moved right to compete with fox business ... they have kernen, they had kudlow, it's an endless parade of right wingers, cutthroat capitalism, tax cutters for the rich.

I find no political middle there ... no Kuttners and Krugmans ... barely a balanced budget ... it's all rah-rah Fed print more ... gold, silver, oil, growth at any cost.

I know, how do I know ... i sample a few clips on YouTube ... it's always the same.

Does Cramer know anything?

Business news is a cover story to dupe the public. Fooling most of the people most of the time is the business of markets, so the rich who make the markets can profit. That's hedge funds these days. Question anything they say, bet both directions, and take what that gives you on both sides. There is a reason brokerages countertrade everything the investing public does. It's so the countertrade operation is profitable, because the little guy is almost always wrong. Mutual fund managers for the most part can't beat these guys. It's a casino, an exploitation operation, strip every cent out of everything and leave the carcass to conventional investors.

Beware.

[DeminPennswoods]

14. They also air American Greed

nt

[RicROC]

13. I hope they include more world news

especially Canadian