When did FOX'S Shepard Smith start sounding like a liberal?

[Dammit Ann]

I think it was during Katrina. Fox has become almost unrecognizable over the last week or so, i've noticed.

Watch Shep smack down Bill Kristol and Sean Hannity here-

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[Bill McBlueState]

1. when Fox decided there was ad money to be had

That's probably all there is to it. If being liberal is profitable, the cable news channels will be liberal.

[Dammit Ann]

5. yes, i guess it all about money in the end.

i have noticed being liberal is a little more fashionable these days.

[magnolia]

24. Being a right-wing hack.....

....is SO last year!!

Seriously, I don't care about the why and the how.....I'm just grateful for anything that will help us in November.

[Dammit Ann]

26. lovely!

that is exactly how it seems! :yourock:

[Bonobo]

2. Katrina changed him. I saw it happen. Wish it was on Youtube or something.

He was on the bridge where the evacuees were being prevented from crossing and he was shocked.

Shocked that no help came, shocked that no water came, shocked that they couldn't get out.

I think it rockedhim big time. He was in tears. He saw people die. That will change you...just my opinion.

[Dammit Ann]

6. i've got it.

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check it out at link above.

[Bonobo]

15. Thank you. Nice website!

[Dammit Ann]

16. Thank you!

i have been working on it. got to do something with my angst!

[Bonobo]

18. WATCH THIS. GREAT WEBSITE.

Check out the Katrina footage with Geraldo and Sheperd Smith. More shocking today than ever!

http://thedammitchronicles.blogspot.com/

[Dammit Ann]

8. you are right.

it did change him, i think.

[Arugula Latte]

10. I'm surprised Fox didn't fire him.

I remember he was reporting truthfully on the mess down there, and one of the blowhard anchors sitting in the studio was trying to guide his spin and get him to start to backtrack and cover and spit out the administration line. Shep wouldn't have any of it. He just basically said, "No, I'm down here, I'm seeing this with my own eyes." Like I said, I'm surprised he's still on Fox.

[Dammit Ann]

11. i know.

i found that strange at the time. after this lastest hissy, his days may be numbered.

[noonwitch]

31. I watched his coverage of Katrina, and I agree, it changed him

He may have never seen large-scale suffering up close and in his own country before that. And really, most americans under 50 really haven't seen anything like that in our own country before.

[Nimrod2005]

3. When they saw KO's number?

[Dammit Ann]

34. probably.

keith is a beacon of hope these days. he already took out o'reilly.

[babylonsister]

4. Don't be fooled. And welcome to DU! nt

[Dammit Ann]

7. Thank you.

good to be among intelligent people.

[samsingh]

35. welcome to DU

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. Fox is in trouble.....

They've been slipping badly, and I think the message has gone out from Roger Ailes that they need to attract a more diverse audience. I keep hearing about the threat of a "shake-up" at Fox. I think they see a bump in their numbers when liberals are on, and I don't mean Alan Colmes.

[Dammit Ann]

13. They just had their ten year anniversary.

ten years of lying to the country and destroying our democracy. hmmm? do you think they have looked around and developed a conscience?

[Tarheel_Dem]

17. "Conscience" and "Fox" in the same sentence?

Stop it! You're cracking me up! :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Dammit Ann]

20. i know.

the days just keep getting stranger.

[Marie26]

12. He doesn't care anymore

what the bosses think. Shepard saw what Bushco. is all about during Hurricane Katrina, when they let people die out of arrogance & political spite. And here they are again, letting troops in Iraq uselessly die to benefit Bush politically. He knows that Bushco cares about Bushco. Period.

[Dammit Ann]

14. it is amazing.

to watch all the conservatives crumbling before our very eyes, isn't it?

[wyldwolf]

19. when he started fantasizing about Jennifer Lopez?

[Dammit Ann]

22. is lopez a lib?

hey, whatever it takes.

[wyldwolf]

25. she votes Democrat ... but don't you remember the infamous blow job gaffe?

[Dammit Ann]

27. i must've missed that one.

lords knows, i can't catch them all. :dunce:

[wyldwolf]

32. link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk5NgML9hCg

[Dammit Ann]

33. wow.

ha! hilarious!

[oc2002]

21. The people in the military are nothing more than cannon fodder to Neocons.

Kristol says it over and over, they are dieing for me, we need to send more, even if it is a futile mission because I say so.

[Dammit Ann]

23. indeed.

that is the tragedy of this fiasco.

[Armstead]

28. He isn't becoming a liberal

He is being more outspoken in criticizing the Bush administration and the GOP government. he's to be applauded for that. However, that doesn't mean he is morphing into a liberal. I only mention this as a cautionary note, because of our tendency here to create heroes too hastily.

In that interview he's criticizing Bush for not being MORE of a hawk in Iraq. Again, it's good that he is calling the GOP our for being political rather than doing anything to fix a failed policy and desperate situation in Iraq. But he is advocating for a more aggressive stance.

His outrage at Katrina was more of a reaction of outrage at what was obviously a lack of fundamental human decency and official concern there. It wasn't ideological.

[Dammit Ann]

29. i never said he was becoming a lib.

just SOUNDING like one, sort of. i'll take any sign of sanity from that side.:)

[Armstead]

30. Despite the difference in terminology, I agree