Shepard Smith

Shep Smith Fox News' "Resident Contrarian," "Man Of Reason"

The Daily Beast | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media


But then there's Shepard Smith, Fox News' resident contrarian. Far from toeing the company line, Smith occasionally defends Obama and other Democra...

Shep Smith Apologizes For "Lack Of Balance" In Fox News Report (VIDEO)

Posted 10.27.2009 | Media


Shepard Smith apologized for a "lack of balance" on a story aired during his Fox News show today. Reporter Shannon Bream was covering the campaign fo...

Fox News Is the Story

Eric E. Burns | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media


Eric E. Burns

The White House has exposed Fox News for what it is: not a news organization, but a partisan political entity that is waging a war against the Obama administration and its progressive agenda.

Shep Smith Outraged By Bacon Cheese Doughnut Burger: 'Sign Of The Apocalypse' (VIDEO)

Posted 10.08.2009 | Media


Fox News host Shepard Smith has a reputation for speaking his mind, and today he let his viewers know the latest source for his outrage: the bacon che...

Jason Linkins

Fox News's Shepard Smith Goes After Sen. John Barrasso On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media


Earlier this afternoon, Fox News's Shepard Smith demonstrated some of that trademarked independent thinking that so often gets him in dutch with the c...

Shep Smith Named One Of AskMen.com's Most Influential Men

AskMen.com | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media


Shepard Smith is one of the most-watched newsmen in America, as well as one of the highest-paid anchors in the country. His fast-paced nightly news pr...

Shep Smith: Was That Canadian Health Care Story We Just Ran Fair? (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media


"The Fox Report" on Fox News, hosted by anchor Shepard Smith, ran a piece by reporter Dan Springer on how Canada's single-payer health care system is ...

A Puzzlement

Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media


Norman Horowitz

TV talking heads have learned to entice their listeners to listen by being as outrageous as they wish to be.

Shepard Smith Gets Annoyed On Air With His "Fill-In Director" (VIDEO)

Posted 08.02.2009 | Media


Fox News' Shepard Smith was having some trouble with a "fill-in director" during yesterday's broadcast of his show "The Fox Report." A clearly irrita...

Fox News Viewers' Emails To Shep Smith: "You Don't Belong Here"

New York Times | BILL CARTER | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media


Mr. Smith said he fully anticipated one result of those comments: the nasty e-mail increased. "Thousands of them," Mr. Smith said. "And I know they...

Von Brunn Ex-Wife: The Hatred Was "All-Consuming," He May Have Wanted To Die (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics


The second ex-wife of James von Brunn, the man who shot and killed a security guard at the Holocaust Museum yesterday, spoke publicly Thursday for the...

Jason Linkins

Shepard Smith Says His Email Is Becoming "More And More Frightening" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media


Time will tell if Shep Smith's colleagues at Fox stop taking these sorts of emails casually. Smith clearly could do that no longer.

Jason Linkins

Mohammed Sohail On Robbery Turned Act Of Charity (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Media Monitor Chad Capellman flags the clip, below, of Shepard Smith, conducting a very touching interview with Mohammed Sohail, the Long Island shopk...

Jason Linkins

Shepard Smith Calls Cheney's Gay Marriage Stance A "Cop Out"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media


As I've said, it is a simple fact that former Vice President Dick Cheney has long been willing to provide nominal support for gay marriage. Yet, as m...

Jason Linkins

Media Matters Highlights Journalistic Integrity, Even At Fox News (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media


Most media organizations are used to getting dogged and criticized by Media Matters For America, but, via Greg Sargent, it seems that the organization...

Torture Is A Four Letter Word

Scott Blakeman | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media


Scott Blakeman

At the risk of being called a bad speller, I think torture is a four letter word. The outcry that greeted Fox News anchor Shepard Smith's comments on ...

Torture is Not About "Winning the Afternoon," OK?

Will Bunch | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media


Will Bunch

The torture issue doesn't lend itself to cute little "up" and "down" arrows, to dueling cable shouters "on the right" and "on the left," to all the little devices we in the media use.

The Torture Moment

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

The way we respond to the revelations about the Bush administration's use of torture will define the kind of country we are. It is a test of our courage and our convictions. So far, the media are not getting high marks.

Don't Let Cheney Pick the Battlefield

David Quigg | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics


David Quigg

My point is simple: We cannot let Dick Cheney set the terms of America's debate about torture.

Nico Pitney

Shepard Smith Uncensored: "We Are America, We Do Not F**king Torture!" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media


Update: scroll down for Smith's uncensored comments Fox News viewers witnessed a rather incredible scene on Wednesday as anchor Shepard Smith and Fox...

Jason Linkins

Chris Wallace Asked To Distance Himself From Fox News Tea Party Promotion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.15.2009 | Media


Media watchdog organization Media Matters For America will be sending a letter Tuesday to Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, imploring him to "to pub...

Jason Linkins

Fox's Glenn Beck Weeps, Shep Smith Mocks (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


Here's what I think Shepard Smith, of Fox News, did last Friday. First he came on the air to broadly mock Glenn Beck for the weird show he was about ...

The 15 Best News Bloopers Of All Time (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 04.04.2009 | Comedy


You know them, you love them and now they're all in one place. We are not here to judge, but to celebrate. A couple of the people on this video even s...

Shepard Smith: 'This Is America; You Do Not Get To Hold People For 5 Years Without' Charges (VIDEO)

Think Progress | Posted 03.31.2009 | Media


Today, a federal grand jury formally charged Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri -- the only "enemy combatant" held inside the United States -- "with two counts...

Shep Smith In Esquire: "I Don't Care What Sean Hannity Thinks"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media


Esquire profiles Fox News anchor Shep Smith in its March issue, devoting over 4,000 words to the man Fox News execs describe as "the antianchor." In ...