October 12, 2019, 11:41 AM
nighthawkShep is gone!
Most people who watch fox pretty much change channels when he is on, probably run commercials when he is on and get more viewers.
"Hold my beer.....Watch this".
October 12, 2019, 11:59 AM
satchIs that the sound of beer cans popping open to celebrate I hear? No Champaign for real men.
October 12, 2019, 12:08 PM
satchquote:
Originally posted by mr kablammo:
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Originally posted by TigerDore:
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Originally posted by 12131:
No doubt will end up at his more appropriate new home, either Commie News Network or PMSNBC.
Or a Turkish bathhouse.
He can answer the question,”ever see a man naked”?
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There's a rumor that he will have a starring role in a movie about gladiators.
October 12, 2019, 02:39 PM
sdysource is Daily Beast, but have seen something similar elsewhere
https://www.thedailybeast.com/...g-down-from-fox-newsA Fox insider told The Daily Beast that Smith was sick of being attacked by his primetime colleagues and asked for a way out of his contract. An effort was made to appease him, the insider said, but he ultimately decided to leave Fox behind.
A source close to Fox News management said the thinking among network brass was that the lucrative evening ratings outweighed the need to keep Smith happy while paying him $15 million a year for his daytime role that did not bring in as many viewers.
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can't find the other source I saw, but it was reported that Smith was told to not attack Tucker Carlson
https://www.businessinsider.co...o-trump-bias-2019-10Smith criticized Carlson for failing to defend their colleague Judge Andrew Napolitano when a guest on Carlson's segment called Napolitano "a fool."
A Fox News insider told CNN that Fox's failure to defend either Napolitano or Smith after the incident factored into his decision to leave. Early speculation online after Smith's announcement, including from Trump, left many wondering whether executives had forced him out due to his willingness to criticize the Trump administration. But insiders say Smith's managers asked him to stay.
October 12, 2019, 03:16 PM
erj_pilotAnd the horse you rode in on, there Shep. The horse you rode in on...
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 October 12, 2019, 03:23 PM
Balzé Halzéquote:
Originally posted by sdy:
A source close to Fox News management said the thinking among network brass was that the lucrative evening ratings outweighed the need to keep Smith happy while paying him $15 million a year for his daytime role that did not bring in as many viewers.
Kidding me? I'd bet Smith was actually costing Fox viewers. If I have that channel on, and it happens to be 3pm, I immediately change the channel to OANN or Fox Business. And most times I never change it back until the 8pm hour if I ever even do. I don't know a single person who tuned into Fox just for this idiot's show. And they were paying him how much? Goodness.
Just watch, I bet the afternoon ratings actually improve now on FNC.
~Alan
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October 12, 2019, 03:42 PM
tleddyquote:
while paying him $15 million a year
$15MM per year??
I have been in the wrong business!!
No quarter
.308/.223
October 12, 2019, 04:01 PM
coloradohunter44quote:
Originally posted by erj_pilot:
And the horse you rode in on, there Shep. The horse you rode in on...
Horse or goat?
"Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am."
looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP!
October 12, 2019, 04:14 PM
oddballquote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Just watch, I bet the afternoon ratings actually improve now on FNC.
You're probably right. Look, he is in CNN territory.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
October 12, 2019, 04:53 PM
marksman41A few surprising things I've learned in the last couple of pages in this thread:
- Smith is paid $15 million/year for the shit that comes out of his mouth. Incredibly stupid of Fox (or anyone really).
- Smith hates Trump so much that he just couldn't stand his $15MM/yr job one second longer and had to leave and go to $0/yr. (At least that's the reason he is giving regarding his departure). Brilliant scheme Shep!
- Maddow has more viewers than either Carlson or Hannity??? I find that very hard to believe.
October 12, 2019, 05:14 PM
Il CattivoOh, if Shep or his agent had any brains there was a buyout clause in the contract and he's getting paid something for the no-compete period.
Gotta admit, though, I got a good horselaugh out of Maddow beating Anderson 3:1 or so.
October 12, 2019, 05:20 PM
OzarkwoodsNow that he is gone, who do you think they will replace him with?
Napalitano, Juan, Donna Brazile?
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
October 12, 2019, 09:51 PM
parabellumquote:
Originally posted by sdy:
A Fox insider told The Daily Beast that Smith was sick of being attacked by his primetime colleagues and asked for a way out of his contract. An effort was made to appease him, the insider said, but he ultimately decided to leave Fox behind.
I think this is the most likely explanation. He's got more than enough money to retire very comfortably and he couldn't handle the push-back from conservative hosts at Fox, so he's taking his Barbie Doll and going home. Also, I imagine that Smith saw the handwriting on the wall. Biden will be knocked out of the race, the phony impeachment will fail miserably, and in 13 months, Donald Trump will be re-elected. He bailed. nobody forced him out. He doesn't have the courage of his convictions, so he's giving up.
October 12, 2019, 09:52 PM
41Maybe AJ Barr's meeting and talk with Murdoch had something to do with it. Maybe more of them will be leaving?
https://www.vanityfair.com/new...-with-rupert-murdoch
41
October 12, 2019, 09:57 PM
parabellumquote:
Originally posted by 41:
Maybe AJ Barr's meeting and talk with Murdoch had something to do with it. Maybe more of them will be leaving?
https://www.vanityfair.com/new...-with-rupert-murdoch
Yes, it's possible, but, again, if the Murdochs caved to the Trump Administration on this, they would be putting themselves in a bad position. This would mean that anytime the Trump Administration didn't care for some reporter or anchor, they could get them removed. Seems highly unlikely to me.
Furthermore, what would stop Smith from revealing this information if he was forced out? If he was coerced to leave, he'd be furious and we would know about it.
No, I think the most likely explanation is that Smith just couldn't stand the heat, so he's getting out of the kitchen.
Also, it's like Tony Soprano said about his evil bitch of a mother when she didn't show up at some family function: "It's called negative attention-gettin'." Poor, poor Shep, so valuable yet so abused, so he's just gonna leave and let everyone talk about it. "Negative attention-gettin'"
**edit**
Ha Ha, I found it.
https://www.springfieldspringf...ranos&episode=s01e11Tony:
Every year we have this open house, and every year she pulls the same shit. It's what they call "negative attention gettin'."Carmela:
Maybe I should call her back.Tony:
That's just what she wants you to do.October 12, 2019, 10:08 PM
dwright1951Good to hear!
October 12, 2019, 10:16 PM
bionic218Fare thee well, Felicia!
Can't stand his Trump hating bias or his phony baloney disaster reporting.
October 13, 2019, 10:42 AM
kramdenquote:
Originally posted by marksman41:
A few surprising things I've learned in the last couple of pages in this thread:
- Smith is paid $15 million/year for the shit that comes out of his mouth. Incredibly stupid of Fox (or anyone really).
- Smith hates Trump so much that he just couldn't stand his $15MM/yr job one second longer and had to leave and go to $0/yr. (At least that's the reason he is giving regarding his departure). Brilliant scheme Shep!
- Maddow has more viewers than either Carlson or Hannity??? I find that very hard to believe.
I agree. I doubt anyone tops Hannity.
October 13, 2019, 10:51 AM
41You should listen to that weasel Chuck Todd. He even comes on Washington Ch4 at times and spews lies or falsehoods.
If people listen to the same song and dance continuously, they begin to believe the claims.
41
October 13, 2019, 10:56 AM
Skins2881quote:
Originally posted by sdy:
source is Daily Beast, but have seen something similar elsewhere
https://www.thedailybeast.com/...g-down-from-fox-newsA Fox insider told The Daily Beast that Smith was sick of being attacked by his primetime colleagues and asked for a way out of his contract. An effort was made to appease him, the insider said, but he ultimately decided to leave Fox behind.
A source close to Fox News management said the thinking among network brass was that the lucrative evening ratings outweighed the need to keep Smith happy while paying him $15 million a year for his daytime role that did not bring in as many viewers.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
can't find the other source I saw, but it was reported that Smith was told to not attack Tucker Carlson
https://www.businessinsider.co...o-trump-bias-2019-10Smith criticized Carlson for failing to defend their colleague Judge Andrew Napolitano when a guest on Carlson's segment called Napolitano "a fool."
A Fox News insider told CNN that Fox's failure to defend either Napolitano or Smith after the incident factored into his decision to leave. Early speculation online after Smith's announcement, including from Trump, left many wondering whether executives had forced him out due to his willingness to criticize the Trump administration. But insiders say Smith's managers asked him to stay.
So he really quit his job over being but hurt? You'd think he'd be an expert at it.
The only person I know who is outraged by his firing, my mom. She doesn't even watch Fox, she's a pussy hatter.
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis