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(171,075 posts) Thu Oct 24, 2019, 03:58 PM Oct 2019

CNN's Zucker 'very open' to talking to former Fox News anchor Shep Smith

CNN's Zucker 'very open' to talking to former Fox News anchor Shep Smith
By Joe Concha - 10/24/19 02:47 PM EDT

CNN President Jeff Zucker said Thursday he's "very open to talking" to Shepard Smith during the network's Citizen conference, calling the former Fox News anchor "an immense talent."

Smith, 55, parted ways with Fox News on Oct. 11 and won't immediately be able to take a new job reportedly due to the parameters of his contract.

"I think Shep's a great journalist," Zucker told CNN "Reliable Sources" host Brian Stelter at the network's Citizen conference in New York on Thursday afternoon. "When he's available, he is somebody who is very talented and I would be very open to talking to him."

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CNN's Zucker 'very open' to talking to former Fox News anchor Shep Smith (Original Post) babylonsister Oct 2019 OP

He had a non competition clause i thought. It would be fun thi dem4decades Oct 2019 #1

I'm glad Shep Smith finally got fed up enough to quit. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #2

dem4decades

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1. He had a non competition clause i thought. It would be fun thi

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 04:04 PM

Oct 2019

See him be given the chance to flex his journalistic muscles on 60 Minutes too.

Act_of_Reparation

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2. I'm glad Shep Smith finally got fed up enough to quit.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 04:08 PM

Oct 2019

But I'm somewhat less-than-impressed it took him 23 fucking years to find his breaking point. I don't care what he does with the remainder of his professional life, but I don't think I'd shed a tear if he never worked in news again.

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