2016 Postmortem

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts) Fri Aug 26, 2016, 04:15 PM Aug 2016

Fox's Shep Smith: Hillary 'used Donald Trump's own words, was historically accurate on his policies'

While some in the media are attempting to spin Hillary Clinton’s speech on Donald Trump’s racism as too hard-hitting, or politics as usual, Shepard Smith of Fox got it right. Fox, of all places:

SHEPARD SMITH (HOST): That was an extraordinary moment live from Reno, Nevada. The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, Democratic candidate for the presidency, has just tagged her Republican rival as a racist, fear mongering conspiracy theorist who is temperamentally unfit to be president of the United States. The problem with any attempt to rebut her is that in this case she used Donald Trump's own words, was historically accurate on his policies, on all reviewed points. James Grimaldi is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, where do you begin with this?

JAMES GRIMALDI: I don't know, it was pretty extraordinary and pretty hard-hitting, and as you pointed out used his own words against himself.

Grimaldi then tried to play it cautiously, but Smith pressed him:

SMITH: When you say she thinks they would be more documented, is she accurate?

GRIMALDI: Yeah, they appear to be more documented. Yeah he really trades in hyperbole --

SMITH: He trades in racism, doesn't he?

Hillary Clinton’s speech today wasn’t just calling out Donald Trump, and it wasn’t just daring Republicans to denounce Trump or own him, it also implicitly condemned the media for not reporting what is so easy and necessary to report. And while some in the media are backing away from the facts Clinton so clearly laid out, one Fox host isn’t.

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Fox's Shep Smith: Hillary 'used Donald Trump's own words, was historically accurate on his policies' (Original Post) UCmeNdc Aug 2016 OP

oooooo, ow Ligyron Aug 2016 #1

So, Shepard Smith has a better grasp of this than Tweety and others on MSNBC and CNN. Indpndnt Aug 2016 #2

Shep stopped being a rank & file Fox reporter a while ago Miles Archer Aug 2016 #3

Oh, I remember that very well. He was outraged. And rightly so. Indpndnt Aug 2016 #4

I'm glad he is still there Lucinda Aug 2016 #5

Fuck Shep Smith. One of the biggest sell-outs in existence. BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #6

How Is He Still There? colsohlibgal Aug 2016 #7

Ligyron

(7,627 posts)

1. oooooo, ow

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 04:33 PM

Aug 2016

Indpndnt

(2,391 posts)

2. So, Shepard Smith has a better grasp of this than Tweety and others on MSNBC and CNN.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 04:37 PM

Aug 2016

The world has gone mad.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)

3. Shep stopped being a rank & file Fox reporter a while ago

Reply to Indpndnt (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 04:59 PM

Aug 2016

Indpndnt

(2,391 posts)

4. Oh, I remember that very well. He was outraged. And rightly so.

Reply to Miles Archer (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:06 PM

Aug 2016

But that's much different from calling out the republican nominee on his racism. He's doing what all the others, on all networks, should be doing.

I thought Smith would leave Fox after Katrina. Maybe he finally will. He clearly doesn't belong there. And that's a compliment.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

5. I'm glad he is still there

Reply to Indpndnt (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:30 PM

Aug 2016

Someone should be telling the truth to their viewers...

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)

6. Fuck Shep Smith. One of the biggest sell-outs in existence.

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:41 PM

Aug 2016

If the guy signing his checks all these years was really so bad, why'd he keep taking the checks? There are plenty of other news organization that don't force their anchors to stay closeted.

I used to think Shep Smith was one of those "even a broken clock is right twice a day" conservatives, because he would ocassionly demonstrate humanity that was unusual for a FOX host, but now I realize that he's a functioning clock that deliberately pretends to be broken. His choice, sure, but that stains everything else he tries to talk about.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)

7. How Is He Still There?

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Fri Aug 26, 2016, 07:07 PM

Aug 2016

He goes off the reservation frequently....he must have negatives on more than Ailes. I know this, Hannity must despise him, Sean and his little brain never stray, no independent thought there.

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