In March 2018: “[If] we make changes to
accommodate, we are in extreme dereliction of duty. I cannot do it. I will not
do it. I’ll quit. I’ll stop doing it completely. . . . I wonder, if I stopped
delivering the facts, what would go in its place in this place that is most
watched, most listened, most viewed, most trusted? I don't know.”
—Shepard Smith, now former Fox News anchor, “Shep Smith Has the
Hardest Job at Fox News,” TIME.
On Friday: “Recently, I asked the company to allow me to
leave Fox News. . . . This is my last newscast here.
“Even in our currently polarized nation, it is my hope
that the facts will win the day, that the truth will always matter, that
journalism and journalists will thrive. I’m Shep Smith.”
—On-air announcement, Fox News. See “Shepard
Smith leaves Fox News and takes the facts with him,” Washington Post, Oct.
11, 2019.
• Editorial Comment: Here’s to thriving.
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