SHEPARD SMITH DRAWS IRE OF FOX VIEWERS

While the rest of the loudmouths on Fox present "entertainment," it seems Shepard Smith is the only one presenting real news on the channel. He'd better hire protective guards for himself and his family members, though. The crazies are out there, which is clearly evidenced by the hate mail he is receiving.

AT FOX, SHEPARD SMITH IS A STUDY IN CONTRASTS
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/business/media/22smith.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

EXCERPT: Of colleagues like Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity, Mr. Smith said, “There’s a lot of money in opinion, and those guys are fascinating, terrific entertainers. This is a news organization. There can’t be a Fox News without news.”

One commenter on the site, quoting the network’s motto, wrote on June 12: “I don’t know if Smith is a conservative or a liberal, but it’s been clear for a long time that he’s the only one at Fox who takes the ‘fair and balanced’ thing seriously.”