Why Doess Shepard Smith Stay At Fox....

[rsmith6621]

....besides a contractual obligation...Why doesn't MSNBC offer him work if his Fox gig is nearly over.......His spirit has to be in pain...

[Submariner]

1. Uh..........

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[SoCalDem]

2. He's their token "quasi-lib"

When Colmes left, he got bumped up a notch..

[Kingofalldems]

17. +1

[mmonk]

3. He's auditioning for a job in journalism. They have to know he can do it first.

What better way to stand out than to try it on Fox?

[RKP5637]

4. I like Shepard Smith. I bet he has a pretty good deal w/Fox. n/t

[demmiblue]

5. Because it gives Fox a wee bit of cover. n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Because they need a token jounalist among all of their hacks

!!

[ReggieVeggie]

7. his spirit?

I think his "spirit" has long been since tarred by his breathless parroting of Fox misinformation and lies. Shep Smith was front man for 9/11 propaganda and War on Terror cheerleading.

[seabeyond]

8. there are conservatives that are honest. have morals. maybe he feels he is

doing something by bringing some honesty to the network. maybe he is not a liberal.

[RZM]

9. I think that's an easy one

They have a sizable audience and give him two hours a day . . . I imagine he's well paid as well. It's probably as sweet a gig as an anchor can get on cable news.

As for any moral dilemmas, I imagine people who work at Fox are generally supportive of the operation, even those like Shep who aren't hardcore right wingers.

[Tx4obama]

10. No no not MSNBC. I want all the good ones to head over to Current TV with Keith.

If Keith could talk
Cenk
Shep
Rachel
Ed
to come over to Current TV - it would be AWESOME!

[white_wolf]

11. Speaking of Current

there was a really funny woman on there we watched today. She does infomania and Target Women. Not really political but pretty funny. I loved watching her trash those home security commercials.

[chade]

15. Sarah Haskns!

Love, love, love Target Women. Hilarious and scathing look at advertising.

[MessiahRp]

13. I'd like to see Ashleigh Banfield and David Shuster there as well.

Just my opinion...

Rp

[valerief]

14. THAT would be wonderful! nt

[Canuckistanian]

12. He doesn't want to end up like Tucker Carlson?

Better working SOMEWHERE than writing lame blog posts?

[outerSanctum]

16. He'd probably fit in better at CNN

with Anderson Cooper.

[pintobean]

18. He signed a 3 year contract extension on 10-26-10

I couldn't find how much he makes. Up to that point, he had been making between 7-8 million a year.