Posted on 07/15/2021 9:34:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Legions of the conservative viewers who made Fox News the number-one cable news channel celebrated when Shepard Smith departed its lineup in 2019. According to the Daily Beast in 2019, he ditched his $15-million salary in the middle of a three-year contract because of criticism from higher-rated conservatives at Fox, including Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity. I had come to the point where I switched channels when he came on because his snarky anti-conservative commentary was unbearable.
Smith took his time returning to the TV news business, and according to this Daily Beast story yesterday, he was in discussion with a number of other broadcasters including CBS before finally landing a job with CNBC, the business news channel owned by Comcast, reportedly receiving $5 to 6 million a year. Interestingly, this Beast article pegged his Fox salary at $30 million. Either estimate would mean Smith is paying a high price for avoiding criticism from colleagues.
The Beast writers hilariously describe Smith as "[a] traditional broadcast anchor with little appetite for the partisan or ideological programming," given how often he made nasty comments about then-president Trump. But it does tell us a lot about the ideological blinders worn by leftists in the agitprop media.
But even with a big salary cut, it looks as though Smith has turned out to be no bargain for his new employers at the Comcast subsidiary. His ratings have tanked, he doesn't get along with his new colleagues, and he is unhappy.
Whether it's a poor time slot, behind-the-scenes squabbles, an outdated news format, a slower post-Trump news cycle, or just a once-popular anchor taking his frustrations out on staffers, CNBC insiders have a lot of reasons for why Shepard Smith's show has failed to capture major ratings.
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Claude Raines, Mr. Claude Raines, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Maybe Nancy and Maxine can get Shepard a job on a local San Francisco television station.
Stick a fork in Schlep.
he sucked pretty bad a fox, too.
he’s a trophy wife; the story about him leaving fox for wherever was worth more than the value of his actually working there.
He’s finding out the hard way, like Megyn Kelly, that you don’t wash out the Fox News stink just because you leave.
They alienate the conservatives, and liberals want nothing to do with them.
He just needs more mascara and blush to really stand out.
Couldn’t happen to a ‘nicer’ freak.
I don’t think Shep was making nearly that much at FNC.
The mascara will be running down his face all the way to the bank.
Who would want to watch this bitter ole miss?
Oh that’s too bad…what a petulant silly little twerp…he should be made ceo of cnn…perfect…
That puto still has a show? Who knew?
If you’ve seen one leftie presenter you’ve seen them all. There’s no reason to pay any of them more than union scale. They all say the same things. And there are so many that any one can’t command numbers of any magnitude. The networks are fools to pay these guys anything. Thousands of like minded cucks would do it for free.
They should have sent him to a cooking show where he could show the audience how to pack fudge.
The guy was useless at Fox. No one is surprised
Frickin drama queen. I wonder if he wears his tiara on cam.
There are very few things nice to think about lately. Not thinking about or seeing Shemp is one nice thing. Until this thread!
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