FACT-CHECK: Shep Smith’s Fake ‘Debunking’ of Uranium One Story Ends in Humiliation, Embarrassment

Big Journalism ^ | 11/15/17 | Jerome Hudson

[markomalley]

Fox News’ Shepard Smith drew applause from liberal media outlets Tuesday in a “fact check” marred with mispronunciations and misrepresentations.

Smith, one of Fox’s top liberals and who frequently opposes the network’s narratives, spoke at length on his show Shepard Smith Reports after Attorney General Jeff Sessions floated the idea of a special counsel to investigate recent revelations surrounding the 2010 partial sale of Canadian firm Uranium One to Russian energy giant Rosatom. The sale was approved by the Obama administration as it included the sale of 20 percent of U.S. uranium to the Russian giant.

In laying out the widely reported story, Smith mispronounced the name of the Canadian investor at the center of the scandal (calling him ‘Gweh-strah,’ then ‘Gwy-strah’ instead of the correct ‘Joo-strah’); the name of the government body that reviewed the deal (‘Si-fuhs’ instead of the correct ‘Sif-ee-us); and the name of a senior State Department official involved in the review (‘Fernando’ instead of the accurate ‘Fernandez’). Smith also incorrectly describes Uranium One is a South African company. It was Canadian and is now, in fact, a Russian state-owned company.

The details of the Uranium One story have received broad coverage from outlets such as the New York Times and considerable attention on Fox News, including a one-hour special hosted by Bret Baier which aired in 2015 on the release of the book Clinton Cash.

Among the many things Smith objected to was Clinton’s ability to influence the deal’s approval. “The Clinton State Department had no power to approve or veto that transaction. It could do neither,” he said.

[elpadre]

That’s what bothers me about having the DOJ handle these Clinton investigations. Most of the career attorneys there made donations to her campaign and, I suspect, may remain Clintonistas. And, I suspect, may even now be providing the Trump appointees biased information.

[proud American in Canada]

I watch Fox all the time, but turn it off when Shep comes on. Then I turn it back on an hour later.

I like The Five, Brett Bauer (sp?) and LOVE the Greg Gutfeld show. He makes me crack up every time. :)

[Joe Boucher]

This clown Shepard Smith is Andrea Mitchell who is George
Stephanopolis.
Shills for bill and hill.

[justa-hairyape]

Smith is the one standing on bourbon street proclaiming that NOLA had survived Katrina with minimal damage. If he had done his homework, he would have known that the path Katrina took was the worse case scenario for NOLA flooding.