Shep Smith saying sorry

[brettdale]

As much as I hate faux news, I thought Shep was genuine in saying sorry, and handled it with class.

[Skittles]

1. that guy has shown class too many times to be on Fox News

[RKP5637]

2. I think Shep Smith is a good guy, why he's at Fox???, maybe they pay him really well. n/t

[MADem]

3. He needs to leave that place. He's young enough to recover. nt

[jackbenimble]

4. He used to be on CNN years ago. n/t

[KaryninMiami]

5. Sorry for what? Please share!

Not watching Fox much these days- could not stomach it any more- but am curious about what he apologized for.

[randome]

6. Where have you been?

DU has been OUTRAGED at Fox News' accidental showing -from too great a distance to really see anything- of a man shooting himself live on camera.

Which points to, disturbingly, the idea that too many DUers watch Fox News and pretend it's 'studying the enemy' or something.

[gateley]

8. At times we pile on just like our Freeper brethren whom we'd criticize for this unwarranted reaction

I really think we're better than that.

[gateley]

7. My boss was telling me about it, and apparently you could hear someone (Shep?) off

camera frantically trying to stop the coverage.

From how she relayed it to me, it sounded like an honest fuck up.

[bluestate10]

9. Shepperd Smith is the only person at Fox that comes close to having a soul. nt

[Auntie Bush]

10. You don't have to be a Democtat to have a soul. You just need to be an honest compassionate

human being. Even many Republicans have a soul. They'd better, as I have 3 siblings and other relatives that are ReThugs. I'm trying to convert them but so far I'm striking zero.

Another thought...if they have no soul...they can't go to HELL when necessary!

[longship]

11. Can you imagine Shep Smith unbuttoned on MSNBC?

I think that would be awesome. Replace Morning Dead Intern with him.

I have increasingly come to like Shep's reportage, in spite of the reins on it. He has, on multiple occasions, shown his mettle, most prominently during Katrina and other occasions since. Today is another. I am beginning to really like him.

MSNBC, go for it! Get Shep Smith. He is a good journalist.

[RKP5637]

12. Shep would be great on MSNBC replacing the Scar. Also, during Katrina, he really felt

the pain of the people. He was really upset with the waste in the WH then with the idiotic response to Katrina.

[Indpndnt]

14. Yes, he was and he was quite vocal about it.

I've respected Shep since then, much to my bemusement. But I would love to see him on MSNBC. I think his perspective and experiences dealing with Faux would make him a refreshing change from JoeyScar.

[longship]

15. He would be a real feather in MSNBC's cap.

They have all but eaten Fox's lunch during the conventions. If I were in a position at MSNBC, I would be courting him.

BTW, some say he's gay -- not that it's an issue here, but given the Republican platform, it may be. I certainly would not bring up the topic because it shouldn't matter. But Hannity's and O'Reilly's position very well may help turn him.

If I were at MSNBC, I would try to get him on board, and give him broad permission to take things where he desired. It may very well work out. His heart is in the right place, I think, even if he remains conservative.

[RKP5637]

16. Shep seems like a very nice person. I've always been struck as to how he comes across on

the TV as a warm caring person. There is something about him that seems very sincere. I've always understood people can be conservative, I grew up in a town like that, but the people were not hateful, vicious, rude and ugly cheats like today.

[Canuckistanian]

13. He doesn't belong on Faux, period

He has compassion and integrity.

Can you imagine if anyone else at Faux would have been on duty at the time? And the utterly tasteless things they would have said?