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Chris Wallace. Just announced during Smith's show by....the dude who is filling in.

As soon as Shep Smith signed off Fox News on Friday, he rode down a freight elevator to the underground garage where a car and driver were waiting. His departure was emotional enough as is -- he didn't want a tearful goodbye in his studio or the newsroom. He knew his colleagues would have questions and concerns. The big question: What will Fox's news operation look like without him? Among rank and file staffers and even some of the network's anchors, there is deep concern that the news side of Fox will be further squeezed by the opinion shows that...

With President Trump actively distorting the truth and many of his own colleagues helping him do it, the Fox News star prided himself on anchoring a newscast that countered the network's pro-Trump opinion shows. The way Smith saw it, he was making sure that accurate information was getting on Fox's air. "I wonder," he told a Time magazine reporter last year, "if I stopped delivering the facts, what would go in its place in this place that is most watched, most listened, most viewed, most trusted? I don't know."

Shepard Smith is leaving Fox News. The midday anchor, who has been with the network since its inception in 1996, will step down from his role as Chief News Anchor and Managing Editor of the network’s breaking news unit and Anchor of Shepard Smith Reporting effective immediately the network said in a release. 'Shep is one of the premier newscasters of his generation and his extraordinary body of work is among the finest journalism in the industry,' said Fox News Media president Jay Wallace. 'His integrity and outstanding reporting from the field helped put FOX News on the map and...

Fox News chief news anchor Shepard Smith is leaving the conservative cable network after 23 years, it was announced Friday. Smith’s appearance Friday on “Shepard Smith Reporting” was his last appearance on the network, according to Fox News. In addition to working as chief news anchor, Smith had been managing editor of the network’s breaking news unit. Smith’s departure follows a report that he was warned last month by Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and network president Jay Wallace not to criticize the network’s evening anchor Tucker Carlson again. Smith had said on the air that it was “repugnant” for...

Had no idea. His last broadcast.

Shemp is gone!!! Gone from FOX. Resigned! Begone!!! Don't let the door hit ya where your fellow 'guys' love ya.

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith is stepping down, the network said Friday in a statement. “Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave FOX News and begin a new chapter. After requesting that I stay, they graciously obliged. The opportunities afforded this guy from small town Mississippi have been many,” Smith said in a statement. “It’s been an honor and a privilege to report the news each day to our loyal audience in context and with perspective, without fear or favor. I’ve worked with the most talented, dedicated and focused professionals I know and I’m proud to have...

Shepard Smith just announced that he's leaving Fox.

In a shocking turn of events that stunned the media industry, Fox News anchor Shepard Smith announced his departure from the network after more than 23 years. Smith is one of the faces of the network's news division and one of its most important journalistic assets. The decision was Smith's, Fox News said. "Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave FOX News and begin a new chapter," Smith said. "After requesting that I stay, they graciously obliged. The opportunities afforded this guy from small town Mississippi have been many. It’s been an honor and a privilege to...

Shepherd Smith just announced he is leaving Fox News effective IMMEDIATELY