Fox Cable Guy Edges Into the Big Pay Leagues

NY Slimes ^ | 11/19/07 | Bill Carter

[SoFloFreeper]

Roger Ailes, the chairman of the Fox News Channel, calls Shepard Smith his “go-to guy,” the person he wants leading the channel’s coverage any time news breaks.

Mr. Ailes has put his network’s money where he wants its chief voice to be. Last week, Mr. Smith signed a new contract that will take him, a former local news reporter from Holly Springs, Miss., into financial territory usually occupied only by network news anchors. Although Fox did not release the exact terms of the new deal, an executive briefed on the them said that Mr. Smith, who is 43, had signed a new contract for a little more than three years at a salary of $7 million to $8 million a year.

[SoFloFreeper]

gag. Three more years of Shep's breathless panic-mongering.

[maica]

Wow! No wonder I rarely turn on Fox any more, if Shep is the best in Roger Ailes’ eyes.

[SoFloFreeper]

Get this line from the NY Slimes:

"He also won widespread praise for his reporting of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."

My question: from who????

I saw his coverage and work at Katrina. He was atrocious.

[The South Texan]

[mmichaels1970]

Could be worse.....could be Greta.

[VictoryGal]

Yech. I get most of my news from the internet now... time to change “most” to “all”.

[sure_fine]

bet smith was holding out for offer from cnn where he could be more himself

[Red_Devil 232]

Yep! If it ain’t news worthy ... Ya Gotta Go To Greta!

[martin_fierro]

[MNJohnnie]

Boy was THIS a mistake. I don’t know anyone who likes this guy.

[Red Badger]

So he can cry on cue?............

[cinives]

worse- jerry rivers

[dfwgator]

at a salary of $7 million to $8 million a year.

That'll buy a lot of mascara.

[New Perspective]

calls Shepard Smith his “go-to guy,”

What happens when your "Go-To Guy" IS the guy. Then what?:)

Shep Smith was arrested in 2001 after an altercation with another journalist over a parking place. Allegedly, a female journalist was saving a parking spot for someone and Smith backed into her car and yelled an obscenity to a group of bystanders. All charges against him were later dropped.">

[verity]

" I don’t know anyone who likes this guy.

Seems Roger Ailes does. lol

[Paradox]

Shep Smith is one of the reasons I no long watch Fox News. He was a JOKE down here in South Florida where he worked for the local Fox affiliate (Channel 7). Hell, so did that OTHER joke, Rick Sanchez. Why do our local Jokes go on and make it nationally? I'd like to offer an apology to all.

Anyways, Faux News is just like the rest, even if they do tilt towards the right. "If it bleeds, it leads"..

[New Perspective]

calls Shepard Smith his “go-to gay,”

LOL

[Abathar]

Actually who else would they pick there? I would prefer to hear breaking news from Brit, but he tends to stay mostly in the beltway topics and I don’t think he hovers around the place like Shep does.

[MNJohnnie]

Don’t remember ever claiming I knew Roger Ailes.

[Thermalseeker]

gag. Three more years of Shep's breathless panic-mongering.

He constantly misreads his teleprompter,too. Fox should dump this chump. Think of what they'd save in mascara alone!