Posted on 04/15/2019 1:20:15 PM PDT by Red Badger
Fox anchor Shepard Smith on Monday melted down when a French guest attempted to explain the ongoing attacks, violence and vandalism against French churches. Talking about the fire engulfing Notre Dame, where the cause is unknown, guest Philippe Karsenty began, “For the past years, we've had churches desecrated each and every week all over France.”
Just seconds after his guest was introduced, Smith immediately jumped in and reprimanded, “Sir, sir, sir, we're not going to speculate of the cause of something that we don't know! If you have observations or you know something, we would love to hear it.” After Karsenty attempted to respond, Smith shut down the whole interview: “No, sir. We’re not doing that here. Not now. Not on my watch! Philippe Karsenty, it’s very good of you to be here.”
Twenty minutes later, Smith came back to concede the point about violence against French Christians, allowing, “There have been a number of attacks on Catholic churches in the Paris area. But those two things [the Notre Dame fire and past incidents], we are not connecting at this moment.”
Newsweek reported on March 21, 2019:
Vandals have smashed statues, knocked down tabernacles, scattered or destroyed the Eucharist and torn down crosses, sparking fears of a rise in anti-Catholic sentiment in the country.
Last Sunday, the historic Church of St. Sulpice in Paris was set on fire just after midday mass on Sunday, Le Parisien reported, although no one was injured. Police are still investigating the attack, which firefighters have confidently attributed to arson.
The website Churchpop.com noted,
Since early February, vandals desecrated more than a dozen Catholic Churches throughout France. They’ve looted, burned, destroyed statues, threw consecrated hosts all over the floors, and marked a cross on the wall with human feces.
The Washington Post on April 2 reported: "Among attacks on churches in February, a cross of human excrement was found in the southern city of Nimes, a statue of Mary was smashed in a Paris suburb and a statue of Jesus decapitated...”
Of course, that doesn’t mean, in any way, that’s what is happening in Paris. And people shouldn’t recklessly speculate. But neither should Smith decide a guest is unlistenable simply because he tries to inform an American audience about what's going on in France.
It’s not as though Smith himself hasn't speculated. In 2017, he became unhinged while discussing the Russia investigation. In 2015, he yelled at a fellow Fox host during a discussion of riots in Baltimore.
A transcript of the exchange and Smith’s follow-up can be found below. Click “expand” to read more.
Sorry, that was George Orwell, not Ayn Rand. But I bet she wished she said it!
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He could give blow-by-blow reports.......................
Smith and Cavuto should be fired immediately from FNC! They belong on MSNBC or Al Jazeera.
How far they have fallen. I seem to remember Fox News being the first to utter Osama Bin Laden on the morning of 9/11/01...
With the size of the inferno in Notre Dame, there is not going to be any physical evidence of the cause left in the ruins.
A fire of this magnitude.. . that started just minutes after visiting hours were over... It cannot be a simple accident started by a careless smoker....during Holy Week to boot.
If I had a cruise missile at my disposal I know where I would be launching it to.
As I said on another thread, for the first tin probably 20 years, I switched to cnn. I simply cannot abide shep, as well as darlin’ dana and capoopie.
Is there a list of Catholic Churches attacked in France this year? Worldwide?
Bingo!
Have you got several videos of that? Seeing is believing. If not, well, I’m just not sure, although I do believe it.
Please post videos of such. Someone, somewhere must have taken a video of this.
No this place was crawling with security and cameras. It was clearly openly threaten by ISIS and Church attacks were happening all over France. Some yesterday! They dont just go home at night. They go in shifts 24/7 on these renovations. There were witnesses and there were recorded video of every corner of that place. The silence is deafening.
“Fox News must be censoring any type of talk other than an accident.
Perhaps, but remember how much we chastise CNN, MSNBC etc for speculating with guests on the opposite end of the spectrum.
As much as I despise Shemp and don’t particularly care for Cavuto....I’ll cut them a bit of slack on this. Time will tell if ND is related or not and probably best for now not to conjecture.
Shemp Smith, spinning liberal...
Smith was informed of PAST Islamic attacks on churches,
about 50 in 60 days, and refused to discuss it.
Only one reason. He supports the arsons.
I heard macron declared a national emergency. Kind of weird for a renovations fire
Time will tell if ND is related or not and probably best for now not to conjecture.
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Why not?
Just heard Cavuto did the same thing.
Could be eating disorders.
That’s what they all have in common!
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