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.
[Shep Smith needs to spend a few years being traded out in a Turkish prison.]
Have Shep ever met Captain Clarence Oveur?
I saw that by Shep and was disgusted by his attitude.
In the next hour, Cavuto said essentially the same thing to another phone guest and cut him off, too.
Yes he did, but he did it to Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League. We will probably hear more about that.
It is baked-in and should be viewed in universal terms - "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
WHO THE HELL WATches that pervert..
France is falling to Jihad England is next. That’s my prediction.
They had trouble taking off their "Yellow Vests"?
Shep is such a slut - empty brain to go with his empty suit!
I remember the stories about how clergy literally risked their lives to save St. Paul’s Cathedral the night of the Blitz.
It was nothing short of a miracle that the Dome survived.
www.http://whathappenedtobuilding7.com
Well, I wonder...do you see me when you sleep...
‘It is ISLAMIC JIHAD during Holy Week!’
Fox News’ The Five is bending over backwards to dispel speculation about terrorism...apparently all the other churches that were vandalized in France also had extensive, ongoing renovations as well, I guess...
[I heard macron declared a national emergency. Kind of weird for a renovations fire]
Indeed
Shemp Smith is a creature.
Holy Week? just a coincidence
What a hypocrite. He sure went for Russia Russia Russia with no evidence.
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