Posted on 04/15/2019 7:07:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith abruptly cut off an interview on Monday with a French commentator floating conspiracy theories about the fire burning at Notre Dame.
Smiths guest was French media analyst and former elected official Philippe Karsenty, who said the blaze burning at the Parisian landmark was "like a 9/11."
ADVERTISEMENT "Its like a 9/11. Its a French 9/11. Its a big shock," Karsenty said. "The church was there for more than 850 years. Even the Nazis didn't dare to destroy it."
He said there have been churches "desecrated each and every week in France, all over France" in recent years.
"So, of course, you will hear the story of the political correctness which will tell you its probably an accident," Karsenty said before Smith interrupted.
"Sir, sir, sir, were not going to speculate here of the cause of something which we dont know," Smith said. "If you have observations or you know something, we would love to hear it."
Karsenty said that he was warning viewers that they "need to be ready" before Smith cut his guest off again.
"No, sir, were not doing that here, not now, not on my watch," Smith said before ending the interview with Karsenty.
Smith noted that officials suspect that the fire started in the rear of the cathedral, reportedly linked to restoration efforts.
"We are thousands of miles away, and the man on the phone with us has absolutely no information of any kind about the origin of this fire, and neither do I," Smith told viewers.
"The fire investigators will at some point come to a determination about what caused this, and conspiracy theories about anything are worthless and in many cases counterproductive and injurious to society," he added. "And those who entertain them are not acting...
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The french know and they probably have CCTV footage
Yeah, they'll probably ban cathedrals for insulting Islam.
Haha! So true!
I have zero doubt it was arson.
I dont believe that it was an accident, even for a second.
That’s Ahmed!
So is it going to be a felony now to blame Moslems like New Zealand tried to make it illegal to have Tarrants video?
The conclusions of such an investigation have already been written - "Accidental Occurrence".
The French Government cannot afford to face the consequences of any other possible report.
Send Team Mueller in.
A video is being circluated allegedly showing a Muslim-dressed man inside the burning cathedral. I can’t verify is this is legit.
No, there is nothing proper about journalists rudely shutting up guests who have credible information to share. Shep;s guest did not point the finger at anybody, only suggested that there have been a lot of church fires lately. This is factual information that is critically important to understanding what occurred. The second largest church in Paris had a fire just a month ago. Information like this absolutely should be linked in a news story. Lack of linkage would be a falsehood in this case. Journalism is not an exact science, but to report on a fire at the largest church in Paris and not mention that the second largest had just burned as well, is a sin of omission as far as I’m concerned. Just two cents from a professional journalist.
I’ll brepeat what I said earlier. Shep is a brainless little twink.
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No one cares what “The Gimp” Smith thinks.
Then we’ll know it wasn’t terrorism 2 1/2 years from now.
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Shep Smith is a nasty little pervert. Fox should have fired him for that hissy fit he had a few years ago. Instead, he has been polluting the airwaves for years.
sleeping with the owner’s son?
Shelpter wouldn’t have any qualms with a report it’s a posse of white renegade Cowboys wielding red-hot branding irons that were heard yelling Yee-had.
The guest had no credible information to share. Shep was correct on this one.
Now pointing out that the previous attacker, from 2016, had just been given a long prison sentence three days prior to this attack !
https://think.com.gh/ines-madani-allegedly-took-the-name-of-abu-omar-and-used-social-media-to-recruit-women-in-carrying-out-terrorist-attacks/
Agreed. I dont watch network news. Walking into work after an offsite-meeting, guard had news on TV with the news of it burning - I said it was no accident and the guard said they hadnt said - I said it was arson and no accident. Too coincidental.
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