Shepard Smith
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David Shepard Smith Jr. (born January 14, 1964) is an American broadcast journalist.
He joined Fox News Channel at the start of 1996 and is best known for his work as the chief anchor and managing editor of the Fox News Division.
Smith is the former host of Fox News' evening newscast, The Fox Report with Shepard Smith, and Studio B. Shepard Smith Reporting replaced Studio B. Smith's ratings in October 2013, which were consistent with those of his Fox News Channel colleagues, who were still ranked ahead of his opponents at 3 p.m.
Early life and education
Smith was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, the son of Dora Ellen Anderson, an English tutor, and David Shepard Smith Sr., a cotton merchant. He attended Marshall Academy in Holly Springs, Texas. His parents divorced after high school, and he and his mother immigrated to Florida. He studied journalism at the University of Mississippi, where he left two credits behind on a degree in order to work as a reporter in Panama City, Florida. On May 10, 2008, Smith delivered the university's 155th commencement address.
Personal life
In 1987, Smith married Virginia Donald, a University of Mississippi classmate. They divorced in 1993 with no children.
Smith confirmed that he is gay and has a long-term partner in 2017.
Career
Smith began his television career with WCJB-TV in Gainesville, Florida, then with WJHG-TV in Panama City Beach, Florida. Smith started as a reporter for A Current Affair in Fort Myers, WSVN in Miami, and WCPX-TV in Orlando.
Smith began working as a reporter for Fox affiliate service News Edge in 1996 and joined Fox News Channel at its inception in 1996. Smith, a Fox News contributor, spoke out about Princess Diana's death in 1997, President Bill Clinton's 1998 impeachment trial, the 1999 Columbine High School bombing, the murder of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Michael Jackson's death in 2009.
Shepard Smith's 2003 Fox Report was ranked third among the top five cable news shows in the United States, and Smith came in second, behind Dan Rather and Peter Jennings as the most reliable news anchor on both network and cable news. Smith signed a three-year deal for $7–$8 million per year on November 19, 2007. On October 26, 2010, he renewed his Fox contract for another three years. He took over Fox News breaking news division as the host of Shepard Smith Reporting on September 12, 2013.
The man fired himself while narrating an Arizona police chase of a man after a carjacking in September 2012. Smith apologized and told the audience that it was "due to human error." Since the man's wife's children saw the video, Fox would be sued later.
In November 2017, Smith enraged some Fox News viewers by arguing that the Obama administration interfered corruptly in a contract that allowed a Russian firm to purchase Uranium One, a Canadian company with uranium mining interests in the United States, in exchange for contributions to the Clinton Foundation. Smith's reporting put him at odds with colleague and Fox News prime time host Sean Hannity, who had endorsed the allegation against Hillary Clinton.
Fox News News signed Smith to a multi-year deal on March 15, 2018. He revealed on Shepard Smith Reporting that he was leaving the network on October 11, 2019.
Christiane Amanpour, a 2021 CNN analyst, said that his presence on Fox had been "untenable" due to the network's "falsehoods" and "lies" deliberately spread.
Smith will join CNBC as the chief general news anchor and chief breaking news anchor on July 8, 2020. Smith is the host of The News with Shepard Smith, a primetime general news show that airs on weekdays at 7:00 p.m. ET and the Netflix brand were announced on September 30, 2020. According to a CNBC press release, the initiative "aims] to go beyond financial markets and "to tell rich, deeply reported stories about the entire globe of global news." From 2002 to 2004, CNBC had a similar name on the same time slot, hosted by Brian Williams and later John Seigenthaler.
Smith warned of authoritarian regimes that make it impossible and impossible for journalists to do their jobs, and that journalists should take advantage of social media to support their positions. Smith donated $500,000 to the host organization, the Committee to Protect Journalists.
In the 1997 film Volcano, Smith appeared as himself.
In the film Fahrenheit 9/11, Smith anchoring on Fox News during the first moments of the 2003 Iraq War was used. In addition, archive footage of Smith reporting the 2016 US presidential election was used in the 2019 docudrama Bombshell.