Fox News anchor, Shepard Smith, resigned from his job Friday afternoon after 23 years of working with Fox. He wanted to make it clear that he willingly left and was not in fact fired.
Most believe he decided to leave because of the feuds with President Trump. As you may know, Shepard is a Trump critic.
“Even in our currently polarized nation, it’s my hope that the facts will win the day, that the truth will always matter, that journalism and journalist will thrive,” Shepard says during his last broadcast
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In recent years, Smith has been something of a heretic at the ratings-dominant and broadly pro-Trump network. He has often provided critical coverage of President Donald Trump, end even feuded with Fox News opinion hosts.
The Fox News anchor, hired to join the network at its inception in 1996, said his agreement with Fox meant he would not be reporting elsewhere in the near future.
Shepard continues:
“So recently I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox News, after requesting that I stay, they obliged. Under our agreement I won’t be reporting elsewhere, at least in the near future, but I will be able to see more of Geo and Lucia, and our friends and family, and then we will see what comes along.”
“This is my last newscast here. Thank you for watching today and over the decades as I traveled to many of your communities and anchored this program, studio B, and Fox Report, plus endless marathon hours of breaking news. It’s been an honor and my pleasure.”
“Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave FOX News and begin a new chapter. After requesting that I stay, they graciously obliged. The opportunities afforded this guy from small-town Mississippi have been many. It’s been an honor and a privilege to report the news each day to our loyal audience in context and with perspective, without fear or favor. I’ve worked with the most talented, dedicated and focused professionals I know and I’m proud to have anchored their work each day — I will deeply miss them.”
CNN’s Brian Stelter reports that the recent blowup with Tucker Carlson was Shepard's last straw.
Fox News reports that the anchors now open spot will be rotated with different anchors till they fill the void of Shapard's spot.
