Shepard Smith: Fox News opinion hosts ‘don’t really have rules’
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 10: Fox News anchor Shepard Smith on the set of “Studio B with Shepard Smith” at Fox News studios in New York. Fox News Channel celebrated its 15th anniversary on the air on October 7th.
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith says opinion programming on his network doesn’t “really have rules” and exists “strictly to be entertaining,” in an interview published Thursday.
“Some of our opinion programming is there strictly to be entertaining,” Smith told Time Magazine‘s Daniel D’Addario in a piece titled, “Shep Smith Has the Hardest Job on Fox News.”
“We serve different masters,” Smith, 54, added when discussing the difference between the opinion side of Fox News, including shows such as “The Sean Hannity Show,” and the network’s news division. “We work for different reporting chains, we have different rules. They don’t really have rules on the opinion side. They can say whatever they want. If it’s their opinion.” MORE…
