Hold on to your hats - Shep Smith just gave credence to the DHS report on extremist groups.

[jillan]

I turned over to faux for a few minutes to hear how these type of people report a tragedy like this.

He said (paraphrasing) It sure gives a whole new meaning to that controversial report that came out from the Dept of Homeland Security early this year....here we are witnessing a tragedy from one of those extremists that report was warning about.

[Parker CA]

1. Wow. Just wow. Good for him for admitting the truth. Wonder if he'll have a job tomorrow.

[vaberella]

8. He will...but he's done this stuff before. n/t

[SuperTrouper]

11. Shep also exploded against waterboarding on national TV: "America does not torture!"

Faux must have him on their "Most Wanted" list...

[stranger81]

2. are you posting from some alternate universe?

Just have to be sure.

[jillan]

3. No ! Of course it is Shep, who has moments of being normal.... we'll have to see what

the true nutjobs of faux have to say.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

6. I think I'll watch that video of him mocking Beck again...

[Clio the Leo]

19. I cant wait to see what old Glen has to say on the matter...... NT

[jillan]

28. I'll let KO report on that.... I don't think I could handle watching Beck.

[stevietheman]

4. Next up: The mysterious firing of Shepard Smith. n/t

n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. Either that or he'll involuntarily take some time off. After a few weeks he'll show up with a giant

scar on his forehead and speaking in a monotone pattern.

[Clio the Leo]

5. How many people have to die.......

.... before white America stops turning a blind eye to the hate that exists among us?

How much money has been spent on protecting us from international terrorists?

And how much money has been spent protecting us from our "kind?"

Why is the organization that has worked the hardest to educate and protect against white racists a PRIVATE organization? (Southern Poverty Law Center)

[jillan]

9. If anything good comes out of this - hopefully it will be that people will actually READ what was in

the DHS report. Read it rather that overreact to it.

[vaberella]

7. Shep, Shep, Shep...the only one I tolerate on Faux Noise. n/t

[Medusa]

24. He's too good to be on that channel

He's been ripping on them today that's for sure, talking about the crazy rumors that Obama is Muslim, not-American, etc. And saying basically: the report was right--the far-right nutcases are a threat to this country.

[vaberella]

31. I've said that before. But I want him there. B/c Faux is too tilted right wing extreme.

If he's not there....it would be a mess.

[vaberella]

10. Shep is tired of the bullshit!! Did you hear him a moment ago?! "It needs to stop."

"I'll get emails--He's a muslim." He's fed up with all this.

[jillan]

16. I am so glad that I'm not the only one listening to this vaberella!!!

He is amazing!

he just called Obama "inspirational" and "a true uniter".

[vaberella]

32. Yup, he's said this before. I have a slight crush on him too...

He's good looking but has a brain and is fair. He can shift a bit...but overall he's balanced. Now he's basically mocking them.

[Cha]

53. OMGOSH~ Isn't that totally undermining

the whole point of fauxn00ze?!!1111

[jillan]

12. If you are reading this - you need to turn Shep on - NOW he said ---

that those people that are calling our President a Muslin NEEDS TO STOP.
Those people that are questioning his birth certificate NEED TO STOP.


Pinch me.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

13. Come on...he must have embarrassing pics of Hannity. How come he's allowed to stay on Fox News?

[vaberella]

17. No no..Shep is a sort of good guy. He's decent. I'm listening to him and love it. n/t

[phleshdef]

15. Nah, Shep is a decent journalist. He is one of the few mature, sane people over at Fox.

[vaberella]

18. Agreed...we're one of the few who is not surprised by him. n/t

[OneGrassRoot]

41. He was great during Katrina, re: waterboarding....

I don't know how he can stand it there.

[Cronus Protagonist]

48. lol

I love sarcasm.

[jillan]

20. Now he is talking in depth about how the DHS report was spot on.

And he is interviewing someone from the Southern Poverty Law Group.

[bluestateguy]

21. Thank you to Sec. Napolitano for telling the truth

Conservative white men can be some of the most bitter and unhinged people you will ever meet. They need to be watched.

[Clio the Leo]

22. We need to flood his inbox with praise......

[email protected]

.... when someone does something honorable, we need to salute them.

[jillan]

26. Definitely!

Thanks for the link Clio!

[Clio the Leo]

36. Here's what I wrote...

.... you will notice that I convenienty left out the fact that I WATCH MSNBC in spite of it being equally partisaned ha ha.

Just wanted to thank you Shephard for what you said on your Wed. 6/10 show regarding those who like to attack the President on his (perceived) religion and (presumed) citizenship status.

I'm a liberal Democrat and dont generally watch Fox because of what I perceive to be, at times, highly partisaned broadcasting that often borders on the absurd. I was alerted to your comments after the Holocaust Museum shooting and was glad to hear them. As Americans, we can disagree on policy matters without behaving disagreeably toward one another.

This hate speech needs to stop and thank you for your plea to your viewers to not partake in it. I look forward to watching you in the future.

[Bonobo]

52. +1

[jillan]

55. Done!

I just thanked him for his excellent reporting and for being the one person on Fox that even a die-hard liberal like myself enjoys watching.

[Reterr]

61. Agreed-I shall do this.eom

[PatSeg]

23. I can't believe YOU turned on FOX News!

I don't know how Shep has lasted there for so long. I won't be surprised to see him moving to greener pastures soon.

[jillan]

25. I was watching Schuster and just got this idea that they would be talking about how Obama will want

to take away their guns now, more than ever.

And instead I found this.

I'm still watching - Shep is doing an excellent job reporting on this.
He keeps going back to the DHS report.

[PatSeg]

45. Maybe he's auditioning for a job at MSNBC!!

What great timing. Just imagine if this had happened during Hannity or O'Reilly.

[blocker73]

27. well he`s gonna be fired, limbaugh will do a show on him soon!

[vaberella]

29. uh NO he won't. Shep Smith has done this a lot on Fox News.

This is not new for him. He has sided with the "liberal" media often and gotten blasted before. So no, he won't be fired.

[camera obscura]

30. I think they keep Shep on the air to keep their network from devolving into total insanity

You know how the yin has a bit of yang in it and vice versa? Shep Smith is totally the yang.

[vaberella]

34. Exactly...sadly he's superceded by a lot of yin. Shit.. n/t

[jillan]

50. I concur.

Faux needs one half-way sane reporter.

[Medusa]

33. Shep just said his email had grown really frightening

in recent months--that people keep getting further out there. Is reading "representative" mail--typically calling Obama a socialist, a Muslim, where is the birth certificate shit. And says it's typical of what he's getting and that these people are both wrong and really angry, crazy, etc.

[vaberella]

38. Now, I'm worried for his health by extremists. n/t

[pot luck]

39. He shouldn't be surprised

considering the network he's on is constantly stoking the anger in these people and feeding their conspiracy theories.

[vaberella]

40. He's not surprised...he actually said he expected it and is waiting for more. n/t

[jillan]

35. Now Shep is talking about the kinds of hate mail he has been getting.

from the viewers ....

he is reading one now - omg!

"people are crazy mad for no reason at all" "It's frightening".

He is trashing the very people that Rush and Hannity cater to.

[OneGrassRoot]

42. Maybe he sees the danger outweighs corporate influence....

or even his own job (though he's done other stuff...they won't fire him...I just hope he'll quit Faux in protest).

Maybe he sees the danger to himself in the crazy email he's getting. Good for him!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

37. I would like to trade Shep for Joe and Mika.

[SuperTrouper]

43. Me too...and don't forget Pat Buchanan, I'd trade him too from MSNBC

[Captain Hilts]

46. You might need a 'journalist to be named later' to sweeten that trade. nt

[BeyondGeography]

44. Shepard Smith for Person of the Day

:patriot:

[DAMANgoldberg]

57. MSNBC still has a 10P ET opening...

The leading show in the period is Anderson Cooper 360 (a very good program, even though I miss NewsNight w/Arron Brown). MSNBC could have their version with Sheppard Smith. I don't want another liberal opinion show, I want JOURNALISM!

[MadBadger]

62. No, AC360 is not the leading show...its Greta

Anderson Cooper has fallen to third behind Olbermann's repeat many times the past few months.

Greta is way ahead of the competition, as is every Faux show.

[Cronus Protagonist]

47. IMHO Shepard Smith has no credence to give, lend or bestow.

[PretzelWarrior]

54. exactly. anyone who works for that network has sold their soul. for realz.

I mean, that prick Wallace? Forget about it. Brit Hume? They're all former quasi journalists who go there to lend an aura of credibility to that sham of a propaganda house.

FUCK SHEPERD SMITH

[jillan]

49. Ok - here we go - Cavuto linking all this to Obama's policies-----

social unrest because of the economy ~ where was Obama last week...


Asshole!!!!!!!!!!

[Cha]

51. YE-AH. I heard

Napolitano had to "apologize" for that?

[PatSeg]

58. The Dems have to stop apologizing everytime

the right-wing nutjobs criticize their policies. Evidently it's going to take a while before they realize that they are in power. If they make a mistake, then by all means apologize, but this apologizing when they're correct sustains that whimpy image that conservatives tagged them with. Rush and the FOX gang just love messing with them.

[Triana]

56. Why didn't he admit it when Dr. Tiller was murdered? Same thing - domestic terrorism. n/t

[NJGeek]

59. Shep led the way for Katrina on Fox

... which arguably was the beginning of the end of George Bush's popularity. His audience is impressionable.

[Reterr]

60. Shep Smith is gonna get fired soon

He has been sounding quite sane lately. He said a while back about the torture "debate" that he was disgusted that we are seriously discussing the merits of torture or something like that.
I am starting to like him. He seems like the most decent person affiliated with that network.