leaving? yes. is he leaving because of bad ratings? tell me. i don t know. he had terrible ratings. is he leaving because of his ratings? i mean, if he s leaving i assume he is leaving because he had bad ratings. he had the worst ratings on fox so there is a reason. why is shepard smith leaving? well, i wish him well. i wish shepard smith well. does he, though? i m back now with my guests. first to you, our brian stelter is reporting that one major factor apparently in shep s decision to leave was that his fellow fox news host tucker carlson who is on at 8:00 p.m. and very much of course on the opinion side that carlson has attacked him and also attacked one of his regular contributors, former judge andrew napolitano. the late roger ales who ran the network for so long used to have
reacted. i don t know, is he leaving? oh, that s a shame. [ inaudible ] that i don t know. wait, did i hear sheperd smith is leaving? is he leaving because of bad ratings? tell me, i don t know. he had terrible ratings. is he leaving because of his ratings? i mean, if he is leaving, i assume he is leaving because he had bad ratings. he had the worst ratings on fox. there s a reason. why is shepard smith leaving? well, i wish him well. i wish shepard smith well. doug, you can hear the sarcasm there, quick fact check, he had very good ratings in his time slot. doug, what do you take from this clear sign that smith had had enough of fox s programming, and what do you think it means for
ratings. he had the worst ratings on fox, so there s a reason. why is shepard smith leaving? well, i wish him well. i wish i wish shepard smith well. brian, you have been doing a lot of reporting on this. what s the real reason? there was a report last week that there were tensions between shepard smith and tucker carlson and the network reportedly siding with tucker. but then they they re saying no. they re pushing back on that. yeah, this was not about low ratings but it was about the tensions with tucker carlson and other figures at fox. shepard smith simply couldn t take it anymore. he felt squeezed by these opinion hosts who were spewing propaganda at other hours of the day. he viewed his show as a counterweight trying to get the facts out there. it just became too much over time. this is a real loss for fox, fox staffers, the journalists there who are bleing up my phone because they re devastated by this. they re troubled by the loss of
why is shepard smith leaving? well, i wish him well. i wish i wish shepard smith well. brian, you have been doing a lot of reporting on this. what s the real reason? there was a report last week that there were tensions between shepard smith and tucker carlson and the network reportedly siding with tucker. but then they they re saying no. they re pushing back on that. yeah, this was not about low ratings but it was about the tensions with tucker carlson and other figures at fox. shepard smith simply couldn t take it anymore. he felt squeezed by these opinion hosts who were spewing propaganda at other hours of the day. he viewed his show as a counterweight trying to get the facts out there. it just became too much over time. this is a real loss for fox, fox staffers, the journalists there who are blowing up my phone because they re devastated by this. they re troubled by the loss of one of the true news anchors at the network. i think it s a sign of our