BREAKING: Shepard Smith Leaving Fox News

Fox News announced late Friday afternoon that Shepard Smith is leaving the network. Sources tell Mediaite that Smith’s leaving is his own decision and was not fired. Over the past few years, Smith has been something of an iconoclast at the ratings-dominant and right-leaning network. His opening statements of his 3 p.m. news show often offered critical points of view directed at President Donald Trump or even Fox News opinion show hosts.-- More...