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Longtime Fox News anchor Smith exits

Oct. 11, 2019 4:29 PM ETBy: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor274 Comments
  • Fox News Channel (FOX, FOXA) confirms that chief news anchor and managing editor Shepard Smith is stepping down, a move he announced minutes ago on his broadcast.
  • Smith asked to be released from his contract and the network obliged, it says.
  • He had been one of the network's original hires in 1996.
  • He won't be reporting elsewhere "in the near future" according to an agreement with Fox News, he says.
  • Smith has taken the brunt of recent sharp criticism from President Trump, who alleges that Smith (and separately, the network) isn't being fair to him.
  • The move follows closely on a meeting last night between Attorney General William Barr and Fox's Rupert Murdoch.

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