# Shep Smith, again!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shep-smith-again/690751>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 14, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shep-smith-again/690751 "2014-06-14T02:32:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shep-smith-again/690751/1 "2014-06-14T02:32:45Z")

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I know we’ve had similar discussions here before, but [how in the world does Sheppard Smith keep his job at FOX News?](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/13/shep-smith-iraq_n_5493780.html)

> [@Shep Smith](#):
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> Are we about to be drawn back into a conflict in Iraq? The same people who 12 years ago told us this will be quick, this will be easy, this will be inexpensive, they will see us as liberators, it’s the right thing to do, are now telling us, ‘It’s the right thing to do.’ What’s the endgame? Who’s thought this through?

I am always amazed that Smith speaks his mind and isn’t taken out to the woodshed afterward, unless he is and he simply believes it is worth the hassle.

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**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shep-smith-again/690751/2 "2014-06-14T07:15:07Z")

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Maybe it’s part of the closet deal.

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**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shep-smith-again/690751/3 "2014-06-14T13:51:36Z")

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> [@Onomatopoeia](#):
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> I am always amazed that Smith speaks his mind and isn’t taken out to the woodshed afterward, unless he is and he simply believes it is worth the hassle.

Because he doesn’t work for [NPR?](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/21/juan-williams-fired-npr_n_770901.html)