The former Fox Report host, 57, announced he was quitting on-air in October and hasn't opened up about his departure until now. His exit, the now-CNBC host revealed, was largely because he was fed up with his former broadcast colleagues "who are smart enough and educated enough to know better" and who he claims were spreading lies they knew to be false. Smith added that he stayed with Fox News for as long as he did because he hoped he could educate viewers who might have been consuming news from other primetime hosts such as Sean Hannity , Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham among others.
Smith eventually reached a breaking point in September after Carlson, 51, began making fun of him on-air and the network, Smith claims, did not intervene. Furthermore, he tied for second with Dan Rather and Peter Jennings as the most-trusted news anchor on both network and cable news. In addition on October 26, , he renewed his contract with Fox for another three years. He became managing editor of Fox News breaking news division.
However, on March 15, , Fox News signed Smith to a multi-year contract. However, on October 11, , he surprised viewers and colleagues when he announced on his show that he was leaving the network. On July 8, , CNBC announced Smith would join the network as a chief general news anchor and chief general breaking news anchor. He works as the host of The News with Shepard Smith.
This is a primetime general news program that airs weekdays at p. Morgan Brennan — general assignment reporter. Smith, who joined Fox News at its inception in , said he was proud of the work he did at the network, hosting a daytime news show that was increasingly at odds with what was being aired on Fox's opinion shows. Smith felt that by sticking with Fox News, he could counteract falsehoods spread by Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and other prime-time hosts.
Read More. Smith thought depriving viewers of news and replacing it with opinions "felt a little selfish," he added. The breaking point for Smith came as tensions with the opinion shows were getting to be too much. For example, in late September , 8 pm ET host Tucker Carlson mocked Smith for standing up for his friend and colleague Judge Andrew Napolitano after the judge was called a "fool" by one of Carlson's guests. The network's lack of a vocal defense for Smith following the incident bothered him and the whole episode factored into his decision to leave, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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