Fox News viewers demand reporter Shepard Smith be fired for debunking...

[Dr. Who]

Fox News viewers demand reporter Shepard Smith be fired for debunking 'Clinton uranium scandal'

Shepard Smith, who has been at Fox for more than two decades, discredited the theory which his own network has branded the Clinton uranium “scandal” in a five-minute segment.Fox News, as well as President Donald Trump and his allies, have suggested for months that donations to the Clinton Foundation were tied to the approval of a deal by the State Department and the Obama administration which allowed a Russian company to purchase a Canada-based mining group with operations in the US.

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Proponents of the wholly false theory, which has been exposed as incorrect by various fact-checkers, claim that nine people involved in the deal made donations to the Clinton Foundation which add up to more than $140 million. They say Ms Clinton in exchange approved the sale to the Russians – a “a quid pro quo”.

Smith, who has a history of angering Fox's viewers, debunked the conspiracy theories which surround a uranium deal involving the former Democrat presidential candidate. The reporter noted the Clinton State Department did not possess the power to either veto or approve such a transaction.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a8060281.html

Never let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory...

[Captdon]

Fox News viewers demand reporter Shepard Smith be fired for debunking 'Clinton uranium scandal'

Shepard Smith, who has been at Fox for more than two decades, discredited the theory which his own network has branded the Clinton uranium “scandal” in a five-minute segment.Fox News, as well as President Donald Trump and his allies, have suggested for months that donations to the Clinton Foundation were tied to the approval of a deal by the State Department and the Obama administration which allowed a Russian company to purchase a Canada-based mining group with operations in the US.

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Proponents of the wholly false theory, which has been exposed as incorrect by various fact-checkers, claim that nine people involved in the deal made donations to the Clinton Foundation which add up to more than $140 million. They say Ms Clinton in exchange approved the sale to the Russians – a “a quid pro quo”.

Smith, who has a history of angering Fox's viewers, debunked the conspiracy theories which surround a uranium deal involving the former Democrat presidential candidate. The reporter noted the Clinton State Department did not possess the power to either veto or approve such a transaction.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a8060281.html

Never let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory...

A reporter is not a commentator. Hannity can float anything he wants. Smith is to report the news not his views. This is what;s wrong with all the media. And you liberals are grasping at straws.

[Common Sense]

Fox News viewers demand reporter Shepard Smith be fired for debunking 'Clinton uranium scandal'

Shepard Smith, who has been at Fox for more than two decades, discredited the theory which his own network has branded the Clinton uranium “scandal” in a five-minute segment.Fox News, as well as President Donald Trump and his allies, have suggested for months that donations to the Clinton Foundation were tied to the approval of a deal by the State Department and the Obama administration which allowed a Russian company to purchase a Canada-based mining group with operations in the US.

.....

Proponents of the wholly false theory, which has been exposed as incorrect by various fact-checkers, claim that nine people involved in the deal made donations to the Clinton Foundation which add up to more than $140 million. They say Ms Clinton in exchange approved the sale to the Russians – a “a quid pro quo”.

Smith, who has a history of angering Fox's viewers, debunked the conspiracy theories which surround a uranium deal involving the former Democrat presidential candidate. The reporter noted the Clinton State Department did not possess the power to either veto or approve such a transaction.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a8060281.html

Never let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory...

Facts aren't important to those who want it to be true. After all, right wing partisan news wouldn't lie to them.

[Chris]

Facts aren't important to those who want it to be true. After all, right wing partisan news wouldn't lie to them.

Any more than the left wing partisan news would.


I won't watch it but I'm inclined to think Fox will decline the demand so it can promote itself as fair and balanced again.

[Common Sense]

Any more than the left wing partisan news would.


I won't watch it but I'm inclined to think Fox will decline the demand so it can promote itself as fair and balanced again.

Fair enough, but I don't see a lot of Alternet links around here and I do see a lot of TownHall.

[Don]

His job depends on the rating his show gets. I don't watch his show. I don't watch The Five or outnumbered either. If I was up that early I still wouldn't watch Fox and Friends.

[Don]

Fox News viewers demand reporter Shepard Smith be fired for debunking 'Clinton uranium scandal'

Shepard Smith, who has been at Fox for more than two decades, discredited the theory which his own network has branded the Clinton uranium “scandal” in a five-minute segment.Fox News, as well as President Donald Trump and his allies, have suggested for months that donations to the Clinton Foundation were tied to the approval of a deal by the State Department and the Obama administration which allowed a Russian company to purchase a Canada-based mining group with operations in the US.

.....

Proponents of the wholly false theory, which has been exposed as incorrect by various fact-checkers, claim that nine people involved in the deal made donations to the Clinton Foundation which add up to more than $140 million. They say Ms Clinton in exchange approved the sale to the Russians – a “a quid pro quo”.

Smith, who has a history of angering Fox's viewers, debunked the conspiracy theories which surround a uranium deal involving the former Democrat presidential candidate. The reporter noted the Clinton State Department did not possess the power to either veto or approve such a transaction.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a8060281.html

Never let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory...

I think a lot of Fox viewers might have been upset that Smith left out a lot of facts with his "debunking." Smith himself got debunked.

[Common Sense]

I think a lot of Fox viewers might have been upset that Smith left out a lot of facts with his "debunking." Smith himself got debunked.

What did he say that was factually inaccurate?

[Dr. Who]

A reporter is not a commentator. Hannity can float anything he wants. Smith is to report the news not his views. This is what;s wrong with all the media. And you liberals are grasping at straws.

The media does not have to endorse lies either. It's certainly not outside of the purview of a journalist to research a topic for facts and regardless of whatever rumor is being disseminated by various parties, add fact to the narrative. That can either support or undermine the rumor.

[Chris]

Fair enough, but I don't see a lot of Alternet links around here and I do see a lot of TownHall.

I guess I don't pay much attention to who the messenger is.