Shepard Smith on Fox News

All the other television networks probably wish Fox News’s Shepard Smith worked for them instead. Shep is just tops. He’s young, good-looking, and has a great sense of humor, the best ad-libber around. I like it when he gives the time or the weather, or something similar, and adds how it is in Oxford. He doesn’t mean Oxford, England, but Oxford, Mississippi. I think he’s from Mississippi and likely, from Oxford. I love it. Way to go, Shep.

Better yet, Shep shows a sympathetic heart when he reports disasters. Fox seems to call him in especially to report on these events. At times it seems his heart is breaking. Now my guess is journalists are taught not to show emotions in their reporting and perhaps all the other reporters should obey this rule. But Shep is unique. He’s never maudlin. His viewers must appreciate his tender comments as well as his humor, or Fox wouldn’t be the most popular network on cable with a constantly growing audience.

One day I caught sight of him running to get to his assigned spot to start the newscast. Only Shep could do that with audience delight. Imagine Wolf Blitzer doing that! Is that the guy’s name?

Shep gives the news twice a day [if more, I don’t know about it], from 1:00 to 2:00 p. m., Mountain Time, and from 5:00 to 6:00 in the evening.

I’m not sure Shep has a law degree, as many of the Fox staffers do, even those young blond consultants who look like college coeds. But he doesn’t need a law degree; he reports, you decide [to coin an original slogan].

Young ladies reading me, if you need a job, get a law degree, become a bleached blonde, and apply at Fox News. Everyone there seems happy, at least on the screen.

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