With all the talk in media circles being of Megyn Kelly these past few days, it is easy to neglect other top class talent at the Fox News Channel, including arguably the best news anchor in cable news, Shepard Smith.  Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune has profiled the presenter.

He writes;

"Shepard Smith is a first-rate journalist and broadcaster,” NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator David Gregory said. “I’ve thought that for a long time, with his reporting on Katrina and other matters. He’s worked hard to set himself apart in the landscape of Fox News.

Michael Clemente, Fox News’ senior vice president for news, spent 27 years at ABC News before coming to Fox News 11 months ago and compares Smith’s role as anchor-reporter to that of the late Peter Jennings.

Clemente noted that ABC, like so many news outfits of late, has downsized the organization it accumulated over decades, while Fox News, which started in 1996, continues to build and is uniquely positioned to benefit from upping its straight-news capabilities in this era of seemingly ubiquitous headlines.

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