***UNBELIEVABLE STATEMENT JUST NOW BY SHEPHERD SMITH ON FOX NEWS!!! *** Original post edited to include video and more info.

He ACTUALLY said this while reporting on the breaking news on US air strikes in Iraq. I hit pause so I could go back on my DVR and record it with my phone, but by the time I could get to it, my DVR switched over to another scheduled recording! Drat!!! So I have no proof. But I can tell you what he said!!

He was discussing the breaking news and the air strikes. He made a statement of fact and then qualified it by saying the following: "This isn't what fox news wants you to hear, this is what the government told us to tell you!!!"

I kid you not!!! He REALLY said this!!! Oh man!! I wish I could have gotten a recording of that like I tried to do with my phone!!! Unbelievable admission by FOX NEWS!!!

Please if anyone else caught this statement by Shepherd Smith and managed to get it recorded please post!!!

Edited per thread request:

Ok...I started this thread and have been accused of sensationalizing this story. All I have done is report both what I heard and what I saw. The original post above with the quote was off of memory. I didn't have the copy of the video that you see below to be able to quote Shepherd Smith word for word. It was a paraphrase from memory of seeing this news segment on live TV.
Each of you should read the information posted by myself and other posters here and decide for yourself what you believe Shepherd Smith meant. However...to try to eliminate any ambiguity in my statements in this thread. I will transcribe the exact wording of what Shepherd Smith said. Emphasis in the form of bold type and underline is mine.

And I quote:

"Again...this is not Fox News reporting, this is from the Pentagon. I'm not giving you information that we've learned, I'm telling you what our government tells us to tell you, that's it."

Make of it what you will. Mine was simply to inform anyone who might be interested about what was said. So please stop the flaming.

And here is the video of this news segment that someone found and added to this thread.



I also would like to add a post from a page of this thread and it is from an actual reporter. This is his take on the video and what and how Shepherd Smith said it. I've used red font to emphasize important and relevant points he makes.
Thank you for posting this AC 60598557:)

"I trust Shep Smith. He does go rogue when need be and he's not one to BS anyone. He's a former marine and doesn't take crap from anyone.
As a reporter myself, read between the lines. Smith cited his source of information for this news, then cited again that it was NOT from a source with Fox news. That it was the Pentagon/government telling him what to say. This is NOT the usual way we cite a source in any report. Very irregular indeed! The part where he said, "...I'm telling you what our government tells us to tell you.." is far and away his indirect way of telling us he's not a government mouthpiece and the whole story is probably a total sham. Use Occam's Razor. It's obvious that's what he's trying to convey.
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"This is not Fox News reporting, this is from the Pentagon. I'm not giving you information that we've learned, I'm telling you what our government tells us to tell you, that's it."
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 60598557

Last Edited by Aware & Watching... on 08/10/2014 08:07 AM