Shepard Smith Is Sorry For This Non-Fair And Balanced Moment

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by Steve Krakauer | 6:18 pm, October 27th, 2009

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One of our favorite anchors Shepard Smith got all ‘fair and balanced’ during his Studio B newscast today on Fox News.

He apologized to the viewers after a segment on the New Jersey Governor race he felt didn’t give both sides a fair shake.

Gawker reports Smith was introducing a report from correspondent Shannon Bream, and it appeared he was expecting it to be a sole reporter segment. Instead, Bream was at GOP candidate Chris Christie‘s rally, and he was there for a quick, impromptu interview.

Smith didn’t like the surprise. “When will you be interviewing Jon Corzine?” he asked after the interview. “We have multiple requests, and when it comes through, we’ll let you know,” said Bream.

Later, here’s classic Shep Smith: “Wow, I didn’t know that was about to happen. My apologies for the lack of balance there. If I had had control, it wouldn’t have happened.”

Christie has been around Fox News quite a bit as the race heats up, including an interview last night with Sean Hannity. And if Corzine has really been declining interviews, it’s certainly not FNC’s fault.

But the moment gets added to the long list of exchanges that make up the “fair and balanced,” renegade-like resume of Shepard Smith.

> Update on Wednesday: Today on Studio B, Smith said: “Yesterday Shannon Bream interviewed live the republican candidate for governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie. She offered the same opportunity to the democrat, Jon Corzine. That offer still stands.”

Here’s the clip, before the interview and after. (h/t J$):

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Sunnyr

Oh, Boo freakin’ Hoo, ya whiny twit. Why didn’t you just pick up the phone and have a Representative from the Liberal side come in or give a telephone interview? It was a spontanious moment when Shannon had Christie right there. Why should she pass up an interview? YOU SUCK!!
JunkJunk

“Spontaneous moment” my you-know-what…
libra blue

I would not have expected anything less from Shep, he does this all the time. This is what a real journalist looks like. Are you listening Anderson Cooper?
Jim R

Got to give it up for Shep – I thought he’d get fired way before this. I don’t remember him carrying any Bush Katrina water like Wallace, Hume, O’Reilly, et al, either.
tyler

he might actually, apparently, be playing right into the Fair and Balanced message: http://tinyurl.com/ykjyl5y
tyler

oops – try this: http://tinyurl.com/yz22euy
wiseguy

Shlep is getting more and more irritating. If it wasn’t for O’reilly coming up next Dobbs would probably out rate him. He wears better suits than Hannity or Beck but he doesnt come over as personable as both of those guys.
His delivery looks hokey as well.
kristianna

The public option would be administered by illegals to deny health care to republicans and refuse claims to white people beat up by Obamis.

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