Soundbite: The Highest Praise Bill O’Reilly Can Bestow Goes To…

“…a Southern guy who doesn’t take himself all that seriously. There’s a twinkle in his eye. He gets upset sometimes when he sees injustice. I like that. I think that’s needed…Basically, he is very accessible to the folks. The folks believe he’s one of them, not some anchorman from Mount Olympus.”

— Bill O’Reilly, Fox News host, describing his colleague, Shepard Smith.

This quote is part of a lengthy profile of Smith in the American Journalism Review, which describes Smith as “The Anti-Anchor.” Another media member quoted in the piece describes what viewers get when they turn on Smith’s 3pmET Studio B: “flashier, thematic and jazzier.” (Also: car chases.) And a penchant for being candid – both on-air and off it.

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