{"id":1537,"date":"2007-11-19T11:48:21","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T18:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2007-12-05T17:16:39","modified_gmt":"2007-12-06T00:04:39","slug":"time-for-shepard-smiths-coming-out-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1537","title":{"rendered":"Time for Shepard Smith’s coming out party?"},"content":{"rendered":"

TabloidBaby writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

With his elevation to $7 million salary level, Fox News reader Shepard Smith has now surpassed Campbell’s Soup pitchman and Food Network producer Gordon Elliott as the most successful graduate of the tabloid television series A Current Affair reporting ranks.<\/p>\n

He can also be seen as Fox News’ answer to CNN’s $5 million boy, Anderson Cooper<\/a> ("DC" to their "AC?").<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Both made their telegenic bones in 2005 during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Coop with his dewy-eyed reports and Shep, who just happend to be staying in the French Quarter at the time (days before New Orleans’ annual Southern Decadence<\/a> weekend), with his self-righteous (but right-on) Blanche DuBois hissyfits and tantrums.<\/p>\n

In the months to follow, Cooper made history as television’s first openly-gay news anchorman– a role that made him Tabloid Baby’s 2005 Person of the Year<\/a>. Smith kept his "soft Southern drawl" at bay, but for some reasonfound himself "outed"<\/a> numerous times in recent years by various gay publications and websites (including regular "snarky" comments by the New York City media site Gawker).<\/p>\n

And in today’s New York Times there are numerous "double entendres" hinting that Roger Ailes is positioning his network for the more liberal Democratic White House years in the post-O’Reilly era. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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TabloidBaby writes: With his elevation to $7 million salary level, Fox News reader Shepard Smith has now surpassed Campbell’s Soup pitchman and Food Network producer Gordon Elliott as the most successful graduate of the tabloid television series A Current Affair … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tabloid-baby"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t