The Other 98% - There’s no proof that Barr played a role in Shepard Smith’s Fox News departure

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith announced Oct. 11 that he was stepping away from the network after 23 years.  But there’s no evidence that Smith’s departure was connected to a meeting two days earlier between Attorney General William Barr and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, the channel’s founder, despite what some social media posts have implied. "Trump’s Attorney General Bill Barr had a closed door meeting with Rupert Murdoch and the very next day Shepard Smith, one of the only voices on Fox News that is critical of Trump steps down after 23 years," said an Oct. ...