Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Fox Re-Signs Shep Smith for more than Farnsworth


Apparently fearing competition from YES, Fox News resigned DH Shep Smith for $7 million, vaulting the talk-for-pay cable righty into the upper strata of journo superanchors.
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He's still a couple Bob Schieffers away from banking Katie Couric-level gravy, ($15 mill per year), and God knows how much Disney Dollars get raked by Barbie "The Wallman" Walters, but it sure is s a hopeful sign! Some comparisons:
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Jason Giambi, $23 mill
Derek Jeter $21.6 mill
Katie Couric, $15 mill
Bobby Abreu $15 mill
Johnny Damon $13 mill
Hideki Matsui $13 mill
Carl "the smartest Yankee?" Pavano $10 mill
Shep Smith $7 mill
Lou Dobbs $6 mill
Anderson Cooper $5 mill
Kyle Farnsworth $5.6 mill
Kei Igawa $4 mill
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QUESTION: You think Rupe Murdoch will name Shep "captain?"

8 comments:

Stang said...

They're not paying Shep enough. The way Roger Ailes manages, they're going to send him out there every day until his mouth falls off.

I'm Bill White said...

I just feel so much safer when he reads the news.

el duque said...

Ailes has no choice. Shep is their only bridge to O'Reilly.

I'm Bill White said...

Letting Rita Cosby go in 2005 left them just too thin in the middle innings.

I'm Bill White said...

And Lou Dobbs is going to be very angry when he reads this blog.

Anonymous said...

Alphonso says;

Why does Shep look like he just got sprung from a POW camp in Iraq?

Stang said...

Is that his Smoking Gun mug shot?

el duque said...

Yep. Now he's got money enough to buy the Smoking Gun.