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>From WND

>>>This is interesting from two standpoints:  (1)  WND is running this today but is old
news; (2)  Right after this story broke, Bill O'Reilly stated on his show that if nay
journalist he was associated with ever embarrassed his profession, Bill would "out"
him/her.  Ain't not never ever happened yet.  The third reason is Sheppy is starting a
new program

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/headline/entertainment/1490094
> July 11, 2002, 10:51AM
>
> Shepard Smith to
> anchor 'Fox-y' newsmagazine, 'The Pulse'

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Monday, July 9, 2001

LAW OF THE LAND

Fox anchor goes unpunished
Arrested for hitting woman with car, charges dropped



By Julie Foster



© 2001 WorldNetDaily.com

Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith will go unpunished for what police say
was aggravated

assault with a motor vehicle.

On Friday, Nov. 17, during the Florida presidential election fiasco, Smith was
arrested for driving his car into another reporter who was standing in a parking space
she attempted to save for a friend. The victim, freelance journalist Maureen Walsh of
Tallahassee, was hospitalized and released later the same day with bruises on her
knees and legs. According to Sgt. Edwin Maxwell, Walsh was standing across the
street from the state capitol when Smith drove up and "shouted some profanities at
her and basically just struck her, striking her at the knees, which threw her up on the
car," he told the St. Petersburg Times.

After a few case-management hearings between attorneys and the court, the
charges against Smith were dropped, said the Leon County state attorney's office.

Smith, who used to be a reporter for 20th Century Television's "A Current Affair," was
arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a motor vehicle. The felony
charge came with a $10,000 bail price tag, which Smith produced so he could return
to work. The story, while reported briefly by local publications and wire reports,
quickly fell off the media's radar.

WorldNetDaily has kept tabs on the case exclusively in its weekly "Backroom"
editions, available for free to subscribers of WND's e-mail alerts.

The super-star television personality also went unpunished by his employer, the Fox
News Network. Fox spokeswoman Irena Stefan characterized the case earlier this
year as a non-story, saying there is "no news to report here." She also explained that
Smith had not been reprimanded by the network "because no charge has been
made."

On the contrary, Smith was charged with a felony the day of the offense. The charge
was later downgraded to a misdemeanor – not an uncommon practice, according to
the state attorney's office – and the anchor pleaded not guilty.

Smith anchors Fox New Channel's "Fox Report" weeknights at 7 p.m. Eastern.



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Julie Foster is a contributing reporter for WorldNetDaily.
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