Shep Smith: ‘Fox is Bush’s network after all.’
Shep Smith: ‘Fox is Bush’s network after all.’
Today on Fox News, host Shepard Smith and co-host Courtney Friel discussed the story of an Icelandic teen who discovered and dialed President Bush’s secret direct phone number. Friel joked, “We of course have President Bush’s number in our blackberries, right.” Smith sarcastically responded, “Yeah, we are his network after all. So we have to have his number.” Watch it:
The young boy who attempted to call Bush was interrogated by the Secret Service and reportedly warned that he would be put on the no-fly list. His mother notes that her son “has become a bit of a hero in Iceland.” “Bush is very unpopular here,” she said. (HT: Newshounds)
UPDATE: In today’s briefing, Dana Perino denied the boy dialed a secret Bush phone number. “My understanding is that he called the public line that anybody can call, the 1414 number,” she said.
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oh no! not the no fly list into fascist america. what will the poor kid do?
December 10th, 2007 at 6:06 pmCongrats Kid! The no fly list is like the Red, White and Blue Badge of Distinction!
December 10th, 2007 at 6:08 pmAnyone who so much as looks sideways at the Cheerleader Prince is subject to lawless punishment. His Holiness must remain unperturbed.
That's always been the American Way, hasn't it?
December 10th, 2007 at 6:08 pm#1 - exactly. though, if he were interested, I might be persuaded to swap citizenship with him.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:09 pmThis is precisely why people have "FOX BLOCKERS" - They can't tolerate the lies from Bush and they certainly can't tolerate the pure fictional blather spewn by Faux News.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:10 pmShep finally dishes out a little candor re: the nature of his employer.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:10 pmMark this date in history: Faux FINALLY tells truth on air!
December 10th, 2007 at 6:11 pmA number "anyone can call" gets you on a "no-fly" list. Do you suppose the boy gives a flying flip? (Sorry)
December 10th, 2007 at 6:12 pmFox, the Catapult some more propagan...whoops, uh, BS, er, I mean news, uh, er, entertainment, uh, no, boring shit is not entertaining, uh,... drivel channel!
December 10th, 2007 at 6:12 pmBTW, Shep, please pick up your final paycheck and pink slip at HR on your way out. Thanks..Remember, NOBODY tells it like it is at Faux Snooze!
December 10th, 2007 at 6:14 pmI doubt if even Joke Line would characterize Shep's statement as "candor". Shepard Smith has shown some willingness to step a foot or two off the reservation at times, but it's clear that he's being sarcastic here.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:15 pmFirst they pull their 1 soldier out of Iraq. Now this. They should be careful since they are a country that starts with "I" and all. I'm sure Bush's finger was already reaching for the button to bomb Iran before it registered that it was Iceland that was dissing us.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:15 pmTwo years from now Dubious will be sitting by the phone, watching the grass wither and die, wishing someone, anyone, would call...
December 10th, 2007 at 6:16 pmher son “has become a bit of a hero in Iceland.†“Bush is very unpopular here,†she said.
A badge of honor kid, to bad you didn't think you do a phone joke also, like the Prince Albert in a can.
By the way Bush is VERY UNPOPULAR here too.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials '09
Buck Fush
December 10th, 2007 at 6:16 pmGee...since I NEVER watch faux, I missed them telling the truth about being 'bushco' network.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:17 pmIs that all it takes to get on the no-fly list..
Ok, everybody, on the count of three, dial the 1414 number.
One, two, three....
December 10th, 2007 at 6:18 pmAh! Lèse majesté at its finest. :o)
Go, kid!
December 10th, 2007 at 6:20 pmPrank phone calls are right up Bush's alley, along with:
Fart jokes
December 10th, 2007 at 6:24 pmBlowing up frogs
Rolling your boogers into little balls and flicking them at the girls
Killing Iraqi kids
He found the number scrawled on the wall at the hot springs, and mistook the J for a G......
December 10th, 2007 at 6:26 pmAnd Bush can call it Fox friend -Shep.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:26 pm"In today’s briefing, Dana Perino denied...."
- - Ahh, and did Ms. Perino address how she had NO idea what The Cuban Missile Crisis was and even laughed about that fact? I guess she IS the perfect spokesperson for this president after all.
Good grief.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:34 pm"The police chief said they were under orders from U.S. officials to "find the leak" -- that I had to tell them where I had found the number," he said. "Otherwise, I would be banned from ever entering the United States."
Since when do the Icelandic police take orders from the White House?
And I don't think barring him for life from entering the US is such a big deal for an Icelandic 16yo.
I know it's a bit hard to believe to the Bushbots, but a lot of people in Europe have no interest whatsoever in ever visiting the US. The Bush administration hasn't exactly changed minds in that respect.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:46 pmSo prank phone calls to a publically available phone number get you on the no-fly list now?
Don't those chuckleheads at the Secret Service have anything better to do?
December 10th, 2007 at 6:49 pmFOX is State Sponsored TV.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:04 pmHilarious! Fox News has the best ratings in cable news for a reason. More Americans relate to Foxnews than the other networks. Check out the ratings before making such false statements about Foxnews going down the tubes and losing support!
December 10th, 2007 at 7:04 pm26 - some say that's why the dollar is in a tailspin - congratulations.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:08 pmMeanwhile: Bush and Cheney are thinking; "We sure could refine oil cheaper, and sell gas longer, with all that cheap, Icelandic Geo-Thermal".
Can they live with the reality of a free geo-thermal nation?
December 10th, 2007 at 7:08 pm/sarc off; well, I hope it's sarc.
How does calling a publicly available number get a person on the no-fly list? Something is rotten in Washington on this one.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:13 pmMore Americans relate to Foxnews than the other networks. Check out the ratings before making such false statements about Foxnews going down the tubes and losing support!
Comment by JPisHere — December 10, 2007 @ 7:04 pm
Actually, Chucknuts, Fox's cable ratings are dwarfed by the regular network ratings.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:27 pmthe trolls need to get out and travel the world a little more - then maybe they'd recognize how far behind we're falling while they play out their petty, provincial dramas over various boogeymen and supernatural entities.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:42 pm"who cares whether our students are 29th in the world in science education, there are gay people trying to adopt kids!!!"
(kids that apparently weren't good enough for bible-thumping righties to adopt)
December 10th, 2007 at 7:44 pmCourtney Friel is smokin' hot!
December 10th, 2007 at 7:46 pmActually, Chucknuts, Fox’s cable ratings are dwarfed by the regular network ratings.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity
Thanks Republic of Stupidity, it is amazing that the FREE regular network are doing better with ratings. By the way, you may want to see where their ratings have gone in the last 10 years. My comparison was in regards to the other cable network news organizations. Foxnews blows them all out of the water. No comparison.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:50 pmJust because all of you lemmings watch the same thing doesn't mean more Americans relate to anything watch or think. You are a small fraction of the population.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:56 pm34 -Then we can safely conclude that the perceived "decline" of American politics and economics is the direct result of the ascendence of Fox News. Great news, or something, I guess. Or whatever.
No one should be SO proud of being SO misinformed.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:57 pmLook you tool.
All you sheeple watch Fox.
Nobody watches the other networks.
Of course the ratings are higher. The ratings for shows watched by morons.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:57 pmShepard Smith is gay. That is all.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:58 pmBill O'Rielly has 1.6 million viewers.
9 million play World of Warcraft.
Both take place in fantasy lands.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:59 pmFox is Bush's network, until he leaves office. If this country is backwater insane enough to elect Huckabee, it'll become his network as well.
I'm so sick at the American MSM. Lately I've been getting my news from the BBC!
I agree. Fox is State Sponsored TV. And the Walmart masses listen and nod to everything Fox says. It scary, it's sick, it's downright ignorant!
December 10th, 2007 at 7:59 pmFox News has good ratings because of all the sex they peddle. It's why I visit their website.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:06 pm41 - LOL - PBS would be top-rated too, if they'd just put more bikini-clad coeds on their pledge drives.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:17 pmFox News' primacy in cable news shows that they beat the pants off of...
...channels that slavishly imitate them.
In case you haven't noticed, there isn't a Minas Tirith sitting opposite Fox's Minas Morgul. Only Orthanc.
The people who are sick of Fox have nowhere to go in the broadcast universe. To the channel of Chris Matthews? of Tucker Carlson? of Glenn Beck?
There's very little to crow about beating those folks out.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:18 pmFox is Bush’s network, until he leaves office. If this country is backwater insane enough to elect Huckabee, it’ll become his network as well.
I’m so sick at the American MSM. Lately I’ve been getting my news from the BBC!
I agree. Fox is State Sponsored TV. And the Walmart masses listen and nod to everything Fox says. It scary, it’s sick, it’s downright ignorant!
Comment by GL2814
Last time I checked, I still had the ability to reason. Personally, I watch multiple news sources, including the BBC. Make sense??
Fox is "State Sponsored TV"??? Do you even know what State Sponsored TV is? It is obvious that those watching Fox aren't the ignorant ones.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:29 pm"being a sanctimonious pain in the ass" does not equal "having the ability to reason"
December 10th, 2007 at 8:35 pmtombaker...we're really developing a good friendship here! But stop avoiding the issues...
December 10th, 2007 at 8:39 pmit is amazing that the FREE regular network are doing better with ratings. By the way, you may want to see where their ratings have gone in the last 10 years. My comparison was in regards to the other cable network news organizations. Foxnews blows them all out of the water. No comparison.
Comment by JPisHere — December 10, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
Two things come to mind:
1 - Bush's approval rating was at 90% after 911
2 - People watch News for parody and to see what the Enemy is up to
December 10th, 2007 at 9:06 pm“My understanding is that he called the public line that anybody can call, the 1414 number,â€
So, in other words, we have become such a fascist country that a teenager calling the public phone number for the Whitehouse will be permanently blacklisted.
"Glory, Glory, Hallelujah......Glory, Glory, Hallelujah....."
December 10th, 2007 at 10:09 pmDidn't the US government put Cat Stevens on the no fly list?
Are you sure Fox News isn't state-run television?:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/images/2007-01-08_Hannity_Enemy.jpg
December 10th, 2007 at 10:11 pmthe secret service interrogated him???? - WTF???? - as far as i can recall,the biggest threat that iceland ever posed or inflicted upon the rest of the world was bjork!!!
December 10th, 2007 at 10:45 pmHaul the punk off to GITMO and waterboard the "truth" out of him. Treat Iceland to a bit of "Shock & Awe" and steal their geothermal energy.
December 10th, 2007 at 11:46 pm"Dana Perino denied the boy dialed a secret Bush phone number. “My understanding is that he called the public line that anybody can call, the 1414 number,†she said."
So does that mean that "anybody" who calls the WH's public line will now be interrogated by the Secret Service and put on a "no-fly list?" What the hell...
December 11th, 2007 at 12:17 am“My understanding is that he called the public line that anybody can call, the 1414 number,â€
Uh huh. So that's why the Secret Service was dispatched to Iceland to interview a 16 year old boy. Everyone who believes that raise your right hand.
December 11th, 2007 at 1:29 amWhat a coincidence, Shep! Fox "has Bush's number" and now we've got yours! :)
As for Perino, we're expected to believe the Secret Service flew to Iceland to question a 15 year old boy that simply called the public switchboard???
Gawd, these people can't even LIE intelligently!
December 11th, 2007 at 8:25 amto J pishere I, like other normal people watch Faux news for entertainment purposes. It is so absurd that it is my biggest laugh of the day..(sadly, I have to laugh about something with the state of the country and our retarded president) .. It does have a nice audience of brainwashed people who can't think for themselves as well. Just your idiotic comment about how high Faux news ratings are shows you are not dealing with reality...brainwashed and cannot think for yourself without a dose of Faux. They need to tell you what to say, what to think, how to feel...sad.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:58 amMy comparison was in regards to the other cable network news organizations. Foxnews blows them all out of the water. No comparison.
Comment by JPisHere — December 10, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
your typical american cable network news viewer is a misinformed simpleton.
December 11th, 2007 at 10:32 amTwo things;
I LOVE the comment from the mother of the Icelandic boy... Priceless!
It's really too bad Faux is such a propaganda machine, they really do have good coverage, graphics, photography, cute anchorettes, etc. I hate to admit it but they do a pretty damn good job overall EXCEPT for the propaganda, and for this reason I do not watch them, nor do I believe anything they may have to say, as they are not trustworthy for the most important news, so how can I trust them with ANY news? My wife watches Faux occasionally but only for the human interest and feel good stuff, as she doesn't believe any of their "news" either... Also, both of us go out of our way to avoid any advertized products or services offered on the Faux channel. Sorry Faux, you lose!
December 11th, 2007 at 8:02 pmFaux is responsible for hyping up the illegal and immoral "regime change" in Iraq, an unforgivable crime. This is definite proof that they are Bush's network of yellow journalism. In a truly just world they would have had their license yanked years ago.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:35 pm