Eli libali malunga nalaa mfo uShepard Smith-ke masikhe sinciphise i-chitchat enesidima kwaye siye ngqo kwinto oyaziyo.
Ngomhla ka-Novemba ngo-4, uMnu.Smith, i-anchor yomntwana we-Fox News Channel, wayekwikota yokugqibela ye-7 pm. iindaba zasebusuku, Ingxelo yeFox kunye noShepard Smith, xa wayeqala ukufunda ibali malunga nengoma entsha kaJennifer Lopez, uJenny waseBlock, ingoma eyabikwa nguMnu.Smith malunga nokuba usengummelwane wabamelwane entliziyweni.
Kodwa abantu abavela kweso sitrato eNew York, icandelo leBronx, uMnu.Smith uqhubeke, evakala ukuba angamnika umsebenzi wokunqanda ngaphandle kweqela lebhloko.
Eyona nto yayikukuba, uMnu.
Uthe umsebenzi ovuthuzayo.
Uthe: Kodwa abantu besi sitrato eNew York, icandelo leBronx, bavakala ngathi banokunika umsebenzi wokunqanda umsebenzi kunokuba ubethwe.
Uye wazama ukuzilungisa. Okanye bl-vimba ipati.
Yhoo.
Ndothuka, watsho umlimi kaMnu. Smith, uJay Wallace.
Iminyaka esixhenxe kwaye wakhubeka ngegama elinye, utshilo umphathi kaMnu.Smith, usihlalo weFox News uRoger Ailes.
Umnumzana Ailes wahleka. Wathi, yayiyinto elungileyo ukukhubeka kuyo.
Kwiveki ezayo, abantu abaninzi bahleka. I-gaffe yomoya kaMnu Smith yaba yinto encinci yemidiya, nangona ingaqhelekanga, ihamba kancinci. Kuba wathi umsebenzi ovuthuzayo, khange ufumane umdlalo omninzi kumaphephandaba emihla ngemihla. Kodwa u-Howard Stern (wothukile) wahamba namantongomane kunye nevidiyo, wayidlala kaninzi kunomathotholo. Ividiyo yeflub kaMnu.Smith yaqala ukujikeleza ngokungalawulekiyo kwi-Intanethi, igqityiwe kukuxolisa okusemoyeni kwimizuzwana embalwa kamva: Uxolo malunga nesiliphu apho. Andinalwazi lokuba yenzeke njani loo nto. Kodwa ayizuphinda yenzeke.
Ibe yinkcubeko encinci, utshilo uMnu Wallace. Ndiyifumene loo imeyile kubantu abangama-50 okanye abangama-60.
Kodwa uMnu.Smith wayengafumani ukukhaba kukonwaba komnye umntu. I-anchor eneminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesibhozo yokuzalwa kukaMississippi ichithe phantse amashumi amabini eminyaka yobomi bayo isakha ikhondo lomsebenzi, iqukumbela iindaba zamanzi zalapha ekhaya de ekugqibeleni yafikelela kwinqanaba elithile loloyiso olusemthethweni-njengayo yonke into kwinethiwekhi, iFox Ukulinganiswa kwengxelo kuqhume kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo-kodwa ngamagama amabini e-monosyllabic wayiva kwangoko ityibilika kwiminwe yakhe.
Elona xesha lobomi limnyama, utshilo uMnu.
KwakungoLwesihlanu ngokuhlwa, kwaye uMnu. Smith wayephumle ngeHeineken kunye nokuKhanya kweMarlboro kwindawo yentselo yeSeasons ezine eMpuma 57. Kwakungomzuzu wobomi obumnyama kakhulu ebomini.
Kude kube lelo xesha, yayihamba kakuhle kakhulu kuMnu. Wayengomnye wemikhosi ethembekileyo kaMnu. Ailes ye-Fabulous Nobodies-kwiminyaka esixhenxe eyadlulayo, waye wahlangulwa kwiseti yokutshona ye-Affair yangoku kwaye waziswa kwiChannel encinci ye-Cable. UFox wayengekho nto, isiqhulo. Mnu. Ailes, owayesakuba ngu-G.P. Ukusebenza kunye nomphathi we-CNBC, wayedla ngokungena kwigumbi lakhe leendaba kwaye axelele umkhosi wakhe ukuba bazokuguqula iindaba zikamabonwakude. Umnumzana Smith kunye noogxa bakhe abarhola umvuzo omncinci bayakhupha amehlo abo, kodwa umphathi wayephambene ngokwaneleyo ukuba akholelwe kuyo.
Umphathi wayengalunganga. Esebenzisa i-cocktail yokuphalaza kweendaba kunye nohlobo lwe-AM-radio-style uluvo oluqinisekileyo phantsi kwerubrikhi ye-Fair ne-Balanced, uFox wakhula kwaye wakhula waziguqula waba lelona bali likamabonwakude likhulu kule minyaka ilishumi. Yabetha i-MSNBC kwaye yashiya i-CNN kwindawo yesibini. Owayesakuba yinethiwekhi njengaye uBill O'Reilly baye baba ngabantu abadumileyo. URoger Ailes waba mkhulu kunoRoger Daltrey. Kwaye uShepard Smith, umfana owaqala ePanama City, Fla., Ngo-1987 nge-7.50 yeedola ngeyure kwaye esoyika ukufudukela kwisiXeko saseNew York, ngoku ufumana amanqaku amakhulu kunoLarry King.
Lo mfo wayemi ekupheleni kwaloo holo, wayefile, uMnu.Smith wathi ngoMnu. Yayingeyontetho ye-pep engenangqondo. Wayikholelwa ngokwenene. Yayinguye yedwa. Kwaye wayenyanisile.
UMnumzana Smith waba likholwa, naye. Lo mfo wayevela eHolly Springs, Miss., Kwaye iminyaka eyona njongo yakhe yayikukuba yintatheli eNashville, Tenn., EWSNV kwaye uhlala emadlelweni aneemoto eziyi-1.5 nabantwana abangama-2.5. Wayesebenza nzima ePanama City naseFort Myers naseOrlando emva koko wajoyina i-Carnival of Carnage eMiami kwi-WSVN. Emva koko weqa waya e-LA, apho kwimilenze yakhe yokugqibela Imicimbi yangoku ibanga ukuba iyalungiswa ngokutsha. Umboniso uhambe emoyeni kwiinyanga ezintandathu.
Ndiselunxwemeni, utshilo uMnu.
Emva koko uFox wabiza. Uyivile amaxesha amaninzi, ukuba uRupert Murdoch ufuna ukuqala ijelo leendaba-ukuba amarhe ebekhona ukusukela oko uFluff wayelikati, utshilo uMnu. Kodwa emva koko basebenze ngokungathi kungasebenza, ndaye ndacinga, 'Kulungile, akukho mntu ubukeleyo, kodwa abantu beshishini bazakubukela, kwaye ukuba ijelo leendaba alisebenzi kwaye wenza umsebenzi olungileyo, uza kufumana Umsebenzi kwenye indawo. '
Waqala ukugubungela iO.J. Ityala likaSimpson kuFox. Kungekudala wayeseNew York kwaye waphoswa ngaphandle endleleni rhoqo; Uchithe ixesha elininzi ngaphandle kwesixeko esabelwa ukuba xa efika ekhaya e-Upper East Side, umphathi wakhe wasemnyango wayehlala emcela i-ID yesithombe. Wayegubungela iMontana Freemen kunye neColumbine kunye nezaqhwithi ezaneleyo ukwenza uDan Endaweni yokuntywila.
Sekunjalo, wayeqinisekile ukuba uFox wayengonwabanga kwaye wayefuna ukumgxotha. Wababongoza ukuba bamvumele abambise iankile kancinci, njengo-Albert Brooks wenza kwi-Broadcast News. Bayamvumela, kwaye wenza ngcono kunoMnu Brooks owayebilile nguAaron Altman. Umnumzana Smith wazifumana esenza ii-anchor ezingaphezulu. Kodwa wayecinga ukuba uyintatheli kuqala, kwaye wayemkhumbula uMsukele ngokungathi uphambene.
Ndandihlekisa ngokubakho kuwo onke amabali amakhulu, utshilo. Ukuhlala emva kwedesika, wathi uyandibulala.
Wakhula eyithanda, nangona kunjalo. Ndiqaphele ukuba xa ibali liphuka, liyaphuka ngokwenene estudiyo-imalunga nee-ankile ezihleli apho zikhangisa de ababhaleli bafike, utshilo. Isikhundla sikaMnu.Smith sakhula njengoko wayecinga iindima ezinkulu kumabali amakhulu-unyulo lwango-2000 lwasendle, 9/11. Wayengqina losasazo ekubulaweni kukaTimothy McVeigh.
Njengokuba uMnu.Smith ekhululeke ngakumbi njenge-ankile, indlela yakhe yaphuhliswa. Nangona ikwabeka i-3 ukuya kwi-4 emva kwemini. iindaba, Ingxelo yeFox kunye noShepard Smith lelona bhaso lintsana lakhe. Umnumzana Smith wongamela umxube we-octane ophezulu wevidiyo yeendaba kunye neengxelo zomnxibelelanisi ezifana noVince McMahon kuMnyhadala oPhambili. I-jack-o’-lantern eyebrows zakhe zize zithi nkxu, ilizwi lakhe liyaphakama liwe ngobumnandi obumangalisayo. Inokuba uhambisa iindaba ezivela eBaghdad, kodwa usenokwazisa iSuperfly Snuka.
Ngaphandle kwezihloko, Ingxelo yeFox yabelana ngokuncinci ngokufana neendaba zemveli zangokuhlwa. Iyangxola kwaye iyakhawuleza-kwaye ngakumbi ngexesha leNgxelo ye-G, iblitz yolonwabo kunye neendaba ezingaqhelekanga, yiBrokaw kwi-Ecstasy. Iphatha iindaba ezinzima ngobuchule kodwa ayinamibono yokuhambisa uhlalutyo olunzulu; lukhanya, luyakhazimla, lulwazi lokonwaba kwangoko. Oku kunokuba nento yokwenza nento yokuba idityaniswe ngabasebenzi abancinci. Umlimi omkhulu, uMnu Wallace, uneminyaka engama-30 ubudala. Abasebenzi abaseleyo babonakala ngathi bandishiyile iseti yoMnxeba wokugqibela noCarson Daly.
Ndifuna ukuba kubonakale ngathi uloliwe oza kuphuma kwiiporo, kodwa engaphumi koololiwe, utshilo uMnu Wallace.
Asimoshi ixesha labantu, utshilo uMnu.
Ikwayinto engaqhelekanga kwiFox, kuba umboniso awunangxaki. Umnumzana Smith uthe kubalulekile ukuba ingxelo yeFox ibethe kwi-Fair and Balanced mantra-kwaye ayizukuze idideke ne-BBC-kodwa wayengafuni ukuba ibe nkulu ngombono. Ngelixa imilomo yeFox efana noMnu O'Reilly kunye noSean Hannity bekhwela kudumo kunye nobutyebi, uMnu.Smith uthe wanelisekile ukugcina abantu beqikelela malunga nezopolitiko zakhe. Uthe uthatha ubukrwada ngasekhohlo nasekunene. Uthe uvote ngamanye amaxesha.
Umnumzana Smith uthe iphupha lakhe iyakuba kukuvelisa intsimbi ye-11. Isiqingatha seyure seendaba zikazwelonke ezifanayo Ingxelo yeFox kwinethiwekhi yosasazo yeFox.
UMnu Hannity ucinga ukuba uMnu. Smith angenza nantoni na afuna ukuyenza. Umnumzana Ailes uthe uyonwabile ngeNgxelo ye-Fox kunye noMnumzana Smith. Wafowunela uMnumzana Smith ngomnye weendaba ezimnandi awakhe wazibona.
Ungumntu obalaseleyo kwitalente yeFox News Channel, utshilo uMnu Ailes. Uluhlobo lwesizukulwana esitsha seendaba-unalo olo lonwabo kunye nomphetho endicinga ukuba wenza umahluko. Uyile nto kanye siyifunayo kwiChannel News Fox.
Akumangalisi ukuba, uMnu. Smith abonakalise umbulelo kwinkokeli yakhe engoyikiyo, athe yona ayibethi manqindi. Njengomzekelo, wakhankanya u-Ailes 'impikiswano yokumba kunyaka ophelileyo Paula Zahn, Usihlalo weFox wamfekethisa xa wayishiya inethiwekhi, esithi ngewayebeke i-raccoon efileyo emoyeni kwaye wafumana amanqaku afanayo ngexesha lakhe.
'I-raccoon efileyo' yayiqaqambile, utshilo uMnu.
Ndiza kuhamba phambi kwebhasi eya eRoger Ailes, utshilo uMnu. Uye wabutshintsha ubomi bam. Wayenza loo nto kumntu owayevela kwisikhululo saseNowhereville. Andiyonxalenye yamandla amakhulu ezopolitiko; Andiyiyo enye yeentandokazi zakhe zaseWashington azifake emsebenzini omkhulu. Ndingumntwana nje ongekho ezitratweni ze-freakin 'athe,' Kulungile, mhlawumbi angayenza. 'URoger uyayifumana nje, kwaye ufuna ukuba uyifumane kwaye umthembe.
Iindaba zeFox News zazimalunga nokunyaniseka, utshilo uMnu. Kwaye emva kokubethwa esidlangalaleni, uMnu. Smith wazikhusela ngamandla ku-Ailes, owayesandula ukugxekwa ngokuthumela imemo ye-9/11 yesicwangciso-qhinga kuMongameli George W. Bush. Kumhleli we-21 kaNovemba, i-New York Times yabhala ukuba isenzo sika-Mnu Ailes sibonakala ngathi sihanahanisa kumntu ochithe iminyaka ekhala ngobulungisa be-Fox kunye nokulwa malunga nawo wonke umntu kwishishini leendaba.
Ukubamba ibhiya yakhe kumaXesha amaXesha amane, uMnu.Smith uthe ukuhlelwa kweTimes kuye kwamcaphukisa.
Ngubani omaziyo owayecinga kwaye esenza ngendlela efanelekileyo yezopolitiko emva kwengu-9/11? Mnu. Smith wabuza. Akukho namnye kuthi owayenjalo. Besibonisa iimvakalelo zethu. Amadoda amakhulu ayelila ezitratweni. Kwaye uRoger Ailes wathumela ileta kuMongameli wase-United States enethemba lokuba mhlawumbi anganceda ngandlela thile. Akazange ayenze lonto njengomntu owonyulelwa iiMongameli. Uyenzile njengotata. Kwaye ndiyazi ukuba wenzile, kuba ndiyamazi lomntu. Kwaye ndacinga ukuba kuyathandeka kwaye kuyintlekisa ukuba iThe New York Times ikwenzile kwiphepha labo le-Op-Ed-elalithetha kakhulu ngeNew York Times kwaye lalingathethi kwanto ngoRoger Ailes.
Waxelelwa izimvo zakhe zokuhlawuliswa, u-Ailes wabonakala onwabile, kodwa wathi akafuni ukuba uMnu. Smith atsibe phambi kwakhe ngebhasi.
Ngaphandle kokuba ndandiphambi kwebhasi kwaye wayendisindisa, kwaye ke ndingathanda kakhulu, utshilo. Kuya kubakho ibhonasi kuyo.
Ngokuphathelene nezimvo zika Mnu. Smith malunga neleta yakhe eya kuMongameli Bush, u-Ailes wayengafuni ukungena kwezi zinto zichaziweyo, kodwa wathi: Umntu othile wandibuza ukuba ndiziva kakubi na ngokucela ukuba ndirhoxe kwi-New York Times, ndaze ndathi , 'Hayi, leyo yayiyeyona ndawo iphakamileyo kwikhondo lomsebenzi wobungcali.'
Umhleli we-Times akazange abize umnumzana Ailes ukuba arhoxe, kodwa ufumana umbono. Wayengagungqi ncam kwizonka zakhe.
Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, iFox yayiphumelele ngokwemiqathango yayo kwaye ngoku inokubakho phantse njengombuso wayo ozimeleyo (elawini likaGoldfinger liza engqondweni). Umbuso onje ubonelele ngokugquma kakuhle phakathi kweeleta ezingathandabuzekiyo eziya kuMongameli kunye nelishwa lokusetyenziswa kwebinzana lomsebenzi. UFox wayesele eme noMnumzana Smith ngexesha lesiganeko sowe-2000 phakathi kweziphithiphithi zonyulo eFlorida, apho wabanjwa wagwetywa ngebhetri ebukhali, ngesityholo sokusebenzisa imoto yakhe ukubetha intatheli yabasetyhini owayezama ukubamba indawo yokupaka; ityala lagqitywa laza ityala lachithwa.
Okwangoku, uMnu.Smith uhleli kancinci ekhutshiwe nguJo Lo mess. Wachaza ukuba kwenzeke njani.
Yayiyimini engaphambi koSuku loNyulo; bekukho iitoni zeendaba. Umnumzana Smith wathi wayejolise kwiminyhadala kwaye akazange afunde ikopi yolonwabo eza ngendlela yakhe ekupheleni kweyure.
Ndiyifunde ibanda, utshilo uMnu. Andizange ndiyibone ngaphambili.
Emva koko wathi la magama mabini aviwe ’jikelele. Amehlo akhe, watsho, ekhubekile emsebenzini emsebenzini wokunqanda, kwaye kufuneka ukuba ubambe u-b-o kwibhlokhi.
Voila! Umsebenzi ovuthuzayo.
Ndaliva igazi lisiya ezinzwaneni zam, utshilo. Kwakubuhlungu.
Umnumzana Smith waxolisa emoyeni, kwaye ngomzuzu usasazo lweendaba luphelile. Into yokuqala awayenzayo uMnumzana Smith xa efika emoyeni yayikukubiza umongameli we-Fox News uJohn Moody. Emva koko wabiza iarhente yakhe, eyabiza omnye umphathi weFox News, uKevin McGee. Ubhedu lweFox lwalucaphuka kancinci, kodwa lwamqinisekisa ukuba ngekhe athathwe.
Ndijonge itape, kwaye ndaziva ukuba sisikhubekiso esinyanisekileyo kwaye siza kuyiphatha, utshilo uMnu. Ndathi, 'Jonga, ukuba nabani na uphakamisa isihogo malunga noku, nditsalele umnxeba ndizokuma phambi kwembumbulu kule.' Ndicinga ukuba wenza kanye le nto ebefanele ukuyenza: Wacela uxolo kwaye waqhubeka nokushukuma.
Ewe kunjalo, ngeloxesha ilizwi lalisele liphuma malunga nokukhala kuka Mnu.
U-Howard Stern wayefowunela yonke imihla, izikhululo zikanomathotholo kwilizwe liphela kwaye ikwi-Intanethi, kwaye isebe lezokwazisa lihamba, 'Ungaya kuWoward Stern?' Utshilo uMnu. Ndifana, 'Hayi-loo ncoko ikhokelela phi?' Ndenze impazamo embi. Andinakuze ndiye kuWoward Stern kwaye ndithethe ngento eyayiyiyo, kum, into embi Kwafuneka ndifowunele umama ndize ndicele uxolo kuye. Umama uneminyaka engama-72. Ndithethe ngesondo kumabonwakude ngengozi.
Kwaye nangona uburharha bandiswa kwigumbi leendaba leFox News, uMnu Wallace uthe uMnu. Smith wayithatha nzima. Ndicinga ukuba ngokuqinisekileyo washukunyiswa yiyo, utshilo.
Amandla ahlala ekhona. Ngokwamkelwa kwakhe, uMnumzana Smith akayena mfundi wehlabathi we-teleprompter. Ndiyakhubeka ngalo lonke ixesha, utshilo. Umnumzana Wallace uthe abafana abakwigumbi lolawulo ngamanye amaxesha bayayibona ikopi kwaye benze uqikelelo malunga nokuba uMnu.Smith uza kuba nakho ukusonga ulwimi lwakhe kwiindinyana ezithile. Sihleka ngayo, utshilo uMnu Wallace. Ungumdlalo obalaseleyo malunga naloo nto.
Ukuqwalasela ukuba ngumabonwakude ophilayo, kwaye uchitha ixesha elingakanani uMnu.Smith emoyeni, uMnu Hannity uthe wayecinga ukuba ukuhlekisa kuhamba kakhulu.
Ndicinga ukuba bekungenabulungisa, utshilo.
Ke kwakhona, watsho wathi umsebenzi ovuthuzayo.
Iya kulandela uMnu.Smith ubomi bonke. Kodwa kwakuphantse kwiveki ezintathu emva kokuba yenzekile kwaye impikiswano yayisifa, iphantse yafa. Wayengengomntu owaba nguthile, kwaye nangona wayengenakulindeleka ukuba angabinamntu kwakhona, ngekhe akhathalele ingqalelo encinci. Umnumzana Smith wayevuya ukuba kwiTV, onwabile ukuba kwiFox, kwaye eqala ukuncuma kwakhona. Kwaye umama wam wayengaphambani, njengoko kwavela.
Ndicinga ukuba abantu baqonda nje, utshilo uShepard Smith. UJennifer Lopez. Akufani nokuba unsexy.
