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Article: Ailes Acolyte Shepard Smith's Super Bowl Sunday!
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- January 29, 2008
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Recently, Shepard Smith stood in his office at Fox News and gestured at a football, on his bookshelf, signed by Giants quarterback and fellow University of Mississippi alumnus Eli Manning.
"I've met him a number of times," said Mr. Smith. "He's a private guy. He's likes to stay to himself. Eli, as a friend, would be weird. I like him being my quarterback."
It was Friday afternoon and Mr. Smith--the host of Fox News' Studio B, anchor of the The Fox Report, and possibly the highest-paid on-air talent in cable news history--was giving NYTV a tour of his office. Ole Miss madness was the decorative theme. A Rebels welcome mat warmed the entrance. Commemorative Ole Miss ...