Shepard Smith is an American TV news anchor. He is host of the "FOX Report with Shepard Smith" and "Studio B" on FOX News, first joining FOX News in 1996. He was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi on January 14,1964 and is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. Smith previously worked as a reporter/anchor in Miami with WSVN-TV and as a reporter at WCPX-TV (now WKMG) in Orlando.

Smith was arrested in Florida in November 2000 for aggravated battery with a motor vehicle. The apparent victim was another reporter. Both Smith and the other reporter were in Florida covering the Florida election crisis during the 2000 United States presidential election.

In 2001, Smith was one of the media witnesses to the execution of Timothy McVeigh in Terre Haute, Indiana. He spoke to reporters about what he saw as McVeigh was being executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Recently Shepard Smith, solemnly told the world that "facts are facts" and "the pope has died." Unfortunately, this understanding was reached 26 hours before the pope actually did die, but as Mr. Smith would explain, he had been misled by a producer

References/external links

• FOXNews.com - Bio - Shepard Smith - Shepard Smith's Official Bio from Fox News Channel
• http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/dsmithmug1.html