Sean Hannity Takes Swipe At 'Clueless' Shepard Smith

“Clueless.”

That’s how Fox News host Sean Hannity described his colleague, Shepard Smith, a day after the anchor of Shepard Smith Reporting called out his network’s opinion programing as “there strictly to be entertaining” and saying, “I wouldn’t work there.”

“While Shep is a friend with political views I do not share, and great at breaking news, he is clueless about what we do every day,” Hannity decried on Twitter Friday afternoon. “Hannity breaks news daily.”

While Shep is a friend with political views I do not share, and great at breaking news, he is clueless about what we do every day. Hannity breaks news daily-Warrant on a Trump assoc, the unmasking scandal, leaking intel, Fisa abuse, HRC lawbreaking, dossier and more REAL NEWS! 9p https://t.co/zJpnnyFTtP

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) March 16, 2018

According to philly.com, Smith’s comments about the opinion side of Fox News come from a lengthy profile written by Daniel D’Addario for Time, published to coincide with a new multi-year contract that will keep the 54-year-old anchor at the network he helped launch over 20 years ago.

“Our team’s commitment to delivering facts to our loyal viewers in context and with perspective, without fear or favor, is unwavering,” The 54-year-old anchor said in a statement.

Over the past few years, Smith has come to define the divide that has grown at the network in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as president. On one side, you have Fox News opinion hosts and program, like Sean Hannity and Fox & Friends, which have quickly lined up to offer an almost unwavering defense of President Trump. On the other, you have the network’s news division, which includes Smith and anchors like Bret Baier, who attempt to report the news as fair and balanced as the network’s former slogan promised.

Smith, who has found himself at times directly debunking stories and segments offered by his colleagues on the opinion side, said he doesn’t let the difference between them get in the way of his reporting.

“We serve different masters. We work for different reporting chains, we have different rules,” Smith told D’Addario. “They don’t really have rules on the opinion side. They can say whatever they want. If it’s their opinion.”

“I get it, that some of our opinion programming is there strictly to be entertaining. I get that,” Smith continued. “I don’t work there. I wouldn’t work there.”

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