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'Times' Bill Carter Has Dimples, Amnesia

As we mentioned earlier, Fox News anchor Shephard Smith is raking it in, to the tune of $7 million per year in a recently-inked deal with his network. According to today's story from New York Times media reporter Bill Carter, "Mr. Smith would be making more than anyone at CNN—if reports of $5 million for Anderson Cooper and $6 million for Lou Dobbs are accurate." Did Carter forget that in 2002, the Timesran a piece in 2002 about CNN talkshow host Larry King's potential $14 million salary? Perhaps. Harder to believe is that he forgot the piece the Times did way back in 1998 about King's earnings, which the paper reported at $7 million. He wrote it himself!


Fox News anchor Shepard Smith, who has consistently won praise for, among other things, his compassionate coverage of Hurricane Katrina and his pretty, pretty hair, has signed a $7 million-per-year deal with Fox News to continue anchoring his show. This kind of cash, which catapults Smith into the pay range of network news anchors like Brian Williams, could come in handy the next time Smith has to pay off a reporter after assaulting her with his motor vehicle or fend off a crazysexyfoolish neo-con stalker!