Shep Smith on the ME: "We seem to be at this sort of grounding point on a history book yet to be written"

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith has a Q&A with Broadcasting & Cable's John Higgins that really lets Shep's inimitable brains and candor shine through:

HIGGINS: What was your reaction to London?

SMITH: It sounds to me in the early going like a terrific triumph of security over a horrible plot of terror. Just as reporting always is less clear in the early days, I should wait for a while and keep trying to gather facts on the thing. It sounds like they stopped a bunch of people from dying, and what's better than that? Now there's a new story to cover: How long can we go without toothpaste and shampoo carried on the plane? And without a laptop on there? Homeland Security Secretary Michael] Chertoff said that it's a temporary measure. Is it temporary in that at some point those things will no longer be a threat to us?

HIGGINS: For American audiences, the question isn't “When will the next Katrina hurricane come,” but “When will the next Mel Gibson-type story force its way into the top news slot.” That's what you're coming back to: Lindsay Lohan.

SMITH: Ugh. Yeah. Those Mel Gibson moments come along. When you're in a 24/7, 365-day cycle, there are time slots that have to be filled, and sometimes there's news and sometimes there isn't. What we're trying to do is cover the news that matters. That's what I try to do every day and give you a little candy along the way. Not everything in our lives is deadly serious, but a lot of things in our lives right now seem to be.

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