Sometimes it must seem like the cable game is the equivalent of Stalingrad. That is, an all-war between two sides. A case in point is the epic battle that has erupted since Bill Clinton's surprise attack on Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday" last week.
But at other times, we are reminded that the cable game also has its courtly, even whimsical side. For example, there's FNC's Shepard Smith. In the pages of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reporter Jill Vejnoska detailed Smith's recent visit to Atlanta, in which Smith focused on topics heavy and light. Sure, he covered Chris Wallace and Iraq and all that, but the Mississippi-born Smith also talked about--what else?--college football and life in the South. A charmer, that Smith is.
Of course, Smith wasn't just on a charm offensive. He is also part of a TV offensive; he was part of Fox's "Thank You America" tour, as part of FNC's 10th anniversary. And it just so happens that Smith was there in CNN's backyard--make that front yard.
A coincidence, I am sure. A friendly fellow such as Shep would never be part of anything like Stalingrad. Chancellorsville maybe, but not Stalingrad!
