Fox News host Shep Smith slammed parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids as “science deniers” on Monday during his show.
He made the remark during a segment about President Obama’s call for parents to vaccinate their children in light of a growing national measles outbreak.
Addressing vaccine skeptics directly, Smith said, “Hello, science? A lot of you want to talk about science deniers. That’s what you are, people, you non-vaxxers: You’re science deniers! That’s it!”
“A small minority of parents refuse vaccines for their children, citing all kinds of weirdness, including a possible link to autism which science says does not exist,” he said witheringly.
“Anti-vaxxers are hurting all the other little children by not letting little Johnny and little Janie get their shots,” Smith concluded. “Get your shots. C’mon now.”
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They’re just living the controversy you’ve wanted schools to teach. You have been saying that
for YEARS.
I agree with his comments, but I can’t believe this guy survives on the FOX network. Why do they keep him, and, more importantly, why does he stay?
Everybody’s got a Token.
And he stays because of the money.
“I know a lot about science denial, I work at Fox.”
They keep him and a couple of others around so that they can say “we’re a real news channel, just look at this guy.” It gives him some added freedom that he might not get somewhere that he isn’t supposed to be a one-ton counterweight