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Is Rob Schmitt still at Fox News? The co-host's absence from 'Fox & Friends First' has led to rumors of workforce changes.

Since August of 2020, Fox News anchor Rob Schmitt has been noticeably absent from his early morning program Fox & Friends First. Correspondent Todd Piro, who joined the community in 2017, used to be filling in as co-host along Jillian Mele — but may just the switch-up be permanent?

Is Rob Schmitt nonetheless at Fox News?

Initially, it appeared as although Rob had merely taken some time without work to celebrate his thirty seventh birthday, which was once on Aug. 13. Rob published in an Instagram post that he visited his place of origin of Carmel, Ind.

"First time home in WAY too long," the journalist wrote subsequent to a photograph along with his oldsters, Farzaneh and Robert. After his commute to the Midwest, Rob frolicked with friends in L.A. earlier than spending a weekend in the Hamptons.

The Indiana University grad’s first activity out of college used to be in reality in Redding, Calif., a city about a hundred and sixty miles north of Sacramento. "What I do requires a lot of lifestyle changing," Rob told Feeling the Vibe magazine of his early years in broadcast journalism.

"I would say every two to three years I had to uproot my entire life and just start all over in a different city… When you’re just getting comfortable in L.A., you’re told you’re going to New York but then you don’t know anyone over there," he explained.

"I believe that’s what weeds a lot of people out of this industry. You ask yourself, 'Do I really want to move to this small town and make $8/hour being a news reporter at 22 years old? Do I want to move away from all my friends and go to that city?'"

His resolution to stick with it proved to be a smart one for Rob, who has been at Fox News since 2016. "Every day is kind of different; it’s not just sitting behind a desk doing paperwork," the anchor mentioned of his Fox & Friends First gig. 

"Being on television keeps it interesting and there’s always new content every day. I always say one of the better parts of my job is that if I go on a vacation, you don’t return to a job where everything has piled up on your desk," he added. No wonder he seems so comfy on social media. 

Now, Rob Schmitt has moved to Newsmax TV.

In September of 2020 (after weeks of wondering the place Rob had disappeared to), Rob's lovers in any case were given an update: Rob did indeed leave Fox News, and he left it for Newsmax TV. The conservative cable news channel has develop into one thing of a haven for several Fox defectors, including Greg Kelly and Diamond and Silk (who had been fired by way of Fox for spreading conspiracy theories associated with the COVID-19 pandemic). 

As lately as the summer season of 2020, Newsmax used to be in large part unprecedented, attracting a trifling 21,000 total viewers over the process a week (in comparison to Fox's 1.9 million). However, in recent months — and particularly in the wake of the 2020 presidential election  — many conservative viewers have expressed their distaste for Fox's protection and started flocking to Newsmax instead. 

Newsmax skilled every other surge in popularity after President Trump tweeted a number of clips from the network in November, which some took as a sign that he had minimize ties with Fox and established loyalties to a new community — one this is still claiming he received the election that he in fact misplaced. Will more newshounds sign up for Rob and leave Fox for Newsmax? We'll have to stay tuned.

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