Twenty-three percent of Republicans have a favorable view of the “Shepard Smith Reporting” host, while 21 percent perceive him unfavorably.

In the days leading up to the midterm elections, Fox News anchors, including Carlson and Sean Hannity, dedicated a notable amount of airtime to warning viewers about a caravan of Central Americans allegedly heading north toward the U.S.-Mexico border. A Fast Company analysis of Fox News transcripts on LexisNexis shows the network used the word “caravan” 86 times on air the day before the election.

By contrast, Smith told viewers of his daytime show that there was little evidence for fear.

“There is no invasion. No one’s coming to get you. There’s nothing at all to worry about,” Smith said on his show Oct. 29, after implying news of the caravan was timed to coincide with the midterm elections. Ahead of the midterms, more voters trusted Republicans over Democrats on the issue of national security, according to Morning Consult/Politico tracking data.

Smith has often taken a contrary position to others on the network: In November 2017 he debunked the theory that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greenlighted a uranium deal that benefited her foundation, a storyline his colleagues were reporting.