Fox News Fires The Five Co-Host Bob Beckel Over Racist Comment

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fox-news-bob-beckel-the-five-1202436839/

“Bob Beckel was terminated today for making an insensitive remark to an African-American employee,” the network said in a statement.

The dismissal opens — or perhaps closes 0- another chapter in an off-and-on relationship Beckel has had with the 21st Century Fox-owned cable-news outlet over the years. Beckel, a longtime political consultant as well as a former campaign manager for Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale, joined Fox News in 2000, and had a years-long tenure on “The Five” when it aired in the late afternoon. Indeed, he was one of the program’s original co-hosts.

He departed in 2015 while recuperating from back surgery in a split that was seen as less an amicable. “We tried to work with Bob for months, but we couldn’t hold ‘The Five’ hostage to one man’s personal issues,” said Bill Shine, who was then the network’s executive vice president of programming, in a statement at the time. “He took tremendous advantage of our generosity, empathy and goodwill and we simply came to the end of the road with him.”

But Beckel returned to Fox News in 2017 after doing a stint at CNN, and was greeted with open arms. “Bob was missed by many fans of ‘The Five’ and we’re happy to welcome him back to the show,” said Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of Fox News Channel and its corporate parent, 21st Century Fox, in a prepared statement, in January.



And here I thought this was a requirement at that sewer of a network.

[Johnny2X2X]

1. No Promotion?

Up until the last few months this was how you got a promotion at FOX News. If he would have sexually assaulted someone he might have been able to save his job.

[LonePirate]

2. Fired? I thought that was a reason for a promotion or a raise at Faux.

[luvMIdog]

3. they only did it to avoid the lawsuits and nasty publicity

[LakeArenal]

4. Soon replacing Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC. nt

[jalan48]

5. Looks like it will be back to hosting Hee Haw reruns for Bob.

[Leghorn21]

6. more from article:

Douglas Wigdor, an attorney who represents several current and former employees who have alleged racial discrimination at Fox News in a lawsuit, said he is representing the employee who complained about Beckel. In a statement, Wigdor alleged Beckel “stormed out of his office” when an African-American information-technology employee came to service his computer, “telling our client that he was leaving his office because he was Black.” Wigdor alleged Fox News executives tried to get the employee to withdraw the complaint. “As with our other 22 clients, we intend on holding 21st Century Fox accountable for these actions and will be filing multiple other complaints in other matters next week,” Wigdor said.

[BannonsLiver]

7. Beckel seems like the kind of guy with skidmarks in his underwear

[IronLionZion]

8. That guy has fans?

Maybe people who enjoy seeing a weak caricature of a Democratic punching bag that does double duty as a doormat.

Even though he's supposedly on our side, I doubt he'd be missed.

[Proud liberal 80]

9. Wonder what "liberal"

they will find to replace him. Pat Caddel, Susan Estrich, Allan Dershowitz?