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[BoogieWoogie]

Fox News Channel is parting ways – again – with Bob Beckel, the co-host of its primetime program, “The Five.”

“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 – 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.

Hits keep on coming.

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

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Choo Choo Fox!

 

[Ray Down]

Can Hannity be next?

 

[jack_package_200]

Hopefully Hannity is next to go.

Disgusting organization.

 

[Lumination]

I haven't been following the events closely, but are the Murdoch sons genuinely trying to clean up Fox News? Between Ailes, O'Reilly and now this, any chance they won't be crazy conspirator mouthpiece in 5 years?

 

[Boylamite]

Burn it all to the ground. Fox News not only provides no value, but they are actively harming america.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Again? Wasn't he fired once before, got hired again, then fired again? Jesus what is going on with that network.

 

[caliph95]

After losing two people due sexual assault allegations this doesn't look good.

Not like fox ever looked good

 

[jelly]

I haven't been following the events closely, but are the Murdoch sons genuinely trying to clean up Fox News? Between Ailes, O'Reilly and now this, any chance they won't be crazy conspirator mouthpiece in 5 years?

I'm not sure. It's a smart way to get rid of high paid staff.

 

[BitStyle]

Fox News is trash. They only have themselves to blame for creating this awful work environment

 

[Robdraggoo]

Wasn't beckel there token liberal that was there to sound stupid

 

[enewtabie]

I haven't been following the events closely, but are the Murdoch sons genuinely trying to clean up Fox News? Between Ailes, O'Reilly and now this, any chance they won't be crazy conspirator mouthpiece in 5 years?

Beckel is a Democrat and one of the few on the network. You should see the guy fire back on the rest of them. He's usually outnumbered on that show.

 

[ISWThunder]

Fired from Fox News for a racial slur? Did he say it without the proper amount of conviction?

 

[Tranqueris]

Meanwhile, the "we should execute Snoop Dogg" lady and the racist towards Asians guy are still there.

 

[rjinaz]

Well I for one am shocked. Shocked! Hes a racist

 

[Renji_11]

They can just spin this one by saying "See we told ya that liberals are racist!"

 

[clevbrowns94]

And that's the kind of "liberal" you see on Fox News. He made nasty comments about Muslims on air as well. And he's the one out of five on the Five with left views. Such a vile network that Roger Ailes left behind.

 

[ForsakenLotus]

Cmon Hannity, have a meltdown and say something worth getting fired over.

 

[Rockin' Ranger]

Fired from Fox News for a racial slur? Did he say it without the proper amount of conviction?

I was honestly expecting that the slur he used was cracker.

 

[The Faceless Master]

one of the moderates MLK mused about

 

[Justin Bailey]

I used to see this guy on CNN every once in awhile. He seemed half drunk every time he was on. This does not surprise me.

 

[Mr.Mike]

I haven't been following the events closely, but are the Murdoch sons genuinely trying to clean up Fox News? Between Ailes, O'Reilly and now this, any chance they won't be crazy conspirator mouthpiece in 5 years?

At some point the toxic culture hurts their bottom line, so maybe? Either in paying out settlements or in having a hard time hiring even half competent staff. I wouldn't expect them to become a source of good journalism anytime soon though.

 

[ZSaberLink]

Hopefully Hannity is next to go.

Disgusting organization.

I actually heard that despite the dumb crap Hannity peddles on air, he's one of the few respectful and nice people in Fox ironically (like he treats women properly, etc.). Oh well, I just kind of want Fox News to be forced to stop blatantly lying about stuff and treating women terribly.

 

[NandoGip]

WAIT




Youre telling me that Fox employees both rapists AND racists


This shits blowing my mind

Spoiler

/s

 

[EatinOlives]

Hey at least Fox News is actually firing people for shitty remarks now. Signs that the new leadership is turning things around maybe?

 

[ahoyhoy]

Wasn't beckel there token liberal that was there to sound stupid

He was left leaning compared to the rest, but yeah he was the older "liberal" dude that sounded sensible to me but was usually laughed at by the rest of the ensemble when he criticizes Trump for anything.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

I actually heard that despite the dumb crap Hannity peddles on air, he's one of the few respectful and nice people in Fox ironically (like he treats women properly, etc.). Oh well, I just kind of want Fox News to be forced to stop blatantly lying about stuff and treating women terribly.

Didn't Hannity pull a gun on a co-worker once?

 

[Master Yoshi]

I actually heard that despite the dumb crap Hannity peddles on air, he's one of the few respectful and nice people in Fox ironically (like he treats women properly, etc.). Oh well, I just kind of want Fox News to be forced to stop blatantly lying about stuff and treating women terribly.

Haha, fuck what you heard.

Hannity is a shit stain on humamity.

 

[Sectorseven]

I haven't been following the events closely, but are the Murdoch sons genuinely trying to clean up Fox News? Between Ailes, O'Reilly and now this, any chance they won't be crazy conspirator mouthpiece in 5 years?

It might just be a cost cutting measure. Either way, the current model really isn't sustainable long term.

 

[Transhuman]

It doesn't say in the article whether it was the n-bomb

 

[KevinRo]

You can see the misinformed replies and comments in almost every political thread on here. Bob is the lone Democrat on that show.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

What's funny is I didn't know this guy's name (or the name of the show he was on), but along with the context of just the headline I was able to guess who he was. Dude just looks like a Bob Beckel.

 

[Oni Jazar]

And then there were four....

 

[Imm0rt4l]

I actually heard that despite the dumb crap Hannity peddles on air, he's one of the few respectful and nice people in Fox ironically (like he treats women properly, etc.). Oh well, I just kind of want Fox News to be forced to stop blatantly lying about stuff and treating women terribly.

Nah, fuck Hannity

 

[Barkley's Justice]

Well, what did he say?

 

[louiedog]

lol. I'm sure...

 

[Slayven]

He knew to keep the Mandingo fights in the break room

 

[reelbigtink]

An old white guy who dresses like a 1930s southern politician turns out to be racist. See ya, Bob.

 

[Kibbles]

Don't know him or watch Fox but it seemed like he was the only sane one on that five panel when I switched to see how Fox was taking the Trump news. He kept calling Trump out with obstruction of justice and the other dudes and girls kept bringing up Obama or laughing it off like it was nothing. Shame this dude is a piece of shit too.

 

[SolidChamp]

An old white guy who dresses like a 1930s southern politician turns out to be racist. See ya, Bob.

Seriously. Just looking at this dude's picture and I'm like "Racist, huh? ...YEP! Makes sense!"

Get fucked, Beckel.

 

[Gattsu25]

Oh, it's that super racist/sexist guy that they have on their "comedy" show who always says the offensive "jokes". Their representation of what democrats are like.

 

[thepotatoman]

Not suprised at all Beckel used racial slurs off camera, given the things he'd say about muslims, black lives matter, and china on camera.

 

[Zantetsuken]

Somehow it will be the liberal media's fault.

Fox has been cleaning house lately. I think they're up to something.

 

[TalonJH]

I really want to know what he said.

 

[entremet]

Hopefully Hannity is next to go.

Disgusting organization.

Hannity is just a blowhard. Have we heard anything of his failing outside his show?

 

[sturgboski]

Boy he must not be that important. OReilly survived for years with Fox doing payouts.

 

[Drifters]

I thought he would get fired for eating shrimp prior to coming out on the set.

 

[commedieu]

He was left leaning compared to the rest, but yeah he was the older "liberal" dude that sounded sensible to me but was usually laughed at by the rest of the ensemble when he criticizes Trump for anything.

He called trump a clown or something a few days ago. And they all acted like he insulted the dear leader. I don't know about this without more details. But it would seem that he possibly overstepped. I don't watch the five often. But his remarks about Trump were received very coldly.

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

I legit read the thread title as "hires" and didn't even bat an eye.

Also: I can't wait for hannitys latest meltdown about this too.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Let it burn
Let it burn