Posted on 06/25/2015 12:13:07 PM PDT by george76
Bob Beckel is no longer a Fox News employee, a network spokesperson confirmed to Mediaite on Thursday afternoon.
Best-known as the salty liberal panelist on Fox’s hit midday talk show The Five, Beckel has been off-the-air since February 16. His absence was surrounded by mystery for several months until the network confirmed that he had undergone back surgery and, later, that he had also sought rehabilitation therapy for addiction to prescription pain medication.
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While often representing the lone “liberal” voice at the desk, Beckel has stirred up his fair share of controversy: When he called for an end to visas for students from Muslim countries following the Boston Marathon bombings;
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good riddance to bad rubbish
Can’t say I would miss him but as libs go there are certainly worse.
No Loss.
More time for hookers.
This way James Murdoch version of cleaning house
I’ll never forget my youth when Beckel would be on CNN or Fox or wherever, and my step-dad would get red-faced angry and scream at the TV anytime the man opened his mouth. It wasn’t until I was an adult and understood conservative principles that I understood his ire.
Mediate.com is going to flip out. Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Theory Central.
That’s too bad.
I liked Bob...
I sometimes felt sorry for Beckel in the same way I felt sorry for Combs at times. You knew these guys didn’t beleive some of the positions they took. But they got paid to argue those points. And let’s face it, some of the Fox characters are not that strong on really making someone look silly. Still, the simple content and 5th grade logic was enough to paint the token liberals as stooges.
I did, too. Sometimes (rarely) he was right. Particularly about China and muzzies.
Buh-Bye. I won’t miss his drunken bully act.
Juan "The Leftist" Williams doesn't count because he's black??? And what about Geraldo???
The truth often is harsh....just sayin.
Wasn’t he previously addicted to drugs?
Sorry, I don’t feel bad for propagandists who are destroying this country, just because they are paid to do it. I think Chris Mathews was actually sane before being paid to be an extremist propagandist. And he does it with relish. I don’t excuse him or “feel bad” for him because he’s “just following orders”, or “just doing his job”. He’s helping to destroy this country and divide Americans. Period.
Don’t count your blessings too fast. We are now much more likely to see and hear more Juan Williams. This is progress?
Politics aside, wish him well. Always liked his commentary and where his heart is, even if I did not agree.
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