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Fox News Parts Ways with Bob Beckel
Mediaite ^ | June 25th, 2015 | Andrew Kirell |

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beckel; bobbeckel; fox; foxnews
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1 posted on 06/25/2015 12:13:07 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

good riddance to bad rubbish


2 posted on 06/25/2015 12:14:15 PM PDT by GeronL
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Can’t say I would miss him but as libs go there are certainly worse.


3 posted on 06/25/2015 12:14:49 PM PDT by circlecity
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No Loss.


4 posted on 06/25/2015 12:15:33 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: george76

More time for hookers.


5 posted on 06/25/2015 12:15:39 PM PDT by proust
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To: george76

This way James Murdoch version of cleaning house


6 posted on 06/25/2015 12:15:41 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: george76

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.


7 posted on 06/25/2015 12:15:49 PM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: george76
The Fox News statement does sound a bit harsh:

“We tried to work with Bob for months, but we couldn’t hold The Five hostage to one man’s personal issues. He took tremendous advantage of our generosity, empathy and goodwill and we simply came to the end of the road with him.”
8 posted on 06/25/2015 12:18:21 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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Mediate.com is going to flip out. Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Theory Central.


9 posted on 06/25/2015 12:18:56 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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That’s too bad.

I liked Bob...


10 posted on 06/25/2015 12:19:47 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: GeronL

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.


11 posted on 06/25/2015 12:20:31 PM PDT by Tenacious 1 (POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
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I did, too. Sometimes (rarely) he was right. Particularly about China and muzzies.


12 posted on 06/25/2015 12:21:36 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: george76

Buh-Bye. I won’t miss his drunken bully act.


13 posted on 06/25/2015 12:21:43 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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While often representing the lone “liberal” voice at the desk

Juan "The Leftist" Williams doesn't count because he's black??? And what about Geraldo???

14 posted on 06/25/2015 12:22:54 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (0bama may not be THE antiCHRIST, but he's definitely ANTI - CHRIST!)
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To: george76
I'll say it again: A tub of lard, held together by suspenders, with a pin-head balanced on top.


15 posted on 06/25/2015 12:23:16 PM PDT by 867V309 (Boehner is the new Pelosi)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
The Fox News statement does sound a bit harsh:

The truth often is harsh....just sayin.

16 posted on 06/25/2015 12:23:37 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: george76

Wasn’t he previously addicted to drugs?


17 posted on 06/25/2015 12:24:01 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless)
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To: Tenacious 1

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.


18 posted on 06/25/2015 12:24:39 PM PDT by winner3000
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Don’t count your blessings too fast. We are now much more likely to see and hear more Juan Williams. This is progress?


19 posted on 06/25/2015 12:24:42 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: george76

Politics aside, wish him well. Always liked his commentary and where his heart is, even if I did not agree.


20 posted on 06/25/2015 12:25:02 PM PDT by Reno89519 (For every illegal or H1B with a job, there's an American without one. Muslim = Nazi = Evil)
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