Posted on 08/31/2015 2:09:41 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Liberal pundit Bob Beckel, a former co-host of "The Five" on Fox News, returned to cable television on CNN last week.
In June, Fox News released Beckel after what Politico described as a controversial stint on "The Five" where, among other things, he took contrary positions, was caught flipping off another co-host and pushed ending student visas for students from Muslim countries after the Boston Marathon bombing.
"The Five" had been rated No. 1 on basic cable at 5 p.m. for June, and its ratings for the 25-54 age demographic was up eight percent since Feb. 16, noted Politico, but Beckel had entered rehab therapy in April, reportedly for an addiction to prescription pain medication, and his last appearance on the show was Feb. 16.
"The topic was, of course, (Donald) Trump … whom CNN could find any one of 856 contributors and/or guests in the New York area to opine about," wrote Joe Concha of Mediaite. "But Beckel got the call – or more likely – he pitched CNN on giving him a few at-bats. … Beckel wants to show he's clean, sober and ready to work again."
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I thought that he left Fox because of a drug addiction problem. Now CNN is picking him up?
Maybe him and Kelly can team up and go down the toilet together....
Beckel is better than half of fox. Better than all the other liberals.
Old leftist druggies never die.
They just move to another channel.
Yes, Bekel is much better than Whore-Aldo and that other guy. He is indeed the crazy uncle.
That's where that blowhard belonged all along.
All we need now is Ross Perot to come out of retirement and start talking about our ‘crazy uncle’ on CNN.
Good luck Bob, here’s hoping you stay on the wagon.
Fox is probably high in the demo because Jesse and Eric Bolling keep defending Trump.
Maybe him and Kelly can team up
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Can it be long before Ms. Kelly joins BB at CNN?
I want to say something so bad but if I do I will have my post pulled.
Greg Jarrett is back to work at Fox. It must have been more than addiction problems that got Beckel fired.
Bob never tried to hide from what he thought was right.
God bless Bob. I don’t like him, but at least he wasn’t pumping BS like Sharpton.
Proving once again that some Fat Turds do float!
I had wondered what happened to him. I’m glad to see he got clean, and hope he can stay that way.
Remember that Beckel is a Clintonista. With Hitlery in such dire straits, this hire by CNN is pretty much an “all hands on deck” to save hitlery.
Beckel is a Jack Kennedy Democrat. As such he is not really on board with the current Dems and gets harder for him to toe the line
(...pushed ending student visas for students from Muslim countries after the Boston Marathon bombing.)
Wow. I didn’t know Bob was decent on any issue. And this is part of why Fox terminated him?
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