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FOX fires Bob Beckel
Topic Started: Jun 26 2015, 07:21 AM (104 Views)
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Difficult time: In April, Fox announced that Beckel (seen last year with Eric Bolling above) was in rehab to deal with an addiction to prescription pills following a back operation

Fox News fires pill-addicted Bob Beckel and issues scathing statement criticizing him for taking 'tremendous advantage of our generosity'

Fox News has fired Bob Beckel, one of the hosts of The Five

In April, the network announced that Beckel was in rehab to deal with an addiction to prescription pills following a back operation

Bill Shine, executive vice president of programming, released a scathing statement announcing the news

'He took tremendous advantage of our generosity, empathy and goodwill and we simply came to the end of the road with him,' said Shine


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3139503/He-took-tremendous-advantage-generosity-Fox-News-fires-host-Bob-Beckel-releasing-scathing-statement-revealing-battling-prescription-pill-addiction.html#ixzz3eAauanDR
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First read this at DL then in DM. I really enjoyed Beckel, liked his comments and he has been missed. There is much more at the link and one thing it says is Geraldo "egotistical" Rivera and Juan Williams will be filling in for Bob. Why doesn't FOX unload Geraldo, I turn the channel if I see his face, anywhere.

I want to send Bob good wishes and I wish him well. He has a book coming out Nov. 3.



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I really am behind the times. I haven't the slightest idea who this guy is and I've never even heard his name. Does he have any other claim to fame other than being on Fox News?
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Early life and career[edit]

Beckel was born in New York City and grew up in Lyme, Connecticut. He is the son of Cambridge Graham Beckel, Jr. (author of Workshops for the World: The United Nations Family of Agencies [New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1954, 1962 (rev. ed.)]) and Ellen Gilliland Beckel.[3][4] He is the brother of actor Graham Beckel. Beckel is a Protestant.[5]

Beckel holds a BA from Wagner College in Staten Island.[6] While in college, he worked for Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968.[7] He played football in college.[8]

He served in the Philippines as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1971 to 1972.[9] Beckel was a graduate school professor of politics at the George Washington University.[10][11]

In 1977, he joined the U.S. Department of State and became the youngest deputy assistant Secretary of State (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations) for the Carter administration, helping to shepherd the Panama Canal Treaty to ratification;[7][12] and the following year was appointed Special Assistant to the President for congressional liaison, working on Salt II and Mideast treaties.[7][13]
Beckel was the campaign manager for Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign.[14] During that campaign he became known as the man who effectively wrapped the Wendy's slogan "Where's the beef?" around Gary Hart,[7][8] Mondale's opponent for the Democratic nomination.

In late 1984, he formed the consulting firm Bob Beckel & Associates, or BBA, which was succeeded in 1985 by Beckel–Cowan, described by Robert G. Kaiser in the Washington Post as "a pioneering 'grass roots' lobbying firm whose specialty was building support for policy ideas—or creating the appearance of it—around the country. This was the art form that came to be known as 'Astroturf'lobbying, since the grass-roots sentiments being expressed were not entirely natural."[15]

Beckel managed Alan Blinken's 2002 Senate campaign until he was dismissed after being targeted for extortion by a prostitute.[16] He made a brief appearance as himself on the Season 8 premiere of 24 in a mock debate with fellow Fox News Analyst Monica Crowley.

On June 25, 2015, Fox News officially announced Beckel's termination from the network after several months of being absent due to his personal issues.[17]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beckel
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From what I read elsewhere it sounds like they fired him because he had an addiction to prescription pain killers after having a back injury/surgery. If that's true, Fuck FOX news, he should sue under the ADA.
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o o, did you even read the article?
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Jun 27 2015, 06:06 AM
o o, did you even read the article?
I've been following it on Mediaite. They're obviously not going to talk about his battle with addiction on his Wikipedia page. But, that is what's been going on and FOX did a really nasty thing-even by FOX News standards!

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Here's a quote from ops post, you must have missed your meds.

[quoteDifficult time: In April, Fox announced that Beckel (seen last year with Eric Bolling above) was in rehab to deal with an addiction to prescription pills following a back operation

Fox News fires pill-addicted Bob Beckel and issues scathing statement criticizing him for taking 'tremendous advantage of our generosity'

Fox News has fired Bob Beckel, one of the hosts of The Five

In April, the network announced that Beckel was in rehab to deal with an addiction to prescription pills following a back operation][/quote]
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Jun 27 2015, 02:48 PM
Here's a quote from ops post, you must have missed your meds.

[quoteDifficult time: In April, Fox announced that Beckel (seen last year with Eric Bolling above) was in rehab to deal with an addiction to prescription pills following a back operation

Fox News fires pill-addicted Bob Beckel and issues scathing statement criticizing him for taking 'tremendous advantage of our generosity'

Fox News has fired Bob Beckel, one of the hosts of The Five

In April, the network announced that Beckel was in rehab to deal with an addiction to prescription pills following a back operation]
[/quote]I'm not on meds. But, either way, from everything I read it sounds like they fired him because of his illness (addiction.) Recovery is never a smooth and steady process. There are always backslides. What FOX did is horrible...do you actually think firing him and issuing a public statement like that is okay?! Are you defending FOX News?!

(Actually I probably don't want to know. They were wrong in every way.)
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o o are you biased? You always read like it.
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Jun 27 2015, 11:57 PM
o o are you biased? You always read like it.
Everyone's biased to a degree. I'm on the side of the good guys. :boxer
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