Fox News fires Bob Beckel over alleged 'insensitive' remark to African-American staffer

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Fox News fired former Democratic strategist Bob Beckel May 19 for allegedly making an inappropriate remark to an African-American employee. "HR was informed of the incident on Tuesday evening and did a thorough investigation within 48 hours," a source familar with the matter said. "The network came to a decision that Bob needed to be terminated early this morning." Beckel was co-host of “The Five," a roundtable opinion program that recently moved from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. amid the scheduling shake-up following host Bill O'Reilly's firing over sexual harassment allegations. It's not clear what the alleged remark was, but Fox said that Beckel's words were "insensitive."


Fox News fires Bob Beckel over alleged 'insensitive' remark to African-American staffer Fox News fires Bob Beckel for ‘an insensitive remark to an African-American employee’ (Washington Post)