Beckel was the campaign manager for Walter Mondale’s Presidential run, but when that failed, he joined Fox News as a political analyst and the only liberal featured on the conservative network.
He later became the co-host of Fox talk show, The Five, but was fired following back surgery. He would hop on the campaign trail again in 2002 working for Idaho’s democratic nominee for U.S.
Senate, Alan Blinken. However, he resigned after getting wrapped up in an extortion plot involving a sex worker.Beckel returned to Fox News in 2017, but was in hot water again due to him making racially charged remarks toward a Black employee.
After an internal investigation, the decision was made to fire Beckel. His firing came at a time when Fox News was trying to clean up its image in the wake of former network executive Robert Ailes being kicked to the curb due to multiple cases of sexual harassment.He was vocal about addiction to alcohol and cocaine, On The Five in 2011, he spoke openly about being a recovering addict.
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