Shine claimed that Beckel took advantage of their “generosity, empathy, and good will” and said that Fox News couldn’t “hold The Five hostage” to Beckel’s personal issues.
All things considered, the split felt like Fox News shoved Beckel across a bridge and then torched it behind him.
Fox News executive vice president of programming Bill Shine released a statement at the time that was scathing in its dismissal of Beckel.
While pundits have been known to jump from network to network when it comes to cable news, the announcement that Bob Beckel will be back on Fox News will likely come as a surprise to any who remember the circumstances of his official departure in June 2015.