From its inception, Fox News has made no secret of its agenda. With the stated purpose of celebrating all things conservative, Fox has delighted in giving airtime to every right-wing windbag and crackpot cause it could find: from Sean Hannity to Ann Coulter to Andrew Breitbart to G. Gordon Liddy to Sarah Palin to Karl Rove to the Tea Party, the list seems endless. Among such commentators at Fox News, the truth and the facts were held in such high regard that they were used only sparingly. Seemed like you could say any old awful, ignorant thing and get away with it, even have it encouraged.
But now it appears that, even on Fox, you can go too far, you can be too much of a controversial asshole, and of course your ratings can be way too low. Yes, Glenn Beck is "transitioning" away from Fox News (i.e. he was shit-canned). Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes put it this way: "Glenn's a clever guy and his presence helped us a lot, but once people figured out he was just a bat-shit crazy douchebag, they quit watching him." (Well said!)
So bye-bye Beckie. And don't forget to take your fuckin' chalkboard!
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