The supposedly enlightened Democrat that frequently appeared on The Five got canned for making a racial slur against a black IT technician. Beckel made the derogatory comment and then doubled down by trying to intimidate the victim into withdrawing the complaint. Beckel was quickly terminated in 2017 and forced to apologize. Amazingly, he had been fired from Fox once before for abusing prescription pain meds, only to receive a second chance at CNN.