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today we're counting down our picks for
the 10 incidents that got news anchors
fired when new allegations came to us
this week we took them seriously and saw
no reason to delay taking immediate
action for this list we'll be looking at
controversial events that resulted in
the dismissal of news hosts did we miss
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number 10 rick sanchez
the broadcasting career of rick sanchez
began from as early as his college days
when i think back to all the people and
all the places that i've been it's not
the famous names or the exotic places
that really stand out the cuban-american
news host cut his teeth working for the
local affiliate stations in miami and
houston before getting on the national
stage in the early 2000s in 2004 sanchez
joined cnn where he eventually started
hosting his own show rick's list this
morning i asked the question right here
on the twitter board directing it mostly
to rick's list so i'd get comments from
people who are relevant to the story
feeling slighted over the replacement of
his program in its prime time slot
sanchez went on an anti-semitic rant in
an interview with pete dominic you're
such a minority i mean you know
please what are you kidding he's he's
you're telling me that i'm telling you
that everybody who runs cnn is a lot
like stuart and a lot of people who run
all the other networks are a lot like
stewart it didn't take too long for the
consequences of his remarks to
materialize he was fired the very next
day by cnn with his show airing its last
episode that same night
number 9. bob beckel
the late bob beckel served as a co-host
of the fox news show the five from 2011
to 2015. by your own admission that's a
mistake no i don't think it's a reason
we should be there at all becca's time
on the program was marred by multiple
controversial remarks including some
targeted at muslims and asian americans
he was initially let go by the news
station after missing his show for
months while he recuperated from back
surgery becca was brought back on the
program two years later
welcome back thank you very much i
should say congratulations to you but i
can't only to receive the chop again for
uttering racially insensitive comments
as an african-american employee
in a time when multiple top figures of
the network were dealing with harassment
allegations fox news decided to save
face by parting ways with beckle this
time for good
number 8. charlie rose as a tv
journalist with over 40 years of
experience charlie rose built an
esteemed reputation for himself and
anchored different shows on multiple
networks
welcome to cbs this morning yeah and boy
am i happy to be all of that came
crumbling down in the wake of the 2017
hashtag metoo movement in november of
that year an article was published by
the washington post which uncovered
multiple allegations of misconduct
against the famed host most of these
women that we talked to
were working for him at a very early
stage in their careers so for them i
think that there would be a tremendous
risk you know to speaking out against
his behavior within 24 hours of the
publication rose's shows were suspended
and he was quickly taken off the
anchor's chair rose released an apology
soon after accepting responsibility for
his actions yet still trying to
undermine some of the allegations
leveled against him i deeply apologize
for my inappropriate behavior i am
greatly embarrassed i have behaved
insensitively at times and i accept
responsibility for that number 7. eric
bowling
a conservative pundit and television
host eric bolling began his tv career as
a financial analyst on cnbc's fast money
he made the transition to the fox
business network in the late 2000s and
eventually worked his way up to becoming
one of the hosts on the five hello
everyone i'm eric baldwin along with
kimberly guilfoyle
becco dana marino and greg gutfeld it's
five o'clock in new york city and this
is the five but bowling's steady rise at
fox would go into free fall in september
2017 when an article by huff post
alleged misconduct on his part the
report claims that bowling had
repeatedly sent inappropriate pictures
and text messages to his female
co-workers bowling quickly came out to
deny the allegations but he was
suspended by the network while they
investigated the claims about a month
later bowling was dismissed and his show
was ultimately cancelled
ralph peterson my wife of 20 years and i
are completely on board on the same page
and that
i've never done anything like that
number 6. ed henry
during his time as the chief white house
correspondent for fox news ed henry was
hit with a scandal that jeopardized his
career it was alleged that henry had
engaged in an extramarital affair with a
las vegas cocktail hostess in response
fox news put out a statement saying we
recently became aware of ed's personal
issues and he's taking some time off to
work things out this revelation led to a
four-month suspension from the network
after which henry slowly tried to
rehabilitate his reputation in 2020
however more allegations were uncovered
against the news host i felt that he had
the power to derail me to destroy me to
ruin my career
and
i just i didn't have a voice until now
this time henry was sued by two women
who maintains that they were harassed
and assaulted by him henry was suspended
by the network when the accusations came
to light and eventually fired after an
investigation was carried out he was
fired three weeks ago shortly after the
new claims against him first surfaced
number 5. dan rather
two weeks before the 2004 u.s
presidential elections cbs aired an
episode of 60 minutes two in which dan
rather presented a series of memos
called the killian documents last week
on this broadcast we heard for the first
time the full story from a texas
politician who says he helped george
bush avoid military service in vietnam
these memos contained false allegations
about former president george w bush's
service in the texas national air guard
as soon as the documents hit the
internet they were heavily scrutinized
and alleged to be forgeries following
weeks of mounting pressure cbs retracted
the story and fired the producers who
brought it to the screen those were
facts and that was true
because
it was true those who wanted to
discredit the story had to attack the
process by which we got to the truth and
they successfully attacked us on that
although rather stayed on much longer he
was eventually pushed out of the network
after more than four decades working
with them the controversial events were
dramatized in the 2015 movie truth
general
this is dan rather
general
sir
thank you for doing this number four
jane akray
jane akray spent years working as a
reporter for local and national stations
but she is mostly known for her
whistleblower case against
wtvt a fox affiliate we were just the
people to be the investigators do any
stories you want ask tough questions and
get answers so we thought this is great
this is a dream job in 1997 akray and
her then husband steve wilson put
together a damning report about a
biotechnology company called monsanto in
a bid to kill the story monsanto reached
out to roger ailes the then fox news
president informing him of the report's
potential consequences one week later
monsanto sent the second letter and this
was even more strongly worded
and it said there will be dire
consequences for fox news if the story
airs in florida
and this time they freaked wtvt then
chose to dump the story and refuse to
renew acre and wilson's contracts the
next year the couple took this as
wrongful termination and filed a lawsuit
against the network this isn't about
being fired for no cause
you're firing us because we refused to
put on the air something that we knew
and demonstrated to be false and
misleading following a trial that
dragged on for years the court ruled in
favor of wtvt
only siding with acre on her
whistleblower claim
number three chris cuomo
once a top-rated anchor at cnn chris
cuomo was fired by the news giant for
his role in defending his brother former
new york governor andrew cuomo
the once beloved governor was alleged to
have harassed multiple women over the
course of his long political career she
claims that the governor kissed her on
the lips during a one-on-one briefing in
his office and that he would go out of
his way to touch her on the lower back
arms and legs citing a conflict of
interest cuomo decided not to report on
any of the allegations leveled against
his brother on his primetime news
program i never covered my brother's
troubles because i obviously have a
conflict and there are rules at cnn
about that but an investigation by the
new york attorney general's office
revealed that he had secretly helped the
former governor mount a defense against
incoming harassment claims this led to
cnn suspending cuomo indefinitely and
eventually taking him off the network in
december 2021
i know where the line is i can respect
it and still be there for my family
which i must cnn finding that line
crossed chris cuomo fired following an
inquiry over how he helped his brother
new york governor andrew cuomo number
two matt lauer at the time of his
dismissal matt lauer had spent 20 years
co-hosting nbc's popular today morning
show after 10 presidential interviews
nine olympics and trips to more than
60 countries can you believe that wow
it's time to look back at some of matt's
most memorable moments right here on
today during his time at the network
lauer interviewed several high-ranking
political figures covered multiple
olympic games and was once being paid a
20 million dollar annual salary i was mr
nonchalant until about 25 minutes ago we
all went around the bus and started
talking about our personal stories and
how we got here and and now i'm just one
mass of butterflies i couldn't be
happier in november 2017 nbc fired lauer
after a female colleague brought forward
allegations of inappropriate behavior by
the famed anchor more allegations
trickled in as time went by with some
sources claiming that the network was
aware of lauer's misconduct and chose to
do nothing about it nbc's matt lauer has
been fired over reports of inappropriate
sexual behavior in the workplace lauer
issued a statement after his termination
in which he claims to be embarrassed by
the accusations but still dismissed some
of them as false
number one bill o'reilly
topping our list is the scandal that
brought down one of the most popular
news anchors in broadcasting history so
supporter of yours somebody likes you
asked me yesterday why doesn't trump
just stick to the issues because some of
them are resonating why does he have to
get personal how do you answer that bill
o'reilly was the host of the o'reilly
factor on the fox news channel which was
the number one cable news show for 16
years straight o'reilly was ousted from
the network in april 2017 after a
bombshell report by the new york times
after a thorough and careful review of
the allegations the company and bill
o'reilly have agreed that bill o'reilly
will not be returning to the fox news
channel the article revealed a series of
harassment lawsuits brought against
o'reilly and the millions of dollars he
had paid as settlement to his victims
the revelations caused the show to lose
a significant proportion of its
advertisers and o'reilly was pushed out
of the network he currently hosts a show
on the conservative streaming platform
the first tv
it's an anomaly because fox news itself
leans right
the poll leans left
don't know why
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