Television veteran Geraldo Rivera says he's quitting Fox News' political combat show 'The Five'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

NEW YORK -- Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News' popular political combat show “The Five,” saying Wednesday that “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences” made it no longer worth it to him. The last scheduled appearance on “The Five” for the television veteran, whose 80th birthday is on July 4, is next week.

“It has been a rocky ride but it has also been an exhilarating adventure that spanned quite a few years,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday. “I hope it's not my last adventure.”

Rivera said that it was his choice to leave “The Five,” but that Fox management “didn’t race after me to say, ‘Geraldo, please come back.’” There was no immediate comment from Fox. Despite airing in the late afternoon instead of prime time, “The Five” has become Fox's most-watched program, with an average of more than 3 million viewers last year. Its conceit is simple — five people, four of them conservative and one liberal — kick around the issues of the day.

Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino and Jeanine Pirro are the regular conservatives. Rivera has rotated as the liberal voice with Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., a former congressman from Tennessee. Rivera said he planned to remain as a “correspondent at large” at Fox, with a contract that expires in January 2025.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/television-veteran-geraldo-rivera-quitting-fox-news-political-100280582

[ZZenith]

1. "Lonely liberal voices"

Holy shit.

Yeah, Geraldo has been manning the barricades for quite some time.

[ret5hd]

2. Beat me to it.

[Gregory Peccary]

4. A moderate Republican is liberal to Fox News

[ZZenith]

8. And a radical right-wing fanatic to the rest of the civilized world.

But I don’t believe Geraldo to be a moderate of any sort. He’s been riding that fascist gravy train too long to not know the real score. “Greedy opportunist” is probably closer.

[rpannier]

18. In fairness to Geraldo

compared to Harold Ford Jr, he's a radical and he takes more forceful positions

[rsdsharp]

3. "Liberal voice."

I do not think that phrase means what he thinks it means.”

[UpInArms]

5. Rivera a liberal?

[Mike Nelson]

6. Huh?

... he hasn't been a "liberal" in decades.

[peppertree]

24. The man's as empty as his Al Capone vault

Such that with money, they fill him with whatever political line they want.

[Grokenstein]

7. Well, 'bye. I hope it IS your last "adventure."

Piss off into obscurity, fool.

[The Grand Illuminist]

9. I am tired of watching who were once "trend setting" journalists

that in later years became total douchebags like Rivera and Stossel. We need total uncompromised truth.

[aggiesal]

10. The only thing liberal with Geraldo is his moustache n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

11. He's probably punch drunk.

Tag team the "liberal".

[LiberalFighter]

12. He was a liberal?

[cab67]

13. Al Capone's vault should have been his last adventure.

[Kaleva]

14. Ed Sullivan got 4 times as many viewers back in the early 60s

Just making the point that not many people watch cable news

[marble falls]

15. He only seemed liberal in comparrison. He can do infomercials for all I care.

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. Wow, if this is a "liberal voice" what is a conservative voice?

Geraldo Rivera lumped praise on President Trump late Friday over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic by likening him to George S. Patton, the late U.S. Army general who commanded American troops during World War II.

Mr. Rivera, a former talk-show host and Fox News contributor admittedly friendly with Mr. Trump, drew parallels between the president and Patton in a social-media posting.

“Trump-haters clearly frustrated that the American people-many of whom did not vote for him-approve of the epic job @realDonaldTrump is doing to mitigate the #coronavirus catastrophe,” Mr. Rivera said on Twitter.



I don't think I will give you the link, as its a RW source.

[calimary]

17. What the hell was he doing over there in the first place?

[Mawspam2]

19. His latest missive was Biden should pardon Trump...

...like Ford pardoned Nixon - for "the good of the country".

FUCK HIM!

[Paladin]

20. Take the rest of your life off, Geraldo. Please. (nt)

[FSogol]

21. "I've done all the damage to my career that I can at this network. It is time to move on," he added.

[Kennah]

22. Maybe he'll take a submersible with Musk, Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh

[Mysterian]

23. Rivera is a piece of shit and he will never have a shred of credibility

A reprehensible fool who posed as a journalist on Fox "News."

[Snooper9]

25. "political combat show"