Another Top Fox News Host Is Out After Allegations of Inappropriate Conduct

Initial News Report Cited 14 Sources

Fox News host Eric Bolling is the latest personality from the conservative cable news network to be out after allegations of inappropriate behavior. 

“Fox News Channel is canceling ‘The Specialists,’ and Eric Bolling and Fox have agreed to part ways amicably,” the beleaguered TV network said in a statement. “We thank Eric for his ten years of service to our loyal viewers and wish him the best of luck.”

Bolling was suspended just one month ago after HuffPost published a story by freelance reporter Yashir Ali “which was based on 14 sources, revealed that at least three current and former Fox colleagues said they had received inappropriate text messages from Bolling, including photos of male genitalia,” Ali reported Friday afternoon.

In response, Bolling filed a $50 million lawsuit against Ali, but not HuffPost, alleging defamation, despite Ali’s report citing 14 sources.

At the time, Bolling took to Twitter to deny the allegations:

And HuffPost’s Editor-in-Chief made clear the same day their confidence in the story and the reporter:

Bolling is another top Fox News employee out after allegations of inappropriate behavior. Former CEO and chairman Roger Ailes, who died in May, after allegations he sexually harassed employees.

Bill O’Reilly, another former top Fox News name, was reportedly forced out after The New York Times reported the network and O’Reilly had quietly paid millions to settle several sexual harassment lawsuits.

In July The Washington Post reported Fox News had “a frat house atmosphere” that “triggered a series of high profile exits and legal actions stemming from sexual harassment.”

Bolling in 2011 came under fire for saying, “we were certainly safe between 2000 and 2008 — I don’t remember any terrorist attacks on American soil during that period of time,” ignoring 9/11 entirely.

Raw Story notes that in June, just months before being suspended, Bolling said he would run for the U.S. Senate when his TV career was over.

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