Fox Analyst Calls for Assange’s Killing

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues to face threatening calls from a number of U.S. politicians and commentators since the release of the diplomatic cables. This week, Fox Business commentator Bob Beckel called for Assange’s assassination.

Bob Beckel: "We’ve got special ops forces. I mean, a dead man can’t leak stuff. This guy’s a traitor, a treasonous, and he has broken every law of the United States. The guy ought to be—and I’m not for the death penalty—so if I’m not for the death penalty, there’s only one way to do it: illegally shoot the son of a bitch."

Ex-Fox News Employee Claims Firing After Racial Complaint

And Fox News is also making headlines today with a lawsuit from a former employee who says he was fired after complaining about racial abuse. Harmeen Jones, an African American, says he endured a daily barrage of "racist, sexist, and extremely offensive comments" against blacks, Muslims, Jews, women and Hispanics while working at Fox News headquarters in New York. Jones says he was let go after filing an internal complaint.

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Tides Foundation CEO Urges Advertisers to Boycott Fox News

What you say matters.... Saying crazy things is going to inspire crazy people, Mr. Beck.

In media news, the founder and CEO of the Tides Foundation has written to advertisers of Fox News asking them to remove all of their ads from the network or risk having blood on their hands. In July, a fan of Fox News broadcaster Glenn Beck was arrested for plotting to assassinate employees of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU. The gunman, Byron Williams, admitted Beck’s show inspired him to plot the attack. For months Beck has railed against the Tides Foundation, accusing the San Francisco-based non-profit of being part of a secret left-wing plot to take over the government. In his letter to advertisers on Fox News, Drummond Pike of the Tides Foundation wrote, "The next 'assassin' may succeed, and if so, there will be blood on many hands. The choice is yours. Please join my call to do the right thing in this regard and put Fox News at arm’s length from your company by halting your advertising with them." Recipients of the letter included JPMorgan Chase, BP, GEICO, Chrysler and GlaxoSmithKline.