‘Juan Antonio’ is not just outnumbered on “The Five”…He’s outwitted, outthought , out maneuvered , and outclassed…for over 7 years…but now it’s over…mercifully.
Does anyone wonder how much Fox has paid Juan Williams to make a complete ass of himself, day in, day out…as a ‘host’ on The Five?
The “long Embarrassment”, though, is over for Juan. Wednesday, he announced that he was leaving as one of the ‘hosts’ of the popular FoxNews show, “The Five”.
He must be relieved, especially if he gets the same pay in his new Fox assignment in Washington D.C.
He must have been highly remunerated…having to go before Fox viewers and defend every stupid Progressive position, strategy, action, or thought…even the hapless Joe Biden. And he had to do it every weekday evening against 4 of Fox’s smartest, wittiest, most thoughtful, and eminently sensible.
It’s gotta take a toll on a man…Juan Williams is not a stupid person; in fact he is intelligent and perceptive, and has won well-deserved awards for his work on television documentaries and books he has written.
(Williams wrote a column for the Washington Post, however, defending Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, against sworn testimony by Anita Hill charging sexual harassment by Thomas.)
– An unlikely coincidence, Juan was soon fired from NPR (in 2010); he said some truth, which appears to be forbidden by NPR policy
– when he went directly to Fox after his firing, he got $2 million/year as a “contributor” ( a”big raise” for him he said)
– As a ‘host’ on “The Five”, he’s surely making much more.
– But, is it worth it? Every day, Williams must utter some unintelligible nonsense in response to very specific, truthful, trenchant, and witty comments from much cleverer ‘co-hosts’, including Gutfeld, Watters, etc. According to Fox, it plans to rotate liberal co-hosts until Wlliams’ permanent replacement is named. (You ‘spose Bob Beckel could ‘come back’? Juan replaced Beckel, a non-formidable Democrat hack, when the latter was apparently fired because of his alleged affinity for a more than occasional nip.)
Megan Albano, the Vice President of The Five and Weekend Programming, said in a statement that the network is “incredibly grateful” for Williams’ work over the years.
I guess we’re all “grateful”, Megan. dlh
