{"id":1962205,"date":"2023-07-01T11:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T15:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-geraldo-rivera-gets-very-personal-during-his-final-hours-on-fox-news-the-rest-is-history\/"},"modified":"2023-07-01T11:13:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T15:13:28","slug":"watch-geraldo-rivera-gets-very-personal-during-his-final-hours-on-fox-news-the-rest-is-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-geraldo-rivera-gets-very-personal-during-his-final-hours-on-fox-news-the-rest-is-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Geraldo Rivera&#8217;s Personal Farewell on Fox News &#8211; &#8216;The Rest is History&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-geraldo-rivera-gets-very-personal-during-his-final-hours-on-fox-news-the-rest-is-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1962205&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Affirmative Action Defender Geraldo Rivera Ends Tenure at Fox News<\/h2>\n<p>A longtime Fox News personality ended his <a title=\"Niger heads to polls in search of first democratic transition\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/niger-heads-to-polls-in-search-of-first-democratic-transition\/\">tenure<\/a> on the network with a defense of <a title=\"A Survival Guide for Conservatives During the Biden Years\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-survival-guide-for-conservatives-during-the-biden-years\/\">racial discrimination<\/a> in <a title=\"Biden Justice Department Scraps Investigation Into Yale\u2019s Discriminatory Admissions Process\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-justice-department-scraps-investigation-into-yales-discriminatory-admissions-process\/\">college admissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Geraldo Rivera defended <a title=\"Medical Professor Warned Colleagues That School\u2019s Racial Preferences Were Illegal And He Was Removed From Directorship. Now He\u2019s Suing.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-professor-warned-colleagues-that-schools-racial-preferences-were-illegal-and-he-was-removed-from-directorship-now-hes-suing\/\">affirmative action<\/a> during a Friday appearance on Fox &#038; Friends \u2014 his last appearance on the network as a Fox News employee.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera\u2019s remarks came after Thursday\u2019s Supreme Court ruling that the use of affirmative action in college admissions is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/geraldo-rivera-blasted-floating-sees-strongest-gop-alternative-potus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">center-left foil<\/a> of Fox\u2019s broadcast content pointed to his own personal history in his defense of the practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a product of affirmative action over a half a century ago,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera cited an endeavor by the Ford Foundation and Columbia University\u2019s journalism school to diversify New York news media during the early 1970s.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Contributor Geraldo Rivera praises affirmative action \u2014 and says the SCOTUS ruling restricting it \u201cwill impact many people of color\u201d \u2014 on his final appearance on Fox News:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a product of affirmative action over a half a century ago.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4m9IyB7PsQ\">pic.twitter.com\/4m9IyB7PsQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1674777776669204483?\">June 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a title=\"Watch: Geraldo Rivera's Personal Farewell on Fox News - 'The Rest is History'\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-geraldo-rivera-gets-very-personal-during-his-final-hours-on-fox-news-the-rest-is-history\/\">left-leaning media personality recounted<\/a> his experiences representing a Puerto Rican activist group \u2014 which led him to be selected as a candidate for the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I got discovered that way, and they drafted me for the Columbia program, and the rest is history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rivera clarified that he had quit Fox News in a Thursday video recorded from a motorized boat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bumpy day on the North Atlantic. Anyway, I got fired from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFive?\">@TheFive<\/a> so I quit Fox. After 23 years tomorrow Fox and Friends could be my last appearance on the network. Thanks for the memories. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/74Qgalz8sF\">pic.twitter.com\/74Qgalz8sF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeraldoRivera\/status\/1674503200576098304?\">June 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been fired from The Five, and as a result of that I quit Fox,\u201d Rivera revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greg-gutfeld-reportedly-reason-geraldo-rivera-leaving-five-knockdown-drag-fights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tenuous relationship<\/a> with fellow personality Greg Gutfeld is thought to have spurred his exit from the network.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera\u2019s intermittent appearances on The Five also fueled speculation about his potential exit from Fox.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Getting close\u2026my 80th birthday next week and this coming Thursday and Friday my last appearances on \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFive?\">@TheFive<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p0Lmt8Pjca\">pic.twitter.com\/p0Lmt8Pjca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeraldoRivera\/status\/1673806656243748865?\">June 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rivera has worked for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/r\/geraldo-rivera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Some viewers of Fox objected to Rivera\u2019s congratulatory send-off, noting that fired host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlsons-enemy-fox-news-crashing-burning-without-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> received no such distinction from network management.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-geraldo-rivera-gets-personal-final-hours-fox-news-rest-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Watch: Geraldo Rivera Gets Very Personal During His Final Hours on Fox News \u2013 &#8216;The Rest is History&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fox News personality defended racial discrimination in college admissions as he bid farewell to the network. 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