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Glenn Beck - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 29th Oct, 2009 - 1:24pm
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Post Date: 30th Nov, 2006 - 5:01pm / Post ID: #
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Gleen Beck is considered the third most popular radio talk show host right after Rush and Dr. Laura - so CNN went after him to do a TV show as well, hoping to win back all the conservative people who had fled to FOX Cable News - and it appears to be working. What is your review concerning the political input Gleen Beck gives strongly on his shows?
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Sometimes he overdoes it. Right now several sponsors pulled out from his show after he called President Obama a racist with a ''deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.'' He is really lucky to be living in the United States of America with such freedom of expression! 
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| About a dozen companies have withdrawn their commercials from ''Glenn Beck,'' the Fox News Channel program, after Glenn Beck, the person, said late last month that President Barack Obama was a racist with a ''deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.'' The companies that have moved their ads elsewhere in recent days included ConAgra, Geico, Procter & Gamble and the insurance company Progressive. In a statement that echoed the comments of other companies, ConAgra said on Thursday that ''we are firmly committed to diversity, and we would like to prevent the potential perception that advertising during this program was an endorsement of the viewpoints shared.'' The campaign against Beck is rooted in an advocacy group's objection to the commentator's remarks on July 28. Given the number of advertisers that have pledged to remove their spots, it appears to have been unusually successful. Its success also indicates that as commentary on cable news reaches a rhetorical boiling point, advertisers may become more skittish about being near it. ''We have TV today that's very polarizing and controversial,'' said Donny Deutsch, the advertising executive and occasional host on CNBC and MSNBC, a rival to Fox News. Last month, Deutsch listed some of the ''Glenn Beck'' advertisers and told MSNBC viewers that people who objected to Beck's remark should write to the chief executives of the companies. In an interview, he said corporate decisions about where to allot ad dollars were the ''ultimate check and balance.'' The sponsors' shifts came after a campaign by ColorOfChange.org, a black political coalition, to contact sponsors of Beck's program. The remark by Beck, a conservative radio host and comedian who joined Fox News in January, came not on his 5 p.m. Talk show but on ''Fox and Friends,'' a raucous morning program. That day, Fox News appeared to distance itself quickly from Beck's remark that Obama was a racist, telling the TVNewser blog that Beck had ''expressed a personal opinion, which represented his own views, not those of the Fox News Channel.'' Two days later, ColorOfChange asked its 600,000 members to sign a petition addressed to Beck's advertisers. It says more than 100,000 have signed. Fox said the campaign had no financial effect. ''The advertisers referenced have all moved their spots from Beck to other day parts on the network, so there has been no revenue lost,'' said a spokeswoman for the channel, a unit of the News Corporation. Still, ColorOfChange trumpeted the advertisers' announcements as meaningful wins in news releases this month, and announced on Thursday that ConAgra, the pharmaceutical companies Roche and Sanofi-Aventis, and the electronics retailer RadioShack had pledged to remove ads from ''Glenn Beck.'' An official at RadioShack told the advocacy group that it had not bought time directly on Fox News, but that a third-party manufacturer had cited the retailer in its commercials. RadioShack said it had asked the manufacturer, magicJack, to ''immediately cease and desist running all commercials with our name tagged in the spot'' on the Beck program. Other companies also said their spots had been scheduled during ''Glenn Beck'' by mistake. Ads for Procter & Gamble and S.C. Johnson appeared on a weekend repeat of Beck's program by mistake, Fox acknowledged. Progressive said that its advertising order had specified ''no Glenn Beck,'' but Fox said it had bought a block of time with the channel that included Beck. Past efforts to put pressure on cable news advertisers have met more resistance. In the spring, when the liberal group ThinkProgress protested Bill O'Reilly of Fox News by contacting corporate sponsors, most wrote back by blandly thanking them for taking the time to write. One Ford Motor employee even suggested they abandon the petition tactic, writing, ''the silly form letters are just annoying and easy to delete... |
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Post Date: 15th Aug, 2009 - 1:47pm / Post ID: #
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Yeah, he has a "different" way of making his points. I'm not an expert in politics or anything like it; but I think that when it's all said and done, most of the time, his points are right on. I think some of us needed that "different" way to actually pay attention to what's going on today. I know I probably wouldn't have noticed his points if it not were for his "different" way of communicating.
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Wow I didn't know Beck was such an insecure guy....my goodness I ain't fan of President Barack Obama eh but come on show some respect for heaven's sake. Obviously he's just looking for the attention and he got it by losing sponsors, yeah so smart Glen. Go on!
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Post Date: 5th Oct, 2009 - 8:08pm / Post ID: #
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Lindsay Graham compliments Glenn
Not on purpose, of course -- Graham said Glenn 'does not represent the Republican party' which is of course 100% true and a comment Glenn wears with a badge of honor. Graham claims Glenn is not the voice of the conservatism, which is ironic coming from the guy nicknamed 'Grahamnesty' by conservatives annoyed with his progressive views. Glenn plays the audio and reacts to yet another politician who just doesn't get it. Ref. Source 8
Post Date: 23rd Oct, 2009 - 8:47pm / Post ID: #
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Glenn's Harlem Experience from yesterday
Glenn Beck in Harlem? Not exactly the place Glenn would go and find a lot of 'fans' but that wasn't the reason for the stop in Harlem. Glenn went to Harlem with Fox News contributor Charles Payne, which you can catch on TV. However Glenn ended up having a fascinating conversation with a man on the street. Find out what happened here. Ref. Source 9
Post Date: 28th Oct, 2009 - 11:38pm / Post ID: #
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Most Dangerous: Polanski, Madoff...Glenn?
Who are the scariest people you could dress up as for Halloween this year? According to Forbes Magazine, there are lots of them. Rapist Roman Polanski, biggest scam artist in history Bernie Madoff -- and topping the list: Glenn Beck. Perhaps this would be excusable if they described Glenn as scary because he's a slightly larger version of the giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters. Instead it was because he is a 'demagogue.' Glenn talks with Steve Forbes about the issue. Ref. Source 4
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Good thing he took it like a joke. I think those who don't like him is because they don't find him....ummm...how to put it, "genuine" enough. I have no problem with the guy really.
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