Glenn Beck

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I read an AP story that Glenn Beck...

"was actually on another Fox show July 28 when he referred to Obama as a racist with "a deep-seated hatred for white people." The network immediately distanced itself from Beck's statement, but Beck didn't. He used his radio show the next day to explain why he believed that. He would not comment for this article, spokesman Matthew Hiltzik said."

Anybody know the content of his "explanation"?
 
Glenn Beck an very smart man. He knows that in the world of "newstainment" you can get more viewers (and more money) by being "over the top" crazy. Glenn Beck and other like him are the "Howard Stern" of the cable news world.

Two channels I will never watch are Fox News and MSNBC. Both are more "soap opera" than actual real news. Hell, Jon Stewart of The Daily Show has more actual news.
 
I found out a bit more about this...

"Color of Change Executive Director James Rucker says that his organization wants Beck silenced for his July remark on Fox & Friends that Obama -s "racist" — an opinion Beck voiced in the context of the president’s chastising of the Cambridge Police Department and Sgt. James Crowley for acting "stupidly" in arresting Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates.

"It's preposterous and absurd," Rucker says of Beck's utterance. "It's insulting to black Americans, and it corrupts honest debate. Anyone who uses such a platform to spew such vitriol, whether Glenn Beck or anyone else, has no place on the air, and we at Color Of Change would use every resource available to us to remove corporate sponsorship from their platform."

Beck's enemies on the left, however, have awakened a sleeping giant in their campaign to destroy Beck.

Like the town hall protesters, Beck's supporters are rising up to declare they're fed up and not going to take it anymore. And joining in their counterattack are some of the most respected voices in conservative media.

On Thursday, DC Examiner editorial page editor Mark Tapscott wrote: "Funny, I don't recall that the First Amendment guarantees freedom of expression to everybody except those whose opinions the four members of ColorofChange.org find ‘repulsive and divisive.’"

Many of the companies the organization lists now deny they have anything to do with the boycott. Newsmax contacted Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, SC Johnson, and Radio Shack, all of which said they have not directed Fox News to pull their ads from the Glenn Beck Program, as Color of Change has stated.

The group probably would have been dismissed as a gadfly were it not for its high-level connections to the Obama White House. Color of Change co-founder Van Jones now works in the Obama administration as the president's "green jobs czar."

Looks like the White House is behind this...HMMMMM.
 
Obama did a racist move, he played the race card before he knew the facts, Beck reported and called it like it was. If it wasnt a racist move, then you can bet your ass their wouldnt have been the huge hush hush at the white house.

Glenn beck is dramatic, but his message is spot on... If you think the daily show is news , you need to really open your eyes. it is about laughs and ratings, and liberal agenda.
 
Glenn beck is dramatic, but his message is spot on... If you think the daily show is news , you need to really open your eyes. it is about laughs and ratings, and liberal agenda.

Yes, The Daily Show is comedy, not news. But anyone who thinks that FoxNews is "fair and balanced" needs to have their head examined.

Both Fox News and MSNBC are about viewers and ratings, not real news.
 
Yes, The Daily Show is comedy, not news. But anyone who thinks that FoxNews is "fair and balanced" needs to have their head examined.

Both Fox News and MSNBC are about viewers and ratings, not real news.
I'll agree to disagree, fox definitely is a right based organization, however there are quite a few of left pundits and speakers that enjoy fox, because they get a chance to debate and prove the point. MSNBC and CNN only preach one side. I like the fact that fox will stand their ground but allow left spokespersons to share their views. to me that is a balanced debate, and allows the viewer to make the choice.
 
I'll agree to disagree, fox definitely is a right based organization, however there are quite a few of left pundits and speakers that enjoy fox, because they get a chance to debate and prove the point. MSNBC and CNN only preach one side. I like the fact that fox will stand their ground but allow left spokespersons to share their views. to me that is a balanced debate, and allows the viewer to make the choice.

I agree; Fox has both news and editorial programming. The editorial programming is certainley right based, but many frequently feature the right/left debate segments. As far as Beck is concerned, at times I find him a bit too dramatic and heavy handed with his positions but he is an ardent supporter of the constitution which is more than I can say for Olberman or Maddow.
 
so isnt glenn beck a white guy? everyone is jumping his a$$ about saying a black person is racist. however, anytime sharpton or jackson say some white person is racist, its cool? im missing something arent i?
 
so isnt glenn beck a white guy? everyone is jumping his a$$ about saying a black person is racist. however, anytime sharpton or jackson say some white person is racist, its cool? im missing something arent i?

Yes. You are missing the HUGE double standard in this country when it comes to racism. :(
 
so isnt glenn beck a white guy? everyone is jumping his a$$ about saying a black person is racist. however, anytime sharpton or jackson say some white person is racist, its cool? im missing something arent i?
Come on now. You should know by now that only white people can be racist, or commit hate crimes, or racial profile.
Black people are to oppressed to be racist, or attain high offices. Their crimes are never hate crimes because even if it was black on white crime. the victim deserved it because of the years of oppression the poor black guy endured...:cuss:
 
Beck is being attacked by an Obama group called colorofchange.org. Can you imagine if we had a group called whitenochange.org?
 
Come on now. You should know by now that only white people can be racist, or commit hate crimes, or racial profile.
Black people are to oppressed to be racist, or attain high offices. Their crimes are never hate crimes because even if it was black on white crime. the victim deserved it because of the years of oppression the poor black guy endured...:cuss:




i forget these things.... :ack2:
 
Sprint is one company pulling. I called my account rep today and informed him we won't be renewing our corporate account when our contract is up next month. And I told him why. I've also made some calls to friends. This $hit works both ways. And my friends write much bigger checks to Sprint than the local chapter of whatever troublemakers.
 
Sprint is one company pulling. I called my account rep today and informed him we won't be renewing our corporate account when our contract is up next month. And I told him why. I've also made some calls to friends. This $hit works both ways. And my friends write much bigger checks to Sprint than the local chapter of whatever troublemakers.

Chris, I respect you for doing and backing up what you believe in. How many of us in our small ways do this also. We sometimes forget you don't have to be black to boycott businesses or celebrities. It's a small way of expressing our beliefs, but an important one.
 
Sprint is one company pulling. I called my account rep today and informed him we won't be renewing our corporate account when our contract is up next month. And I told him why. I've also made some calls to friends. This $hit works both ways. And my friends write much bigger checks to Sprint than the local chapter of whatever troublemakers.

Good for you Chris.
 
you guys see the absolutely beautiful irony here?

We have a black racial organization called ColorofChange calling Beck a racist for calling Obama a racist for calling the cops racist.
Weren't we supposed to transcend race once Obama was elected? Because that's what the media orgasm was indicating.

WTF?!
 
you guys see the absolutely beautiful irony here?

We have a black racial organization called ColorofChange calling Beck a racist for calling Obama a racist for calling the cops racist.
Weren't we supposed to transcend race once Obama was elected? Because that's what the media orgasm was indicating.

WTF?!

You're a racist! :p
 
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