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Beck’s Interview With Ben Shapiro: Hollywood Libs Admit They‘re ’A Propaganda Tool’
- Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:08pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Today, Glenn Beck had author Ben Shapiro on his radio show to discuss his new book “Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV.” We‘ve already covered some of the early revelations from Shapiro’s research here and here, which includes a founding “Sesame Street” executive admitting liberal propaganda was woven into some episodes.
During Shaprio’s interview with Beck, Shapiro chatted about his astounding interviews with left-leaning celebrities who unabashedly admitted their political biases.
Shapiro told Beck, ”They know the power of the medium that they’re using.”
Watch and listen to the interview below:
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mlcblog
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 2:17amThis is news? oh, well, I am always up for a good expose. Exposay?
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 2:01amWhen the Mcarthy hearings were going on all the Communist in Hollywood denied it, as soon as there was no threat from the hearings and it all faded away, they came out and admitted they were communist. It seems we need to stop judging the messengers and looking for perfection and look deeper into the message.
Report Post »Suzee
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:08amJZS: what you do not say or maybe you don’t get is: some want to promote their message by using different media to subvert the mind with subliminal messages while others want to openly discuss the truth. One is propaganda the other is open unabashed debate. The truth has no agenda……it is discussed openly not shadily snuck in.
Report Post »Stronge
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 1:50amIf the truth has no agenda, why does Glenn Beck insist on changing the text of Martin Niemoller’s poem “First They Came”?
Report Post »Stronge
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:57pmFirst they came for the communists,
and I didn‘t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn‘t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn‘t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for me
Report Post »and there was no one left to speak out for me.
TheGreyPiper
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:51pmHah, look at the leftards trying to call the kettle black! The “celebrities” Jizzies mention are all political commentators, not pop divas like Oprah, Barbra Stresand, and … just about every other vacuous Hollywood puppet. And it goes way back. Look how the leftist establishment crucified Elia Kazan for “On the Waterfront.” Even Charlton Heston often maintained how even he had to fight for work after speaking out politically. Sorry, toads, it’s a very old game which, typically, has usually been denied. Yes, we always knew it, and pointed it out, but you laughed and called us conspiracy nuts. Now the lid is blown off, so start your cute little damage control, and do your “let’s pretend” bit like a four year old caught with the Oreos — “Oh, THESE cookies?” Go to hell, leftards, go to hell.
Report Post »donh2
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:26pmThe Nanny state is the evil Utopian master plan of Mr Rogers.
Report Post »Batjak456
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:02pmAs I stated in yesterday’s “Hollywood’s Disdain For Conservatives” article…
I find it comically sad that all those ‘pseudo-intellectual‘ types callin’ the shots in lefty-land Hollywood
absolutely deny any association with influencial ‘trend-setting‘ with a ’pseudo-intellectual’ comment like, “We only reflect current social morays…we don’t create it” or similar bilge…
When, in fact, they ALL know how effective Hitler’s tactic of forcing movie-goers to view outrageous Jewish metaphors of ‘rats scurring in the gutters’ was.
AKMIIKEUS = <0
BATJAK456
Report Post »ALL GAVE SOME
SOME GAVE ALL
BurntHills
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:00pmapparently TV isn’t bad for our eyes, it is bad for our nation. Jan 2013 can’t get here soon enough, we must have a new 100% AMERICAN President who will put an end to this communist democrat obama-collaborator nonsense.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:58pm@ AKMIKEUS: The Right is smart enough but just NOT DEVIOUS ENOUGH to be as sneaky as HOLLYWOOD LEFTISTS!
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:18amthat is one of the funniest things i have ever read that someone posted on the blaze.
Report Post »Angeld
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:55pmBoycott Hollywood. Don’t go to their movies. Don’t buy their music.
Report Post »FANGS
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:54pmThis Became obviousely clear as soon as Obama was elected. Havn’t seen a movie since. Havn’t bought a movie since. I’ll never buy a G.M. car Or a Chrysler either. They signed their deals with the Devil, and are traitors to America and Freedom. I’ll never forget Who My enemies are.Never.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:54pmDemocrats just have to beat Republicans to win elections. Republicans have to beat EVERYONE to do so.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:54pmthe minute obama began to campaign for 2008, you could actually see the primetime programs change, all lead characters had to be black men, even down to the hit military crime show NCIS suddenly killing off the redheaded woman Director co-lead character and replacing her with the sneaky snake black guy. one of our vets had come home from overseas and started to list his shows, and it came to 18 tv shows he used to enjoy, one by one they fell to the subliminal BLACK MAN IS YOUR LEADER agenda. (altho a few suddenlt had black women In Charge, like the Mentalist had Hightower for awhile… to get America used to Flotus changing everything to suit her anti-American tastes. ) . how tragic for America.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:40pmLiberals hate when Christians proselytize, yet they don’t see the 180 degree immoral connection of their BS propaganda.
It would be funny, if it wasn’t so sad
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:20amAll Christians do on the Blaze is spew their hate.
Report Post »Gotta love the Right wing Christian base.
commonsenseguy
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:23pmif it is not Glenn Beck, NASCAR, fishing shows, hunting shows , gun shows, deadliest catch, the smoking gun, lizard lick towing, or military channel , history channel , the first 48, it will not be seen on my t v , no i don’t have kids at home any more, but when they were younger, they only watched, buggs bunny , wylie coyote , tom and jerry,or fogg horn legg horn, that was it and they turned out fine,
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:50pmYou (we) are just what the left is using in their Hillbilly arguments, and we watch pretty much the same. Dont forget Swamp People. But you have to listen and watch the other side so that you have the facts (or lack there of them i.e the other side) to make and win your argument. Don’t limit and cripple yourself by just watching one side. Arm yourself with knowledge of their side and take them down with your facts and truth.
Report Post »santramir
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:22pmeverybody new that as clear as everybody know zionist jews are the planet managers to blame for the human kinf failure
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:56pmthere it is, we have read the “blame the Jews” by the obama collaborators remarks elsewhere on articles, “Jews own Hollywood”, etc. how disgusting.
it is the communist DEMOCRATS fault, not the Jews.
God bless Sen Joe McCarthy, at least he TRIED.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:53pmWhoops, troll alert! Whose alt are you?!?!?
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:18pmHaving understood that the left-wing movie/TV stars has been occupying Hollywood for decades, I can’t say that I would find this surprising in the slightest.
Report Post »fragglerk
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:50pmHollywood has always been about whores, both male and female. They’ll sell their soul to turn this country into socialism. It started way back in the late thirties and continues today. Before they only had movie houses, now they have the networks too. Look and watch the liberal messages spewing from those screens.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:34pmAnyone with half a brain already knew they were useful idiots. Hollywood has always had a problem with communism.
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:47pmExactly.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:46pmI think thay have a problem with FREEDOM.
Report Post »would be Happpy with communism,but only for a short time.
I like to watch an old John Wayne movie when
I start feeling down
Rightsofman
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:33pmWhat I don’t get is the country the lefties envision for themselves and their progeny I wish someone would explain it. So far all I ‘ve seen is how they want to tear down “the system” but to be replaced by what?
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:34pmBabylon the Great
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:43pmWell, see, that is the problem. These people are the “useful idiots” Lenin spoke of–the people who are used by those who are hungry for power. They haven’t really thought far enough ahead to figure out what comes next–they’re just enamoured with the Utopian picture the leftists paint–which is a lie, of course. There won’t be anything Utopian about it, if they get their way–and what is really sad is that the “useful idiots” are the first ones to be done away with when they finally do get the power they crave. Because once they have it, they won’t need the useful idiots anymore, and they will have ceased to serve any purpose. One wonders why these people do not have sense enough to study history and see how this works.
On the surface of it, Communism with its high talk 9of “justice for the people”, etc. appeals to the idealistic idiot like these Hollywood people. They are so entranced with the illusion that they never look beyond the smoke and mirrors to see the truth.
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:27pmMcCarthy was spot on and was pilloried by the America he was trying to save. Now look at what we got.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:33pmThat’s right! McCarthy knew what was happening way back then. I was too young to remember but I have seen clips of some of the hearings. We need more like him in our government.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:58pmcan we clone him?………
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:39pmFrom what I heard today on the program is that this is the first time in our time that someone has them in their own words saying this. Shapiro said that the way he presented himself with a Harvard cap and his last name, that these libs thought he was one of them. This is not new to many of us, but if it is sheds light on others, that is good.
Report Post »VIKINGDAWG88
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:26pmThere are many people who are genuinely surprised to hear this. That is both amazing and sad.
Report Post »jim
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:25pmThat‘s why I don’t watch networks.
Report Post »Americangal1953
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 10:20amI stopped watching the 3 main TV channels in 2004, wish I had done it sooner!
Report Post »Steel Awesome
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:17pmSay it ain’t so.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:55pm“Round up the usual suspects.”
Report Post »912anita
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:10pmbeen watching it for years – all the kids movies have the progressive social agenda embedded in the story.
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:21pmWell maybe if the Right was creative and smart they could create, write, direct, and produce shows and movies that represent their values.
It’s not a matter of money, the Right has money.
Report Post »It just lacks everything else.
Isn’t sister Sarah coming out with her own movie?
AKMIIKEUS
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:24pmYes, true, we’ve all known this for a very long time.
The Blaze and Beck want to make this surprising and Explosive news.
If this bothers the Right so much, all you have to do is create your own studios, network, t.v. shows, and movies.
Report Post »mhojai
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:30pmExcept now, there may be a story embedded in the propaganda …
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:33pmShapiro told Beck, ”They know the power of the medium that they’re using.” As in Fox news.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 9:35pmLike sharing
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:20pmAbsolutely no surprise here. Hollywood libs are just acting like typical lib/progressives. They like to shove their ideology down everyone else’s throats.
Maybe the rest of us need to give them a little lesson in diplomacy……and boycott any movie/show in which they participate. If they continue to force-feed their socialist ideas on the public, then they can pay the price. How long would they last if their movies bomb at the box office? Maybe we should find out.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 10:37pmI simply love the headline, “Shapiro chatted about his astounding interviews with left-leaning celebrities who unabashedly admitted their political biases.”
Would it be astounding if right-leaning celebrities unabashedly admitted their political biases? Is it astounding that celebrities like Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, O’Reilly, Hannity etc. “unabashedly admit their political biases?”
Yeah, sure Sesame Street is a liberal propaganda machine with the message: be yourself, respect yourself, respect others despite superficial differences, learn, stay in school, resolve differences peacefully. We certainly don’t want our children absorbing that liberal propaganda (sarcasm).
Okay, “Happy Days” had a “subtle” anti-Vietnam message. I watched that show and didn’t see that and was of almost of draft age, but it’s kind of beside the point. Most of the US has an anti-Vietnam opinion right on the surface. “Friends” (which I’ve never seen a full episode of), was anti-family values because the characters accepted gay people. Well, that was one of the most popular shows ever so “the message” didn’t offend many.
I admire the guy (did you notice he was a bit of a twit?) for making a buck off of the typical poster here. But this is just so much nothing I can hardly believe it.
Report Post »OneRepublic4us
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:16pmHollywood Liberals can be brought down. Just watch it happen.
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:24pm@onerepublic
Really? How So?
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:25pmOh this is good! Some of the stories on the Blaze REALLY bring out all the Beck haters. It looks like this story really stepped on the ant mound.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:33pm@JZS
Communist goals #21 & #25
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 1:00am@akmiikeus… I have said this many times… the liberal mind is that of creativity, and the conservative is that of logic… the way I know I’m right about Libs… it takes a ton of creativity to make their lies so believable.
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dizzyinthedark
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:00amWe grew up on the The Three Stooges where do they fit in to all this? Wow, probably where all the violence came from.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:44amIt’s real simple. Don’t support the morons! I have not went to a movie or watched anything but various diverse news for years. They get nowhere with me. The same goes for musicians that are being used as tools. Ignore them. They are only around because the folks support the non-sense.
Report Post »Alan
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 6:09amAkmiikeus has a point. We conservatives need to create our own entertainment industry, stations, movies, etc . . . Fox News is a beginning, and Breitbart is a giant step forward. Lets all start investing in a pro American tv, movie, and news perspective. So thank you, Akmiikeus. < yes, I know, he's a lefty troll, still a good idea.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 6:25amwow…what a surprise…. does a bear have hair…
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:07amWe see what happens when people try to make movie that are counter to the socialist culture in Hollywood. When Atlas Shrug had to be made with the director own capital or when Mel had to make the Passion with his own money……Hollywood is dead to me and until they change their course I for one will keep my money and by books the one media source not totally corrupted and taken over by progressives.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:40amSo why do you we watch any liberal propaganda? We have the power, turn them off. If you watch you are part of the problem. Anything from the news to hollywood, turn it off! They will dry up and go away!
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