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NY Times Columnist Has a Dream: Maybe Beck and Fox News Will Break Up!

As a recovering TV news anchor myself, I remember the years of staring at overnight Nielsen ratings and learning the importance of decimal points. These days, I’m more attentive to similarly arcane numerical constructions like UVs (that would be monthly Unique Visitors to a website), but I need a fix for my old TV ratings addiction, so I do look at the cable news ratings with interest.

The daily tally is, without much variation, a staggering account of Fox News dominating the space.  The flow of the Fox News line-up is a testament to the network’s trust in the convictions and creative visions of a truly unique group of hosts and their dedicated production teams.  And I’m always amazed at the consistency of the ratings — particularly Glenn’s.  The news cycle brings big swings to those numbers, but you can always look for that plumb line trend.

In the last few weeks, however, we have seen two trends in the pound-on-Glenn Beck front.  One group is jumping on Glenn for being some sinister doomsayer who is bad for conservatives.  On this front, I see lots of name calling but little serious argumentation.  The second attack front is trying to whip up a ratings disaster scenario that portends grim fates for Glenn Beck and Fox News.  The argumentation here is even less serious.  But, you can’t stop them from trying!

So, I guess I should not have been surprised that a prominent columnist/reporter for the The New York Times would decide to jump in on this front. I have read David Carr for decades and I respect him a great deal.  I can still disagree with significant portions of his reasoning here.  But, no doubt, the hypothetical musings he’s putting into play will only spur relentless new rounds of speculation (anyone want to bet on the number of mentions Carr gets on MSNBC tomorrow?).

But read it for yourself and comment thoughtfully!

The New York Times:

Almost every time I flipped on television last week, there was a deeply angry guy on a running tirade about the conspiracies afoot, the enemies around all corners, and how he alone seemed to understand what was under way.

While it’s true that Charlie Sheen sucked up a lot of airtime last week, I’d been watching Glenn Beck, the Fox News host who invoked Hezbollah, socialists, the price of gas, Shari’a law, George Soros, Planned Parenthood, and, yes, Charlie Sheen, as he predicted a coming apocalypse.

Mr. Beck, a conservative Jeremiah and talk-radio phenomenon, burst into television prominence in 2009 by taking the forsaken 5 p.m. slot on Fox News and turning it into a juggernaut. A conjurer of conspiracies who spotted sedition everywhere he looked, Mr. Beck struck a big chord and ended up on the cover of Time magazine and The New York Times Magazine, and held rallies all over the country that were mobbed with acolytes. He achieved unheard-of ratings, swamped the competition and at times seemed to threaten the dominion of Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity at Fox.

But a funny thing happened on the way from the revolution. Since last August, when he summoned more than 100,000 followers to the Washington mall for the “Restoring Honor” rally, Mr. Beck has lost over a third of his audience on Fox — a greater percentage drop than other hosts at Fox. True, he fell from the great heights of the health care debate in January 2010, but there has been worrisome erosion — more than one million viewers — especially in the younger demographic.

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  • cnerd
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:33am

    Let him dream on. He has NO life!

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  • phil1765
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:24am

    I don‘t always agree with GB’s personal opinions but you cannot fault his stories they are well researched and he always has the video to back it up. If Glenn has done nothing else it has gotten me and I am sure millions like me to actually do research that we should have been doing for years. Our naivete as a nation is why we are in the position that we are in now, and to tell you the truth I believe it is much worse than most want to believe. I heard Dicky Durbin say on one of the Sunday talk shows that we can’t get out of this crisis just by cutting spending, well how the hell do our supposed betters think that we are going to get out of this mess? Have the dems and progressive reps gone so far off the deep end that they don’t understand broke? Do they not understand that it is not the people of this great nation that are broken, that it is actually a government gone wild which is bankrupting our country? I pray daily for this country that I proudly served and love, I just ask that I be able to leave some semblance of the american dream for my kids and grandkids.

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    • felina g
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:24am

      If someone agreed with me all of the time they would be married to my husband !

      Glenn`s time spot is an odd one for us here in the west. Do they have a way to count tivo and dvr replays ? Glenn has never been as popular because watching him makes you hungry enough to read up and form your own opinions without being spoon-fed a line of bull.

      You cannot con an honest man.

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    • Reality Shack
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 9:49am

      “Dicky Durbin say on one of the Sunday talk shows that we can’t get out of this crisis just by cutting spending,”

      That‘s like a financial expert telling the guy who’s monthly budget is out of control, that he doesn‘t have to stop buying stuff on his credit card cause it wouldn’t help.

      Reality Shack  
    • Viking64
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 1:54pm

      Phil1765,

      I am in complete agreement with your comments about Glenn Beck, he has truly helped open the eyes of many Americans on several issues now facing this country, especially the out of control national debt crisis. Having ran several small businesses in past years, it always makes me laugh when the tax and spend lliberal elites propose solving huge financial problems by adding several poorly managed new government agencies and programs.. I would ask them all ,why not just better manage the failing way over budget programs we have had for years? Glenn ‘s TV program has been informative, direct , honest and a blesssing for many former Obama voters in Florida for sure, I have met and talked with many of them. Go Glenn , keep up the great work. I respect your efforts!

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:31pm

      well said phil. The left is scared to death of a man who strives to be honest, principled and detailed. It doesnt bother me that Beck makes a big bag of money for his work, he earns every penny!

      thats what scumbags who walk around pissed off about their lack of achievement loathe. they feel so smart, so enlightened, and so entitled yet they are epic failures at capitalism; which rewards you for innovation, dedication, and hard work. they will never get this until they are all doing the electric slide and no one is able to breakdance without being shot–they will truly have achieved the dream of all encompassing equality, a.k.a. the elusive all providing communist utopia.

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  • BlacksAgainstObama
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:20am

    Glenn ain’t goin NOWHERE! :) I guess we will see…

    http://www.watchglennbeck.com

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  • dcart888
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:18am

    after you post here go to NY ‘Rag’ Times and post there it’s driving the liberals nuts to see so many pro Beck posts … they can’t believe so many conservatives would read the NYT one guy posted

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  • DVT
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:15am

    How pathetic! Thats not a dream thats a delusion!
    Keep that hope and change goin tho, it seems to be workin wonders for all you progressive morons…NOT!

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  • LadyLiberto
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:04am

    Only those on the ship of fools read The NewYork Lies!

    Carry On Uncle Glenn!

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    • POIPNE
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:02am

      Unfortunately, so do quite a few on the “ship of state”. Both seem to be on the rocks.

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  • dennybug
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:55am

    These idiots on the left are so stupid the can’t even add. Their #’s are so screwd up 100k ha = 2+2=5 etc.. They are so jealous and scared of Beck and the likes its driving them more insane than they are already!!!!! Keep on keeping on Glenn you‘re the rock and we’re with you..God Bless!!!!

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  • Nobel Reggie
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:54am

    The public has grown up. We’ve spit up the pablum the Times spoon fed us for years. Glenn’s reaction is to clean us up and keep fostering our growth, encouraging us to learn. The Time’s reaction is to scold and punish us for messing up our clean bib, Glenn took our training wheels off, and sent us into the world to do great things. Old media took the wheels off the buggy to keep us obediently at home. Too late. They are just now discovering the buggy is empty!

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:32am

      @NOBEL ~~~ Very nice!!!

      Indeed, the buggy is empty because we’ve grown up and are now pushing that buggy!

      Thank you!

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  • upsetagainin2010
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:53am

    Lame attempt on implying Glenn Beck is losing his viewers and also on the low ball of 100 K on the 8/28.

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  • Lone Ranger
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:50am

    If Beck’s competitors were the praying kind, they would be down on their knees, PRAYING for his ratings.

    Having said that, I have heard rumblings that FNC hasn‘t been happy with some of Beck’s extracurricular activities, such as the rally on the Mall.

    Having said THAT, when has Beck ever been wrong?

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  • PCFreeZone
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:46am

    Apparently, Davie Boy finds it easier to take the low road and attack the messenger rather debate the issues Glenn raises.
    Come on Davie Boy, show some substance and be a real journalist. Do you have the capacity to express your critical thinking/analysis of real issues or are you so limited the best you can do is express criticism of individuals opposed to your political view?

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  • apollo18
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:40am

    If what they say were true, Rush Limbaugh would have been off the air years ago. I’ll believe that when I stop watching, and I haven’t touched my TiVo lately.

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  • jim
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:36am

    OMG! Newsflash: New York Times breaks up with New York!

    (New York) The venerable liberal bastion publication, The New York Times, may now go it alone as just, “Times.” The rumor mill has it that both Newark and Orlando have made offers to capture The New York Times and move it to their city… but who needs a city? “Our city is the progressive universe,” said NY Times Editor In Chief, Numb B. Skullion. If the break up takes place, estimates are that current NY Times readership may drop 40%, which would represent moderate New Yorkers who currently only subscribe to the paper to wipe their **s and do a crossword puzzle at the same time. Currently, The New York Times is cheaper than toilet paper. “If our ‘toilet paper’ subscribers feel they need to jump to the New York Post just to wipe their **s, then so be it,” said Skullion. “Just remember our crossword puzzle is the best… and I wouldn’t trade the **s of a moderate for the **s of our loyal progressives for a million bucks!” The Orlando Sentinel reports that Disney may purchase the paper and move it to Orlando, spinning it into a national mainstream rag like USA Today. “We’d take it more mainstream,” said Disney CEO Ruff Odor. “You know, more stories about animals — racoons, squirrels, dogs trapped in mine shafts… like CNN. I mean, look what it’s done for them…” (For More, Turn To Page 51.)

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  • sstepard
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:28am

    Big thumbs silentwatcher…

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  • 1accord
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:28am

    I‘m sure those numbers don’t include those who have dropped cable television and only view online. Glenn still have a large following. NYTimes not so much.

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    • felina g
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:28am

      Where are the online view stats as well as recording devices ?

      Many of the past shows are classics. Who else can you say that about ?

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  • kimford
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:25am

    We will one day see that Glenn is the most honest and correct man on television today. We may not want to hear what he says but he speaks the truth. Common sense should tell us that this country is in dire trouble. Oh, wait a minute, we have lost our common sense!!

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  • maxnap999
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:11am

    Ok really only 100,000 thousand for Restoring honor Rally. God these people just get me upset. I was there and there were over 500,000 and wouldnt be surprised more than that.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:25am

      That was 500,000 at Restoring Honor — at the Lincoln Memorial.

      Then the liberals/unions/SEIU (SEIU is paid to attend everything liberal) gathering on 10-2 (or whenever) didn’t amount to enough for them to brag about!

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    • BlazerBlazer
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:33am

      You are right…

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    • 9111315
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 9:33am

      Technically Carr’s article is correct and accurate. One Billion is more than 100,000. Carr, however, is demonstrating his skill at gaming the system to cheat, steal, molest, or cater his own brand of cool-aid to his readers.

      I view such actions as fraud. David Carr is an non-convicted felon who should be placed on you personal No B.S. Fly list.

      I feel sorry for the misled with small minds who believe David Carr!

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    • OhSuzieQ
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 10:03am

      I agree..I was there also..the best day of the year for me..

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    • mdlwoods
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 11:49am

      I was there too and I firmly believe the total was a whole lot closer to one million. There were 500,000 people just in the immediate reflection pool areas. But I was sooo proud when I saw the pic from the Washington Monument and then remembered how pristine the mall was when the rally ended. It is us, those who are proud of this Country, so proud that we won’t even leave a cigarette butt on the grounds of our “hallowed” monuments, that are going to save this Country. As Glenn always says, the Trust has no Agenda! And the only Agenda we who were at the 8-28 Rally had was restoring this Country to the Country envisioned by our founders and restoring ourselves to the people we need to be, who God wants us to be. As to David Carr, he just made himself look like a true fool in two ways: by reciting the false numbers at the 8-28 Rally and by trying to convince his readers that Glenn Beck was “on his way out!” When any left-wing news person or blogger says there were 100,000 at 8-28, I envision them getting big guilt lumps in their throats as they are writing it or saying it. Oh, wait, that would entail that they actually have a conscience about telling lies and we all know there is no conscience there when it comes to lies about conservatives! Thus, the telling difference between a Conservative and a Progressive: moral values!

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  • islandlady
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:11am

    Some will say what’s he being paid. All the names are there accordingly. But,
    I believe many are riding on Glenn’s Coattails. He’s in, he‘s now he’s hot news, so write about
    him, the more controversy the better, increase your popularity, but you’ll have to stand in a long, long line of fools.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:28am

      And, when the liberals tune in to see what Beck’s talking about that has the talking heaqds so excited, they cannot deny what Beck is saying! Beck is very convincing because he shows the videos of the Commies saying the stuff themselves. Beautiful!!!

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:33am

      @SHOWTIME I’ll bet many of those liberals are closet-Beck-viewers now.

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    • weeblewacker1
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 12:21pm

      well,speaking of coat-tails,i heard that one of the fellows,Alex Jones, that beck always rips -off for his little theories,is getting very p.o.ed at him, so mad he is going after beck in his new film that he is making.this should be funny one crack-pot goes after another crack-pot!!may the most ignorant win!!

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  • N37BU6
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:09am

    If someone’s wrong, wouldn’t you want them around to tear apart and debunk? You don’t throw away a source of revenue like that.

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  • agal
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:06am

    “One group is jumping on Glenn for being some sinister doomsayer who is bad for conservatives.”
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    Conservatives should be down on their knees saying “we’re not worthy” to Glenn Beck!

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    • RickWS
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:08am

      I’ve enjoyed Glenn, but I had to end my Insider Extreme and listen and watch less. The truth is a downer 5 hours a day.

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    • sodizzy
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:44am

      RickWS,

      It works the other way for me. Because it its truth, I feel lifted and hopeful. When we know what we are up against, we can mount a defense/attack, choose our position, make our stand, etc.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:14pm

      They will be down on their knees asking their god why they lost so badly in the 2012 elections – Beck will not be any help then either.

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  • Fletch
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:05am

    God Bless Glenn and his family and friends

    Long may you tome … and broadcast

    Thanks for all of the good work all of you do

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:35am

      I couldn’t had said it better Fletch
      God Bless Mercury and for ALL the work they do

      Sure hope Glenn gets to feeling better on that seaweed/beet juice diet!!!!

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    • Serenna
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:37am

      I love GB but have to say that sometimes he makes me want to hide in my closet with a bunch of canned goods and bottled water…I’d like to see more positive things I can do to protect my family. Come on Glenn give us hope and something in our control we can do to win this war!

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    • felina g
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:37am

      Kudos to his awesome staff ! Wouldn`t it be a dream job to be part of THAT ??!!

      I guess we really are all “Freedom Wieners” and I say that with pride. Pass the mustard, pleeze.

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  • Showtime
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:04am

    Hate to tell you, Dude, but one of our commenters left the link to this column hours ago! It’s the one that gave me the email address for David Carr. :-))

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  • maxedout
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:03am

    Never heard of Carr….and what is this New York Times thing you speak of?

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    • bobodu
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:43am

      Oh please…Schlox only APPEARS to be doing well because they cater to a unique viewer. If you had 100 pizza shops but only one offered anchovies, the two people out of a hundred who like salty fish would make the anchovy shop APPEAR to do twice as well as the others. Are you really that simple?

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:33pm

      MAXEDOUT,
      I never heard of Carr either.
      Sadly…,I have heard of the late great N.Y.Times. It is unbelievable to me that this current crop of owners have done the impossible! They have managed to turn a silk purse into a sow’s ear. That’s not easy to do. Voila! They did it.
      When I was little I felt so sorry for the Russian people who had no news sources except Govt. Tass and Pravda. Little did I know that as an adult living in the U.S.A. I would be confronted with the same thing via our very own liberal, idiotic media.
      We are engaged in WWIII, as yet undeclared.
      Sadly…, the “MAINSTREAM MEDIA” has taken the stance of Vichy and Chamberlain. They abet the evil.
      Beck is our Churchill.

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    • bobodu
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:55pm

      Lucy…don’t you mean “Beck is your CHURCH (on the ) Hill ” ???

      Look at what Arianna did to the Huffington Post. 315 million dollars…Beck won’t ever come close,especially since he’s losing stations. You don’t see WOR dropping Michael Savage…

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  • BoilitDown
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:03am

    If the NYT says it is so….then must be true.
    Certainly if the unquestioned integrity of the NYT backs up claims of Beck’s departure from Fox even without further corroboration, it will surely come to pass. I’m sure there are many on the NYT staff who think this way. I have a feeling, however, that this little dig at Beck will backfire on them, and inspire folks to bolster Beck’s ratings. The nature of NYT’s staff and contributors will never allow them to hide their extreme bias.

    Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/03/06/nyt-hit-piece-glenn-beck-fox-may-not-renew-his-contract#ixzz1FtXRHeAL

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 11:28am

      I‘m one who wonders about a vision from a leftist mouth piece who’s reader never qualify the truth from fiction and only hope that Beck and Fox part. This guy’s hit piece might register with the readership of the New York Slimes, but never with those who seek the truth, check the facts, and agree with Glenn Beck. The commies on the left just never get over their pipe dream of their Utopia! I‘m sure that if Beck was moved to O’Reilly’s time slot he could easily take over the No. 1 ratings. I‘m sure Beck didn’t attend Harvard, which gives him an unequaled advantage!

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    • lpc
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 12:00pm

      Why is NYT still in buisness? Glenn has the guts to tell it like it is, sure it can be depressing but we better face the truth sooner rather than later.

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  • Showtime
    Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:02am

    NY Times Columnist READER Has a Dream: Maybe Liberal Media and Obama Will Break Up!

    Showtime  
    • agal
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:13am

      I think you‘d better settle for hell freezing over cause there seems to be no end to the liberal media’s love fest with Obama.

      agal  
    • silentwatcher
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:17am

      Hey you NY Times Columnist,,,,dream on…..it ain’t happening. Fox News, Glenn Beck, and other members are what’s happening……..not some NY Times rag that cannot pronounce the truth, much less spell it.

      Rock on Glen.,

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    • HippoNips
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:35am

      Go to the NYT’s article and leave a comment and thumbs up pro Beck comments.

      Don’t just preach to the choir here , give them your words on their webturf

       
    • shy
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:38am

      If there was any truth to the new york times post that beck is losing views. it because Obama seams to always schedule his press release the same time as glen show and NO one wants to see Obama talk if they don’t have to. costing beck to have less viewers

       
    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:31am

      Why does anyone still read the NYT? They have more in common with Van Jones, Michael Moore, George Soros, Mao, Che, Marx, than most Americans anymore.

      Thatsitivehadenough  
    • SnapTie
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:38am

      http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cable-network-ranker-fox-news-number-two-channel_b55746 Nothing to see here when Fox news holds the top eleven spots.

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:48am

      Glenn came out strongly and stood up unashamidly for christian principles. So he lost some of his viewers who want to believe that America can be great without Gods help. Glenn has proven himself to be an honorable man. He now has a rock solid base of people who love America and who put their trust in God.

      bullcrapbuster  
    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:52am

      Thatsitivehadenough

      Why does anyone still read the NYT? They have more in common with Van Jones, Michael Moore, George Soros, Mao, Che, Marx, than most Americans anymore.
      ———————-
      Allow me to add Fidel Castro , Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, Podesta , Special Ed and Sean Penn to the list .
      Question :
      Why are lefty men so darn ugly ?

      cheezwhiz  
    • Marylou7
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:22am

      Showtime, did you notice that the NY Times has RECOMMEND instead of reply to post. Isn’t that a bit strange?? If you don’t like a particular post and you want to argue your point with the poster you have to recommend it to reply. I say this because one post was very negative about Glenn and there were over 300 recommends, very misleading wouldn’t you say.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:24am

      A lot of us who watch Glenn DVR the show to watch later as we have businesses to run when he is on. Just like the lie that there was only 100K at the 8/28 rally. Total liberal distortion of FACTS. But they never let those things get in the way do they?

      Dream on NYT piece of crap. Your demise is soon…

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    • EP46
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:26am

      Base his entire article on his reported “100,000″ people on 8/28 This shows how factually he is wrong…and it just continues…WRONG !

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:58am

      Gee, all of those NYT’s ads attached to videos on foxnews.com. And now this lazy columnist’s “scoop.”
      They look desperate for readership to me–but still too lazy to attract readers looking for real news.

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    • UPSETVET
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:29am

      I for one could care less what the New York Times has to say about anything or anyone. It‘s so far left and liberal that anything conservative is a target for it’s criticism and very inaccurate reporting on most subjects.

      Fox News and Glenn Beck are so far ahead of all the other news media they’ll do and say just about anything to try to salvage their ratings, except telling the truth and honestly reporting the news. Most of todays news media have forgotten that accurately and honestly reporting the news is their main responsability. News agencies are supposed to report the news and not try to make their own. A big thumbs down for the New York Times….

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    • avenger
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:56am

      I can hardly wait till after 1/25/2013 when President Allen West starts the treason trials of the radicals in the past administration.Also project “liberal re-education camps” are to be funded starting 2013 in the Arizona desert.True hope and change is coming….

       
    • Dustyluv
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:57am

      In the last year, circulation at The New York Times dropped 5.2 percent on Sunday, to 1.4 million copies, and 8.5 percent on weekdays, to 950,000….This was a 2010 report. Gee 1.2 million? There are probably that many that buy it for the coupons or to line the canary cage…

      I worked for Hearst Publishing. Believe me, newspapers are losing their shirts. Online readership is poor at best. Goes to show you cannot print the liberal lies and expect people to read the BS. No, We the People are much smarter than they think we are.

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    • rodamaa
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:04am

      This is nothing more than George’s shadow party trying to earn their keep, after all he does throws enormous amounts of moneys their way. Look at how they misrepresented Judge Vinson’s ruling last week saying that it was a pro-Obama win when the judge scolded Obama’s lawyers for delaying the filing of an appeal. He further added that the law remained in force until a higher court would order a stay. The judge said that this need to be moved to the supreme court. Reuters a few hours that afternoon to put the bogus story out that may it seem like the judge was pro-Obama. These is how they perpetuate their myth hoping something would stick.

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    • streetrodder
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:06am

      @Hipponips The NYT does not care. The only time i will go to there website is on the day they shut down, just to say good buy.

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    • Mannax
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:15am

      When this has been brought up on the blaze, the question one must ask, how have the ratings of all the other news channels been during the same time period. I am guessing that they have dropped by the same percentage. Generally on off years, the year where there is not an election going on, the ratings always dip from the year where there is an election. So unless the columnist (or anyone else who makes these claims) includes those figures so we can get a complete story, I would guess that they have an agenda to smear Beck/FNC.

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    • pakaeboiboi
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:16am

      Agal did you hear the news ….. it snowed in San Francisco a week or so ago ….. does that count for hell freezing over?

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    • Rob
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:17am

      I watch Glenn daily… the first thing my father-in-law and I found to talk about was GB.

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    • aafriend
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:32am

      How about this observation,

      I have to watch Glenn at 11 pm due to time zone, the left coast would go nuts if Glenn was put on in say Greta’s spot, or Hannity’s.

      The three evening spots all repeat the prior shows content, if you put Glenn on later you would see even higher ratings for the reason all the Libs would be watching.

      Though i will tell you living in the left coast, Glenn would pick up more viewers, the left coast soon to be the right coast. Libs are really conservatives in hiding.

      How about it Fox, show some guts !

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:55am

      Whether or not this is “true”, it’s bound to happen, sooner or later. Beck is like radioactive kryptonite in the media. Everybody wants it until it gets just too hot to handle.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:56am

      My Dream is that the NYT goes the way of the gooney bird, although with Obama pouring tax payer money into GE that probably won’t happen for at least 21 months.

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    • LadyLiberty
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:17am

      The NY Slimes seems to be allowing their writers to just say anything they like with little to no fact checking… again. I seem to remember seeing the ratings showing FOX having the top 5 consecutive spots last month? Glenn Beck being one of those?

      I think this is an article designed to grab attention as the NYT has lost nearly 1/3 of it’s paper subscribers in the last year.

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    • icareabouttheusa
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:21am

      We’re winning!!! They are getting desperate out there!!!

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:28am

      “Almost every time I flipped on television last week, there was a deeply angry guy on a running tirade about the conspiracies afoot…”
      WHERE is the anger these NYT schmucks always see??? Glenn backs up everything he says with FACTS.
      Go to the NYT article and read the reader comments. Glenn, WE SURROUND THEM!

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:42am

      Cable News Daily Ratings for March 3, 2011
      Net 5PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
      FNC GLENN BECK 1,929 413 822
      CNN SITUATION ROOM 735 162 311
      MSNBC HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS 728 180 287
      CNBC FAST MONEY 254 32 115
      HLN SHOWBIZ TONIGHT 170 48 86

      http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/04/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-march-3-2011/84673

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    • Gold Coin & Economic News
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:52am

      In the online marketing world we call the title of the New York Times piece, “link bait” and it’s meant to do nothing more than get us to think, well, I gotta go read that story.

      In the words of Steven Tyler, “Dream On” NYT.

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:57am

      Gee, Fox News, and Glenn Beck in particular, are DOMINATING the ratings and the liberals can’t figure out why. Maybe it’s because they “talk” to the people like they are INTELLIGENT, not like the lame stream media that “talks” to people like they are adolescents!!! AND, Fow, and Glenn in particular have a habit of TELLING THE TRUTH, and Glenn actually asks people to “do their own research, and don’t take (HIS) words for granted”, and that is a very powerful statement because it more or less let’s the viewers know that Glenn considers ORDINARY people to be intelligent enough to understand the ideas he is sharing. I’ve yet to hear Glenn talk down to anyone on his radio or tv show(s). He uses comedy to make a point, hell he even cries to make a point. I hope that Glenn stays on Fox for a long time to come, the American public needs special people like him.

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    • thesource
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:00am

      Glenn Beck is a doomsdayer. I don’t see how anyone can deny that. He will stay on Fox because he has great numbers but he doesn’t do well with commercials though.

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    • bigbud
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:01am

      I also have a dream,,,,,, That the news media will report fairly……………… NAW!!!!!

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    • missionarydad
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:18am

      He should be worrying about his own papers circulation downward spiral, and don’t let what is happening everywhere in the world which Glenn has been predicting for years get in the way of your criticism.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:32am

      The NY Times does a hit piece on SOMEONE …anyone… at Fox EVERY SINGLE WEEK….
      O’Reilly or Beck …take your pick NY Times… who‘s it gonna’ be this week! It’s become expected of this once well read relevant “news”paper .. the Times has been reduced to an irrelevant rag.. no news just hit piece after hit piece..same ole’ … crap

      I watch FOX/FNC… BECK, O’Reilly., Hannity… and Greta everyday single day and I DVR Beck “everyday” his non existent drop in ratings is just a wish list for the people he ……..“exposes”
      “They” would “love” to be able to silence Glenn and all on the Fox network..they have web sites full of pages and pages of petitions etc; to silence anyone that has the balzz to disagree with the status quo and we are all well aware of this… hence Fox’s overall ratings ..

      The Ny Times argument does not bode well compared to the top ratings Fox receives YEARLY maybe the NY Times should heed this statement :

      “The Truth Has No Agenda”

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    • gramma b
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:36am

      They ridicule what Glenn says, but they can’t prove him wrong. Over a decade ago, I spent some time working for one of the few conservative NGO’s at the UN. I was shocked at the toxic soup of leftist organizations there, and shocked at the way the Clinton administration was carrying their water when they thought nobody was looking. In that venue, Soros was a little tin god. The way they talked about him, he was funding a lot of the nonsense.

      I kept thinking that most Americans would likewise be shocked if they could see it, and that if everyone could just be waked up, we could stop this leftist juggernaut. Glenn is doing the hard, tedious job of educating people. He is right. We surround them. But, everyone has to understand what is going on.

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    • suttonea76
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:50am

      The one constant for all liberal media is that they don’t exercise the most effective tool to silence and deflect attention and that is to IGNORE! Beck has struck a cord against corruption and it appears to be sticking relatively in plain view to liberal legislators and their supporters. If Beck was of no consequence, then they would ignore him like the rest would a yapping puppy, BUT they can’t as they scurry to measure any impropriety to him and Fox to salvage any shred of dignity. If Beck had a better time slot in the afternoon, FOX would have all the viewers possible. Also, Nielsen ratings DO NOT encompass all those who DVR Beck’s show to watch later.

      Liberals dominate the number of news outlets on all time slots but FAIL to reel in top ratings. Hmmmm, so flooding the networks with liberal feces isn’t proportionate to the ratings. Not only does this prove that there are vastly more conservative out there than liberals, but it also proves that us conservatives will seek out the truth even if only a couple of channels are giving it to us. Also, the majority of the country cannot watch Beck live as he airs at 5pm EST. That leaves 3 time zones that air it during normal working hours..hence DVRs. Lastly, there are many more liberals that watch Beck than conservatives who watch any other liberal loon. This is because we have heard the song and dance before and it is just aired the same way on all the liberal media shows.

      Liberal media producer: Watch FOXNEWS and use show to spin it in their favor, rinse and repeat

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:52am

      Almost every time I flipped on television last week, there was a deeply angry guy on a running tirade about the conspiracies afoot, the enemies around all corners, and how he alone seemed to understand what was under way.

      ___________________________________________________________

      Wow! Chris Matthews, Charlie Sheen, Rachel Maddow and Frances Fox Piven immediately came to mind when I read the above quote, not Glenn Beck. That might be because I don’t get to watch Glenn and only occasionally get to watch clips on the computer. It would be pretty cool to just turn on the TV and see Glenn like David Carr does.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:56am

      My favorite and most TELLING part of this NY Times hit piece was… David Carr saying,
      “anonymously, of course;”

      Still laughing!

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    • Mhockey1505
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 9:02am

      Funny how this comes the Monday of his vacation, w/ no named sources. I don’t like people who sit around waiting for Glenn to come out on an issue to “form” their own opinion, but this is one of the things we actually need Glenn to dispel for himself. I highly doubt someone who brings in more viewers than 8pm on any of the other networks would be booted, but networks have done dumber things – Keith Olbermann had a job for YEARS

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    • minnierv
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 9:34am

      Too bad Carr didn’t even attempt to give himself at least a little credibility. Instead of just ranting on about Glenn’s “rantings”, Carr should have given some examples of how Glenn has been wrong. Oh wait, he couldn’t because there are none. I guess anybody can write bad fiction.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 9:34am

      I love the part of David Carrs I have a Dream Article that says,”anonymously, of course;”

      laughing …. still

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    • veruca salt
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 9:48am

      Since Beck asks everyone to be a historian, look at the record of his career. He has several instances of parting ways with employers due to low ratings or “differences”. Apparently, the longer he’s on, either the ratings drop or his ego get in the way of the future. History has a knack for repeating itself.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 10:10am

      Beck names names … David Carr @ The NY Times can’t do that
      credibility… @ -zero

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    • Dobie995
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 10:32am

      Glenn Beck is the one man on TV who tells you to follow up the information he gives with your own investigation to verify the facts. What more could you ask for? I doubt that Glenn would put himself and his family through the criticism he gets – unless he truly believes what he’s telling you is truth. The NYT writer probably wrote the article to get more attention for himself and his paper to boost circulation. Shame!

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    • tifosa
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 10:42am

      Bottom line, it’s all about money. Fox got clearance to lie, so no news there. Dobbs, going to Fox Business, could EASILY be shifted in that slot if Beck goes. $KA-CHING!!!!!$

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    • Showtime
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 10:59am

      @shy
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:38am
      If there was any truth to the new york times post that beck is losing views. it because Obama seams to always schedule his press release the same time as glen show and NO one wants to see Obama talk if they don’t have to. costing beck to have less viewers
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      I think that’s the reason Obama gives his releases at 5 p.m., so he will have more people in his audience. “Glenn Beck is where they’re at!”

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    • Libertarian
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 11:16am

      One correction in the article I would point out was that there were easily 500,000 plus at the restoring honor rally.

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    • gapch68
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 11:23am

      I think one of the reasons in a drop in ratings (if there was one) has to do with several big cable companies having “glitches” in their DVR programming that randomly stopped recording Glenn’s show as a series. It happened to us twice and we had to bing how to “go around” the system. From what I could tell from others comments it happened on Charter, Comcast and I think the other was Direct TV, all at the same time, coincidence? Rrriiiight! The first time it happened in January, it took about 2 weeks before we figured it out then it happened again a couple of weeks ago. Seems to me this may have been orchestrated just to make this story. Who knows? The world is truly upside down these days. I will believe this story when Glenn, himself, confirms it – otherwise just more NYT drivel.

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    • Rob
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 12:02pm

      Say it ain’t so Glenn.

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 12:07pm

      Since the NY Times doesn’t seem to report the truth, who is reading it anyway? Certainly no one wanting the news. Aren’t they losing readership by the millions? Let’s face it the NY Times has come to occupy the space once held by the National Enquirer. That is a gossip rag that only the dumbest among us read. What ever they write isn’t relevant to the truth or any concern what so ever. Watch for the NY times in a grocery check out isle near you!

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    • firstHat
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 12:35pm

      What makes it worse is that some supposedly conservative tomes are celebrating the idea. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/03/07/is-glenn-beck-facing-the-ax-at-fox/
      Grrrrr

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    • VegasGuy
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:01pm

      Sadly, my wife and I had to take a break from Glenn’s show starting about two months ago. Though we still remain ardent supporters of Glenn and often repeat to friends and relatives what he has taught us, we started to suffer from depression and exhaustion. Reading everything Glenn asked us to read became a full time job. You can say we are on an extended vacation. Reading the Blaze helps us keep tabs on what Glenn is focusing on.

      Glenn has made a major impact for the better upon our lives. He has helped us bring God back into our hearts. Our trip to attend the American Revival in Salt Lake City, UT, was a turning point. For that, we will always be grateful to Glenn.

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    • tompaineknowsthescore
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:32pm

      why wont beck go on other shows or have diverse views on his?

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    • realindependent
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:40pm

      Please if rating got in the way of brainwashing simple minded people. The Huckabee’s disaster of a show would have been cancelled along time ago

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    • Live Free or Die
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:49pm

      BRAVO to HIPPONIPS! I am on my way now to the NYT website to respond to this drivel.

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:54pm

      I have a dream that when the bird cage lining called the ny times goes belly up from shi*ty reporting that the American taxpayers won’t have to bail them out. What a piece of crap parading around as journalists. The writer and the paper have absolutely no credibility.

      You see NY slimes, Fox is a real business that makes real profit. Beck is a golden goose and reaches more people than your puppy potty trainer periodical. We dont get a whole lot of info from your “investigative hard work” because you lack all journalistic integrity and talent. Own that.

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    • Soldiers_Son
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:47pm

      @TOMPAINEKNOWSTHESCORE
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:32pm
      “why wont beck go on other shows or have diverse views on his?”

      - – - – - – - – - – - – - -

      First, you have to understand that Beck’s show is an opinion show… his opinion.

      Second, have you watched shows that actually do this, like Sean Hanity when he has that radical imam on? How much information did Sean actually get that was not a talking point, lie or a spin? The answer is very, very little. As such, the vast bulk of the interview was wasted and so is the time spent doing it.

      Besides, how many people do you think would give an honest interview of Beck? How many do you know would not try and use “gotcha” type questions merely to smear him? How many people do you think would actually come on his show and be honest about their plans and agendas?

      Third, Glenn has enough videos and transcripts from these people that he does not need them on his show to make his point. They have already laid out their agenda and now Glenn is publicizing it and bringing it to light (something that they do not want). Why spend an hour interviewing someone if you already know before they even arrive that they will lie and spin the facts? Sounds like a waste to me.

      Finally, to answer your question, both would be a waste of time and resources for little to no gain.

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    • quiet little lamb
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:27pm

      funny how i’m in that demo and i still watch. must be my friends that arent tuning in

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    • veruca salt
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 10:23pm

      Excellent question, Tom Paine. For a guy who the fine Blaze readers say has all the facts and speaks the truth, one would think he would have no troubles defending his point of veiw in open debate against a dissenting opinion. The Beck apologists who state he has videos and transcirpts of the people he doesn’t agree with are being disingenuous as everyone know quotes and video clips can be taken out of context. Most of the major pundits have the fortitude to have opposing views on their shows, except Beck and Rush. Ostensibly, Beck is the master of the one-sided argument.

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:35am

      cheezwhiz
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:52am
      Why does anyone still read the NYT?
      —————————————————–

      Cheez, I think you will find it‘s mostly City folk that read and believe the crap in the pages of the NYT’s. And for that segment of our society the NYT’s is something of a status symbol. Why? Beats the heck out of me! All I can think of is… most city folks are weird.

      http://www.americasteapartynews.com

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:15am

      @bullcrapbuster
      Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:48am
      Glenn came out strongly and stood up unashamidly for christian principles. So he lost some of his viewers who want to believe that America can be great without Gods help. Glenn has proven himself to be an honorable man. He now has a rock solid base of people who love America and who put their trust in God.

      ***************
      I couldn’t agree more, the fall-off was probably those tuning in to watch Glenn implode, they got bored and went back to the basement. Play another video game, troll for GS.

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    • Drippy Fawcett
      Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:36pm

      I wonder if Fox will pull the plug on his show before the election the way HLN did. I was TICKED when I went to turn on Beck one evening, and all I got was the maddeningly obnoxious irritation called Jane Velez Mullet…I mean Mitchell. I can’t believe Fox would do that.

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:57pm

      I look at this and others stories in the media as smoke screens thrown up to keep people from looking at the real issues at hand, getting cuts to the budget, a limit on spending, and the removal or reversal of the health care con. The real issue at hand is to eliminate the appropriations that were hidden in the health care bill. To assume that the legislators didn’t know about this when they voted for the bill calls for a gullibility of epic proportions. I sincerely hope that Sean, Glenn, and Rush, (our only real voices in the media), don’t fall for the lefts attempted sidetracking of these vital issues. Let’s face facts, the American people were duped out of their children’s money by the socialist politicians and Obama by trickery included in the bill. Our three spokesmen need to be shouting from the roof tops how the Obama administration has snookered our citizens. Don’t address any of the smoke screen issues and pay attention to the slight of hand going on!

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    • SeanW
      Posted on March 9, 2011 at 12:18am

      They are just trying to make Beck fit into the mold of the dude from Network. Plus, if they keep saying it, then its bound to be true lol. Like this weekend how they were dancing in their seats talking about Beck losing 1/3 of his market last week, yet according to Mediate Beck is on an upswing, at least until he disappeared for the week lol.

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    • quiet little lamb
      Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:16pm

      ugh. If he’s lying all the time why not sue him for slander and libel! I’ve poised that question a few times and no one has answered it

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