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New pundit's ratings up in Obama admin

By Gabriel Winant| Posted Mar 6, 09 10:17 AM CST|

(Newser) – On Fox News, Glenn Beck is pushing the apocalypse—and it’s working out nicely for him, the Los Angeles Times reports. Beck’s new show averaged 2.2 million viewers during February, double the number attracted by the time slot last year. Why does Beck think the Obama administration has been such a boon? “People know in their gut that something’s not right. They're not getting the truth.”

With President Obama in charge, “our country is on the verge of disintegration,” Beck says. Fox News in general has taken this confrontational stance, with emphasis shifting from reporting to punditry. “I think we’ve been doing a very good job of trying to point out some things that maybe some other news organizations haven’t pointed out,” says a Fox exec.

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Talk show host Glenn Beck autographs copies of his best-selling book "The Christmas Sweater" in Tyler, Texas, Dec. 11, 2008. (AP Photo)

Fox business anchor Neil Cavuto, left, News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch, center, and President of Fox News Roger Ailes pose at the Fox Business Network Launch Party, Oct. 24, 2007, in New York. (AP Photo)

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You've never met anybody who wants to be wrong more than I do,. I have nothing to gain and everything to lose. If I'm right, what do I have? I don't grow my business. I have no reason to say these things. - Glenn Beck

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Fondue
Mar 6, 09 10:22 AM CST

Fear mongering. Reply

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PaleRider
Mar 6, 09 10:27 AM CST

or not.

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nick
Mar 6, 09 10:32 AM CST

Why does Glenn Beck hate America? Reply

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Rob
Mar 6, 09 2:51 PM CST

Why do the Democrats hate the American system?

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polstroad
Mar 6, 09 10:35 AM CST

Aside from his dumb remarks, I find it impossible to look at his facial contortions Reply

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woody66
Mar 6, 09 4:05 PM CST

Unfortunately for you Rob, the Democrats ARE the American system right now. Here's a crying towel ..............

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Rob
Mar 6, 09 8:06 PM CST

Actually, woody, the Democrats are not the American system. They are a political party within it. But the level of understanding that you demonstrate is a harbinger of the tsunami of ignorance to come.

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drlarrymitchell
Mar 6, 09 10:54 AM CST

I think Beck really believes his own nonsense- which makes him a sincere fool. Reply

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Lula
Mar 6, 09 12:20 PM CST

Beck has gone to the right-wing network. He is right where he belongs. And he say people are not getting the truth???? What does he think we had for the past 8 years. It was impossible to get the truth from "Smirk" and his cronies. We couldn't believe anything he said. Good luck, Beck, Fix Noise is going down the tubes with the GOP. Reply

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Rob
Mar 6, 09 2:51 PM CST

Beck did not support the Bush White House.

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justhinkin
Mar 6, 09 12:37 PM CST

Beck and fox are number one for a reason. They actually give the news without the liberal mainstream slant. If the networks did this they would most likely move up in the ratings for honesty. Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are NOT the saviors they would like you to believe, but just a new group of lying pols. Welcome to the United Socialist States of America. Reply

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radnip
Mar 6, 09 2:02 PM CST

Beck and Fox are the reason the country is still sinking instead of coming up with more solutions and working on the problem. Sitting back, just complaining doesn't help. They should all be applying for administration jobs, since their resumes are completely clean, and helping. Doom and gloom everyone already knows.

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Rob
Mar 6, 09 2:53 PM CST

Do you really blame Beck and Fox News for the recent failures? Maybe simple minded ideas like that are contributing to the failures too? What do you think?

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Snowleopard
Mar 6, 09 7:54 PM CST

I blame the right wing pundits for promoting the idea that unregulated markets are a good idea, and for perpetuating the myth that everyone acting in their own self interest is good for the collective.

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sache
Mar 6, 09 2:03 PM CST

Fox, which is slanted to the ultra right and is entirely clueless to fair and balance, is exactly where Beck belongs. Reply

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PosterNutbag
Mar 6, 09 2:25 PM CST

Justhinkin, you need to think a little deeper about this. Please take a look at who owns the mainstream media outlets and what other industries they are involved in and tell me how the mainstream media can possibly give you the news without a RIGHT WING slant. This idea "liberal media" is the bedrock lie that allows them to completely pull the wool, and fox just happens to do it with an arrogance that people like you apparently find charming. If fox is to the center of a "mainstream liberal slant" then that means academics, you know the people who study a subject in depth and look at the events of the day through the lens of history, then they are off the charts. Nobody is waiting for a savior here, what happened is that Obama was elected by a broad grass roots coalition of people, most of whom have been struggling for change for years, and now if we raise our voices he may or may not do what we want, but at least he has demonstrated that he does hear our voices, and is not a deaf puppet as it were. This sir/madam, is what is known as participatory DEMOCRACY. By the way, there is nothing inherently dirty about the word socialism so you don't need to use it as a curse word, in fact, I'm thinking a more enhanced social life would be good for you. Reply

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PaleRider
Mar 6, 09 11:24 PM CST

Your so so ignorant of what is really going on around you, Right wing media, HAHA.

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nick
Mar 6, 09 3:48 PM CST

Republicans are in denial. They treat the Bush years as if they never happened and blame Obama--who's been in office for about 45 days-- for all our current financial miseries. What a joke! What nonsense! It would be funny except for their seriousness, then it become delusional! Reply

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PaleRider
Mar 6, 09 11:25 PM CST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1 Watch it and weep for your poor bainwashed, liberal soul.

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woody66
Mar 6, 09 3:59 PM CST

Beck on his radio program today (yes I do check in every once in a while to see how the other side thinks) told a gay woman who had recently "seen the light" and become a Republican that the US was all about freedom and shared principles and that she had a right to be gay and Republican even though she was being shunned at the GOP meetings she was attending (masochist I guess). I think Glenn will get a few calls from his Mormon Church, after they shelled out millons to help push CA prop 8 through. His worlds are colliding. Reply

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MarkFL
Mar 6, 09 7:24 PM CST

It is so funny how reporting facts is considered liberal media and blowhard pundits are considered conservative news. Reply

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riffran
Mar 7, 09 2:05 AM CST

BUT REMEMBER....conservatives are the hatefull ones....just read the majority of negative comments....oh wait they against conservatives...lol

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NutsInNY
Mar 7, 09 6:11 AM CST

All I see above is couple of criticisms of right wing media & one anti-right wing comment... Do you really wanna stick up for the like of a Beck, Bush or Fox News?... (Good, decent conservatives are apparently a species on the verge of extinction.)

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riffran
Mar 6, 09 8:43 PM CST

Beck is dead on, gooooooooo glen Reply

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PaleRider
Mar 6, 09 11:28 PM CST

"The Bama" uses "Crisis" and "Catastrophe" in his speech about 68 times and when someone on Fox uses it in the right context that is over the top? The magic coach is getting ready to turn back into a pumpkin. Reply

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On Fox, Beck Profits With Doomsday Scenarios