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NEA Official Resigns: Another Glenn Beck Victory?

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 10, 2009 3:37 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The NEA's spokesman has resigned, and the Huffington Post chalks it up as another victory for Glenn Beck. The NEA official, Yosi Sergant, raised the Fox host's ire by participating in an August conference call in which the group sought artists to participate in a national program called United We Serve. Beck likened the conference call to a Nazi propaganda campaign, accusing the Obama administration of trying to get artists to push the White House agenda.

"Now Sergant has been tossed overboard, making him Beck's second victim in his campaign to rid the administration of perceived radicals" after Van Jones, writes Ryan Grim. An NEA statement says Sergant has been reassigned from his post as communications director but still works for the agency. It did not specify the reason but said the August call "was not a means to promote any legislative agenda, and any suggestions to that end are simply false," reports the Washington Times.

Glenn Beck in a file photo from May.
Glenn Beck in a file photo from May.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
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yummines
Sep 11, 2009 12:47 PM CDT
wow, people support someone who contradicted himself in less than a minute : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... somehow i wonder if people can get any dumber than this
BlahBlahBlah
Sep 11, 2009 10:51 AM CDT
I never said that Fox lost the advertisers and yes, I do watch those shows. I find them a little less frantic and factually challenged. The fact that his ratings sore is no surprise, it is not difficult to find people willing to buy into his "news". Beck lies and molest the truth to generate buzz about things that threaten his idea of america. He is simply a shock jock with a camera in his face. Defend Fox "News" and Beck all you want, they are still devoid of tact, journalism, or basic human decency.
riffran
Sep 11, 2009 9:40 AM CDT
the proof?...none..just typical libralies...good try...but KENNEDY, on the other hand...well Mary Jo would tell you off but she is dead by the old drunks hands

 
resignation • Fox • Glenn Beck • Obama administration • NEA • Yosi Sargent • United We Serve

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