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OPINION

Why Murdoch Must Fire Glenn Beck

Offensive as the Fox News host is, the bottom line is the bottom line

By Nick McMaster| Posted Oct 5, 09 6:44 PM CDT|

(Newser) – Rupert Murdoch will eventually fire Glenn Beck from Fox News, though not directly because of "his continued assault on the president," writes Ben Cohen. True, Beck's "remarkable slew of accusations and innuendo does not reflect well on the network," but arguments about politics miss the point: "Murdoch doesn't care about Left or Right. He cares about money."

The advertiser boycott that started in the US has spread to the UK, where Beck graces Sky News. "Advertisers pulling their brands from Beck's show is a signal that there are boundaries that cannot be crossed," Cohen writes for the Huffington Post. "It is a warning to Fox that their bottom line will be affected if it continues to promote such hateful speech, and that a growing cross section of the public are turning their backs on the Fox brand. And the bottom line for Murdoch is that he cannot tolerate it for long."

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Rupert Murdoch speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, April 2, 2008. (Getty Images)

Glenn Beck attends the Time 100 Gala, a celebration of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, May 5, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

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divetrader
Oct 5, 09 6:52 PM CDT

The Murdoch factory of hate needs to disappear. His news networks are commentary shows, not news. But somehow the uneducated right wingers seem to be less interested in helping themselves by turning off FOX and actually doing some research on their own for facts. Reply

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Timinator2K
Oct 5, 09 7:57 PM CDT

Yes, uneducated rightwingers, re-educate yourself with liberal talking points, THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH...of sorts....well, one liberal's slanted truth and made-up facts are another logical person's easily recognized bald-face LIES. Repent PMSNBC & Communist News Network watchers!

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BeatBlaster
Oct 5, 09 8:16 PM CDT

Back to your old word-play ways eh Timmy? Sigh. The word-play nonsense is so garbage. Ooooh you called someone a communist. You're bad, you're scary. Ooooih. Whatever.

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Reader64481089
Oct 5, 09 8:16 PM CDT

Timi, face it you would not know the truth if that was her name, if she were 5 foot nothing dancing on a pole, and came and sat on your up tight Republican face for a special dance.......All you know is how to be a second rate Troll and you even fail at that. With Murdock it is all about the $$$$$$$ and Bech has offended the Office of the President with lies and innuendo to the point a growing majority of not Democrats, not Republicans but educated Americans have had enough and companies are listening to them as they call for an end of this hate mongering junkie, Yes he is still a junkie, first with pills and booze and now with his own voice. Beck is addicted to his self image where he thinks he is a real power base and he very well might be to a very small right wing fringe group who otherwise would be building bombs to blow up federal buildings and that is the group to which you actually hold your allegiance, not America. You see, while you and the "Right" sit stagnant" the rest of this country moves forward without you and your closed mind

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alkaseltzersammich
Oct 5, 09 8:35 PM CDT

Timinator2k has taken the mantle of Republican Troll King from dontlikeyou. This title was previously occupied by corona_king. Congrats Timinator; you would be hard to dethrone.

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George_Taylor
Oct 6, 09 2:58 AM CDT

@alkaseltzer, if Tim's the Republican Troll King, then wouldn't stopthecomments2 be the Trolling Emperor. it is his/her goal in life.

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kaen019
Oct 6, 09 7:11 AM CDT

Wow, I agree entirely with you! You see, as a highly educated citizen, driven by logic, in pursuit of knowledge researched personally from sourcs as objective as possible. I, too, advocate others acquire facts through similar methods for themselves, as opposed to having the TV/media channels decide the information my brain absorbs. Yet, I go a step further than what you suggested in your post. You see, as a follower of logical, rational thinking - extensively educated & in possession of two Master's degrees, w/ a Doctorate in-progress, I am largely at the mercy of said education & objective methods of research for personal knowledge/growth. The resulting consequences my education and objective research forces me into a solidly fiscal conservative and largely social conservative (in regards to the welfare state). I am not ashamed in any way to call myself such. Even in light of the 21st century witch-hunting & lynch-mobbing by liberals unto conservatives in this day & age, the facts of reality fortify my confidence in holding these views. Every single other human I have ever run across, who possess equal education/pride in objective acquisition of knowledge/facts, has identical views. While I applaud your post & suggestion to your fellow liberals to conduct their own research free from constraints, I might add that you suggest to go beyond just turning off Fox, but every single media outlet on the TV in general; even the internet - as much data is misrepresented/un-reviewed/false - though objective online research can be successfully done. As quaint as it may be, the library is still the doorway to true freedom. However, I have one last caveat of which I must warn: 'Reality' is cold, harsh & 'unfairly' fair - the inevitable researching of facts/education - more often than not - converts the truth seeker - foreve Conservative.

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luvroks
Oct 6, 09 9:17 AM CDT

yada yada yada " i have degrees' blah blah blah "im so smart because im a conservative" yaba daba doo " listen to me because what i say matters....yuck yuck yuck " liberals suck this and eat that as my many degrees will point to i know what i am saying and im so smart' because people with masters degrees always crow about it....clown!

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LoudProudLib
Oct 6, 09 9:43 AM CDT

I must seriously doubt every word you uttered there KAEN019. Its hard to really think there is an educted member among you, witness the crazys at the teaparties Even true conservatives are now calling the baggers nuts and unhinged. And all your talk about all your degrees is as red a herring as it gets. Truly educated people never tout their 'degrees' because with education comes confidence and with confidence comes that feeling deep within that others of less educational background havent got a chance when confronted with facts. You make several dubious claims and yet back up none of it with facts. Witch-hunting....really. Like what Hannity and Beck do and have done for the last 8 months with nothing to show for it? Your views are so titled to the extreme as to void any claim to your post. Nothing is "all or nothing" except in a conservative world. How do you say that liberals who get there info from many sources are inferior to those who only use Fox as its only source? Thats kinda stupid! You attack liberals and though you wont admit it, liberals by and large are for more informed and educated than conservatives. You only see the conservatives attack intellectualism, not liberals, only conservatives go on rants against higher institutions of learning, not liberals. Only conservatives refuse to think there isnt another way, another option, not liberals, hence the terms "liberal, conservative". A famous conservative (WF Buckley, I seem to recall) once said, "Not all conservatives in this country are stupid, but most of the stupid in this country are conservative" Take your many 'Masters Degrees' out for a stroll among the Fox crowd and hang out with your fellow tea baggers and birthers and have a conversation about the laws of physics or the constitutionality of freedom of speech or even something as simple as evolution. Lets see if your "highly educated mind" can tolerate ignorance right in your face. You are all hat and no cattle. And your degrees, yea, bet they were printed off from the web site "Degrees R Us". I second luvroks observation. Back up your tripe with examples, because as an educated person, isnt that what you're supposed to do?

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LiberalJesus
Oct 6, 09 10:01 AM CDT

@ KAEN019....Really. You sure worked hard to convince everyone as to your 'education levels" And it's always the likes of your kind to express and share with us your many degrees. Like PoudProud says (nice on there LPL) its the ones who blab the loudest of their achievements and degrees who I dismiss as not having such. If what you say were even remotely true, then why wont the likes of Hannity, Beck, Limbaugh and others from the "educated masses" appear on any other show but there own? And why wont they invite those who invited them to appear back on ther own home turf? Because as long as you do not have to back your opinions with facts and no one is there to debate them, then your so-called "facts' as you call them, go unchallenged. Olbermann, Schultz, Maddow et al have offered to appear on all Fox shows and debate the issues but they have not been invited for obvious reasons...they have neither the facts to back up their junk or the courage to stand behind said junk. No opposing views allowed in the conservatives world...none whatsoever!

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Gallavant
Oct 6, 09 10:39 AM CDT

If yours had been a decent liberal arts education, you would have said all that in 50 words, kaen.

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Snarfeh
Oct 6, 09 3:51 PM CDT

@kaen - I love it when people talk about how smart and educated they are only to type nonsense like the follow sentence I copied from your comment: "The resulting consequences my education and objective research forces me into a solidly fiscal conservative" - So...what university did you attend? People here need to know so they can be sure their children do not attend it. I stopped reading your comment after that sentence. I really should have stopped reading it after the second sentence since that was very poor English, too, but I'm fine with poor English, poor typing and poor grammar as long as I can decipher it. I draw the line when someone touts his or her intelligence and education even while he or she writes as poorly as a fourth grader.

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Cprizzle
Oct 5, 09 6:52 PM CDT

Glenn Back this, Glenn Back that. He's popular because the media can't stop talking about him. Agree or disagree with his opinion, it is hard to argue that he has a shred of intelligence. Stop writing stories on him, and he'll slip into obscurity like he should. And before you blame me for reading this, and adding to the fire, consider I typically steer clear of his nonsense. Reply

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Yourself
Oct 5, 09 7:09 PM CDT

you're right, but you're trying to solve a problem the media has with EVERYONE that has a shred of fame at some point. case in point :branjelina, octomom, lindsey lohan, john and kate, glenn beck, god the list is endless of people that the current media can't let go of, even if they want to, they just don't have the control to do so.

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stormkite
Oct 5, 09 8:08 PM CDT

Goes both ways. Any press outlet that DOESN'T feature whoever is the Celebrity Face Of The Week loses lots of income and readers/viewers, and that means journos/editors/publishers lose jobs. Celebs = readers. In a perfect world it wouldn't work that way; in this one, though, it does. Sadly.

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Deebles
Oct 6, 09 12:12 AM CDT

No one would accuse Cprizzle of wallowing in the Beck. Never saw you before and as Deebles I've wallowed up to my eyeballs in the Beck. But, finally, It isn't about him--it's about the money. What I've been saying here for months--that it is all about money. I wouldn't watch Fox or MSNBC or CNN, but I have Family Guy on my scheduled series recording. I'm sorry, but one person can't own Beck and Bryan the dog without it being all about money. Personally, I think that Rupert loves Family Guy and tolerates Beck.

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Reader68389796
Oct 5, 09 7:02 PM CDT

He's not only destroying FOX, he's also destroying our beautiful country, teaching our children to hate and destroying gay marriages and mixed union. I wonder who would make such an evil man! I'm glad he's not a part of my family. Reply

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RobN
Oct 6, 09 4:43 PM CDT

I'm sure he's glad, too.

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NewserScooter
Oct 6, 09 6:40 PM CDT

Do you realize how stupid you sound when you say these things. There is nothing hateful about Beck. You are just repeating talking points, and likely have never heard him, or understood him.

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luvroks
Oct 6, 09 9:19 AM CDT

dont love yourself too much there stp and get too worked up, you might cover your keyboard with that nasty nasty....LOL!

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Antiks
Oct 5, 09 7:21 PM CDT

No, no no. Fox should keep this guy on. It's win-win for sane people everywhere. The more discredited right wingers are, the better it is for everyone else. Reply

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Derni
Oct 5, 09 7:33 PM CDT

FOX news is a misnomer-it i FOX entertainment for the cognitively challeneged-and as usual-money talks and beck walks...bottom line is always the $$$ Reply

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MrsK
Oct 5, 09 7:37 PM CDT

Yes and advertisers are greedy too, so when the millions of Fox watchers BOYCOTT their products they just may rethink their position. You see, it's all a big circle. Reply

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rajanKazhmin
Oct 5, 09 8:01 PM CDT

LOL, thank you for that. You're a little gem.

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Unaffiliated
Oct 6, 09 4:28 PM CDT

So you've stopped shopping at Walmart, MrsK?

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Shannonals
Oct 6, 09 6:34 PM CDT

Boycott advertisers products? You ever a funny comedian MrsK, or your really ignorant if you think boycotting advertisers would seriously hurt them. You can talk about boycotting all day long, but the minute a deal is offered by said advertisers everyone will forget all about it.

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Doffy
Oct 5, 09 7:58 PM CDT

The advertisers will return to Beck. If they don't, new ones will come. With the ratings Beck is getting, they won't stay away long. http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-and-bill-oreilly-split-as-top-show-friday-night/ Reply

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rajanKazhmin
Oct 5, 09 8:03 PM CDT

Yes! Far more people stay at home to watch FOX news on a Friday night than go out and enjoy life. The people that watch these shows outnumber those that disagree 10 to 1 easily. It's not just old people with nothing better to do.

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Timinator2K
Oct 5, 09 7:59 PM CDT

MURDOCH, YOU MOPE! BECK DESERVES A GIGANTIC RAISE! RATINGS RATE. BABY. Reply

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rajanKazhmin
Oct 5, 09 8:02 PM CDT

I think you need to wash your keyboard.

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Jayster999
Oct 5, 09 8:05 PM CDT

I doubt that GB is going anyplace except upward. Hate him as much as you like, he is popular and has a huge following. GB is on the forefront of the republican revolution. Reply

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Doffy
Oct 5, 09 8:32 PM CDT

How can Beck be at the "forefront of the republican revolution" when he isn't even a Republican?

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Shannonals
Oct 6, 09 6:36 PM CDT

And yet when Rush was on the boom tube years ago and became offensive he was dropped

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cochiserocks
Oct 5, 09 8:05 PM CDT

Now aint democracy a bitch! :-) Reply

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Fondue
Oct 5, 09 10:46 PM CDT

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Nancy_Knew
Oct 5, 09 8:19 PM CDT

What a joke. Media buyers buy eyeballs watching. This reads like wishful thinking by someone under 25. Reply

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dax
Oct 5, 09 8:32 PM CDT

So what's the deal? Does Murdoch possess a Turkish citizenship (in addition to Australia and U.S.) or does he not? Anybody have a definitive on this? Reply

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Fondue
Oct 5, 09 10:54 PM CDT

Einnig má hefna Hellisgerði sem er blóma- og skemmtigarður í Hafnarfirði. Þaðan er stutt í Hamarinn sem er bústaður álfa af konungakyni en að sögn kunnugra eru hvergi meiri álfabyggðir á Íslandi en einmitt þar.

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Oct 5, 09 10:56 PM CDT

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Oct 5, 09 11:01 PM CDT

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Oct 5, 09 11:09 PM CDT

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dax
Oct 6, 09 4:15 PM CDT

@ Fondue : Mjög áhugaverður fundur þig hér á Íslandi. En spurning mín begs enn svar? Is Murdoch halda tyrkneska ríkisborgararétt?

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Unaffiliated
Oct 6, 09 4:32 PM CDT

Dude, Fondue. Run a virus scan or something!

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Fondue
Oct 6, 09 7:52 PM CDT

lol

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dax
Oct 5, 09 8:50 PM CDT

Firing Glenn Beck doesn't solve the larger problem that our society has a sizable segment of the population that does not process/evaluate information through rational thought channels, but are given to a more visceral response. Reply

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Jayster999
Oct 5, 09 10:50 PM CDT

The village idiot (stopthecomments2) has been unleashed and they are taking inane trolling to new(ser) heights. Reply

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cognitivefilter
Oct 6, 09 12:10 AM CDT

DUDE HAS GOT TO GO Reply

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chairmanoftheboard
Oct 6, 09 1:12 AM CDT

The writer of this story may work with someone who has interviewed Murdoch about paid internet news content, but this writer does not know much about running a business. Murdoch is not going to fire Glenn Beck, unless Glenn Beck does something seriously wrong. Glenn Beck is the best thing that has happened to Fox News in a long time, and the ratings show. Now if the writer is looking for a media figure that needs to be fired...look a little farther down the street at CBS for David Letterman. If I had sex with several female staffers in and respesented the image of a large corporation, I would be fired immediately. Get a clue. Reply

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Netstorm2k9
Oct 6, 09 1:17 AM CDT

I don't even watch Beck, but if I was a station owner and had someone who brought as much attention as Beck does, I'd pay him whatever he wanted. While some advertisers will turn away, others will only see a ratings grabber and hitch their wagons to it. Reply

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oldgoat
Oct 6, 09 2:30 AM CDT

Timinator you do know that Fox has been caught time after time with their own slanted and false reports. If you are watching Fox and believe that they are reporting the truth then you are a part of the problem. Reply

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PD1962
Oct 6, 09 7:16 AM CDT

LOL, GB is earning his living much in the way that BHO has for the past 30 years. Why should he be censored? Now that the smoke is dissipating, the American public is slowly starting to see BHO for what he is--an verbally gifted urban activist, who has remained true to his Saul Alinsky roots, playing on the fears and resentment of the poor, downtrodden victims of White Capitalist America. I find such liberal elitism as offensive as the radical social conservatives'. Reply

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luvroks
Oct 6, 09 9:11 AM CDT

'now that the smoke is dssipating"...lol....what the heck that? did you just think up that line of bull pucky all by yourself....i doubt it.sounds like talking points from herr limpdong to me. if you mean by the teabaggers and birthers and tenthers and the rest of the fox news nuts in crazytown as the average American public then you have a point, to a point, meaning the same people who hated a black man becoming President are still the same people who hate him now. latest world poll puts the US back on top as the most respected country, thanks to President Obama. and polls in the states seem to negate your claim. but keep sucking on your meth pipe if it helps you survive the next 7 years! better you be all stoked out on meth and stuck in your basement than actually making an effort to open your mind. we didnt need your 'kind' during the elections and we need your 'kind' even less now and much less in the future.

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SuzanJ
Oct 6, 09 10:19 AM CDT

Fire his Ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reply

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SuzanJ
Oct 6, 09 10:20 AM CDT

Please go to facebook if you are going to verbal assult someone!!! I'm trying to comment on the news. Reply

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Spudsy
Oct 6, 09 11:26 AM CDT

Murdoch won't change a thing if the Fox faithful continue to add to America's decline with their phony wars and bad economic decisions. He will make more money from his European and other global businesses. Reply

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sammyo41
Oct 6, 09 11:41 AM CDT

He is a certified right wing nut.. Reply

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hamster
Oct 6, 09 11:46 AM CDT

You are so right, I jumped out of the FOX news bandwagon. They are now a cheap tabloid cable channel without any credibility whatsoever. I don't have a problem with comedy, but when it keeps pushing lies and endangers the stability of the country, that is not funny at all. Reply

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hamster
Oct 6, 09 11:51 AM CDT

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cunomor
Oct 6, 09 12:10 PM CDT

Of course a writer at Huffpo wants Glenn Beck fired. But even with the boycotts they're still making insane money. Unlike the writers at Huffington Post..... Reply

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Reader83542620
Oct 6, 09 12:48 PM CDT

You're kidding, right? The so-called boycott of Beck's advertisers here in the U.S. hasn't cost Fox one crying dime. The companies simply moved their ads to different FNC programs. Beck's ratings are unprecedented in his time slot -- he's not going anywhere. Reply

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Sacrifice
Oct 6, 09 7:20 PM CDT

I like Beck's show. It's mad entertaining. I don't agree with anything he says but I don't agree with anything most people say on TV. Reply

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NaderPaulKucinichGravel
Oct 7, 09 12:55 AM CDT

United States of Israel. Treasury is Bankrupt. American Holocaust. 9/11 False Flag. James Blunt, No Bravery Reply

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hwoodude
Oct 7, 09 1:31 AM CDT

Why do so many conservatives hate? Obama went to Norway to help Chicago to host the Olympic games . Beck et al went balistic! Think of the pride Chicagoans would have had ....the jobs created...the positiveness of all the many participants and spectators and workers.....the foreigners being able to see that our American spirit and energy is still intact...the event would have blessed so many people! Obama was elected by a majority..yes, he has and will make mistakes but the talk show haters never let up? Obama was criticised for going to Norway...if he hadn't gone he would also been slammed. Americans need to work together iin a bipartisan effort to get America out of the deep hole that Bush....the great decider dug. Limbaugh, Coulter, Beck, Hannity, Savidge, et al....they yell and sceam and hate and continually denigrate Obama. Who elected them to anything? What have THEY ever done except criticize?! "Love they neighbor as thyself" Reply

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LmtdGovt
Oct 7, 09 5:23 AM CDT

since when does anyone believe any of the alphabet "news" channels are actually news? they are "info-tainment" at best. what is so different about glenn beck versus someone like olbermann? Reply

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LmtdGovt
Oct 7, 09 5:27 AM CDT

does no one remember the vitriol spewed about bush for 8 years? Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 7, 09 8:01 PM CDT

Bush was never the target of the kind of vile filth that's being aimed at President Obama; most of the criticisms aimed at Bush were based in fact. He DID get us into a senseless vanity war. He DID hire an incompetent to direct FEMA.

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fiestygirl
Oct 7, 09 8:43 AM CDT

Why must the left bully those who don't see things their way? I am not a liberal and I happen to be educated...imagine that! I also make my own decisions and don't think being bullied by either side will ever make me think one way or another. I think this must make me an Independent. The shrill of extremism is on both sides of the fence if one just stops and listens. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 7, 09 8:02 PM CDT

I dunno, fiestygirl, why must the sun rise in the west?

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Bryanw55
Oct 7, 09 4:41 PM CDT

Murdoch is definitely far right, and the advertisers only moved their advertising to a different time slot, they did not pull it. Glenn Beck will stay on because he is pushing Rupert's message. Look for a lot of Billy Main spots on his show though. Reply

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yummines
Oct 7, 09 8:58 PM CDT

well even if Murdoch is doing it only for monetary reasons, at least ridding the world of Glenn Beck on any news channel is a smart move. when people start to resort to insults and lies rather than reason and logic is when it should be stopped. i just hope that liberals don't get a big head from this and do something stupid... Reply

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fiestygirl
Oct 8, 09 8:41 AM CDT

RockyPneumonia, there is often a point when one must give up in attempting to rationalize with idiots... Reply

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Reader83543114
Oct 13, 09 2:06 PM CDT

You are all morons, you think Beck is the problem. The problem is the lying president that was voted for by desperate people wo believed the lies from Obama's staff....stuff that up your arses Reply

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matteo
Oct 27, 09 2:48 PM CDT

and super moron hannity that never makes any sense no?? if anyone believes that any news agency tells the truth you deserve to be used by everyone cause you are plain stupid ..ABSOLUTE TRUTH ...hillarious and sad at the same time!! Reply

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