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Why Murdoch Must Fire Glenn Beck

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

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 5, 2009 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."

Rupert Murdoch speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, April 2, 2008.
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.
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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While Glenn Beck is not the lone voice of dissent within Fox News, he does epitomize what is wrong with the network, and just how out of sync it is with the mainstream.
- Ben Cohen, Huffington Post

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COMMENTS
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Count-Spatula
Dec 28, 2009 9:25 AM CST
As criminally stupid and cynical as the Mormon nubag is, the minute Fox drops him he'll have another offer, froma network that spent nothing on developing his viewership. Quite simple.
matteo
Oct 27, 2009 7:48 AM 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!!
yummines
Oct 8, 2009 1:58 AM 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...
 

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