Glenn Beck's mysterious vacation

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Glenn Beck's mysterious vacation

Media reports indicate FOX News personality Glenn Beck is taking an apparently unscheduled, forced vacation in light of recent reactions to his controversial performance. Beck is under fire for numerous gaffs and blunders. Perhaps his biggest faux pas was calling President Barack Obama “a racist,” and claiming the president “has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.” Beck made the comments on the “Fox and Friends” program on July 28.

Indeed, because of Beck's erratic, controversial, and often erroneous reporting, advertisers have been refusing to sponsor or be associated with Beck. Many consider Beck to be part of a larger problem at Fox News. Clearly Beck is guilty of projecting his prejudices and racism on to President Obama. Yet the fact is, not only Beck, but Fox News as a whole, appeals to racist people.

Given the underlying racism of Fox News, it is unclear whether or not the foreign owned media giant will have the courage and good sense to fire Beck. Clearly the forced vacation is an attempt to let the mainstream outrage cool.

UPDATE: An aide to Beck (not Fox), Matt Hiltzik, e-mails with evidence that, contrary to what's apparently the company's spin, Beck isn't being punished, but is rather off on a planned vacation.

Interesting. Perhaps FOX, while trying to appease the rightful concerns of sponsors, is actually delighted with Beck. Perhaps Beck does reflect the values of FOX News: ratings, rage, and racism.

http://www.examiner.com/x-4383-Portland-Pr...erious-vacation

[bhajishah 4]

thats what happens when you try to kiss the boss's azz, it bite you in the butt every time!! fair and unbalanced boss haha

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

How bout Barry's 35000 dollar a week vaction on your dime? No biggy!

[ScottThuy 140]

maybe he's back in rehab...

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Fire that nut job Obermann on MSNBC first.

[Ken y Leidys 20]

Kick the bum out onto the street, give him community service time, and replace his program with Magic-Jack infomercials for the next 365 days. I hate FoxNews! Repugnant, Right wingnut politically charged political commentators with no respect for science. Fox sucks...

[eros_EX_Plumber 0]

Kick the bum out onto the street, give him community service time, and replace his program with Magic-Jack infomercials for the next 365 days. I hate FoxNews! Repugnant, Right wingnut politically charged political commentators with no respect for science. Fox sucks...

You must have not listen to RUSH LIMBAUGH yet.....

great one

[Ken y Leidys 20]

Kick the bum out onto the street, give him community service time, and replace his program with Magic-Jack infomercials for the next 365 days. I hate FoxNews! Repugnant, Right wingnut politically charged political commentators with no respect for science. Fox sucks...

You must have not listen to RUSH LIMBAUGH yet.....

great one

Not lately. I'd like to take both guys to, "My world" for a few days.

[MrsCat 6]

I think the czars finally got him.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Racists.... LOL

let it go...... you won!!

[endoftheroad 1]

Kick the bum out onto the street, give him community service time, and replace his program with Magic-Jack infomercials for the next 365 days. I hate FoxNews! Repugnant, Right wingnut politically charged political commentators with no respect for science. Fox sucks...

That's the Ken I know and love!

[luckytxn 2,264]

Yeah he shouldn't be allowed to say his views. It is hard for people to just change the channel for themselves and find the Socialist networks that share their own point of view.

[HAL 9000 96]

* Socialist Disclaimer *

Anything not as extreme as retarded right wing (beyond normal right wing).

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Beck Returns to Air, Does Not Address Advertiser Fallout over Obama Remarks

Talk show host Glenn Beck returned to the air Monday, but did not address the advertiser boycott that began after he called President Barack Obama a racist.

Beck, who had been away on a planned vacation, didn't shy away from making other controversial statements upon his return, however. Launching a weeklong series called "The New Republic: America's Future," Beck opened the show by encouraging viewers to tell their friends to watch his show with a pen and paper because he was going to ask "reasonable questions for unreasonable times."

Beck accused the Obama administration of planning to "spend its way out of debt," and asked why it was considered "hateful" to expect legislators to read massive 1,000-page bills about healthcare before passing them.

Glenn Beck Program returned with 36 fewer advertisers, according to ColorofChange.org, the group leading the boycott against Beck's show. But some companies are going further than just pulling ads from Beck's show. Clorox, for example, said in a statement to Politico that the company doesn't want to be "associated with inflammatory speech used by either liberal or conservative talk show hosts."

DefendGlenn.com, a website supporting Beck, said Wal-Mart wasn't simply pulling ads from Beck's program, but "all cable news talk shows."

TVGuide.com's calls to a Wal-Mart spokesperson were not immediately returned.

The boycott began shortly after Beck called Obama a racist with a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture" during an appearance on Fox & Friends.

http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/409543_tvgif24.html

[Ken y Leidys 20]

Last night, I did notice a more reserved & balanced tone on Fox News. But, I set the tv timer when I'm getting ready to sleep for the night.