Glenn Beck’s ratings plummet.
By on May 30th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Glenn Beck’s ratings plummet.
Chris Achorn at My Two Sense looks at CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck’s ratings and finds that his “numbers for this week were LOWER then a year ago when he was just starting.” They are also the “lowest in cable news.” Beck has repeatedly made racist, sexist, and homophobic comments on air.
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cnn needs to can the bigot.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:08 pmWhat about Rosie O'Donnell's ratings?
What about Phil Donohue's ratings?
Clinton did it too.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:11 pmGlenn Beck serves at the pleasure of the President.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:12 pmHe's waiting for his own Buckley award for media excremence...
May 30th, 2007 at 2:14 pmIf you as the idiot himself he will tell you its not him; the ratings are down because all the islamo-fascist, terrorist loving, zion-hating men, women and gay liberals who have stopped watching his show.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:14 pmLOWER then a year ago - - UGH, I hate it when I have to play Grammar Cop; THAN.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:16 pmGlenn who?
May 30th, 2007 at 2:16 pm#3 Jacko
A minor correction. Your comment should read
"Glenn Beck serves to pleasure (not at pleasure) the President
May 30th, 2007 at 2:16 pmSomeday his dumb fans will grow bored of it all.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:17 pmHmmm... CNN has GOT to do something to offset Beck's miserable ratings.
Maybe they should... I don't know, hire a new correspondent to cover Brittney Spears and Michael Jackson?
May 30th, 2007 at 2:17 pmHey CNN!!!!
Want to be NUMBER ONE???
Report the NEWS!!!
Illegal spying, Cheney destroying records, CIA OPERATIVE SPIES exposed, Bush giving himself "emergency" powers without Congress.
These are ALL crimes of TREASON.
Report these, and FOLLOW UP, and be JOURNALISTS.
Like CBS was A LONG TIME AGO. (Murrow, Cronkite, most of Rather)
As was NBC (Huntley/Brinkley, Edwin Neumann, etc.)
And ABC (Eric Sevareid, etc.).
DO YOUR JOB, if you want to be journalists.
Nixon got taken down last time due to the tenacity of the PRESS.
It wouldn't happen this time.
Unless they were DEMOCRATS. Then Rush, Coulter, etc...
The press drinks martinis and eats lamb kababs with Cheney and Bush.
They might LOSE their 500K jobs if they REPORTED THE TRUTH about the TREASON of the BushCrimeCo, Inc.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:19 pmI'm shocked.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:19 pmeven olberman has better numbers? wow! that is bad
May 30th, 2007 at 2:20 pmHmmm… CNN has GOT to do something to offset Beck’s miserable ratings.
Maybe they should… I don’t know, hire a new correspondent to cover Brittney Spears and Michael Jackson?
Comment by Princess Sparkle Pony — May 30, 2007 @ 2:17 pm
Pretty funny, Princess Sparkle Pony. Love your name!
May 30th, 2007 at 2:21 pmThey give him an hour in the prime time news slot to spew his hate - that to me is the kicker. Why not put someone intelligent and a little less offensive on at that time, save the wacko's for the 3:00 am timeslot...
The worst episode had to be when he had Bibi Netanjahoo on for a whole hour - giving him a national soap box from which he could try and convince everyone how Israel and American interests are exactly the same, and that the reason the Islamofascists hate Israelies is because they are aligned with America (the other way around is of course closer to the truth).
May 30th, 2007 at 2:21 pmYou would think by now that CNN has learned that their effort to copy the Faux Noise Network format is a failure. Still they trundle on. Maybe after Beck costs them even more viewers and more revenue it will sink in. Then again maybe not. Actually as long as we have Keith Olberman, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert who cares what imbiciles are on CNN.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:21 pm#11 ~ It's true. People want to watch the news channel... that actually reports, say... NEWS.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:25 pmI am surprised that CNN still keeping him .
What does CNN think of accomplishing by keeping this guy on the air,other than making more people angry?
CNN now & FOX are nothing but the same coin with two faces.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:26 pmI guess being a big racist a-hole who is wrong about everything has consequences. Great. I hope I never have to look at his big fat grill again.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:31 pmAnd ABC and CBS and PBS and....
May 30th, 2007 at 2:32 pmBeck always reminds me of the little fat boy in school who liked to pinch people and would go on irritating others until somebody punched him.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:33 pmThey are also the “lowest in cable news.â€
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I'm a Republican and I've never watched the guy.
Personally, I prefer Keith Olbermann when I'm looking for a good laugh.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:36 pmThanks TP... way to slow down the speed of his decline.
The more you talk about it, the more people will continue to tune in. I bet if MediaMatters, and TP didn't cover him AT ALL... he'd have already been this low in the ratings a long time ago.
Just shut up about him. We know his shtick, we don't care, we're not watching. No need to make a point about racist/sexist remarks, we have free speech.
Just shut up and let the ratining plummet more until he's canceled.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:37 pmGlen Blech
Becky Glen
Count Beckula
Ben Gleck
Ha ha
May 30th, 2007 at 2:38 pmI'm sure Oreilly will take credit for Belch umm Blechs demise
May 30th, 2007 at 2:38 pmbetween beck and lou dobbs, cnn is leading the demagoguery ratings only.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:45 pm22. KO is entertaining and good for a laugh. He makes it that way. All the while showing facts and using this administrations own words.
Much more entertaining than the phone sex guy on fox.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:51 pmyou dont ignore problems to make them go away.
that has been tried before, and has failed.
you have to confront people like Beck head on, you cant let them get away with spewing their hate.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:51 pmW's ratings have plummeted too.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:52 pmIt wont matter. If they take him off the air the righties will scream that it is more evidence of a liberal bias in the media. It's a no win for CNN!!
May 30th, 2007 at 3:00 pmIs Beckerhead a Mormon? I went to school with his type here in Idaho.
May 30th, 2007 at 3:40 pm"you dont ignore problems to make them go away.
that has been tried before, and has failed."
For example, the White House.
May 30th, 2007 at 3:52 pmuh oh, better roll out EVEN MORE episodes proclaiming that the Armageddon is coming!!
G. Beck's audience is drawn purely from the 26%'s that still support Bush. They're a shrinking audience pool, it's no wonder his ratings suck ass.
May 30th, 2007 at 4:13 pmPoor Bennie Gleck, the market has spoken, and no one's a buyin
May 30th, 2007 at 4:19 pmHis tired old racist, ooooh I'm such a poor picked on fat white boy routine.
To the trash heap with ya, Bennie, and take your Jets with you!
Mediocre show. I wonden why he is not working for Fox News.
May 30th, 2007 at 4:25 pmlike no.7 said...Glenn who?
May 30th, 2007 at 4:47 pmThe thing that's even worse is that Beck's presence on CNN (along with Nancy Grace) is more proof that CNN is just another Fox wannabe. They're after the ratings — to hell with good news reporting.
May 30th, 2007 at 5:11 pmAt one point CNN actually had some journalist cred. It just keeps disappearing.
May 30th, 2007 at 5:42 pmhe's just another 'whoop' in the echo chamber.
May 30th, 2007 at 5:49 pmAh good stop watching the crap CNN puts out folks.How about Paula Zahn now It's time we, American, stake a stand against the BS they put out over our Air.
May 30th, 2007 at 7:01 pmIt’s time we, American, stake a stand against the BS they put out over our Air.
Comment by DutchHenry
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CNN is on cable, it's not broadcast over the air.
May 30th, 2007 at 7:51 pmSo, why is he still there? Why would CNN want to keep his hate monger on their payroll?
May 30th, 2007 at 8:07 pmeven olberman has better numbers? wow! that is bad
Comment by ct
Oh, there, there, Li'l Buddy. I know it's tough to sit there and watch your majestical Reich Wing Revolution sink deeper and deeper into a puddle of its own excrement, but hey, ct, you start out w/ S*%t, you end up w/ S*#t. You are now free to go back to watching Glenn Beck as he sinks deeper and deeper.
May 30th, 2007 at 10:19 pmGlenn Beck is dog shit.
May 31st, 2007 at 12:07 am# 44 - Comment by CaptainVideo — May 30, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
"...illegal immigration has been one of the factors suppressing the real wages of American workers."
One of the factors? In fact, I doubt even THAT allegation on your part, but why don't you name the MANY other factors "suppressing the real wages of American workers?"
If you can't, I can!
May 31st, 2007 at 5:36 amThe lemmings on this site need to actually listen to someone other than Tommy Chong and get some look from some real stats instead. Beck's ratings aren't anything to write home about, but he's beating his timeslot competitors; Fox News withstanding. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/
June 28th, 2007 at 6:00 pmAnd I need to proof read better...
The lemmings on this site need to actually listen to someone other than Tommy Chong and get look for some real stats instead. Beck’s ratings aren’t anything to write home about, but he’s beating his timeslot competitors; Fox News withstanding. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/
June 28th, 2007 at 6:02 pm