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CNN’s Glenn Beck.

By Nico Pitney on Jun 6th, 2007 at 10:31 am

CNN’s Glenn Beck.

Still a ratings failure.



42 Responses to “CNN’s Glenn Beck.”

  1. RUCerious says:

    BWAHAHAHA!
    A 40 and a 95?
    If his show was on life support, they’d pull the plug.


  2. TerrytheTurtle says:

    TP – leave the O’Reillys and the Becks to swirl around the pan one last time – we don’t need to watch.

    Time you looked at voter caging, the implications of the Gonzo testimony of warrantless spying on citizens and the Democrats total failure to do what they were elected to do.


  3. TripMaster Monkey says:

    Interesting, how CNN hired Glenn Beck in a bid to “out-fox” FOX, and he’s nothing but a millstone around their necks.

    Perhaps CNN will wise up and try to reclaim the mantle of journalistic integrity they tossed into the mud in their mad rush for ratings.


  4. Elmer says:

    Glenn who?

    I mean, really, you could get better ratings shouting out your window.


  5. Marie says:

    Beck is a losing proposition for CNN – what is taking them so long to dump the bigot? The bigwigs at CNN might like to pick up their heads from the sand and see that being a FOX wannabee is the wrong goal — the tide is turning against the racist, warmongering, fearmongering, anti-women bloviators like Beck.


  6. Zooey says:

    His mama probably still loves him……right?


  7. Jay Randal says:

    CNN refuses to fire Beck, so he must be the secret lover of its CEO.


  8. Marie says:

    #2, TtT
    You make a very good point. Voters are not informed about caging (even some politicians aren’t) and its implications. They are not informed of the violations of the Constitution by this cabal in power. Things are being set up to affect the 2008 elections already. And it’s not in the favor of democracy.
    Even the required, so-called “paper trail” is not a guarantee that all votes will be counted accurately. ..that trail will only be checked if there is a recount or a challenge. We need to go back to hard copy paper ballots, even if it means we will have to wait 24 hours for the election results.


  9. upside00 says:

    #6 Zooey – Now that would be a personality ONLY a mother could love!!


  10. Tom3 says:

    Glenn Beck is a typical stupid, racist, lying Repuke.

    And like most Repukes, he’s also a closet case.

    With that short blond hair, he fits right in at the gay bar on Friday night. And that high-pitched voice is another giveaway.

    Its funny that so many of these gay-bashing Repukes are queer.


  11. heyzeus says:

    Say, whatever happened to the “pop” singer Beck?

    Remember his one and only hit?

    “I’m A Loser, Baby, Why Don’t You Kill Me”

    He could hire Glenn, and they could do a come-back tour…
    …. better yet, a going-away tour…..


  12. kelso says:

    CNN to G. Beck:

    “Sorry Glenn, time for yet another series on the Armagedon and the second coming. Make sure you bash Al Gore somehow in there too. That always seems to get us a little ratings boost with the wingnuts and whackjobs.”

    Beck: Mmm k boss.


  13. Jay Randal says:

    Tom3 > yep Glenn Beck probably used to be a drag queen at a Gay bar, before he got hired by CNN. He keeps his hair short, so he can put on big wigs and his face is baby smooth soft for the make-up too.


  14. Zooey says:

    He could hire Glenn, and they could do a come-back tour…
    …. better yet, a going-away tour…..
    Comment by heyzeus

    Beck’s got a good song on the radio right now! “Think I’m in Love”

    Beck’s weird, but don’t wish Glenn Beck on him. Yuck. :D


  15. Zooey says:

    #6 Zooey – Now that would be a personality ONLY a mother could love!!
    Comment by upside00

    Well, sometimes we mothers have to put on a good show on Mother’s Day and birthdays.

    Heh.


  16. labs says:

    i never understood where beck even came from? all of a sudden he was just there…like mold.


  17. Jay Randal says:

    labs lol > Beck was busy cross dressing like Giuliani, so if you saw Beck you did not recognize him as a female.


  18. heyzeus says:

    thanks, Zooey, guess I shouldn’t project so much… :)


  19. ∞Ω says:

    i never understood where beck even came from? all of a sudden he was just there…like mold.

    Comment by labs

    So true.


  20. Jay Randal says:

    Comment by Jay Randal — June 6, 2007 @ 10:53 am

    Comment by Jay Randal — June 6, 2007 @ 11:02 am

    Comment by Jay Randal — June 6, 2007 @ 11:15 am

    Who’s crazier, me, or Jay Randal?


  21. Tom3 says:

    Glenn Beck’s career follows Junkie Rush’s.

    Both were failures in radio, until they became Reich Wingnut blowhards.

    This catapulted them to fame.

    But they are turning into failures again, as Americans are increasingly dumping the Reich Wingnuts.


  22. Crump's Brother says:

    RUCerious,

    It’s very tough, politically speaking, to fire right wingers. They cry about liberal bias so much, that CNN has now found itself in bed with a ratings nightmare that they can’t wake themselves up from, or feel the righties whiny bias wrath.

    Of course we all know how easy it is to toss lerfties in the trash. Ask Phil Donahue.


  23. Rick says:

    You people crack me up. Nothing but hatred for anyone who disagrees with your views. I don’t agree with the left most of the time but come on. There is constructive, educated criticism and then there is this pure hatred that you get from the left when you read through any comments to any posts on this site. Just my 2 cents and I’m sure I’ll also get called a queer for saying it. Let the ripping begin……


  24. ed says:

    Comment by Rick — June 6, 2007 @ 11:59 am

    Hey Rick, you’re a queer!


  25. Wayne says:

    Beck made Keith O’s worst person in the World again, last night, beating out OLiely
    heh


  26. heyzeus says:

    “…I’m sure I’ll also get called a queer for saying it. Let the ripping begin……”
    Comment by Rick

    This would imply you are going to hang around to get your fair share of abuse?


  27. Wayne says:

    You people crack me up. Nothing but hatred for anyone who disagrees with your views. — Rick

    We don’t hate you, we just despise you.
    Now go away….


  28. PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) says:

    rick

    Was that 2 cents the tax rebate Bush’s policies gave you? You might want to invest that money rather than spend it on TP.


  29. the republic of stupidity says:

    Just my 2 cents and I’m sure I’ll also get called a queer for saying it. Let the ripping begin……

    Comment by Rick

    Nonsense, why would we want to defame “queers”, as you put it?


  30. Bluedog49 says:

    Say, Rick, you throw the word “hate” around quite a bit. I’m wondering. When Glenn Beck said on the air that he’d like somebody to kill Michael Moore, were you offended? I’m guessing you were not offended and if that is the case, shut the f*ck up!


  31. michael says:

    Why are right wingers afraid of Gays, Muslims, immigrants,pro-choice,environmentalists, movie stars, directors, anyone who speaks out between the ages of 18 to 25, rappers, women, or soldiers?


  32. Rick says:

    the republic of stupidity – “queers” as I put it… Read post 10

    Bluedog49 – You’re right, I was not offended. It was a bit for goodness sake. I thought liberals had sense of humor. Did you hear the rest of the segment? I doubt it. Media Matters was not kind enough to post it. God forbid they get the whole story out, not just their one side. When you only get small clips of something like you get from Media Matters, which is were this came from, then you never get the whole story. It’s easy to manipulate things when you’re only giving someone 30 second sound bites. Don’t trust anything you get from the media, left or right. Research for yourself and then you will find the truth, or the closest thing to it. You telling me to “shut the f*ck up!” is proving my point about hatred. Thanks..


  33. ed says:

    Hey Rick, shut the f*ck up!


  34. labs says:

    i don’t hate trolls, i’m much worse than that, i don’t give a damn about trolls. there’s a big difference. they’re like vermin…remove the sustenance and seal up the access and they move on. works on possums too.


  35. Bluedog49 says:

    Wow, Rick, you take the cake for the weasliest a-hole on the thread today. Liberal don’t like Glenn Beck and we hope he will be dropped. You call it “hate.” Beck “jokingly” calls for the murder of Michael Moore. You call it a “bit.” I say that if you were not offended by a “joke” built on the call for murder, you should STFU. You call that “hate.”

    So, to review, telling you to shut up and not liking Beck is “hate,” but “jokingly” calling for someone’s murder on the air is a “bit.” Rick, I don’t really hate to break it to you – you are frickin insane.


  36. RUCerious says:

    Rick, I don’t hate Beck, he’s not worth the bad karma hate brings.
    Please stay around this blog and provide more of your dimwit banter.
    Ben Gleck is a pathetic loser, kinda like Rick.
    See, no hate, just a little mud in your eye.


  37. Rick says:

    At least I can say you guys brings a little humor to my day. Thanks for the smile. Hope you don’t mind if I lurk around the site for a while. Don’t worry, I’ll be a good little conservative and keep my mouth shut from now on.
    Love,
    Rick


  38. Kiki says:

    Wow, is he still on the air?


  39. sleep says:

    glenn wasn’t even on monday.

    last day Glenn was actually on:

    Friday June 1
    7pm
    Shep Smith 164
    Beck 156
    Hardball 93

    9pm
    Larry King 219
    Beck 217
    Msnbc 112

    Olbermann at 8pm –167


  40. Bluedog49 says:

    Fred Thompson divorced his wife of 25 years and married a woman 3 years younger than his daughter. No jokes about that from the despicable Beck, but he did joke that Kucinich’s wife must have been on the date-rape drug. Hahahaha. You know, for an inbread, Mormon moron, Beck is quite a commedian.


  41. President Bush 43 says:

    You know, for an inbread, Mormon moron, Beck is quite a commedian.
    Comment by Bluedog49 —

    I’m sure our longtime troll VileVenus/MA just loves his humor (or, as VV would put it, “humour”).


  42. Lora says:

    Fred Thompson divorced his wife of 25 years and married a woman 3 years younger than his daughter. No jokes about that from the despicable Beck, but he did joke that Kucinich’s wife must have been on the date-rape drug.
    Comment by Bluedog49

    That’s because a closeted gay like Beck yearns for the image of a big he-man, which he apparently thinks Thompson is. In other words, he has fallen for the image, such as the hired red pick-up truck, without caring to learn about the reality.



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