English rock group Muse asks Beck to retract his endorsement of them. (Updated)
English rock group Muse asks Beck to retract his endorsement of them. (Updated)
Last August, hate radio host Glenn Beck played a song by “one of his favorite new bands,” the English rock group Muse, claiming that the band endorses his radical anti-government views. The UK Telegraph reports that Muse asked Beck to retract his endorsement of them, prompting Beck to childishly claim the album he once praised is “awful and you should never go out and buy it”:
Beck, an outspoken conservative known for his caustic attacks on Barack Obama, praised a song on [Muse's] new album The Resistance for warning against the dangers of “one world government”. Describing their music as “absolutely fantastic”, Beck implied that the band members shared his concern about the centralisation of power by liberal politicians. [...]
But Beck withdrew his recommendation after being emailed during the show by a representative of the band.
“They would like me to retract my endorsement,” Beck told listeners. “My apologies to Muse for saying that I like them. I didn’t mean to destroy all their credibility and all their coolness.
“It’s an awful album and you should never go out and buy it.”
According to a spokesperson for Beck: "After raving about Muse for four minutes, Glenn made a joke about their representatives emailing him to stop. While it is entirely possible that Muse do not like having Glenn as a fan, he was making a joke and their representatives never reached out to him."
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October 5th, 2009 at 10:57 amSkid mark
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Way to go Beckerwood. No ballz. No gutz. Panzy to the core. Typical phucktard white-winger.
October 5th, 2009 at 10:58 amOnce again The Onion scoops Faux News:
October 5th, 2009 at 10:59 amPut little Glenny back in his crib. He doesn’t play well with others and he’s getting a little cranky (nasty little shit is what he’s growing up to be).
October 5th, 2009 at 11:01 amI didn’t mean to destroy all their credibility and all their coolness.
Beck, you didn’t destroy anything other than your own credibility. How cool can “Crying Man” be?
October 5th, 2009 at 11:02 amAs usual, he’s a childing little prick.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:03 amoopsie…..should’ve said childish @ #7.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:04 amBeck: “It’s an awful album and you should never go out and buy it.”
– - If you’re not familiar with the band, I suggest that you acquaint yourself. You’ll be hard pressed to find a band that can deliver driving rock anthems, haunting lullabies, symphonic compositions and span the breadth of stylings that Muse can.
I would have figured the Mormon Beck for an Osmonds man.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:05 amLOL, Comedian, you’re such a pud. I’m still waiting for your head to explode on live TV. Don’t disappoint me.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:06 amWell, looks like Beck has lost the great blubbery walrus battle by not being able to get people to kiss his butt.
Im sure Steele will be piling on Beck after his inappropriate affair with El Flush Bo’s clamshell and wanting to look like he can stand up to crowing craniums
October 5th, 2009 at 11:07 amI think it would be better to use his first and last name in the headline. I thought at first, TP meant Beck (of Odelay, etc.).
October 5th, 2009 at 11:08 am“It’s an awful album and you should never go out and buy it.”
To be fair, he just kind of tossed this part off half-heartedly.
The really amazing thing is that this wasn’t two different episodes. On the audio track I listened to queued up to where he starts talking about the band, he gets to the 4:30 mark and already has an email from the band’s manager telling him to retract his endorsement of them, which he then reads. That’s some pretty quick action there. Of course, what that also means is that either the band, their manager or someone else with their email address listens to Glenn Beck, so…
October 5th, 2009 at 11:08 am@ 4. ralph the wonder llama says: “Once again The Onion scoops Faux News”: October 5th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Right arm. Farm out. Talent wins over Flatulent (hack) Noise, indeed.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:08 amIf you don’t like it when I lie about you, I won’t be your friend anymore, and I’ll trash you to everyone I know- Beck.
His childishness knows no bounds.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:08 amI bet Ann is really jealous now…
October 5th, 2009 at 11:12 amNow I don’t dare listen to this band.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:14 amBurn
October 5th, 2009 at 11:14 amYou Will Burn
You Will Burrrn In Hell
You Will Burrrn In Hell For Your Sins
As Paul Krugman said “we learned that the modern conservative movement, which dominates the modern Republican Party, has the emotional maturity of a bratty 13-year-old.”
October 5th, 2009 at 11:16 amCmonGlennyoucandoitattaboythreespiralsofafivespiralcrashjusttwomore
October 5th, 2009 at 11:18 amLOL! Did Glen stamp his feet denouncing them? How petty! Do you think he’ll cry. Oops, better whip out the Vapor Rub to put under his eyes to bring on the crying jags again!
October 5th, 2009 at 11:19 amand yet it inspired you to comment
hmmm
October 5th, 2009 at 11:19 amI think it was Crooks & Liars that added some more dimension to the story. Beck had never even heard of Muse until his daughter(?) played one track for him, so his endorsement of the band was already completely bogus.
Which should surprise no one.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:20 amHow would YOU like to be endorsed by Beckerhead, the FoxSucker?
Glenda is a known anarchist, antichrist, liar, cryer and is more than a little insane.
Will he now take on the Republic Party after being b!itch slapped by Graham Cracker?
You tune in, I don’t watch insane cry babies on ClusterFox.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:20 amFor the record, Beck was probably being sarcastic about the “awful” remark. I think this was covered at Media Matters before–Beck found it hilarious and made a tongue-in-cheek comment about how he hates them now that they asked for a retraction.
I find Muse to be a great band, regardless of anyone’s recommendation. You just won’t find me at a Muse concert rocking out with Beck anywhere near me.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:21 amWho’s the normal guy in the photo, behind the salt and pepper shakers?
October 5th, 2009 at 11:21 amBen Gleck’s idea of cool would include any and all tunes sung by the Tabernacle Choir.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:24 amStop The Presses -=Clumsy Legs=-
Taking your psycho-babble out for a walk how nice
October 5th, 2009 at 11:24 amI wonder if, in an earlier time, if he would have recommeded the Sex Pistols?
October 5th, 2009 at 11:24 amYou can’t really blame Becky. He hadn’t had his 2:30 PM nappy time yet.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:26 amBeen Debunked ~Greasy Pegs
What is the purpose of vaporub under ones eyes?
October 5th, 2009 at 11:26 amIf that. Many of them act like tantrum-prone 2-year-olds.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:27 am@28, I really don’t care if it has been debunked. The fact is, Beck is acting like a juvinile because someone dissed him. He could have denounced THEM, but instead denounced their music when he said himself he had liked them. THAT is juvinile!
October 5th, 2009 at 11:27 amBesides its proven that Beck also uses alligator clamps on his nipples [gag] to make him cry. His non-denial proves it.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:30 amSee it and weep Crazy Eggs, see it and weep. :)
October 5th, 2009 at 11:31 amHave you noticed how many people are dismissing Beck in droves? Sen. Graham, advertisers, now musicians…. You would think he has the Plague!
October 5th, 2009 at 11:34 amI dont vote people down usually, but damnit Creepy Legs, I just couldnt resist getting the tenther. Sowwy. 8[
October 5th, 2009 at 11:34 amIts [stupid] not an emotion or physical sense of touch. It would however may be good if stoopid didnt breed. But I guess you are used to that.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:37 am‘Insane Biped’ worships Beckerhead!!!
-film @ 11:00
October 5th, 2009 at 11:38 amShorter Crazy Legs:
Leave Glenn Beck allllOOOOOOOOOOOOnonnneeee!!!!!!!!
October 5th, 2009 at 11:38 amYou’re right if you are referring to the number of sponsors that have dropped Beck’s comedy program on the faux news network.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:40 amAfter the number reached sixty, it’s obvious ?Beck is less desirable to sponsors than bubonic plague.
Why? Are they better than Roves numbers?
What exactly is the correlation your trying to infer here? Does Becks numbers make you smarter, more informed, angry about feeling disenfranchised?
October 5th, 2009 at 11:41 amCrazy Legs:
October 5th, 2009 at 11:41 amIt might also help if we try and secure some employment for you. It could support your efforts to get out of the house and reintegrated into normal society
October 5th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Now Crazy Legs we really do have to address the underlying objectives of your futile attempts at attention seeking. Tell us again why you come here oh so many times under oh so many names. What is it you hope to accomplish? It is pointless and mundane…
October 5th, 2009 at 11:42 amHe also wants us to leave Michael Savage alone, leave Rush Limbaugh alone, leave Sean Hannity alone, etc. Any right-wing screechmonkey speaks the gospel as far as he’s concerned and we libs are just so incredibly mean to actually report the ridiculous things they do and say.
Crazy Legs Jeffy, you can go ahead and cling to your insane, racist opinions about hating 9/11 families and wanting to drown black people. Decent people will call you out when you express your mental illness, though. Tough luck.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:45 amThere’s nothing wrong with crying. But fake crying?
October 5th, 2009 at 11:45 amAgain, the “ratings” argument.
Someone gonna bring back the pro-racing/football counter?
October 5th, 2009 at 11:48 amI seriously doubt that the fans of the group watch Beck and the people who watch Beck buy the kind of music the group plays.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:48 amBut but but nipple clamp crying is ReEeEeEaAaAaAlLlL!!
Defend Glenn!!
October 5th, 2009 at 11:49 amCan anyone name one cool band or entertainer that does endorse Beck, or for that matter, any republican or conservative?
October 5th, 2009 at 11:49 amcrazy leggings, beck is going down further every day.
just like the gop.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:49 amThat’s adorable, Crazyeggs is defending Beck worries about others feeling supid.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:51 amCrazy Legs says:
Purple State says:
Explain why no one watches msnbc….
That I cannot explain, because the statement itself is not true.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:51 amI would think maybe Kayne West would because he disrupts democratic process and the people’s choice, but he thinks Bush don’t like black people.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:52 amCrazy Legs says:
Purple State says:
Explain why no one watches msnbc…
First explain why Formula 1 is six times more awesome than Football…
Oh, what’s that you say?
They’re both ridiculous assertions and off topic?
okey-dokey.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:52 amIt is hilarious that Fox needs to force feed their ratings to their viewers so they believe they’re not idiots for watching such stupidity.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:55 amExplain why no one watches msnbc….
Easier to explain Fox’s numbers. Do their high ratings extend through the entire week, or just the weekend?
Local Fox broadcast affiliates (not cable, broadcast) air Fox News on the weekends – something MSNBC cannot do, being a strictly cable news network. That’s hundreds of localities broadcasting Fox News, and artificially pumping up their ratings numbers.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:55 amCrazy Legs: “Explain why no one watches msnbc….”
From Media Bistro: “Though the numbers were down, MSNBC finished #2 in the A25-54 demo in primetime. MSNBC’s 8pmET show “Countdown” was down 5% year-over-year in the demo while the 9pmET show hosted by Rachel Maddow was up 61% in the demo and up 92% in Total Viewers (compared to Dan Abrams’ show airing last August at 9pmET). Maddow also topped CNN’s Larry King in the A25-54 demo.”
Crazy people often take hyperbole to new heights. This crazy Beck fan thinks nobody watches MSNBC. That’s crazy. Interesting that the only MSNBC show showing real strength these days is the one hosted by their most liberal host.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:56 amNor, even if it were true, would it be relevant…
October 5th, 2009 at 11:57 amMore idiots tuned in to watch Jon & Kate than Glen Beck. I guess we should vote for the candidates they support.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:58 amYour the one making the claim no one watches it Crabby Eggs you just cant leave your little crabs on peoples porches and run off.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:58 amI wonder how Tony Romo makes it out of the locker room knowing that Lewis Hamilton has six times as many people watching…
October 5th, 2009 at 11:59 amI wonder what Pat Pomery thinks before he comes here knowing very few people will be listening?
October 5th, 2009 at 11:59 amBarfly, great point.
And, let’s not forget that FOX actually provides compensation at times to rural stations who will run their stuff. And, let’s not forget the strange practice among conservative-owned cable outlets of putting FOX news on their basic cable and putting MSNBC on special packages.
But, really, the entire non-argument is just a canard to make stupid Beck fans like “Crazy legs” feel good about themselves. If FOX and it’s conservative talkers were such a strong force, then Obama shouldn’t have been able to win by the largest margin in 30 years. Crazy Beck Fan needs to get a handle on reality.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:00 pmReally, Fox should stop airing “House” since “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race” get so many more viewers.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:01 pmCrazy Beck Fan: “False.”
Riiiiight. This from the guy who looks at a video of someone putting Vicks under Beck’s eyes to make tears and then says the charge that he makes phony tears that way “has been debunked.”
Dude, take your medication.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:02 pmOprah gets ten times the viewers of Cryenn Feck so she wins all the ratings battles neener neener
October 5th, 2009 at 12:02 pmWhy does Crazyeggs need to make excuses for his support of Beck. Be proud Crazy, be proud.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:02 pmCrazy Beck Fan: “3rd or 4th every night? LOL!”
It’s great that you crack yourself up so well. Must be entertaining… but did you read the article? She’s usually second, beating out Larry King and losing to FOX.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:03 pmSomething along the lines of…….
“I’ll show them this time! This will be the one time I troll where I’ll actually get in a decent point and I won’t come off like a crazy clown! This time I won’t have to leave in disgrace with everyone laughing at me!”
But then, yeah, it never seems to work out for the poor guy. Sad.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:04 pm(sigh) I suppose I will try this one more time, even though not a single right-wing troll has had the balls to give me an answer yet…
Crazy Legs, why do you bring up the comparative ratings between Faux News and MSNBC? What point do you hope to establish?
You seem tom imply that the ratings success of Faux News demonstrates a triumph of the conservative message in the marketplace of ideas. Is this a reasonable assessment of your intent?
October 5th, 2009 at 12:05 pmAs if it were relevant to the thread, Rupert Murdoch is doing to FOX the same thing that a crappy sports GM does buy paying a ridiculous salary to players who don’t perform, draining the organization’s worth.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:07 pm82, LOL, Crazy Eggs scrambled!
October 5th, 2009 at 12:08 pmBack on topic, well closer to it than network ratings, can anyone name one cool entertainer that does endorse the likes of Beck?
October 5th, 2009 at 12:09 pmCrazy Troll, if Fox is influential as you claim it to be, why did the Republicans got their asses handed to them in the last two elections.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:13 pmMaybe crazy legs could also explain why only 1% (3 million) Americans watch Fox News and 99%(300 million) do not.
can anyone name one cool entertainer that does endorse the likes of Beck?
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert… without Beck there’d be so much less laughter in this world… ‘Finally a man who says what people who aren’t thinking are thinking.’
October 5th, 2009 at 12:13 pmDo all Mormons cry like Becky? Could that be the source of Salt in the GSL?
How about you Crazy Loser, cry much?
October 5th, 2009 at 12:14 pmI have been watching Stewart skewer republican’s when Beck was a lowly radio host, way before crusty the old conservative mainstream even knew who he was. What he and Colbert do is far from endorsement.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:17 pmWhat he and Colbert do is far from endorsement.
Perhaps… but one should never look a gift horse in the mouth… and I assume the rules are similar for a gift ass…
October 5th, 2009 at 12:20 pmYou don’t really believe Stewart “needs” Beck to be funny do you? There is plenty fodder for them.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:22 pmNot an endorsement, just recognition that the ape shit antics of Becky provide fodder to skewer the idiots.
Bush left a huge void in the “easy to ridicule” category and Becky and the teabaggers are trying to fill it.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:22 pmA huge void? Have you heard of Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachman? The examples are not finite.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:24 pmHave you heard of Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachman?
Yes, there is fine work being done all over on the ‘bat-shit crazy’ front… Republicans have got that covered, I think we all recognize that.
I merely point out that while without Beck we would not perhaps experience a huge void, we’d definitely miss out on a huge hemorrhoid…
October 5th, 2009 at 12:29 pmSarah is doing a marvelous job, as is Bachman, and the Ensigns and Sanfords pitch in where they can, but Bush was a marvel and we need Becky to cry and rant and see conspiracies in the clouds too.
It will be years, maybe never, before the world produces another bumbling, stupid, rambling, ass like Boy George.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:42 pmBush really was a savant in this respect, wasn’t he? Just a prolific, productive source of material for ridicule. It’s like the NBA when Jordan retired. Who’s gonna fill those shoes?
Sure, there’s no shortage of guys who can show their skills, shoot the J, make the clutch plays… but who has the genius for the game to take it to the next level?
Bush was that guy for Jon and Stephen.
October 5th, 2009 at 12:49 pmBenn Gleck, a fine role model for the sissy weenie crowd.
October 5th, 2009 at 1:15 pmMaybe that’s what the Bush Museum will be, a celebration of his greatest fck ups, his worst speeches, his infatuation with bald men…. who he really was.
Makes more sense than some bullshit excuse about why he invaded Iraq.
October 5th, 2009 at 1:19 pmInfantile behavior from an insure punk…no wonder the extreme righties love him.
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Here’s the audio link.
October 5th, 2009 at 1:30 pmaaronk says:
Nobody from MUSE asked Beck to retract his endorsement. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. Beck came back from commercial and was joking about that,
He wasn’t joking, he was perfectly serious. Or if it was joke, I don’t get it. And neither does anybody but you.
Check the audio I just posted. He reads the email at 4:30 in.
October 5th, 2009 at 1:32 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
#12 – I concur.
Favorite new band? Um, Muse has been around for well over a decade.
Shouldn’t the right wing realize after all the complaints during the 2008 McCain campaign that most rockers do NOT want to be affiliated with the GOP.
October 5th, 2009 at 1:36 pmRight after you explain why Formula 1 is six times more awesome than Football! ;)
October 5th, 2009 at 1:37 pmIm thinking Beck got spoofed
October 5th, 2009 at 1:37 pmRight after you explain what happened in the 2006 and 2008 elections……you might remember those elections, they were the ones where Republicans lost both houses of congress and the presidency.
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aaronk says:
Of course, you have a link to show this story is erroneous, right?
October 5th, 2009 at 1:43 pmNo, no, aaronk. Sorry for your luck.
How’d that work out for ya?
October 5th, 2009 at 1:43 pmerronk has a point… why should anyone take Beck’s own words as factual representations of reality?
If, as erronk claims, it was all a joke played by Becky… then the linchpin of the joke is that Beck has any credibility left at all. Because the only way it works is if people believe what Beck says about the email. And when Beck reveals that the joke is on them, it’s only because they believed what Beck told them.
The logical result? No one who believed what Beck said on this show will want to believe anything he ever says again.
Once again, right-wingers show they don’t possess the humor gene.
Of course, since Standard Right-wing Excuse #2 is “I was only joking”, there’s a good bet that Beck is simply following the playbook:
1) make stupid statement
2) respond to blowback from stupid statement — consult playbook:
a) attack messenger
b) say it was all a joke
c) claim “Clinton Did It Too” (update: insert “Obama” for “Clinton”)
3) pretend nothing ever happened
October 5th, 2009 at 1:45 pmNice find in the archives, Trollspotter.
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Umm, aaronk?
Did you find anything that shows this story to be ‘erroneous’ yet?
That’d be great if you could get on that… or are we just supposed to take your word for it, kinda like Beck trusts his 20 year old daughters word on the political opinions of English Falsetto-singing rockers?
October 5th, 2009 at 1:52 pmI dunno, aaronk thinks bludgeoning prominent Democrats to death with shovels is funny, he thinks the idea of poisoning Democrats is funny, he thinks choking Democrats to death is funny. Could there be some right-wing would be serial killer mutation of the humor gene we’ve yet to study?
Thanks!
October 5th, 2009 at 1:52 pmBeck’s staff just spent 15 minutes of airtime
The same Beck’s staff who originally made the claim? That staff?
October 5th, 2009 at 1:53 pmI don’t know. What were you trying to accomplish when you said this:
October 5th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
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So we are to assume then that NOTHING Beck says on-air is real or factual, aaronk?
I kinda suspected…
Thanks, aaronk!
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I guess that would be a “NO”, Belac.
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Why? Have TP or Mediamatters tried to punk anybody for believing what they posted?
This is what you’re claiming here, right?
That the lefty blogosphere got punked for taking beck at his word?
October 5th, 2009 at 2:03 pmThat aaronk lives in a blue state. You live in a blue state. You write here about visiting a place within easy driving distance of where that aaronk claims to live. I read your posts, I read his posts, you’re almost certainly the same loony tunes wingnut.
Good luck with your political career.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:03 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Prove it.
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Trollspotter, you don’t think we can take erronk at his word?
When has he ever lied to us?
October 5th, 2009 at 2:09 pmTrollspotter, hit a nerve with that one pal.
“jerkoff”?
October 5th, 2009 at 2:09 pmRight, because people never go from one state to another. Especially states that are very close to each other. Good point, aaronk.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:10 pmNo. Prove it publicly. Right here, right now. The floor is yours. Go.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:10 pmCareful, Trollspotter… erronk may be trying to punk us just like his hero Beck.
He’ll tell us a lie about not being a different aaronk, and then laugh at us when we take him at his word. Apparently right-wingers enjoy that kind of “humor”.
So it’s best just to not trust anything he says, is the lesson I’m taking from this.
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So how far is Illinois from Indiana? Super super far? They don’t share a border or anything, do they?
October 5th, 2009 at 2:14 pmKentucky, Texas and Illinois are celebrating.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:16 pmerronk still thinks anyone here believes anything he says.
That’s cute.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:17 pm“They would like me to retract my endorsement,” Beck told listeners. “My apologies to Muse for saying that I like them. I didn’t mean to destroy all their credibility and all their coolness.
“It’s an awful album and you should never go out and buy it.”
Okay I’m sorry, but that made me laugh.
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Exactly. Not a very trustworthy sort, this aaronk. I’d certainly keep an eye on him. He also admitted to shoplifting, you know.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I don’t know, aaronk.
You lied about not defending Glenn Beck. You lied about being respectful to Ted Kennedy. You lied about Richard E. Ralston. You tried to claim that Adolf Hitler was a left. You’ve said many ridiculous, easily debunkable things.
You seem pretty dumb.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:34 pmPsst, Crazy Legs? I can explain ALL your questions. That is, if you can read.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_07/b3971033.htm
http://www.journalism.org/node/780
So see? They go online. FOX and FOX News has nowhere NEAR the amount of numbers that CNN and MSNBC have when it comes to fans. Not even close. MSNBC actually slaughters FOX.
So keep your crazy talk, because it’s certainly crazy.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
So see? They go online. FOX and FOX News has nowhere NEAR the amount of numbers that CNN and MSNBC have when it comes to fans. Not even close. MSNBC actually slaughters FOX.
But bluesunflower! How is MSNBC doing in the all important non-tech savvy curmudgeon demographic!?!?
We must not allow a curmudgeon gap!
October 5th, 2009 at 2:40 pmIt is a waste of time debating aareek the troll.
Flag it, vote it down, then ignore him and his other sock-puppets.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:40 pmaaronk says:
Keep making yourself look stupid…it’s fine with me. By the way, why don’t you listen to that audio again and notice the laughter in the background when he is talking about the “email” he received from MUSE?
I’d be laughing too, frankly, if it were real.
How many times have we heard a wingnut walk something back with “I was just joking!”
If they were joking, they would have been funny to begin with.
But if you’d care to explain the joke to me, I might reconsider my opinion. I just can’t imagine the train of thought during the commercial break that would say “you know what would be hilarious, if MUSE made me retract my comments about them.” How would that be funny to anybody? Explain please? While you’re at it, we’d still appreciate any link whatsoever supporting your claim that Beck says it was a joke.
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aaronk says:
Oh, I see…I had to ctrl-f to find what you were talking about. There is a non-member posting using the handle “aaronk” on that website, so it must be me right?
Makes sense. Did you not support John McCain in the last election? Did you not think and/or hope that McCain would win?
Or was that a “joke” too?
Because it sounds a lot to me like you’re now claiming you were an Obama supporter. :)
October 5th, 2009 at 2:43 pmI, however, am not dumb enough to give out personal information on a blog site….every heard of identity theft idiot?
Shorter aaronk:
I’m a liar, and none of the claims I made regarding myself can be affirmatively proven.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:47 pmCrazy Legs says:
False.
Your proof?
I’ve already presented mine, where’s yours? My proof is readily available – just turn on your non-cable broadcast Fox affiliate next weekend, and watch Fox News – something you will be unable to do with MSNBC, because it is only aired on cable.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:53 pmGlenn Beck may indeed be a fraud, but he has genuine power lust.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:55 pmElBruce says:
Makes sense.
I can’t agree here. There was no smoking gun, and a lot of people use their first name, last initial. Aaron isn’t exactly a seldom-used name, and lots of people have a last name that starts with K.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=aaronk&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g10
October 5th, 2009 at 2:56 pmWell, to be fair, on this morning’s show (10/05/09), Beck did claim that he was joking when he said that. (I listen to his show for comedy value on my drive to work).
Beck is trying to claim that it only seemed serious “when taken out of context”, which is nonsense, because there was no context to take it out of. He also seems to believe that it was obvious to any “critical thinker” that it was a joke.
Now, I consider myself to very perceptive and a critical thinker. I also did not get that was a joke, and even upon relistening to the entirety of the segment (since he claims MMFA took it out of context), it’s still not apparent that it was a joke. The laughter in the background, which Beck claims is the tell, could easily be attributed to his staff laughing at Muse’s complaint (assuming it were real).
I’ll be the first to admit that it did seem odd that there was a response from a representative of Muse so quickly, but stranger things have happened.
October 5th, 2009 at 3:22 pmI taught high school for 33 years.
erraneck has implied that he’s a college student.
After reading his posts for a period of time, I have come to doubt this. He’s either an under-achieving high school student or attends college and pays someone else to complete his assignments. The time he spends on the intertubes indicates that he doesn’t apply himself to his studies the way he should (if he’s even in school).
Note the first sentence. “their” should be replaced with his/her past to add clarity, and the second part of the sentence “well mine was shoplifting” could provide more clarity and cohesion to the first part of the sentence if it stated “and my dirty secret is that I was once a shoplifter.”
Bragging about never getting caught makes him sound like he’s 5 years old— not like a college student
The sentence beginning with, ” I’ve stolen thousands….” lacks proper punctuation—–a comma is missing
“But I never did”——–is better stated as—”I never was arrested for these crimes……
These are just a few of the weaknesses I’ve noticed in his writing. When his writing is compared to the writing of others here, his doesn’t measure up. The writing of true TPers is clearly superior in sentence structure, clarity, and originality. TPers are also superior in knowing and documenting facts.
October 5th, 2009 at 3:41 pmHey Arronk!
You remind me of this welcher and pussy! What? It’s you?
Hi Fred!
October 5th, 2009 at 7:02 pmI must now start listening to @muse. vajina estetigi
October 9th, 2009 at 9:59 amThank you for your sharing.!
October 11th, 2009 at 4:30 pm