Forbes Bows To Beck After He Complains About Being Named One Of Magazine’s ‘Scariest People’
Forbes Bows To Beck After He Complains About Being Named One Of Magazine’s ‘Scariest People’
To commemorate Halloween, Forbes magazine announced its picks “for the scariest people of 2009” and included caricatured masks of the honorees, which included Rod Blagojevich, Bernie Madoff, Michael Moore, Kanye West, Roman Polanki and radical Fox News’ host Glenn Beck. “This cable-news demagogue commands big ratings, an army of fans and crocodile tears on demand,” Forbes magazine said of Beck.
Beck hosted the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief — and one-time GOP presidential candidate — Steve Forbes on his radio show Wednesday and complained about the award. “[You're] making me the number one scariest man in America?” Beck asked. “People always want to be at the top of our list,” Forbes replied. “Not this one,” Beck bemoaned. Forbes then started sucking up to Beck:
FORBES: It was a mis — it was a miscommunication. We were going to put you on the most admired, most beloved, most reasonable, most enlightened list.
BECK: Right, right.
FORBES: But we figured if we did that, it would yeah, we wanted to put a mask on you so you wouldn’t get killed by the liberals.
BECK: I mean, here’s the competition: Rod Blagojevich, Bernie Madoff, Michael Jackson, David Letterman, Michael Moore, Roman Polanski. You’ve got a rapist who is nine slots lower than I am ….
FORBES: We normally would put you on the 400 list but we respect your privacy.
In fact, after the show, Forbes went back and amended the original article to be more flattering of Beck:
By Steve Forbes
I hereby amend Halloween Masks — The Scariest People Of 2009“Glenn Beck is the scariest person to big tax; big government; big spend; and weak defense liberals.”
Salon’s Alex Koppelman observes, “The idea that your outlet’s owner could decide he disagreed with something you wrote — something that had already been published — and then just blithely go in and change it is pretty scary. There’s an ethical problem involved, certainly.”
Beck’s power within the GOP establishment is far and wide. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) once brought a copy of Beck’s book to a town hall meeting this summer to “pass it on.” (He ended up giving ThinkProgress his copy, which we did not pass on.) Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said “the American people are smart” to listen to right wing radio hosts such as Beck and Limbaugh. And RNC chair Michael Steele recently passed up an opportunity to distance himself from Beck’s “racist” attack on President Obama. “That’s one man’s opinion,” Steele said.
(HT: The War Room)
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The power of poorly educated middle-aged white male bullies in the media is absolutely awesome and terrifying.
The repiggie party continues its downwardly mobile spiral into the hell of ignorance and bigotry, shepherded by Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, O’Reilly and the rest of the stupid popinjays.
“Conservative” thought in the U.S. is dead and buried, replaced by this shrill rhetorical vampirism.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:33 pmTypo alert:
“Roman Polanki” should be “Roman Polanski”
BTW, please please please ALWAYS use that picture of Beck, TP. Please!
October 29th, 2009 at 3:34 pmSeems like Beck scared Forbes.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:35 pm…that’s pretty scary…
The only “terrifying” thing is Beck’s influence on the ignorant, paranoid, and downright psychotic. They’ll listen to his tirades against the government and lambasting the President as a dangerous, whitey hating racist and believe they’ll be “obligated” to take action.
Beck himself is pathetic. A washed up loser and puppet for corporate interests.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:35 pmBeck says WWWWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHH and Forbes blinks. Whatever Forbes says one thing is clear. Beck is obviously one of the stupidest people in America and one of the most lacking in decency
October 29th, 2009 at 3:36 pmDoug Hoffman you are a worthless troll just go pour yourself a nice steaming hot cup of STFU
October 29th, 2009 at 3:36 pmThank you, TP, for not posting a video of this conversation. Talk about scary.
Watching that bug eyed little prick Forbes performing verbal fellatio on Beck would have made me vomit.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:38 pmAnd Forbes calls us “weak defense liberals”. Heh. Idiot.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:38 pmBeck himself is pathetic. A washed up loser and puppet for corporate interests.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:38 pmBut like a nasty jack-in-the-box, he keeps popping up into the spotlight. What do we need to do to make him be quiet?
USNclerk says:
What do we need to do to make him be quiet?
Ask him to speak the truth or make sense?
October 29th, 2009 at 3:41 pmEasy. Take away his crank.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:42 pm(and interpret that however you will)
BECK (the attention whore): “Stop it! Stop it! Stop it some more!”
October 29th, 2009 at 3:43 pmboo-hoo glenda becky “scares me” about the same as the fat nerd in elementary school who no one wanted to play with since he ate his own boogers who, i am sure was weepy assed beck.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:43 pmForbes is a GOP tool … and even former GOP preznitential candidate. Of course he’s going to bow to Beck.
Cheers,
October 29th, 2009 at 3:44 pmConsider the source. Steve Forbes?!? The guy is a pathetic loser who spent a boatload of money just to come in last place in a primary election. His claim to fame is his right-wing rag and a predilection for the ‘flat-tax’–a sh*tty little scheme that would allow him to get rich while the working man pays through the nose.
Yeah, him and Beck are two peas in a pod–both pathetic losers.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:44 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
and weak defense liberals.
I’m sorry, but it wasn’t us liberals who retracted your statement, Forbes!!!
October 29th, 2009 at 3:45 pmI never did think that Steve Forbes had any balls, and now he has proven it.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:45 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Kwsventures,
Oooh! Scary Latin American Man!
October 29th, 2009 at 3:47 pmDid you have the same outrage when Bush feasted with Saudi Royalty? Or when Rumsfeld was a honoured guest of Saddam Huessein?
Scary? I got scary for you.
boo-hoo becky earned a mandatory time out from faux news for his hateful rhetoric.
how long do you think it will be before glenda is banned from setting foot in the united kingdom like weiner-boy savage?
October 29th, 2009 at 3:48 pmHoffy sez:
Chubby people have feelings too
Not true, not true.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:48 pmSee: Flush Limpdick
Forbes is every bit the fear monger that Beck is. Both are doing their best to scare and rile up the dummies in their “dummies against everything” campaign. Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGogP9t86oQ
MTD
October 29th, 2009 at 3:48 pmkwsventures is so easily frightened.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:49 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
It’s a way out there notion, but can we petition Faux to take him off the air? I know it won’t work, Murdoch only takes money. Can we set up a fund?
October 29th, 2009 at 3:50 pmBleck is a legend in his own mind and guards his reputation like it was worth something.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:51 pmRush “underage dominican boy prostitute abuser” Limpblob is fuming mad at Beckerhead getting his as$ kissed.
Beckerhead isn’t scary, just full of himself and a truly POS subhuman scum.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:52 pmDr Venture.
Your look over there troll act is weak and YOU are stupid. What makes you think anyone here cares even a little bit what an ignorant punkass troll like you thinks?
October 29th, 2009 at 3:54 pmwhere’d KYjellyventures go?
October 29th, 2009 at 3:55 pmDoug
Your pathetic trolling makes you look like an idiot. What do you get out of embarssing yourself? We get it. You are stupid. You can STFU now
October 29th, 2009 at 3:55 pmThe plump have a rightful place on the table of freedom and liberty.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:55 pmIt’s a good thing I didn’t have any respect for Forbes before this.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:56 pmYes, but all too often the plump eat more than their fair share of the food and the skinny are left to suffer.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:00 pmThere’s your librul media at work.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:01 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
“Yes, but all too often the plump eat more than their fair share of the food and the skinny are left to suffer.”
That’s why I put the plump ones on the table…
October 29th, 2009 at 4:04 pm;)
Beck is the disturbing combination of an irresponsible,
October 29th, 2009 at 4:04 pmreality distorted shock jock with a personality disorder,
whose political beliefs mirror Timothy McVeigh’s.
Anyone that thinks he’s NOT crazy is scarey.
Shut up Doug.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:04 pmYay! Beck is the gop. I love it. Bring it on. We’ve got em on the run.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:08 pmForbes and Beck.. two figures from the same denomination. The church of the Almighty Dollar. Americans who would sell the country to the highest bidder. Comrades.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:09 pmHey, TP. Why did you use that picture of Howdy Doody to illustrate this story? Oh, it’s Glenda BeckyBoy? It’s hard to tell the difference between those wooden-headed dummies.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:09 pmI think it’s great that the GOP is going to let people like Beck utterly destroy what little scrap of credibility they have remaining.
go glennnnn go!!!
more Vapo-rub for the charlatan!!!!
and a round of snake oil for all my righty buddies!! -make it a double!!!!!!!
October 29th, 2009 at 4:09 pmWTF? Why do these people cater to the likes of Beck and Limbaugh? Don’t they realize how unpopular and off-putting they are? I find it sickening how the Repugs AND Business people kiss these guys Asses.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:09 pmA veritable buffet of liberty and freedom might please all at first, but the invisible hand of the restaurant manager is often nowhere to be seen. There’s nothing to stop some lardass from eating an inordinate amount and once again, leaving the skinny and downtrodden with nothing but scraps. We need a communal trough and a dedicated server to make sure no one gets more than their fair share of the allocated resources.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:10 pmMan, it’s a slow day…
October 29th, 2009 at 4:11 pmIf Steve Forbes comes by my house on Halloween night, I’ll be sure to put a spine in his plastic pumpkin candy carrier.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:14 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
STORMfront
STFU you ignorant punkass troll. You are obviously too stupid to even understand the concept of a topic. You are a pile of dogshit who KNOWS you are too stupid to be involved in an actual conversation. You are disgusting and stupid
October 29th, 2009 at 4:19 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
@49, Van Jones? That’s all you got. Try sticking to the subject. What a dumb-ass.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:22 pmWho’s Van Jones?
October 29th, 2009 at 4:23 pmIs he plump?
October 29th, 2009 at 4:23 pmForbes with his utter lack of integrity just made himself scarier than Beck. Congrats loser.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:25 pmDuring the time Forbes was trying to be somebody wasn’t there a Forbes Halloween Mask? I think it scared the young republicans, even. A Beck masked dude accompanied by someone in a white coat would be a winner this Halloween.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:26 pmSTORMfront
I feel the same as I always do. I suspect you do too. That is miserable and sad. Sad that you are so stupid and pathetic and that you always WILL be nothing but stupid and pathetic. You are a sad joke. You come here to annoy liberals because you are stupid. You KNOW you are too stupid to actually contribute TO the discussion so you want to mess with the discussion. The thing is nothing you do here will erase the misery of your pathetic life. No one is ever going to like you or respect you. Everytime you look at someone all you will see is them looking at you with pity because they KNOW that your entire life will always be defined by your stupidity and your pettyness. Coming here is just one more way to make that apparant. You have nothing to offer so like the kid that knocks over the cake at the birthday party because he cant stand that people much smarter and better than he will ever be are having fun you come here to screw with us. It is one of the most pathetic things I have ever seen. YOU are one of the most pathetic creatures to ever be spawned by the worthless inbred cretins that brought you to life and regretted it for the rest of their lives
October 29th, 2009 at 4:28 pmGee, why didn’t Forbes just get under the desk and fellate him in recompense.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:29 pmhey STORMfront,
October 29th, 2009 at 4:29 pmenquirering minds want to know; what’s your obsession with van jones? you wanna polish his pole?
Doug Hoffman says:
The plump have a rightful place at the table of freedom and liberty
The plump have a rightous plate of freedom fries and gravy?
October 29th, 2009 at 4:31 pmHoffman, in all seriousness, some of my best friends are fat. Really, but there’s a difference between fatties and lazy pigs….
Does that logic sound familiar?
October 29th, 2009 at 4:33 pmBozo The Neoclown says:
hey STORMfront,
enquirering minds want to know; what’s your obsession with van jones? you wanna polish his pole?
He likes his mandingo fantasies angry…
October 29th, 2009 at 4:34 pmJim, back in the day there was a nixon mask with the nose “phallically” altered, if you get my drift. It was a big hit in the early 70s
October 29th, 2009 at 4:36 pmBeck should be submitting to drug tests three times daily. The guy seems to be certifiable. I would not know because I will never be caught tuning into illiterate degenerates on AM radio or FAUX Noise. I have never and I will never. Life is too short to be listening to crazy people.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:44 pmLook out! Here comes Becky Doody!
This is the picture that Forbes should have used:
http://thumbsnap.com/v/Xch5×3kc.jpg
Now that’s scary!
October 29th, 2009 at 5:17 pmMmm, disco fries…
October 29th, 2009 at 5:36 pmSo, kiddies – can we not imagine the demented, shrieking HOWLS of outrage from the wingnuts if this had been, say, Michael Moore (instead of Boo-Hoo Becky) who pulled this stunt with a magazine editor with the same results…?
I shudder to think.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:00 pmSpeaking of Forbes… here’s this sweet little gem I read a few days ago:
Insider Trading is Good for the Markets.
Read it and laugh at the idiot’s arguments.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:05 pmI’m bothered by the fact that we call the Right Wing Agenda an ‘agenda’… maybe ‘plot’ would be better, yet it’s so disorganized and incoherent that even plot seems inappropriate.
They really are looking more and more like the al qaeda each day.. except the insurgents ‘join’ al qaeda, while dissidents are leaving the Republican faction in force, thanks to their lies and poorly constructed propaganda machine.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:06 pmNothing like a mention of Becky to bring out the stupid trolls. One would think that, despite their intellectual handicaps, they know instinctively that he can’t defend his own batscat.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:14 pmWhy do these people cater to the likes of Beck and Limbaugh?
Probably because Main Stream America agrees with what they say and because they tell the truth.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:15 pmKenneth
My GOD you are stupid. Even for a moron like YOU that was ludicrous. Did you forget the results of the last two elections? Beck and limbaugh have less to do with the truth than someone as patently stupid as you has to do with MENSA. You are a liar a fool and a punkass troll. Stop embarassing yourself and STFU
October 29th, 2009 at 6:20 pmKenneth, I can see where “you’re coming from”. My election will join “my stream” with “main stream” for the good of all Americans.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:23 pmProbably because Main Stream America agrees with what they say and because they tell the truth.
I find that hilarious, that you think a mere sliver of the American population represents mainstream America.
You should try your hand at stand up.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:23 pmDoug Hoffman says:
“My election will join “my stream” with “main stream””
At the sewage treatment plant.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:41 pmIf Glenn Beck is lying, why doesn’t the White House call him?
October 29th, 2009 at 7:27 pmThey have the private phone number!
Cowards.
October 29th, 2009 at 7:50 pmg-dd-mned corporate icons, like the “in the bag” gnopers, who have to cozy with the clowns … who is pulling the damn strings ?
October 29th, 2009 at 9:06 pmKenneth says:
If Glenn Beck is lying, why doesn’t the White House call him?
They have the private phone number!
Why doesn’t the white house just call every right wing extremist d*chebag liar to make them “feel better”. It’s not like they have to run a country or anything – right? What’s more important than a whiny self important d*uchebag republican like yourself – right “Kinneh”? LOL! What a ship of fools you sail.
October 29th, 2009 at 9:34 pmDoug Hoffman says:
Kenneth, I can see where “you’re coming from”. My election will join “my stream” with “main stream” for the good of all Americans.
Yawn. The “mainstream” have already made our choice – what you irrelevant d*uchebags believe out of your own self interest, greed, bigotry and ignorance doesn’t matter.. ZZzzz…
October 29th, 2009 at 9:35 pmGlenn Beck would have made Joseph Goebbels blush.
October 30th, 2009 at 8:57 amwhat is the 400 list and why wont forbes put beck on it due to privacy concerns, any issues with people knowing that a folksy nativist makes $30 million dollars per year?
October 30th, 2009 at 12:49 pmMy nomination for the scariest person in America is the nazi collaborator and sympathizer George Soros.
http://goatsbarnyard.blogspot.com/2007/10/just-who-is-george-soros.html
er’ What does that make you the Soros puppets?
October 30th, 2009 at 6:29 pmTimmeh
Thanks for stopping by to remind us all how stunningly stupid you are. Go back to your closet and cry now because you are stupid and pathetic and are going to BE stupid and pathetic for the rest of your miserable life
November 1st, 2009 at 7:18 am