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Glenn Beck's show is going to be "transitioned" off of Fox by the end of the year.

Now where will I go to get psychotic, paranoid ramblings about how the anyone to the left of Mussolini will destroy this country?

I swear that the only people that watch his show, is the Liberal/Lame Stream Media just using him for hilarious sound bites/Moments of Zen.

Some interesting links in there. My favorite is the one where he poached a Fox news exec named.....wait for it....."Cheatwood".

Can't make this stuff up folks. One of the top 5 guys at Fox news is named like a Harry Potter villain.

Tress said:

Glenn Beck's show is going to be "transitioned" off of Fox by the end of the year.

Now where will I go to get psychotic, paranoid ramblings about how the anyone to the left of Mussolini will destroy this country?

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I'll give your e-mail to my aunt Wendy. She'll keep you updated on what's destroying America now. (hint: not white people)

phil said:

I'll give your e-mail to my aunt Wendy. She'll keep you updated on what's destroying America now. (hint: not white people)

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sixpackshaker said:

I swear that the only people that watch his show, is the Liberal/Lame Stream Media just using him for hilarious sound bites/Moments of Zen.

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I dunno, he had a couple million viewers a night, so that's some measure of success, no?

Terrik said:

I dunno, he had a couple million viewers a night, so that's some measure of success, no?

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Considering who he has left as advertisers, no. The big names who would pay higher ad fees won't go near him anymore.

DarkAudit said:

Considering who he has left as advertisers, no. The big names who would pay higher ad fees won't go near him anymore.

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What about all that sweet, sweet cash4gold money?

Holy crap, the mayans where right, 2012 is the year everything changes...

My brother is sad. He finds him entertaining, and a good counter to "the crap liberal media puts out."

I think I'm in the minority but Glenn Beck never bothered me. If you didn't like his message, change the channel. What I find most odd is people like to portray him as an idiot, yet pay an absurd amount attention to him and what his says. You could argue that its for the lulz, but then what does that say about his critics? They're no more than the equivalent to schoolyard children hurling "ur stupid" insults in political discourse?

The fact that people like Glenn Beck exist make me happy, because he can exist, our system allows for diverse opinions and allows those opinions to be expressed. I never liked Olbermann, but I didn't celebrate when his show was cancelled and I certainly didn't expend any energy to demonize him. Whatever you think of Beck, he gets people talking one way or another and I don't think that's a bad thing.

Terrik said:

Whatever you think of Beck, he gets people talking one way or another and I don't think that's a bad thing.

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So does Jersey Shore... doesn't make it any less of a circus.

Again, I disagree. I don't find him particularly more far out than a slew of other pundits. It just so happens he is politically distant from some people's views, and therefore more 'crazy'. Tea party people are crazy/racist/stupid, religious people are ignorant/bigoted/crazy/scary, republicans are stupid/crazy/evil geniuses(?!)/rednecks etc.

I AM SEEING PATTERNS.

In the wide world of the political spectrum, Beck is fairly lukewarm.

Terrik said:

I AM SEEING PATTERNS.

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So is Glen:



I guess the guys at Fox where afraid that he'd start talking about the lizard people soon.

I'm not sad to see the guy go off the air. These nutjob pundits don't belong on a major news network. Olberman was trying (and failed) to tow the line between Daily Show and legitimate newsman. Beck tried (and succeeded) to tow the line between paranoid schizophrenic homeless man and Dale Gribble of King of the Hill.

Terrik said:

I dunno, he had a couple million viewers a night, so that's some measure of success, no?

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When he's dropped over a third of his audience by telling them that they need Gold, Guns and God... the success is behind him.

If there was a Left Wing commentator saying that you should arm yourself to fight the next Civil War... they'd be drummed out of town.

That being said, i'll miss him... well, i'll miss the skits Jon did about him at least...

Tress said:

Glenn Beck's show is going to be "transitioned" off of Fox by the end of the year.

Now where will I go to get psychotic, paranoid ramblings about how the anyone to the left of Mussolini will destroy this country?

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He still has a radio show.

Radio does not give you the credibility like having a prime time network show that was the 2nd most viewed on cable.

I wonder if Fox will launch a strait forward John Birch Society Program to fill in for Beck.

Coast to Coast AM - the TV show.

sixpackshaker said:

Radio does not give you the credibility like having a prime time network show that was the 2nd most viewed on cable.

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Radio's problem is that nowadays everyone can say whatever on it and no one cares (see Beck or Limbaugh)... which is why it's not taken as seriously...
Which would explain why they fired him... they didn;t want to end up like radio....

Those fools! Now he's a martyr. If we strike him down, he will become more batshit crazypants than we could ever imagine!

@Li3n said:

Radio's problem is that nowadays everyone can say whatever on it and no one cares (see Beck or Limbaugh)... which is why it's not taken as seriously...
Which would explain why they fired him... they didn;t want to end up like radio....

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The problem with radio is that you can say what you want?

Well then, how would you fix radio?

Terrik said:

The problem with radio is that you can say what you want?

Well then, how would you fix radio?

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We go to China!

escushion said:

We go to China!

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Boom!

@Li3n said:

So is Glen:



I guess the guys at Fox where afraid that he'd start talking about the lizard people soon.

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What I want to know is if they're going to auction off that board or just send it straight to the bowels of Warehouse 13 next to the Ark of the Covenant.

Has anyone been watching Jon Stewart's take on this? It's fucking great.

"Yes, but when Paul Revere said the British were coming... They were actually coming."

Terrik said:

The problem with radio is that you can say what you want?

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And no one cares, even if it's the stupidest thing ever... freedom of speech doesn't mean no one is allowed to have any standards on the quality of what is put on air.

Yes but thats very subjective and you know it. Who's standards? And what qualifications would they have to determine what is quality enough for 'free speech'?

How about verifiability...

Fair standards aren't impossible you know...

Anyway, the point was that radio isn't taken seriously any more...

Terrik said:

Yes but thats very subjective and you know it. Who's standards? And what qualifications would they have to determine what is quality enough for 'free speech'?

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@li3n's of course.

@Li3n said:

How about verifiability...


Fair standards aren't impossible you know...

Anyway, the point was that radio isn't taken seriously any more...

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Alright then, not taken seriously by whom? A quick google search reveals the following for the top most listened to radio shows:

The Rush Limbaugh Show15+
The Sean Hannity Show12+
The Savage Nation (Michael Savage)9+
Glenn Beck Program9+
The Mark Levin Show8.5+
The Dave Ramsey Show8.5+
The Dr. Laura Program8+
Delilah8+
The Neal Boortz Show6+
The Laura Ingraham Show6+

(in millions of viewers)

So, it's pretty relevant and taken seriously by quite a large number of people. Perhaps the right way to phrase it would be, "it's not taken seriously by those on the other side of the political spectrum", to which I would reply, "Well, duh".

But of course, the somewhat recent stink about NPR funding gives some evidence that enough people think that radio is serious business.

Not to mention non-US broadcasts such as the BBC which nets 30+ million listeners on a daily basis.

Oh c'mon, when was the last time you heard about radio shows having an impact since Howard Stern.

Also note how all those guys happen to already be TV pundits...

@Li3n said:

Oh c'mon, when was the last time you heard about radio shows having an impact since Howard Stern.

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Um, besides Rush having been in the news with a story he was pushing more or less consistently for the last 20 years?

Also note how all those guys happen to already be TV pundits...

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Dude, almost everyone on that list (pretty much except for Laura Ingraham) got their start in radio before their TV careers, and kept their place in radio throughout those careers.
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I'm generally on your side re: political stuff, @Li3n, but you're pretty seriously wrong this time.

I feel better seeing that Morning Edition and All Things Considered draw around 13 million each.

sixpackshaker said:

I feel better seeing that Morning Edition and All Things Considered draw around 13 million each.

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Amen.

But then again it's just crazy leftist liberals like me who listen to it so...

You libruls and your NPR...

Espy said:

Amen.

But then again it's just crazy leftist liberals like me who listen to it so...

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That's Pacifica Radio...

Rush Limbaugh is a TV political pundit? I didn't realize we were back in the early 90s.

I'd say I was sad to not see Car Talk on that list, but I haven't listened to it in ages, so...

Even as a crazy lefty liberalist marxist elite, I still really enjoy Dave Ramsey.

Ravenpoe said:

Even as a crazy lefty liberalist marxist elite, I still really enjoy Dave Ramsey.

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Alright, I hear this guy talked about a TON. Isn't he a financial guy? Whats his deal? People seem to flock to him.

Just listening to him a few times made me improve my recipe for "beans and rice, and rice and beans"

Whoa, I didn't know you could just flip those around.

That is his advice to people on his system to get out of debt, and have variety in their meals. So, one day beans and rice... the next rice and beans.

sixpackshaker said:

That is his advice to people on his system to get out of debt, and have variety in their meals. So, one day beans and rice... the next rice and beans.

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I think he's overestimating his Mexican demographic.

No, for 5 bucks you can eat for nearly a week. He's just trying to tell people how to save $100s... instead of throwing out leftovers or eating in restaurants.

You fat cats, throwing out your plankton!

Oh man, let me say, while we aren't doing rice and beans here once we cut out eating out all the time? BAM. Instant money.

sixpackshaker said:

No, for 5 bucks you can eat for nearly a week. He's just trying to tell people how to save $100s... instead of throwing out leftovers or eating in restaurants.

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I really have to just put the smiley emote every time I'm joking

Krisken said:

I really have to just put the smiley emote every time I'm joking

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I laughed. Well, chuckled.


Okay I kind of smiled.

But at least I got it.

Dave Ramsay's advice isn't exactly earth shattering, but some people really need it drilled into their heads. If you're in debt, and you want to get out of debt, a big part of getting out is going to involve spending as little as possible.

SpecialKO said:

Dude, almost everyone on that list (pretty much except for Laura Ingraham) got their start in radio before their TV careers, and kept their place in radio throughout those careers.

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And i'm sure a lot of musicians started playing in their garage, doesn't make garage's MTV.

SpecialKO said:

I'm generally on your side re: political stuff, @Li3n, but you're pretty seriously wrong this time.

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Well the influence of radio right now isn't a political subject anyway...


But i guess i should not be saying that radio doesn't matter at all any more, just that it's not as influential as TV etc...

SpecialKO said:

Um, besides Rush having been in the news with a story he was pushing more or less consistently for the last 20 years?

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He's been saying MJF has been faking his symptoms for before the got Parkinsons? Or was there something else i missed?

@Li3n said:

He's been saying MJF has been faking his symptoms for before the got Parkinsons? Or was there something else i missed?

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Start here, and make a checkmark for every story that you're even anecdotally sure has hit the TV news. And that's just the last 5 years.

@Li3n said:

He's been saying MJF has been faking his symptoms for before the got Parkinsons? Or was there something else i missed?

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Rush just insinuated that MJF was overplaying/exaggerating his symptoms to garner sympathy during a prime time interview. And people still listens to what he has to say.

sixpackshaker said:

Rush just insinuated that MJF was overplaying/exaggerating his symptoms to garner sympathy during a prime time interview. And people still listens to what he has to say.

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It wasn't even that he just insinuated he exaggerated his symptoms; He physically mocked the guy for shaking.

Rush is despicable because he can't attack the problem, but has to attack the person or people involved. There is never any substance in his 'comedy' (which is what he hides behind to keep from being sued for slander).

Krisken said:

It wasn't even that he just insinuated he exaggerated his symptoms; He physically mocked the guy for shaking.

Rush is despicable because he can't attack the problem, but has to attack the person or people involved. There is never any substance in his 'comedy' (which is what he hides behind to keep from being sued for slander).

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That seems to be the basis for almost every political comedian, ever.

Terrik said:

That seems to be the basis for almost every political comedian, ever.

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Yeah, but when a real comedian talks, people laugh.

Terrik said:

That seems to be the basis for almost every political comedian, ever.

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It is, and on the surface most of the criticism of Rush is tainted by the fact that most people love comedy that mocks others. The problem is, Rush, despite being classified as an "entertainer" is really just another pundit so that kind of stuff doesn't come off as "comedy" but mean spirited and not in any way conducive to discussion between those with differing ideologies.

Krisken said:

It wasn't even that he just insinuated he exaggerated his symptoms; He physically mocked the guy for shaking.

Rush is despicable because he can't attack the problem, but has to attack the person or people involved. There is never any substance in his 'comedy' (which is what he hides behind to keep from being sued for slander).

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And then Rush had the audacity to claim that the video showing Rush physically shaking in the studiowasn't 'mockery'. F'ing douchebag. If you're going to be an asshole, at least own up to it.

Adammon said:

And then Rush had the audacity to claim that the video showing Rush physically shaking in the studiowasn't 'mockery'. F'ing douchebag. If you're going to be an asshole, at least own up to it.

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Which is what most comedians do, only furthering the difference between him and them.

sixpackshaker said:

Rush just insinuated that MJF was overplaying/exaggerating his symptoms to garner sympathy during a prime time interview. And people still listens to what he has to say.

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And there's the difference... he didn't bother with insinuation on the radio.

SpecialKO said:

Start here, and make a checkmark for every story that you're even anecdotally sure has hit the TV news. And that's just the last 5 years.

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I meant less about it hitting a TV station or being mocked on Stewart/Colbert and actually having some sort of impact (like Beck's more and more exaggerated ranting did on him)...

But if it didn't have impact, why the stink over it? Why even consider a "fairness doctrine" if nobody cares or takes it seriously?

Terrik said:

But if it didn't have impact, why the stink over it? Why even consider a "fairness doctrine" if nobody cares or takes it seriously?

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As i recall my original point was that the lack of one is proof that no one cares... then you said the lack of a "fairness doctrine" (obviously you didn't interpret it as such at the time) is not a problem... etc.

So i don't understand the question... i never said there should be one for radio any more then there should be more done to save print media... at this point is just a question of dying with dignity really...