Beck's Ratings Crater

[Matt J]

I agree there's not a lot of changing of minds, but that's pretty common in politics. It usually takes a life altering change or major event to move peoples beliefs. I do find it interesting that even though some of us are on completely opposite ends of the spectrum there are times we come together.

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[Rita]

HELLO AMERICA? Glenn Beck Posts Biggest Ratings Drop Of Any Cable News Show In January

"what's behind this drop? It's entirely possible viewers are simply tiring of the chalkboard and the high rhetoric, which has been notably higher of late. And needless to say Beck is not the phenom he was a year ago, merely by dint of the country becoming more familiar with him.

But it's probably also worth noting, just in the context of this January, that the month was dominated by hard news, in the form of the Giffords shooting.

Glenn Beck is many things but he is not hard news (nor does he generally attempt to be). And considering the nature of the news, perhaps it's not entirely surprising that viewers were clicking away for a while. Sometimes it's nice to be told the world is not ending.


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To add insult to injury, now Beck is blathering about Google being in cahoots with the federal government by trying to incite unrest and protests around the world. He wants his listeners to believe the Google-government team want to secretly recruit youth into socialist movements. Is their any question his ratings might falter? There comes a point when even his supporters have to scratch their heads and wonder wth.

"..... On Monday's program Beck gave this ominous warning to his legion of disciples:

"May I recommend, if you're doing your own homework, don't do a Google search. Seems to me that Google is pretty deeply in bed with the government. Maybe this is explaining why Google is being kicked out of all the other countries? Are they just a shill now for the United States government?"....

there is something more fundamental that may explain Beck's Google bashing. His boss, Rupert Murdoch, has had it in for Google for about a year now. Murdoch believes that Google is appropriating his content and failing to compensate him for it, and he has taken this battle to extremes asking, "Should we be allowing Google to steal all our copyrights?"

Of course, Google is doing no such thing. They are simply aggregating news from many sites across the web. They are providing links to Murdoch's web sites, and others, that actually increase traffic and revenue....."

The Real Reason Glenn Beck Hates Google | Media | AlterNet


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[DuneAHH]

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"..... On Monday's program Beck gave this ominous warning to his legion of disciples:

"May I recommend, if you're doing your own homework, don't do a Google search. Seems to me that Google is pretty deeply in bed with the government. Maybe this is explaining why Google is being kicked out of all the other countries? Are they just a shill now for the United States government?"....

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Anybody know where/what Beck's favored sources are for his "own" research?

 

[poppy]

Anybody know where/what Beck's favored sources are for his "own" research?

Yes, deep within the crack on his backside.

 

[DuneAHH]

Yes, deep within the crack on his backside.

Alrighty then.

 

[Andy A]

Yes, deep within the crack on his backside.

Totally without bias and totally balanced and unafraid. Oh, and also typical.

 

[poppy]

Totally without bias and totally balanced and unafraid. Oh, and also typical.

Ok Mr. Beck worshipper, you tell us where he obtains his "facts".

 

[Bob]

Yeah your party wasn't going batsh$it crazy, parading in the streets, or calling the presdident hitler, when Bush was in office and the repubs had control of congress a few years ago... was it. ;-)

gw was following the fuhrer's invasion playbook. remember wmd and islamofascism? pure joseph goebbels boilerplate complete with united nations presentation of lies.

 

[Andy A]

Ok Mr. Beck worshipper, you tell us where he obtains his "facts".

You know, you are getting more like another poster on this board every day. I chose to ignore him without the ignore button. I will soon do the same in regard to you. I am not a "Glen Beck worshiper" and even if I were, your post is insulting in its reference. If you watched him with any regularity, you would realize he backs up what he says with actual video of the other side saying it. He also continually says "do your own reseach, don't believe me". I do not always agree with him anymore than I always agree with Michelle Bachman or any other Conservative. The narrow mindedness sometimes expressed here is distressing to me. I often wonder if it is to others?

 

[scooterbug44]

Sorry, but Beck does pull a lot of his data and theories out of his arse - it's part of the reason why he refuses to go on other shows where he will get called on it.