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Watch Out: Glenn Beck Making Sense ...Kinda

He agrees with the left at times—but for different reasons

(Newser) - Even those who typically write off Glenn Beck as paranoid, even crazy, must admit sometimes he “catches a real-life demon in his fantasy-world gallery of rogues, and he becomes oddly reasonable”—and he did so twice this week. First, he argued the alleged Times Square terrorist should have...

Fox News Still Loves Beck, Even If Advertisers Don't

Beck gives 'terrific kickoff' to Fox News evening shows

(Newser) - Glenn Beck may be scaring away advertisers, but Rupert Murdoch still thinks the controversial personality gives a "terrific kickoff" to the Fox News evening lineup. That's what Murdoch said when asked how long Fox News would subsidize Beck's show, which has been losing advertisers since Beck said last year...

Meet the Time 100
 Meet the Time 100  
Apr 29, 2010 9:17 AM CDT

Meet the Time 100

Magazine unveils latest megalist

(Newser) - The Time 100—Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world—has just hit the interwebs, and as usual, the names range from obvious to head scratching. The names you expect are there—Barack Obama, Oprah, Steve Jobs—as are some you might not, or...

Glenn Beck Audience Plunges 30%

Bloom is off the mouth, but Fox still sitting pretty

(Newser) - Glenn Beck's TV audience has plunged nearly 30% since the beginning of the year—but his Fox News home is still sitting comfortably on top of the ratings heap. Beck's continued viewership slippage was revealed in the latest audience figures on cable news operations. Fox News averaged some 1.9...

New, Fightin' Obama Calls Out Foes
 New, Fightin' Obama 
 Calls Out Foes 
Analysis
Apr 27, 2010 9:23 AM CDT

New, Fightin' Obama Calls Out Foes

No more Mr. Nice President

(Newser) - It's hard to imagine that critics once complained that Barack Obama wasn't tough enough. Lately, he's been savaging his opponents by name, Politico notes, tossing verbal jabs directly at Mitch McConnell, Sarah Palin , Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh and more. It's a deliberate effort to get back the “spunk...

Left Lacks Wackos Like Limbaugh, Beck
 Left Lacks Wackos 
 Like Limbaugh, Beck 
opinion
Apr 22, 2010 12:11 PM CDT

Left Lacks Wackos Like Limbaugh, Beck

Joan Walsh of Salon defends her answer on 'Morning Joe'

(Newser) - Righty bloggers are teeing off on Joan Walsh of Salon because of her appearance on Morning Joe yesterday, in which she maintained that liberals have no voices as extreme as Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck. (NewsBusters weighs in with a list here , with Keith Olbermann's name in capital letters.)...

Glenn Beck Delivers Weird Train Rant

See if you can make sense of this

(Newser) - There are mixed metaphors, there are tortured metaphors, and then there's the heaping pile of crazy Glenn Beck unloads in this clip Mediate snagged from last night's show. OK, let's see if we've got this straight. Europe is on a (metaphorical) socialist train track that leads to Nazi-ism and Communism,...

Tea Partiers' Common Thread: Glenn Beck
 Tea Partiers' Common 
 Thread: Glenn Beck 
nate silver
Apr 16, 2010 10:24 AM CDT

Tea Partiers' Common Thread: Glenn Beck

Talking head, Fox News provide the movement's 'water cooler'

(Newser) - Of all the data points from the recent mega-poll of tea party members , one stands supreme to Nate Silver: They really like Glenn Beck. "Do the math, and you'll find that 59% of those who do think highly of Beck consider themselves a part of the tea party. This...

Glenn Beck Rakes in $32M
 Glenn Beck Rakes in $32M 
Apr 8, 2010 4:19 AM CDT

Glenn Beck Rakes in $32M

Media, Events Stuff the Pockets of Right-Wing Star

(Newser) - Being a bombastic, right-wing star has paid off big time for Glenn Beck, who has raked in more than $32 million in the last year. Besides laboring on radio and TV, Beck makes his fortune with books, through his web site and appearing at events. It's all in a day's...

Limbaugh Rips Obama Over 'Character Assassination'

Obama refuses to debate in 'Arena of Ideas'

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is accusing President Obama of trying to trick him into talking about himself because Obama prefers "character assassination" to debate. "I think the president is trying to distract me to get me talking about me on my show instead of talking about him and the regime's...

Another Daily Beast Writer Accused of Plagiarism

Beast lashes out at Gawker, demands retraction

(Newser) - Another Daily Beast columnist has been accused of uncredited borrowing. This time, it’s senior political columnist John Avalon, who, in his new Beast-published book Wingnuts, lifts quotes from Salon columnist Alexander Zaitchik’s reporting on Glenn Beck. Hamilton Nolan of Gawker lays out all the instances here . Basically, Avalon...

Obama: 'I Can Go To My Right'
 Obama: 'I Can Go To My Right' 
beck, limbaugh 'troublesome'
Apr 2, 2010 8:34 AM CDT

Obama: 'I Can Go To My Right'

President shoots hoops, talks talk radio

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s opponents should know that he is an adaptable foe. “I can go to my right,” the lefthanded Obama said while shooting hoops with Harry Smith on CBS’ Early Show , “but I prefer my left.” Obama admitted his basketball form isn’t perfect these...

Tanning Salon Tax Is Racist&mdash; to Whites

 Tanning Salon Tax 
 Is Racist— 
 to Whites 
glenn beck guest host
Mar 31, 2010 9:23 AM CDT

Tanning Salon Tax Is Racist— to Whites

Fake-baking 'light-skinned Americans' unfairly targeted

(Newser) - The new tax on tanning salons may appear to be a measure to fight skin cancer, but according to yesterday's guest host on Glenn Beck's radio show, it's actually a racist attack on white people. "Who uses tanning?" Doc Thompson railed. "Is it dark-skinned people? I don't think...

Glenn Beck Fans Blame Frat Prank for 53 Towed Cars

Beckians lose cars after following 'free parking' signs

(Newser) - Dozens of Glenn Beck fans who emerged from an event at the University of Central Florida to find their cars gone say they were the victims of a fraternity prank. They followed signs directing them toward free parking, only to later discover that their cars had been towed from a...

Glenn Beck Details His Upcoming Novel
 Glenn Beck Details His Upcoming Novel
'THE OVERTON WINDOW'
Mar 29, 2010 8:13 PM CDT

Glenn Beck Details His Upcoming Novel

The Overton Window has US devolving into new civil war

(Newser) - What do you think of when you hear Glenn Beck describe this scenario? “It’s a story of America at time much like today where the people are confused and they’re being lied to and they’re not sure what’s right-side-up and upside-down.” If you said...

Annoyed by Beck's Take on Social Justice? Write a Haiku

'Hurling expensive / coffee at the expensive / TV screen now, Ahhh'

(Newser) - Searching for a unusual way to respond to Glenn Beck’s comments on “social justice,” the Jewish Funds for Justice settled on…haiku. “We wanted to do something that showed some wit, some humor, is little bit cathartic, and is highly participatory,” Mik Moore tells the...

Glenn Beck Fires Back at James Cameron

Insists 'Antichrist' comment was just a Celine Dion joke

(Newser) - Glenn Beck appeared to take great pleasure in responding to James Cameron’s rant last night, even donning 3D glasses for the occasion. Beck acknowledged, “I did call James Cameron the Antichrist, but only because of the Celine Dion song. Horrific, really.” But that’s not entirely true,...

James Cameron Calls Glenn Beck a Madman, and Worse

...but wants to debate him

(Newser) - James Cameron didn’t mince words yesterday when asked for his thoughts on a particular Fox News host: “Glenn Beck is a f---ing asshole.” The Avatar director later amended that, saying, “He may or may not be an asshole, but he certainly is dangerous,” calling him...

Glenn Beck Backpedals, Doesn't Hate the Poor, Jesus

Tries to clarify earlier 'social justice' remarks

(Newser) - "Why does Glenn Beck hate Jesus?" asked Time. Well, guess who has an answer? After catching all kinds of flak from the mag, the New York Times, and Christians for comparing "social justice" to Communism and Nazism, Beck clarified things last night. Or tried to: Sure, social justice...

Bill O'Reilly Is Finally Calming Down

Or maybe Glenn Beck just makes it seem that way

(Newser) - Bill O'Reilly, moderate voice of reason? Maybe not quite, but a profile in the Los Angeles Times portrays him as mellower these days and less inclined to meltdowns or flame-throwing interviews. He's even asked conservatives to back off the personal attacks on President Obama, a man he personally likes. "...

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