Glenn Beck's Fox Show Dropped

[SuperHornet]

I might well be the only person on here who has never seen Beck's show on FOX.

Make it two.

Three.

He hit it big after I had to drop cable. I'll take Fox News' anchors (especially Megyn Kelly and Martha McCallum, though Shepherd Smith does get on my nerves a bit), but the political analysts (those few that I've seen anyway) I never really cared for (except maybe Sean Hannity, a little bit). Besides, they came on when I had more important shows to watch (like NCIS) on other networks.

[Wedgebuster]

Anyone else notice that Glenn's fall has coincided with less appearances by Native?

I've met naive in person, he's smarter than Glenn Beck, but a little dumber looking.

Any similarities in their schedules must be coincidental.

[Appaholic]

I might well be the only person on here who has never seen Beck's show on FOX.

Make it two.

Make it 3....and I'm kind or proud of the fact that, although I've wasted countless hours of my life on frivolous pursuits, Glenn Beck was never the cause of my wasted time...

[Appaholic]

Besides, they came on when I had more important shows to watch (like NCIS) on other networks.

NCIS? That show rocks....would love to make Abby wear her ankles for earrings....her & her little "friend"...

[JohnStOnge]

Could somebody post some examples of Glenn Beck being factually wrong with respect to his assertion that historical events occurred or historical statements were made?

I'm asking because I'm always seeing people say he's an idiot, etc.

Of course I'd expect people to be able to find factual errors even if he was generally correct. Everybody makes mistakes. But I'd just like to see. When it comes to Beck I see an awful lot of attacking the messenger but not much attacking the accuracy of the substance of what he says.

I do recall seeing a thread about something he said about a couple of academics who wrote on how to destroy the system in order to accomplish something. But, without remembering the details, my recollection is that he was actually pretty accurate in describing what they wrote.

[youngterrier]

Could somebody post some examples of Glenn Beck being factually wrong with respect to his assertion that historical events occurred or historical statements were made?

I'm asking because I'm always seeing people say he's an idiot, etc.

Of course I'd expect people to be able to find factual errors even if he was generally correct. Everybody makes mistakes. But I'd just like to see. When it comes to Beck I see an awful lot of attacking the messenger but not much attacking the accuracy of the substance of what he says.

I do recall seeing a thread about something he said about a couple of academics who wrote on how to destroy the system in order to accomplish something. But, without remembering the details, my recollection is that he was actually pretty accurate in describing what they wrote.

it's less about his facts and more about his pointless accusations and conspiracy theories. He gets fact 1 and fact 2 but adds them up to get fact 5.

[OSBF]

Could somebody post some examples of Glenn Beck being factually wrong with respect to his assertion that historical events occurred or historical statements were made?

I'm asking because I'm always seeing people say he's an idiot, etc.

and he said - my hand to god I swear this - He sad there are more trees today in North America than when Christopher Columbus landed his ship in Florida...

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Could somebody post some examples of Glenn Beck being factually wrong with respect to his assertion that historical events occurred or historical statements were made?

I'm asking because I'm always seeing people say he's an idiot, etc.

and he said - my hand to god I swear this - He sad there are more trees today in North America than when Christopher Columbus landed his ship in Florida...

uh... that was Rush in the mid-90's. I remember that clearly... *paging cleets*

[OSBF]

and he said - my hand to god I swear this - He sad there are more trees today in North America than when Christopher Columbus landed his ship in Florida...

uh... that was Rush in the mid-90's. I remember that clearly... *paging cleets*

my bad

i confuzzeled my right wing nut cases with microphones


I think my favorite Rush quote is the one about he's all in favor of the women's movement, provided he's walking behind it.

[ASUG8]

Interesting how many hardcore leftists can quote Rush and Beck.

[OSBF]

Interesting how many hardcore leftists can quote Rush and Beck.

so.............

we aren't allowed to seek out entertainment?

Rush and Beck are about on the same level, entertainment value wise, as watching a Jim Carey, Adam Sandler, or John Candy film.

Mindless babble that is quite entertaining.

That's all it is.

What makes it even more entertaining is that they take themselves seriously, and so many from the right actually take them seriously.

Dumbasses.

Entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

Interesting how many hardcore leftists can quote Rush and Beck.

just the greatest hits. same way conks can remember "that depends on what your definition of 'is' is" or "i voted for that, before i voted against it"

[OSBF]

Interesting how many hardcore leftists can quote Rush and Beck.

just the greatest hits. same way conks can remember "that depends on what your definition of 'is' is" or "i voted for that, before i voted against it"

I did not have "sex" with that woman

I invented the internet.

[ASUG8]

Interesting how many hardcore leftists can quote Rush and Beck.

so.............

we aren't allowed to seek out entertainment?

Rush and Beck are about on the same level, entertainment value wise, as watching a Jim Carey, Adam Sandler, or John Candy film.

Mindless babble that is quite entertaining.

That's all it is.

What makes it even more entertaining is that they take themselves seriously, and so many from the right actually take them seriously.

Dumbasses.

Entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.

I don't think I pointed any fingers, but since you felt like you needed to jump in......

If it's mindless babble and they're dumbasses why would you waste your time watching it? Personally I'd prefer to solicit more objective sources for my news than skirting the lunatic fringe on the left or right. From the quotes I've heard from both of these guys I realized quickly that objectivity was the last thing I'd get from them, and I don't find extremists entertaining, but rather a bit unnerving.

[OSBF]

so.............

we aren't allowed to seek out entertainment?

Rush and Beck are about on the same level, entertainment value wise, as watching a Jim Carey, Adam Sandler, or John Candy film.

Mindless babble that is quite entertaining.

That's all it is.

What makes it even more entertaining is that they take themselves seriously, and so many from the right actually take them seriously.

Dumbasses.

Entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.

I don't think I pointed any fingers, but since you felt like you needed to jump in......

If it's mindless babble and they're dumbasses why would you waste your time watching it? Personally I'd prefer to solicit more objective sources for my news than skirting the lunatic fringe on the left or right. From the quotes I've heard from both of these guys I realized quickly that objectivity was the last thing I'd get from them, and I don't find extremists entertaining, but rather a bit unnerving.

That's the point

they are not news

they are entertainment

just yet another source of entertainment

and they are very funny

[CID1990]

uh... that was Rush in the mid-90's. I remember that clearly... *paging cleets*

my bad

i confuzzeled my right wing nut cases with microphones


I think my favorite Rush quote is the one about he's all in favor of the women's movement, provided he's walking behind it.

WOW.

You must be channeling Beck... saying things that aren't correct.

My God it's contagious.

[AZGrizFan]

uh... that was Rush in the mid-90's. I remember that clearly... *paging cleets*

my bad

i confuzzeled my right wing nut cases with microphones


I think my favorite Rush quote is the one about he's all in favor of the women's movement, provided he's walking behind it.

How in the FUCK does a Mensa member get that wrong? You swore to GOD, for Christ's sake...

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

I might well be the only person on here who has never seen Beck's show on FOX.

Make it two.

3

[ASUMountaineer]

Interesting how many hardcore leftists can quote Rush and Beck.

just the greatest hits. same way conks can remember "that depends on what your definition of 'is' is" or "i voted for that, before i voted against it"

I think I know this, Mitt Romney, right?

[TwinTownBisonFan]

just the greatest hits. same way conks can remember "that depends on what your definition of 'is' is" or "i voted for that, before i voted against it"

I think I know this, Mitt Romney, right?

6 of one...

[Ivytalk]

Jeez, Paul Harvey had relatively few advertisers, but they were very loyal, and he stayed on for years longer than Beck could ever dream of.

Let's see: Neutrogena, Levellor blinds, .....

[free7694]

Beck's show has been unwatchable for months. I used to tune in every now and then when he actually talked about current events, but all his fox show has been for 6 months is obscure history bullshit that no one cares about. I'm not suprised it got cancelled.

[ASUMountaineer]

I think I know this, Mitt Romney, right?

6 of one...

[JohnStOnge]

Off the subject but I remember the "more trees in North America" thing.

The thing is that it's quite possible that there are more individual trees. Al Franken's book (I think) rebutted Limbaugh by citing estimates of acres of forest. But "acres of forsest" and "number trees" are not the same thing.

Nowadays an acre of forest can have more trees than it did when the "white man" first got here due to silviculture. Also I don't know if we'd even consider silviculture with neat rows of pine trees in it to be "forest." Another thing is that there are many areas...plains and even deserts...where trees weren't real common "naturally" that now have trees due to human development.

Anyway, looking at "acres of forest" and "number of trees" is looking at two different things.