Trouble Between Beck and Fox News?

The (Fred) Grandy Group ^ | September 30, 2010 | Michael Hoffman

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Who needs who more? Does Glenn Beck need Fox News or is it the other way around?

Ailes, who declined to comment for this article, has generally been supportive of Beck. But he has also been vocal around the network about how Beck does not fully appreciate the degree to which Fox News has made him the sensation he has become in recent months. In the days following Beck’s Lincoln Memorial rally, which by Beck’s estimate drew a half-million people, Ailes told associates that if Beck were still at Headline News, there would have been 30 people on the Mall. Fox News devoted less news coverage to the rally than CNN and MSNBC did, which Beck has pointed out himself on the air.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

If Glenn and Ailes are having a clash of egos, then they had better put it aside since I think they need each other for the future of both Fox News and the country, based on the outstanding work Glenn has done over the past two years.

[JaguarXKE]

Ditto

[stuartcr]

I would think a media entertainer would need a network more than a network needs an individual.

[Doogle]

who is Fred Grandy and why does it matter to him?

[normy]

Who cares who gets credit as long as the right thing is done. Sounds like Jerry Jones/Jimmy Johnson fights over who was more important to the Cowboys Superbowls in the 90’s. They split and now Jerry’s team struggles to make the playoffs and Jimmy just got voted off Survivor.

[screaminsunshine]

For some reason people get upset when Communists are exposed as Communists.

[Kaslin]

What a bs, Fox News does not have any problems with Glenn Beck, and Glenn Beck does not have any problems with Fox News. Don’t believe everything you read

[chris37]

What has Fox really done to contribute to Beck’s success aside form the obvious one hour outlet?

Beck is responsible for Beck’s success.

[wilco200]

Beck needs Fox more. Though, it’s a win-win relationship.
They should check their egos and remember the bottom line.

[mad_as_he$$]

Wasn’t Fred the bell hop on the Love Boat?

[Steamburg]

Why do I suspect that this clash of egos is related to the O’Really-Sheep Smith jealousy team. I strongly suspect lots of back stabbing from Fox’s pseudo conservatives.

[bert]

The man is earning his daily bread by creating a mountain from an ant hill. He has to write or starve. He chose to produce a drivelous tidbit to make readers salivate

[Doogle]

...wait wait....before people get their panties all wadded up....this article originally came from the New York Times and was posted at a blog site....

[Old Teufel Hunden]

“The president of the United States ends the war in Iraq,” Shine said, which Obama did the night before in a speech from the Oval Office, “and on Wednesday we’re still talking about Glenn Beck.”

Uh, that's probably because nothing's really changed in Iraq since Obama took office. It was pretty much over since then and the American people know it. Obama's campaign speech didn't change that.

As an aside, I think they both need each other. Glen could not find any other outlet on TV for this type of show though CNN would be smart to snatch him back up. (they won't) and Fox would lose a lot of viewers if they got rid of him. I can't think of anyone that would be worth watching in that time slot that they could replace him with. Only Rush, but he's not going to be there.

[NCBraveheart]

Beck’s TV show is practically un-watchable. His whining and self promotion turn me off. The reason Rush is so successful is that he isn’t telling you to drop to you knees and pray every 5 seconds. Beck was good when he was all “pitchforks and torches” now he is a Mormon televangelist

[svcw]

Beck's ratings are falling, advertisers are hard to get on any show he is on....FOX brought Beck to a wider audience but Beck is about Beck. From the article: his television ratings have declined sharply — perhaps another factor in the network’s impatience. His show now averages two million viewers, down from a high of 2.8 million in 2009, according to the Nielsen Ratings. And as of Sept. 21, 296 advertisers have asked that their commercials not be shown on Beck’s show (up from 26 in August 2009). Fox also has a difficult time selling ads on “The O’Reilly Factor” and “Fox and Friends” when Beck appears on those shows as a guest. Beck’s show is known in the TV sales world as “empty calories,” meaning he draws great ratings but is toxic for ad sales.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Unless you are Rush in which case you create your own network.

[dforest]

I think I will ignore this. Seems somebody is trying to manufacture trouble.

FOX and Glenn need each other.

[MisterArtery]

Fred Grandy played Gopher on the Love Boat. Think he was the purser. He later became a Republican rep from Iowa.

[MayflowerMadam]

“who is Fred Grandy and why does it matter to him?”

IIRC, I think he was a cast member on “The Love Boat”, who later went into politics. GOP, I think.