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Beck's empire collapses with Cruz; ratings fall, malware, bankruptcy soon?
Prntly ^ | April 16, 2016 | Connor Balough

Posted on 04/17/2016 7:44:42 AM PDT by Mozilla

Glenn Beck may have hitched his wagon to the wrong train, specifically a Texas Senator who broke down on the corn fields of Wisconsin.

 

With Ted Cruz’s poll numbers slipping to third place, Glenn has a lot of egg on his face. After claiming Justice Scalia was killed by God to show the US people how important Cruz was, and comparing Trump supporters to Nazis, Beck’s program audience shrunk to a paltry size: essentially those who like Ted Cruz.

Now that Ted is going under in the polls, with a recent FOX poll showing him tied for 3rd, Beck’s empire is collapsing like a house of cards. Beck’s “Flagship” and income source, “THE BLAZE” website is dropping readership rapidly.

 

Malware concerns:

 

It turns out Glenn Beck has been spreading around something vile other than his horrible opinions. No, it’s not herpes (probably). Security firm Invinceareports that on July 1, Beck’s site The Blaze unintentionally transmitted malware through embedded advertising to many of his subscribers.

Invincea says that on July 1 and possibly on other dates, one of The Blaze’sadvertisers deliberately redirected users to a “Polish recipe website” that provided a lot more than pierogi ingredients. Unwary readers were affected with a drive-by exploit called Kazy or Kryptik, trojans that open holes in security software to give hackers access to unsuspecting users’ personal information.

 

Top execs leave the Blaze, Beck stuck with boring yes men: 

 

Kerry was also responsible for leading vendor negotiations, regarding media related services. He even interfaced with CNN Headline News & Fox News teams in collaboration of The Glenn Beck TV show.

Now, Joseph Kerry is no longer associated with TheBlaze, and is instead a partner with Littlecloud Ventures, which is a marketing consulting firm.

Earlier, Chris Balfe, who was Beck’s CEO, and Joel Cheatwood, who was president and chief content officer, also left TheBlaze. Both were responsible for assisting Beck with launching TheBlaze TV.

According CNN, the two men are building a digital media company, in which they will serve are partners.

 

 

Now the ratings are dropping like a stone.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016gopprimary; beck; blaze; election2016; glennbeck; spewhatetrumpsters; talkradio; tedcruz; texas; theblaze
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To: Tupelo

He has lost it over a few years.


101 posted on 04/17/2016 2:38:26 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Lyin Ted lies more then Hillary)
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To: okie01

Tell us one on FR who is voting DEM? You CANNOT.


102 posted on 04/17/2016 2:44:10 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Lyin Ted lies more then Hillary)
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To: Mark was here

That ticked me off too. You are slamming the Mom and Pops that keep your affiliates on air? Sick. My Wife and I were both in radio and she is in Advertising, why would you bite the hand that feeds you?


103 posted on 04/17/2016 2:45:48 PM PDT by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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To: smokingfrog; All
My life doesn’t revolve around Glenn Beck and whether or not he’s a fraud. If he is a fraud, he’ll have to answer to someone greater than me.

Well it must be important to you, you first responded to my #15 with that "is this really necessary?" and I gave you a prime demonstration of Beck's fraudulent shuck n' jive at post #40, you whined back about it being a 'progressive' website, the same thing liberals do when they attack the messenger (the medium) in order to ignore/reject the message.

You either have Beck-blinders on to avoid anything critical of that con man, or you actually already looked at that video and just can't bring yourself to admit that he IS a fraud.

Take it from me. Take it from that video:

BECK IS A FRAUD.
104 posted on 04/17/2016 2:46:08 PM PDT by mkjessup (The GOPe IS the "Enemy Within" !!)
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To: Mozilla

I am beung told by some of my IT friends who are all pro-Trump by the way and being disenfranchised of their jubs by foreignrrs and the entire open borders, globalist elite, that some nutjobs - likely Becker types - are trying to shutdown websites that are pro-base, anti-establishment, with web attacks that cause the pages to go down. Fyi.


105 posted on 04/17/2016 2:51:54 PM PDT by ShivaFan
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To: mkjessup

No, it’s not really very important to me whether or not GB is a fraud.

But apparently it is to you, so go ahead and have fun with it. I have more important things to do, so I think we’re done here.


106 posted on 04/17/2016 3:10:05 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Mozilla
"Leave Glenn alone!" Angry Grandpa Simpson photo: McCain to Granpa Simpson 2428822964_b73e526ed6_o.gif
107 posted on 04/17/2016 3:23:40 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: smokingfrog
No, it’s not really very important to me whether or not GB is a fraud.

Then don't waste everyone's time with puerile comments then. You made the responding comments first, so it had to mean something to you. But by all means, slink away as if you never said a word.
108 posted on 04/17/2016 3:50:45 PM PDT by mkjessup (The GOPe IS the "Enemy Within" !!)
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To: Lumper20

Check your FReepmail


109 posted on 04/17/2016 4:02:46 PM PDT by okie01 (The of the Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Lumper20

Anyone for Cruz?


110 posted on 04/17/2016 4:04:17 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: smokingfrog

It’s absolutely necessary. The Cruz supporters are sucker punchers around here. They hit and when someone his back, they cry ‘victim’.


111 posted on 04/17/2016 4:31:05 PM PDT by Solson ("Cruz takes "laying on of hands" to a whole 'nother level" - Amanda)
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To: okie01

At least the Democrats are honest about their intent.

The Republican Party has proven itself only interested in maintaining power.

They have supported every single initiative that Obama has presented.

They have abdicated every constitutional power, have abjured every principle of ethical governance, and have abandoned even the pretext of representing their constituencies.

They have openly attacked their own members and conspired to destroy conservative candidates.

They have regularly lied, have committed criminal acts, have refused to prosecute such acts, regardless of party or law.

Ultimately, they have established a privileged class in direct opposition to the very Constitution that they swore to uphold.

That GOP?

Sometimes hatred is warranted.


112 posted on 04/17/2016 4:33:26 PM PDT by antidisestablishment (If Washington was judged with the same standard as Sodom, it would not exist.)
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To: snarkpup; RedMDer; rodguy911; trisham; Jim Robinson

I got maliciously hit and my laptop is still NOT right.

THIS $129.00 LATER!


113 posted on 04/17/2016 4:57:47 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: onyx

Yikes! I’m sorry.


114 posted on 04/17/2016 4:59:51 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: mkjessup
Nobody has been more arrogant than Glenn Beck.


B T T T ! ! ! ©

115 posted on 04/17/2016 5:07:05 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
In showbiz, the old saying is, there's no such thing as bad publicity. Wow, is that not true.

How Glenn Beck Says He Knows There Is 'Not a Chance' Cruz Will Be Trump's Vice President


Senator Cruz -- Dump This Dumb S.O.B.!

Glenn Beck to Vote for Hillary if McCain is GOP Nominee Glenn Beck - Why he would of voted for Hillary instead of John McCain Glenn Beck: McCain would've been worse Glenn Beck: I May have Voted for Hillary Clinton Glenn Beck: 'I won't vote for Trump.' (Even if running against Hillary)
Glenn Beck to Vote for Hillary if McCain is GOP Nominee Glenn Beck - Why he would of voted for Hillary instead of John McCain Glenn Beck: McCain would've been worse Glenn Beck: I May have Voted for Hillary Clinton Glenn Beck: 'I won't vote for Trump.' (Even if running against Hillary)

Why would anyone be surprised that the "brown shirts" meme now in use by the Demagogic Party got its start in the mouth of the demagogue Glenn Beck?



116 posted on 04/17/2016 5:46:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: grumpa

Don’t weep for Stabby the Klown. He has millions socked away and I’m sure an off grid property all stocked up for when the SHTF. Weep not for crazy Glenn.


117 posted on 04/17/2016 5:52:30 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: null and void

He was doing a good job until he started to attack people who were defending Cliven Bundy and went crazed when Trump questioned Obama’s birth certificate and origins. He slowly melted down. He was payed to attack people who even slightly disagreed with him. Beck also started pushing open borders then he thought he was some god and was firing people who disagreed with him at his company while he misspent the companies money. So he is close to bankruptcy.


118 posted on 04/17/2016 5:54:14 PM PDT by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.)
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To: snarkpup

True. The Blaze team never fixed issues. Lots of people quit the site because of malware. People used to complain about it daily.


119 posted on 04/17/2016 6:00:32 PM PDT by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.)
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To: null and void

When?

Not picking a fight

I found him a neoabolitiionist race baiting south basher early on

He was a lib well into middle age

I could stomach him on New York radio way back but on Fox I saw what he really was

He loves Martin Luther King and hates Teddy Roosevelt....questions Jefferson and of course worships Lincoln like Levin does

And wishes so bad he was chosen too

He’s a damn kook


120 posted on 04/17/2016 6:00:33 PM PDT by wardaddy (gonna need a lot of rope and lamposts and gibbets after this primary season.....)
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