On the surface it sure does look like a left wing victory. Did Beck’s advertisement revenues decline? The left does control our society.
This was Beck’s decision and had nothing to do with ad revenue. If it did, Fox would be yanking him off the air today. They are going to ride out Beck’s contract as long as possible because they will not get anything close to these rating or revenue from anyone replacing him in the 5:00 slot.
Well, not being a Beck fan and thus coming to the table empty-handed, still, let's discuss. What did really happen here? Whose idea was it for Beck to stop doing what he has been doing?
I think it was Rush Limbaugh who predicted -- stop me if I am misremembering this -- who said that Beck's career would be foreshortened by, not the Left, certainly not by people of the ilk of the unhappy Hillary captive Brock, but rather by people beyond the firelight, who would either get Beck's show cancelled or get Beck cancelled (by which he meant a .38-caliber veto).
I think the leading possibility was that Rupert Murdoch is aging, his grip is slipping, and his (liberal?) heirs are beginning to assert themselves against Murdoch's wishes. Well, who knows?
Any thoughts?