I wonder how much longer Fox will stand by him. Money talks, you know. It’s a lose-lose situation for Fox, in my opinion, even though Beck isn’t half as divisive as, the very nasty, Keith Olbermann.
While Beck has his amusing moments, I am not comfortable listening to him. He is too fervent. He could be sand in the gears of the GOP efforts to regain Congressional seats if the Dems are successful in painting him as the face of the GOP.
Last I saw, and if I read it correctly, Beck’s ratings are very respectable. If Apple objects to sound Conservative principles, it’s good for them to pull out so everyone can take note of it.
ratings rule, Beck draws huge ratings. Who cares if Apple doesn’t advertise. Their target market is drinking cool aid anyway.
All a bunch of hype.
I must be missing something. I thought advertisers would go with what the people watch. While Fox is not #1 they seem to have a wide viewership. They actually seem to be the lead in the 18-54 viewer group which I would think would encompass most of the tech buyers. What am I missing?
http://tvbythenumbers.com/category/ratings/nielsen-network-tv-ratings-season-to-date
I'm willing to boycott any producer who boycotts FOX... Why the double standard - liberals can say anything - and get a pass? And we can't? Eff 'em - then boycott...
Your opinion is just wrong.
Have you seen Beck's numbers?
Ad revenue is based strictly on numbers, not on the opinion of some FOX staffers that think they could charge more if Beck was well liked.
FOX will stay with Beck as long as Beck delivers the numbers, when he fails at that, he {or any other pundit} is gone.
Just watch Fox's massive profits this year, and see where that empty talk of “lose lose situation” gets ya. Beck is pure win for Fox. His ratings totally destroy anyone else's at 5 PM. Plus he brings in all these huge number of viewers at 5 PM, which in turn boosts the ratings of every single Fox prime time program after his.
ratings talk BS walks.
Beck is a ratings machine.
OReily was supposed to be the fox anchor show. Oreily is a dud and a phoney.
Beck should have his spot.
I had abandoned FNC but for the financial show and even those were pretty useless as they became infested with useless WH trolls.
apple projects its corporate policy as left wing. Then again it is easy to abandon a news network that was not to be used anyways.
Why don’t we say, “How long can MSNBC affort to keep Olberman on the air since Freerepublic.com is refusing to advertise on MSNBC.”
All the news networks have different business models.
CNN is just a distribution to all the world BUT the usa.
FNC is “a current affair” since they have Oreily stinking up the place.
MSNBC is the mouthpiece for GE.
Haven't heard that word out of the mouth of anyone to the right of Leon Trotsky.
Given a choice, IMHO Apple would side with Olbermann over anyone on Fox as they are definitively liberal. They no longer disclose political contributions, but here's an idea of their orientation: Apple political contributions (not current)
If FOX News boots Beck, they will at the same time say good-bye to a huge audience of conservatives.
hey! don’t go trashing MY boy. Beck is one show I watch nearly every day. apple can go pound sand, I am not interested in their product anyway.
Until he starts losing money, which ain't likely.