Posted on 09/30/2010 6:27:18 AM PDT by 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 Becks Lincoln Memorial rally, which by Becks 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.
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The fact that the attacks are ramping up again tells that the Beck Bomber is dropping smart bombs with pinpoint accuracy.
Beck should start his one TV network and pack it with conservatives all day long ... Let Rove run FoxNews ...
If I was at home when Beck’s show was on I would probably watch it. The only time I ever see him now is when he and O’Reilly are telling each other how wonderful they are, and I usually turn it to something else.
He’s a liberal Republican. He used to be on “The Love Boat.”
Is that all FoxNews did?
He had an hour show on cnn/headline news..the mussled him.
...this article was originally from the NEW YORK TIMES....it was posted by a blogger to Fred’s site.
Becks TV show is practically un-watchable..
I would argue that his ratings prove that your statement is not accurate...
Obozo (lol) hates all things not socialist/ progressive. I hope he hates me :)
Levin is brilliant—but I doubt he’s the showman Beck is.
Isnt the difficulty getting ads because of the communists who threaten the advertisers...who are chicken about being boycottted for advertising on Becks show?
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I really wish we would start strangling the left’s sources of funding as well. There is no reason to allow govt. monies to go to leftists or to protect union extortion under the law.
I predicted some time ago that Beck would end up back on a libbie network. He’s an Andrew Sullivan-like figure to me. Ideologically untrustworthy.
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Really. I am not a Comic type. You do have to admit that I missed a period there with my nickname for Cripplecreek, which is ‘CC.’
I do know people that are Comic types, so I’ll ask about this.
What has Fox really done to contribute to Becks success aside form the obvious one hour outlet?
Beck is responsible for Becks success.
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LOL, are you SERIOUS? Fox is the venue, the stage on which beck is seen by millions. The best of performers would not be successful without an audience to hear them., The relationship is a symbiotic one and it would be best if both Ailes and beck realized this.
That said I’m pretty sure there is nothing to this except the lame stream media attempting to stir up trouble and keep the bed wetting liberals hopeful that some grand catastrophe will cause FNC to go away.
Nonsense.
Show me anyone in this country, who's program is “unwatchable” and still manages to get a massive over 2 million viewers on a 5 pm cable news program, up to 50 % more than all his rivals at 5 pm COMBINED!.
Nice trolling attempt dude!
Becks TV show is practically un-watchable. His whining and self promotion turn me off.
We’ll call him a “Beck Concern Troll” .... /sarc
Beck is simply the genius that brought the Shadow Party into the US home in all its ugliness for all to see. I talk to Grandpa and Grandma America every day and they are more informed and combative and ready to commit themselves than I’ve ever seen, and that is why he deserves to be heard. Ailes is the genius who brought Beck into those homes. It is a great working partnership. Every effort by all conservatives and patriots need to be employed to protect that partnership. The Shadow Party smear machine has Beck and Fox as the top enemies - hence their leaders Obama, Pelosi, etc. attack them in print, from the stage and on cable around the clock.
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