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Trouble Between Beck and Fox News?
The (Fred) Grandy Group ^ | September 30, 2010 | Michael Hoffman

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 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.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: ailes; beck; fox; foxnews; glennbeck
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Thanks for the post, VR!


81 posted on 09/30/2010 8:51:06 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: NCBraveheart

True - Beck was best when he was exposing the communists and marxists in the WH. now the prayer crap is turning me off along with many others.


82 posted on 09/30/2010 8:52:45 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote
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To: combat_boots
These are great points, Onyx. The whole idea sounds like sniping, in-fighting/jealousy or opposition (read DNC/Soros/Administration) astroturf or outright falsehoods.

Thanks, and I think you are right!! Glenn is doing a great deal of damage to the Obama Regime and the democrats by telling the truth, exposing the evil regime and this NYT article is meant to cause Glenn and FNC grief and disruption!

Like you said, it's obvious astroturf, made up of vicious lies.

Glenn Beck and Roger Ailes do not have security teams 24/7 to protect themselves from one another. Sheeesh.

83 posted on 09/30/2010 8:59:02 AM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: fml

Oh they have started already. I have been called a troll(only been on FR for 10 years...ask the NC board). Funny, how differing opinions are verboten


84 posted on 09/30/2010 8:59:19 AM PDT by NCBraveheart
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To: November 2010
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.

Then we need conservatives and not RINOs. And I agree, I don't want my money gonig to these people.

85 posted on 09/30/2010 9:32:37 AM PDT by Aria ( "Remember, attitudes are contagious, so make sure yours are worth catching." Sarah Palin 9-18-2010)
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To: Keith in Iowa

Sounds like he has ties to CNN and looking for a job.


86 posted on 09/30/2010 9:57:01 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
I'm suspicious....

Fact: Glenn is soaring in the ratings

Fact: The Left would LOVE to topple that score

Headline: Fox and Glenn having problems?

THIS IS HOW THEY DO THIS ! ...H E L L O !

87 posted on 09/30/2010 10:04:56 AM PDT by NordP (COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVES - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: NCBraveheart

...because YOU don’t get it. -—prolly never did.


88 posted on 09/30/2010 10:08:23 AM PDT by NordP (COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVES - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: elpadre
"Beck is a patriot and is delivering a message every American needs to hear."

AGREED! Well said.

89 posted on 09/30/2010 10:10:32 AM PDT by NordP (COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVES - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: indylindy

ANOTHER EXCELLENT post on this subject!


90 posted on 09/30/2010 10:11:41 AM PDT by NordP (COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVES - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: SC_Pete

Exactly.


91 posted on 09/30/2010 10:12:31 AM PDT by NordP (COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVES - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: onyx

Well said onyx!


92 posted on 09/30/2010 10:15:46 AM PDT by NordP (COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVES - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: 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.<<

I agree. I would love to see Beck go to Sheps slot a t 7. Both Beck and O’Reilly’s numbers would go up.


93 posted on 09/30/2010 10:15:46 AM PDT by CynicalBear
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To: screaming eagle2

..original story came from a NYT STORY...


94 posted on 09/30/2010 10:18:12 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: 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<<
Any Christian who is founded and comfortable with their faith is not threatened by Becks Mormon faith. They just filter what he says.


95 posted on 09/30/2010 10:18:17 AM PDT by CynicalBear
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To: PaleoBob

>>Ideologically untrustworthy.<<

Ideologically untrustworthy?? Care to explain that?


96 posted on 09/30/2010 10:24:30 AM PDT by CynicalBear
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To: New Jersey Realist

>>Church is the right place for that sort of thing.<<
So your faith should stay in Church? Huh??


97 posted on 09/30/2010 10:26:19 AM PDT by CynicalBear
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To: GlockThe Vote
True - Beck was best when he was exposing the communists and marxists in the WH.

He has been back on that for the past several weeks...his show yesterday with D'Souza was outstanding...Dinesh will be on again tonight.

98 posted on 09/30/2010 10:30:06 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: onyx

Agree.

Also, I think I read the original NYT hit piece from which this was drawn. Beck makes $2.5M from FNC and the contract either ends this year or has another year to go, I can’t recall.

On top of that, Beck has a popular radio show and I have lost count of his best sellers. He has The Blaze. He has his own documentary company. He has a network of wonky political history types who lend the credibility and the original books and documents he presents. Only Beck knows what irons he has in the fire and what he has on tap for the future.

Beck is on a mission to educate America. While I am far from *churchy*, his admonitions to have faith, practice faith and remember we are on God’s side do not turn me off, even if he does admit to still getting on his knees to pray.
What I do like is that he doesn’t ever promote one faith venue over any other.

IMO, no one can replace him because he is not doing any sort of recognizable format. He is his own person and his show is unique. Any book he showcases becomes an instant best seller. Most of these books are relatively obscure and scholarly. Only Beck’s personal influence turns them into automatic best sellers. ONLY 2M viewers at 4pm CST? His numbers went down over the summer, as did every other show’s? Not a very big deal.

If he wanted to, he could buy up all his own ad time with his various venues. FNC is lucky to have him and I think they know it. If there is jealousy and backstabbing at the network, it makes the backstabbers look juvenile and places Beck above the throng. I would not turn on the TV for yet another political interview and opinion show. It is the history and the educational aspect that Beck presents that draws me to watch if I can.


99 posted on 09/30/2010 10:34:21 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
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100 posted on 09/30/2010 10:40:11 AM PDT by lonevoice (Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music)
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