Jimmy Carter: Glenn Beck And Fox 'Distort The News'

Business Insider ^ | 11/22/2010 | Glynnis MacNicol

[WebFocus]

One sometimes wonders what the Dems would do if they didn't have Fox News to kick around anymore. Former president Jimmy Carter got in on the act this weekend telling Reliable Sources host Howie Kurtz that "Glenn Beck and others on Fox News, I think, have deliberately distorted the news." From the interview (video below):

KURTZ: CNN started six months before you left office. Now, of course, cable news is a much bigger operation, three 24-hour channels. And you write in the "Afterward" to your book that, "To gain viewers, these 24-hour news channels have now come to rely on reporting that often dramatizes or exaggerates each reported rumor or fact." "In addition, "you say, "the more radical presentations of information or commentary have proven to be most popular, so radio and television programs, like political alignments, have tended toward extremes."

CARTER: The talk shows with Glenn Beck and others on Fox News, I think, have deliberately distorted the news. And it's become highly competitive. My Republican friends say that MSNBC might be just as biased on the other side in supporting the Democratic Party, the liberal element.

But that's part of give and take. And I think CNN, more than others, has kind of tried to play the middle to their detriment as far as viewership is concerned and profits are concerned. So, I think that describes maybe more than I -- more than my credentials warrant about what I think about -- quickly the balance.

Not exactly earth shattering media insight, though unlike many Carter at least makes an attempt to cut it both ways...one can only imagine the lashing Carter would have taken from current cablesphere. Meanwhile, over at the not-normally-angry New Yorker, Hendrik Hertzberg gives Beck a lashing for his so-called George Soros "puppet master" expose.

[WayneS]

Earth to Jimmy!

Glenn Beck is NOT a newscaster.

[albie]

Jimmy Carter distorts logic. Which is worse?

[oh8eleven]

My Republican friends say that MSNBC might be just as biased on the other side
Republican friends? MSNBC might be biased? Man, this guy is delusional.

[ken5050]

Will Carter be invited to the 2012 Dem convention? Will he get to speak?..Tuesday 3AM?

[WayneS]

In order to distort logic, wouldn’t he need to exist in the same universe with it?

[Old Teufel Hunden]

If I had a hammer
I’d hammer in the morning

C’mon, sing it Jimmy and get back to building houses

[WayneS]

I think Mr. Carter considers Pat Caddell to be a “republican”.

;-)

[Lucky9teen]

Yeh...right.

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for November 18, 2010

		P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
Total Day
FNC		1,316	297	571
CNN		395	102	151
MSNBC		465	135	211
CNBC		204	46	96
HLN		299	125	177
Primetime		P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FNC		2,333	509	1,014
CNN		589	132	188
MSNBC		1,049	310	473
CNBC		139	45	52
HLN		647	197	353
Net	Morning programs (6-9 AM)	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FNC	FOX & Friends	1,028	320	533
CNN	American Morning	282	122	153
MSNBC	Morning Joe	445	117	205
CNBC	Squawk Box	164	43	93
HLN	Morning Express w/ Meade	310	181	208
Net	5PM	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FNC	GLENN BECK	2,336	520	1,008
CNN	SITUATION ROOM	619	149	183
MSNBC	HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS	528	152	155
CNBC	FAST MONEY	276	53	148
CNBC	HLN LOCAL EDITION	135	57	105
HLN	SHOWBIZ TONIGHT	145	59	96
Net	6PM	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FNC	SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER	2419	442	933
CNN	SITUATION ROOM	456	128	152
MSNBC	ED SHOW	737	195	330
CNBC	MAD MONEY	195	46	99
HLN	HLN LOCAL EDITION	202	78	158
Net	7PM	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FNC	THE FOX REPORT W/S.SMITH	2141	446	1012
CNN	JOHN KING USA	434	111	170
MSNBC	HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS	692	168	320
CNBC	KUDLOW REPORT	151	33	52
CNBC	TRADING THE GLOBE	147	33	59
HLN	ISSUES	456	163	282
Net	8PM	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FNC	THE OREILLY FACTOR	3,078	655	1,409
CNN	PARKER SPITZER	427	96	162
MSNBC	COUNTDOWN W/ K. OLBERMANN	1,281	289	491
CNBC	SWOOSH INSIDE NIKE	146	47	44
HLN	NANCY GRACE	876	310	527
Net	9PM	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FNC	HANNITY	2,275	547	990
CNN	LARRY KING LIVE	777	151	212
MSNBC	RACHEL MADDOW SHOW	1,032	330	483
CNBC	BIO: DAVE THOMAS	123	44	47
HLN	JOY BEHAR	623	158	302
Net	10PM	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FNC	ON THE RECORD W/GRETA	1,637	324	640
CNN	ANDERSON COOPER 360	563	149	191
MSNBC	LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL	819	311	446
CNBC	AMERICAN GREED	147	43	66
HLN	NANCY GRACE	481	139	247
Net	11PM	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
FNC	THE OREILLY FACTOR	1,195	311	539
CNN	ANDERSON COOPER 360	398	104	146
MSNBC	COUNTDOWN W/ K. OLBERMANN	408	148	248
CNBC	MAD MONEY	62	18	35
HLN	SHOWBIZ TONIGHT	425	143	239

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P2+ = viewers over the age of 2

(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing

(35-64) = Adults 35-64 viewing

Prime Time = 8-11pm

LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day [through 3AM the next day] the program was broadcast. For more information see Numbers 101.

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Nielsen Cable Network Coverage Estimates (as of October, 2010)

CNN/HLN: 100.88 million HHs

CNBC: 98.38 million HHs

FNC: 99.06  million HHs

MSNBC: 95.41 million HHs

Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

The man was attacked by a rabbit....even nature knows he's worthless. ;-)

[ken5050]

Geez..Joy Behar gets almost as many viewers as Larry King...

[American Constitutionalist]

Jimma ? you distort reality.

[o_zarkman44]

Carter tells the host of “Reliable sources” on MSNBC.....roflmao!~!!!!! Great name!! Sounds trustworthy enough!! hehehehe

[mikelets456]

I used to think this guy was simply an idiot... However,I now believe he is a “smiling” deceitful Marxist....which is really the same thing except with an agenda.

[Spok]

Liberals just fantasize about things then state them as fact, like children who have never been disciplined.

[skeeter]

There are very good reasons why the left doesn’t seem to understand the difference between opinion journalists and news reporters.

[ScottinVA]

Carter distorted the Presidency from Jan 77 to Jan 81.

Get lost, Jimmah. You were a disaster then and you’re a disaster now.

[Bean Counter]

Using Howie Kurtz, Jimmy Carter, and “Reliably Sources” in the same sentence should tell you everything you need to know about this story...

[Red Dog #1]

"Jimmy Carter: Glenn Beck And Fox 'Distort The News'"

Yeah, Jimma...maybe Fox should hire honest, objective, impartial and, dare I say it, mentally balanced journalist like Dan Rather?

[cld51860]

Any specifics there, Jimmah? Y’know just by way of tangible examples, etc. No? I didn’t think so.. Thanks for playing...