Liberal Intolerance on TV: NBC wants Fox competitor Glenn Beck fired.

American Spectator ^ | 7.30.09 @ 11:39AM | By Matthew Vadum

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Chuck Todd and company at NBC News are outraged that conservative talker Beck won't --or can't-- be fired for calling President Obama a "racist." They blogged as follows:

*** On the Glenn Becks and Howard Beales: The White House doesn't want to give Glenn Beck a bigger platform or extra oxygen -- especially regarding his remark yesterday that the president has "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture" -- so they won't comment, even off record. Beck, after all, is a radio DJ who somehow ended up getting a national platform to give his opinion on politics. What's most amazing about this episode is that what Beck said isn't a fireable or even a SUSPENDABLE offense by his bosses. There was a time when outrageous rants like this would actually cost the ranters their jobs. But not anymore; if anything, it's now encouraged. And all of this could turn ACTUAL journalists into the next Howard Beales. It's getting nuts that the folks who are creating the perception of an ideological/polarized media world are people who have never really spent their lives being journalists. Whether it's former political consultants-turned-TV execs or former radio DJs, or former California socialites, the folks helping to accelerate the public's perception of the media off a cliff made their livings trying to do other things. Of course, Beck's crazy language could have one unintended consequence: It could cost him bookings with any Republicans who want to be popular outside Beck's hard-core bizarro-land viewers.

So much for the national discussion on race relations that leftists and journalists say America desperately needs.

[taxtruth]

Gee,Glen,Lou,Michael,etc...Who’s next?

[Mr. Mojo]

What's most amazing about this episode is that what Beck said isn't a fireable or even a SUSPENDABLE offense by his bosses

Actually, it should be a promotable "offense" -- Glenn should take Shep Smith's time slot.

[libs_kma]

"Or is it asking too much that they not be hypocrites?"

If they are hypocritical twice does that mean they're back to square one?

[mountainlion]

I have already fired ABCCBSNBCCNN... I would have fired Beck if he had not made more sense than POTUS.

[penelopesire]

THIS from a network that calls conservatives/republicans racists all the time under direct orders from their boss Obama?

LOL!!

Nothing but presstitutes!

[Paige]

Then the RIGHTIES must WRITE FOX and tell them BECK does NOT need to be fired nor does he need to apoligize. SUPPORT BECK in this and stop giving ammo to the LEFT.

Can’t any of you see this is ACORN in overdrive? For Once UNITE!! Wake up America!!!

[big black dog]

25-54 demographic:

5 PM

Beck: 452

Chrissy: 164

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/

[EagleUSA]

I predict that someday, Glenn Beck will replace O’Reilly.
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I agree — BO is weak, and panders to the radical left. We get enough of that in the left-owned MSM.

[for-q-clinton]

Beck is about the only Fox News afternoon/evening show I watch anymore.

O’Reilly lost me years ago. And some reason I just don’t get into Hannity’s new show. I enjoyed when he had the idiot next to him.

[TChris]

Huh? Fire him for telling the TRUTH?

What happened to all the "Speak truth to power!" stuff, oh ye liberals?

[TexasFreeper2009]

Always remember what the blacks used to say about racism. You can't be a racist if you have no power.

Well... now that -12bama has all the power, only he can be a racist. Poetic justice.

[Deb]

All the hprrible things said about George Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld by Bill Maher, Randi Rhodes and all the kids at Air America... not a problem.

[TornadoAlley3]

Tammy Faye will get fired for “hate speech”, it's in the bill.

[Graybeard58]

The liberals should show us what part of Beck’s statement isn’t true.

[TNCMAXQ]

If Beck or any of those guys had demanded heads roll over when Bush was referred to as nazi or satan or any of those other slurs, the left would have screamed “censorship!”

[1-Eagle]

So does this mean that Professor Gates should be fired for calling a white cop a racist for just doing his job?

Good one!

Tomorrow, Obama will call Beck to the WH to have a beer. This is the pure genius of improved race relations at work. Just get everybody drunk.

[Tarpon]

Weird, by his own words and deeds, Obama is a racist. He surrounds himself with communists and Black Nationalist, so what is wrong with pointing that out? What, did you think he sat in Rev Wright's church for 20 years and didn't learn anything? NBC probably doesn't know who rev Wright is.

NBC, the nothing but crap network.

[presently no screen name]

He has a childhood hatred of Whites

And he sought out a 'hate whitey' 'G*d dam America' church to enrich his childhood hatred.

[KeyLargo]

"NBC ratings in tha tank with the bomb"

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Righty Wretched Racist,
remarks on rueful wrong;
Reveals wrathful reporters,
ranting to the throngs.

Rain upon us revolution, roaring, risky radicals,
raging, ranting, rioting...
rendering reason irrational.
Lefty Lisping Loonies.

Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin