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Glenn Beck drops his name from Web network, promises media 'revolution'
CNN International ^ | June 18,2012 | Steve Krakauer

Posted on 06/19/2012 8:51:39 AM PDT by Hojczyk

Hugely successful and often controversial, Glenn Beck is a man full of complexities.

He points the finger in his new book "Cowards" but calls for "Restoring Love" in his upcoming rally. He jokes about being "Unelectable" on his comedy tour, but his new studio in Dallas includes a replica Oval Office for his mock presidential addresses.

Now, the media mogul is dropping his name from the online TV network based on his personal brand. GBTV will be merged with TheBlaze.com, the Beck-owned but independently operated news and opinion website. The entire network will be called TheBlaze.

That all-star team includes some unlikely executives who have joined the Beck team. There's Betsy Morgan, formerly CEO of The Huffington Post and before that an executive at CBS News. There's Joel Cheatwood, formerly a senior vice president at CNN and Fox News. Also Kraig Kitchin, formerly founder of Premiere Radio Networks, and Carolyn Polke, who was a consultant at Accenture.

"Sometimes the truth hurts," said Beck. "And if you'd read the book 'Cowards,' you'd see President Obama is not the only one, and it's certainly not a Republican and Democrat book. It is a human problem. Cowardice is a human problem."

While Beck isn't outwardly supporting either of the two major candidates in the 2012 election, he does have a prediction.

"If things would remain stable, I would say we are looking at a loss for the president around the size of, if not greater than, Jimmy Carter," he said. "Americans are tired. They are tired of the finger-pointing. They are tired of the excuses. They're tired of it on both sides."

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1 posted on 06/19/2012 8:51:43 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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Good for Beck. The Legacy Media needs to be taken down a notch or 500.


2 posted on 06/19/2012 8:53:15 AM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (they all stink)
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To: Hojczyk

Not a bad article..


3 posted on 06/19/2012 8:53:20 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Never liked the GBTV moniker....too much like LGBT....


4 posted on 06/19/2012 8:57:43 AM PDT by trailhkr1 (All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
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To: Hojczyk

When I heard him the first time on the radio and for quite a ling time thereafter I always had this impression of a used car salesman, but I don’t know why.

So now I just think of him as the used car salesman of talk radio.


5 posted on 06/19/2012 8:58:07 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Hojczyk

GBTV ... a subscription based service ... has more viewers then CNN does, and CNN is free

that must really bug them


6 posted on 06/19/2012 9:00:55 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Hojczyk
Jumped the Shark Pictures, Images and Photos

Really jumped the shark with that fake Oval Office.

7 posted on 06/19/2012 9:01:34 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound
Beck jumped the shark by going on/off stage with body guards and a bullet proof vest at his "Restoring Honor" rally in DC, while Sarah Palin and Alveda King did not.

And now he pens a book titled "Cowards." HA!

8 posted on 06/19/2012 9:25:25 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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>>Beck jumped the shark by going on/off stage with body guards and a bullet proof vest at his “Restoring Honor” rally in DC, while Sarah Palin and Alveda King did not.<<

He did it for his wife. She asked him too.
I would be begging my husband to protect himself as well.


9 posted on 06/19/2012 9:28:51 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Romney scares me. Obama is the freaking nightmare that is so bad you are afraid to go back to sleep)
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To: Snickering Hound

>>Really jumped the shark with that fake Oval Office. <<

Do you understand how many liberal heads exploded when that was unveiled?


10 posted on 06/19/2012 9:33:08 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Romney scares me. Obama is the freaking nightmare that is so bad you are afraid to go back to sleep)
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To: netmilsmom

I would tell my wife to go watch with Todd Palin.


11 posted on 06/19/2012 9:36:53 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Snickering Hound

how do you figure that???


12 posted on 06/19/2012 9:37:16 AM PDT by stevecmd
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

Hopefully his network will have enough strength to pull Fox to the right or, better yet, beat out Fox, eventually.

I’m not crazy about the name. GBTV gives me the warm and fuzzies. Maybe it’s bees, “gee whiz,” the Bee Gees, or CBGB’s. Maybe he wanted to disconnect his name from the institution, but the use of his initials accomplished that. Or maybe he didn’t want to be associated with the alphabet networks.


13 posted on 06/19/2012 9:42:19 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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Combine the emasculation of males in our society with fear of being labeled as 'racist', 'sexist' or 'homophobic' when blacks, females and gays hold the reigns of power and you have the perfect recipe for cowardice. Case and point, Congress' handling of Obama's and Holder's unconstitutional actions. These two are exploiting this phenomena and aren't about to stop.

I haven't read Glenn's book but this is my take on the problem.

14 posted on 06/19/2012 9:43:10 AM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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>>I would tell my wife to go watch with Todd Palin.<<

If you were my husband, you would be taking your pillow to the couch for a couple months.

However, if you loved me and wore the stupid vest to make me happy, you would be a happy man. VERY happy. Every night. For a good long time, in many different ways.

Get my drift?


15 posted on 06/19/2012 9:45:12 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Romney scares me. Obama is the freaking nightmare that is so bad you are afraid to go back to sleep)
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To: Snickering Hound

Beck has been breaking all the rules, and getting more successful every time he does.

He left TV (big mistake because TV drives everything); he just signed a $100 million radio contract.

He started a pay-to-view website (big mistake as people won’t pay for internet content); he has over a quarter of a million subscribers paying monthly $10 fee (you do the math).

He reportedly cleared $80 million last year.

I’m not really much of a Glenn Beck fan, but you can’t deny he’s getting it done. If this is jumping-the-shark, maybe more people need to start skiing.


16 posted on 06/19/2012 9:48:14 AM PDT by Brookhaven (Obama Admits He Can't Fix What Bush Broke, So Why Reelect Obama?)
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To: netmilsmom

uhh..they could have still shot him in the head ! that was silly


17 posted on 06/19/2012 10:45:08 AM PDT by se_ohio_young_conservative
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To: Brookhaven

Going to shop for skis...


18 posted on 06/19/2012 10:49:23 AM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom is a myth anymore it seems)
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To: Hojczyk

generally a precursor to a “For Sale” sign going up...


19 posted on 06/19/2012 10:50:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Hojczyk

Beck is on the radio here two hours starting at 10:00 A.M. As far as I’m concerned it amounts to a two hour infomercial .... he’s promoting a book, or his TV show, or his latest grand project .... or just standard commercials. It’s very predictable and beginning to bore me.


20 posted on 06/19/2012 10:51:40 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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