http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com/
Without looking at the link (may or may not be SFW) I'd say: GUILTY!!!1111oneone :mad:
That monster! :mad:
Who?
He is a libertarian. That's a crime worse than a thousand murders.
Quote from: Martinus on September 02, 2009, 04:51:39 AM
He is a libertarian. That's a crime worse than a thousand murders.
I don't know what he is really. Besides spooky. I think he might be Mormon though.
:frusty:
Glen Beck is a monumental douche without peer in asshattery. My BS meter went to red when I read the accusation, and then went to blue when I found out that this is "cleverly deconstructing of what passes for news in America."
http://politicalirony.com/2009/09/01/did-glenn-beck-murder-the-american-media/
Glen Beck should rot for what he does on TV, not what he didn't do in 1990.
Ironically, this is the exact same method the MSM used in 2000 to go after Bush's alleged cocain use.
I like it how Obama makes Glenn Beck cry. Sorta reminds me of Hansy during the Clinton Administration.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 02, 2009, 06:28:51 AM
I like it how Obama makes Glenn Beck cry. Sorta reminds me of Hansy during the Clinton Administration.
I didn't know you two went back so far. :)
Glenn Beck has more of an opinion show, not news. His ratings are actually pretty high ratings, very high I think? The left will vilify him of course, and maybe the right should too, I guess. He's more of a libertarian I think. He's been calling the Obama admin on many things it appears, and it seems not many in the media as yet look at Obama very critically, though that will likely change soon. But it doesn't look like Beck would hold back on the Bush admin either, or at past Bush issues.
I came home the other day and caught Princesca watching his show. :huh:
Quote from: Hansmeister on September 02, 2009, 06:28:19 AM
Ironically, this is the exact same method the MSM used in 2000 to go after Bush's alleged cocain use.
How is that ironic? :unsure:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 02, 2009, 07:03:38 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 02, 2009, 06:28:51 AM
I like it how Obama makes Glenn Beck cry. Sorta reminds me of Hansy during the Clinton Administration.
I didn't know you two went back so far. :)
Neither did I. :unsure:
Quote from: Valmy on September 02, 2009, 07:59:23 AM
Quote from: Hansmeister on September 02, 2009, 06:28:19 AM
Ironically, this is the exact same method the MSM used in 2000 to go after Bush's alleged cocain use.
How is that ironic? :unsure:
I didn't remember anybody complaining then. Back then it was good journalism, now it is called hysterics. I guess it is simply a function of whether the person attacked is a (R) or a (D).
It would help if they had at least an example of Beck actually engaging in spinning rumors as facts, other than just claiming he did(I don't know if he does or doesn't, don't really watch the show, just that it is impossible to tell from the link since no example is offered).
Quote from: Hansmeister on September 02, 2009, 08:04:34 AM
I didn't remember anybody complaining then. Back then it was good journalism, now it is called hysterics. I guess it is simply a function of whether the person attacked is a (R) or a (D).
We probably didn't complain because we didn't care. We did elect him President twice after all.
Taking drugs only makes you more popular with the American people, a President we can all relate to.
This is probably backlash from Beck calling Obama a racist and refusing to retract his statement or issuing an apology. The left tried going after his sponsorship but that didn't effect his show, so looks like they might be trying a different angle.
Beck makes Olbermann appear rational.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 02, 2009, 09:31:15 AM
Beck makes Olbermann appear rational.
Beck makes flower unicorns in the clouds look rational.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 02, 2009, 09:31:15 AM
Beck makes Olbermann appear rational.
I can't say I've been exposed to much of either of them, but they look pretty equally insane/catering to their nutbar viewership's.
Quote from: Berkut on September 02, 2009, 09:48:59 AM
I can't say I've been exposed to much of either of them, but they look pretty equally insane/catering to their nutbar viewership's.
At least Olbermann was a hell of a sportscaster.
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=8990946&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/
I don't want to plug Beck but I saw part of his show on this adviser this week, and Beck has done others on some of the Czars. No, I don't watch Beck a lot; I see some parts of his shows sometimes, but get annoyed with too much stridency by any of these guys, right or left wing.
I saw this youtube by Obama's Green Jobs special adviser. Oddball stuff or not? And who are the oddballs? Part way in the youtube on the Green job adviser plays, a couple of times. Sorry if you watch and have to see Beck.
All these guys - Beck, Limbaugh, Colter, Olbermann, Franken, etc. - are just the modern day equivalents of Barnum's circus barkers. It is just a crude form of mass entertainment that happens to use current events and political news as a point of departure. What is unfortunate is that organizations that hold themsleves out as real purveyors of objective news provide the platform in a setting that at least attempts to suggest some kind of broader legitimacy. But at the end of the day it can't be stopped because that is what puts the eyeballs on sets and makes money.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on September 02, 2009, 11:54:47 AM
All these guys - Beck, Limbaugh, Colter, Olbermann, Franken, etc. - are just the modern day equivalents of Barnum's circus barkers. It is just a crude form of mass entertainment that happens to use current events and political news as a point of departure. What is unfortunate is that organizations that hold themsleves out as real purveyors of objective news provide the platform in a setting that at least attempts to suggest some kind of broader legitimacy. But at the end of the day it can't be stopped because that is what puts the eyeballs on sets and makes money.
+1
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on September 02, 2009, 11:54:47 AM
All these guys - Beck, Limbaugh, Colter, Olbermann, Franken, etc. - are just the modern day equivalents of Barnum's circus barkers. It is just a crude form of mass entertainment that happens to use current events and political news as a point of departure. What is unfortunate is that organizations that hold themsleves out as real purveyors of objective news provide the platform in a setting that at least attempts to suggest some kind of broader legitimacy. But at the end of the day it can't be stopped because that is what puts the eyeballs on sets and makes money.
Yep. Hopefully fewer of them get elected to the Senate in the future.
Quote from: Hansmeister on September 02, 2009, 08:04:34 AM
Quote from: Valmy on September 02, 2009, 07:59:23 AM
Quote from: Hansmeister on September 02, 2009, 06:28:19 AM
Ironically, this is the exact same method the MSM used in 2000 to go after Bush's alleged cocain use.
How is that ironic? :unsure:
I didn't remember anybody complaining then. Back then it was good journalism, now it is called hysterics. I guess it is simply a function of whether the person attacked is a (R) or a (D).
It would help if they had at least an example of Beck actually engaging in spinning rumors as facts, other than just claiming he did(I don't know if he does or doesn't, don't really watch the show, just that it is impossible to tell from the link since no example is offered).
bah bullshit. The Bush=coke fiend thing was understood to be nothing by everyone with a brain (so maybe it was taken seriously on Languish :unsure:
I think I saw him over-reacting to the whole "Death Panel" nonsense as much as anyone else on any of the Propaganda (oops I mean News :p ) channels
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on September 02, 2009, 12:12:10 PM
I think I saw him over-reacting to the whole "Death Panel" nonsense as much as anyone else on any of the Propaganda (oops I mean News :p ) channels
I wish I got MSNBC, then I could judge CNN's claims that MSNBC is the lefty bias channel and they are the fair ones. Since of course conservatives tend to lump all the non-Fox channels together.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 02, 2009, 12:21:46 PM
I wish I got MSNBC, then I could judge CNN's claims that MSNBC is the lefty bias channel and they are the fair ones. Since of course conservatives tend to lump all the non-Fox channels together.
Compared to MSNBC CNN is a bastion of radical pro-Republican apologism.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 02, 2009, 12:21:46 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on September 02, 2009, 12:12:10 PM
I think I saw him over-reacting to the whole "Death Panel" nonsense as much as anyone else on any of the Propaganda (oops I mean News :p ) channels
I wish I got MSNBC, then I could judge CNN's claims that MSNBC is the lefty bias channel and they are the fair ones. Since of course conservatives tend to lump all the non-Fox channels together.
I've only ever watched bits here and there on MSNBC and they didn't seem really partisan... maybe I missed that part. Fox is the only station that I think has a big flag to wave. They are the "Gay Pride Parade of Conservative Politics" (tm)
I hate all this evaluation of which channel is more biased, and in which way. This ignores a far, far bigger problem with cable news networks: they are very shoddy at giving useful information and analysis.
Quote from: DGuller on September 02, 2009, 12:26:38 PM
I hate all this evaluation of which channel is more biased, and in which way. This ignores a far, far bigger problem with cable news networks: they are very shoddy at giving useful information and analysis.
true dat, actually. I've heard that even CBC is going the way of tab journalism. Soon there will be no news worth watching, except for mocking purposes. :(
Quote from: DGuller on September 02, 2009, 12:26:38 PM
I hate all this evaluation of which channel is more biased, and in which way. This ignores a far, far bigger problem with cable news networks: they are very shoddy at giving useful information and analysis.
They are really just more obnoxious versions of E!
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 02, 2009, 09:47:37 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 02, 2009, 09:31:15 AM
Beck makes Olbermann appear rational.
Beck makes flower unicorns in the clouds look rational.
Do you get subjected to Glen Beck in the UK?
Quote from: alfred russel on September 02, 2009, 12:30:38 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 02, 2009, 09:47:37 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 02, 2009, 09:31:15 AM
Beck makes Olbermann appear rational.
Beck makes flower unicorns in the clouds look rational.
Do you get subjected to Glen Beck in the UK?
Fox News is the only American cable news channel that doesn't have an international version. So it's the only one we see in its full insanity.
I'm afraid of Beck. I hate Hannity. But I do quite like O'Reilly :blush:
I'm partial to Lori Dhue & Megyn Kelly :perv:
Quote from: DGuller on September 02, 2009, 12:26:38 PM
I hate all this evaluation of which channel is more biased, and in which way. This ignores a far, far bigger problem with cable news networks: they are very shoddy at giving useful information and analysis.
Agreed. When I watch the cable channels I want news, and some of the programs with analysts on different sides of issues. I do watch some of the opinion type shows too, Matthews, Beck, Dobbs, O'Reilly, but I mainly want to see honest opinion and analysis, not biased views on issues. Gets very annoying and non-informative. I find myself listening to NPR a lot for their news coverage. Seems they do a good job in international or national stuff when they're just doing the news. CNN does ok and I find that Fox does ok, but they're both part of the agenda driven news, the celeb news, or tell the news that sells genre. MSNBC I rarely watch anymore except for Morning Joe. I try to catch Jim Lehrer but usually miss his news.
We really seem lacking some for real, informative and trustworthy news on the main media circuits. Sunday news shows do a good job.
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 02, 2009, 12:48:23 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on September 02, 2009, 12:30:38 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 02, 2009, 09:47:37 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 02, 2009, 09:31:15 AM
Beck makes Olbermann appear rational.
Beck makes flower unicorns in the clouds look rational.
Do you get subjected to Glen Beck in the UK?
Fox News is the only American cable news channel that doesn't have an international version. So it's the only one we see in its full insanity.
I'm afraid of Beck. I hate Hannity. But I do quite like O'Reilly :blush:
I like O'Reilly also, except when he goes postal on someone.
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 02, 2009, 12:48:23 PM
I'm afraid of Beck. I hate Hannity. But I do quite like O'Reilly :blush:
Hannity is just a repulsive person I have no idea why people like him. At least the others have charisma.
I don't know if this is a leftist thing. I Fark a Leftist organization. Mostly it seems to be a parody of his style where he makes baseless accusations and then challenges people to deny them. Similar to his "prove to me that you are not working with our enemies" statement.
Quote from: Hansmeister on September 02, 2009, 06:28:19 AM
Ironically, this is the exact same method the MSM used in 2000 to go after Bush's alleged cocain use.
Ironically, Hans doesn't appear to know what "ironically" means.
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 02, 2009, 12:48:23 PM
Fox News is the only American cable news channel that doesn't have an international version. So it's the only one we see in its full insanity.
I'm afraid of Beck. I hate Hannity. But I do quite like O'Reilly :blush:
It's the only one that airs in Australia as well. While traveling through Egypt I met an Aussie who had watched a little too much of O'Reilly and Fox News in general. He asked me if Mexicans really cause so many problems.
Quote from: Razgovory on September 02, 2009, 02:28:52 PM
Ironically, Hans doesn't appear to know what "ironically" means.
You should tell him. Then it would be the good advice that he just didn't take.
Quote from: Savonarola on September 02, 2009, 02:37:29 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 02, 2009, 02:28:52 PM
Ironically, Hans doesn't appear to know what "ironically" means.
You should tell him. Then it would be the good advice that he just didn't take.
Lets keep it secret from him instead. He'd be less easy to ridicule if he knew stuff.
Quote from: Savonarola on September 02, 2009, 02:37:29 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 02, 2009, 02:28:52 PM
Ironically, Hans doesn't appear to know what "ironically" means.
You should tell him. Then it would be the good advice that he just didn't take.
Who would've thought?
Figures. :cry:
Quote from: Savonarola on September 02, 2009, 02:37:29 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 02, 2009, 02:28:52 PM
Ironically, Hans doesn't appear to know what "ironically" means.
You should tell him. Then it would be the good advice that he just didn't take.
Now wouldn't that be ironic? ;)
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Thank you, Languish. THANK YOU!
Now I'm totally confused.
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 02, 2009, 12:48:23 PM
Fox News is the only American cable news channel that doesn't have an international version. So it's the only one we see in its full insanity.
WTF is Sky News then?
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on September 02, 2009, 05:38:23 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on September 02, 2009, 12:48:23 PM
Fox News is the only American cable news channel that doesn't have an international version. So it's the only one we see in its full insanity.
WTF is Sky News then?
It's a seperate network owned by Newscorp. ?
Quote from: citizen k on September 02, 2009, 06:01:23 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on September 02, 2009, 05:38:23 PM
WTF is Sky News then?
It's a seperate network owned by Newscorp. ?
Why do they call each other their "sister channel" then? And use the same reporters and stuff? They sure seem affiliated to me.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on September 02, 2009, 05:38:23 PM
WTF is Sky News then?
Sky News predates Fox by a while. It's a separate channel and very different in style. Having watched both of them I can't say that I've seen any link.
CNN International, on the other hand, is basically CNN minus the cable news stuff. So I don't think they've got Lou Dobbs and it's like BBC 24; it's just someone sat at a desk reading the stories and linking into the reports. I believe even Hans considers it fair so I assume there's less comment.