It’s like Rupert Murdoch says — it’s good for ratings.
This afternoon, FOX News’ Website carried no fewer than three headlines about how it has come under attack from the Obama administration. And it promoted FOX commentator Glenn Beck’s take this evening on the latest turn of the battle between FOX and the White House: administration official Anita Dunn’s words about Obama controlling the media message.
Beck’s own commercial standing has risen since an advertising boycott was initiated, targeting his show’s sponsors after the commentator, appearing on FOX and Friends, called Obama ‘a racist.” And Beck’s throw-weight among his own followers has bulked up since his attacks on Van Jones, a White House environmental adviser, resigned amid the controversy that Beck had stirred by repeating Jones’ words about identifying once with communists.
Now Beck is on Anita Dunn’s case, for telling some high-schoolers that “two of my favorite philosophers” are Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa. Dunn, the White House communications director, also has served up some new fodder for Beck with remarks at a forum in January about how the Obama campaign controlled what media reported.
Beck opened his show this evening panning media reports that Dunn was joking, speaking in ironic terms — and the video of her remarks certainly sound serious.
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Thank God he is winning in the rating because he, at least, is not afraid to speak out. I don't always agree with him – but I appreciate his controversy because it keeps the media alive.
Oh – and it just gets worse and worse with Obama appointees…. To mention Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa in the same breath!
One ministered to the unfortunate and dying – the other killed "40-70" million.
Sheesh.
Glenn has his style and it is comfortably American mainstream. I think the vast majority are not comforted by watching tit for tat political maneuvering. A tip for Glenn, go bare knuckles and force them to drop the mask. We are beyond what being nice can accomplish. We get the big picture already and trying to fight each little piece of the overall plan is a waste of energy, a waste of time and possibly wasting the opportunity to expose this fraud and clean house with a single court order. If they get away with an amnesty for illegals act it will destroy the democratic republics only hope of peacefully returning to a constitutionally legitimate government, OUR government.
I appreciate the fact that Glenn Beck is fighting OUR battle for US! I am very grateful that he has the perfect platform from which to debunk Obama and his Communist Cronies. My only question is when he says, "America, Wake Up"; okay, I am awake, now what do I do? Lots of people including political pundits keep saying the same thing, but no one ever says what to do, when to do, how to do, etc. After a while writing letters to my Republican senators and representative who are voting against the healthcare monstrosity, will accomplish only so much. As much as I would like to see a big time revolt against this would-be dictator, he and Rohm would have the crisis they are working toward in order to institute martial law and then it would be all over for the the United States of America.
Absolutely disgraceful ! One more example of how the present dictatorial Socialist regime once again interferes within our freedoms. Another successful attempt in controlling and dictating to the news media. We the people need to fight back and support Glenn wherever he goes. They just can't take it when he exposes the criminal and subversive activities of the pathetic bunch that we have in there now.