Let’s all have a party when Glenn Beck gets sacked
Glenn Beck's pathetic "Obama is a racist" broadcast has got the vile little troll into trouble. Not because of its content - no, people expect that kind of crap from him. That's why the insufferable shit was hired in the first place.
No, this is a problem for Beck because it's losing his employers money. Quite a significant number of blue-chip advertisers have started withdrawing their products from endorsing his show. They don't want to be associated with a rank idiot telling lies about the President. This all off the back of one of the grass-roots web campaigns which are redefining politics and the MSM.
That's more worrying for Beck. He can offend almost anyone (on the "left") he likes, and Fox won't mind; but if it's costing them $$$$ to do so, maybe he's in danger of becoming a luxury they can't afford. Surely Beck would approve of his being sacked under such circumstances? After all, that's capitalism for you.
Anyway, I say if (and hopefully when) the horrible goblin does get his marching orders, we should hold a great big party. Balloons, streamers, fireworks, the lot. Passers-by should laugh and point and give him a slow hand-clap as he is escorted down the Fox News fire escape, tears pouring down his face and bin-bag in hand. Oh what a fine, sunny day that will be.
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August 18th, 2009 - 15:04
Regarding this party: could we get sponsorship for it?
August 18th, 2009 - 15:08
Glenn Beck is what happens when one man watches Network a thousand times and gets further from the point each time.
August 18th, 2009 - 15:55
Judging by the coverage of Sky on the NHS recently, it seems like Rupert's people haven't learned the lesson that people like Beck lose them money.
http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2009/08/18/sky-news-runs-churnalism-bashing-the-nhs/
August 18th, 2009 - 16:00
The advertisers are just shifting away from his show, they're not actually withdrawing from fox and thereby it's not costing them anything at the moment, whether or not others are being dissuaded from being associated with them is another question, afaik their ratings are doing quite well with all the lies that are being thrown around atm.
August 18th, 2009 - 16:05
He is a vile creature, a cartoon human and the worst thing is that when on CNN he was far less of a tit.
August 18th, 2009 - 16:49
There's a glorious comments thread on Media Matters where right-wingers suddenly line up with Noam Chomsky and declare this to be censorship: http://mediamatters.org/blog/200908170027
August 20th, 2009 - 21:39
He'll stick around. Even if they kick him off TV, he still has a radio show and will be back after a suitable amount of time. As they say in Spanish, "Mala hierba nunca muere." [Bad grass never dies]
August 20th, 2009 - 21:51
"The advertisers are just shifting away from his show, they're not actually withdrawing from fox and thereby it's not costing them anything at the moment"
That's not strictly true; if enough advertisers pull out of the show, they have a large segment that isn't making them enough money, because instead of having a show that people advertise on, they have Beck's.