Glenn Beck: Bad for Civil Discourse; Bad for America
Argument that says popular Fox News host Glenn Beck is hurting civil discourse with his hateful rhetoric.
Lie #3: The 9/12 Rallies are Grassroots Uprisings.
Fox News promoted these beyond belief, and Beck is at the heart of it all. Back on April 15th, which was the first round of tea parties, Beck had Ted Nugent, wailing on his guitar and riling up the crowd. He then accused anyone who said Fox was promoting the rallies part of the “liberal media.” If Chris Matthews had Bruce Springsteen at a pro-peace rally, Beck and his ilk would lose their minds. Now, on the 9/12 protests (which FYI had 60 to 70 thousand people, not 1.7 million) there is a clip of a Fox producer rallying the protesters before they went on air. That is fabricating the anger, therefore fabricating a major story, and all of Fox News, not just Beck, should be ashamed.
Lie #4: He’s Just a Rodeo Clown
This may be the most dangerous lie of all. Beck loves to point out that his view of the world doesn’t matter; he’s a recovering alcoholic who doesn’t know what he’s doing. What he doesn’t say is that he reaches millions of people, many of whom see him as Walter Cronkite or Edward R. Murrow. It is disingenuous to say that you’re “just a rodeo clown” when you organize protests on Washington. It is disingenuous to say you are truly irrelevant when you call the President of the United States a racist who hates white people, which in case you didn’t notice includes his mom. Beck hides from the fact that he is making thousands of people believe every word he says, and then makes it seem as if he had nothing to do with their anger. He, along with the rest of the conservative media, pushes right wing outrage to get their point across.
As much as you may dislike Beck, he is more than a rodeo clown. To some people, he is a leader, and it is time to lead by setting an honest and patriotic example, not by lying to his followers.
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Post CommentDocvega
On September 23, 2009 at 11:05 am
Obviously you didn’t read Obama’s books which make several statements that indicate his genuine dislike for the white American middle class. He even showed no remorse for his own mother’s neglect by her loser husband. Van Jones made many brutally radical statements calling for the kind of socialistic and radical change that enemies of the US would wholeheartedly support. You, like so many other Democrats, want power for your party at what ever cost your country and countrymen have to suffer. Ron Paul is the only politician worth his salt and at least Glen Beck didn’t sit on the Obambot wagon spewing ignorant support for a secretive and dangerously anti Constitution president.
Charles Carmine
On September 23, 2009 at 4:02 pm
First off, liking Obama and being a democrat are two different things. Political parties are companies that try to get people elected. I would still think Obama is a good president, doesn’t matter if it’s a d or an r next to his name. And to say the Democrats want power for their party is obvious, all political parties do. And my point of Van Jones was that Beck lied about him, I’m not going to defend the choice of Jones as green jobs czar or any undefensible comment he’s made. And to call someone anti constitution when they have had this vitriolic of dissent against them, within the first year of their term no less, is absurd. If he was anti constitution, he’d have a fire hose sprayed on the 9/12 protesters in 2 minutes. And I’m not mad at Beck for being against Obama, I mad at him for pulling stuff out of his ass.