Glenn Beck attacks media "diversity and localism"

[lamourlupus]

Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, John Stossel, and others on Fox are full of crap.

[1980vince]

he was probably nicer when he was on drugs

[mp3man47]

Localism is the basis of Federal Constitutional Republics. Beck is supportive of the centralization of power and wealth as is any Plutocrat.

[AmericaDevil]

I don't know about the fairness doctrine, but it's not like I would miss people like Bill O'Reilly.

[texkeks]

what the living fuck? How can anyone not know this for the doublespeak it is?

[mrsexypappa]

shut down fuck news!

[lovelaceb]

Glenn beck. What a joke!

[doston1]

The dumb right wingers will need something other than his constant lying to finally detest him. It'll take a sex scandal, or something stupid. I have no doubt they'll eventually catch Beck doing something filthy.

[AmericaDevil]

@doston1 I bet he'll be caught doing something filthy with you.

[vukodlok1]

AYN RAND'S MESSAGE TO GLENN BECK: Hey, you dough-boy blubbering peckerwood. Stop using my name to get wealthy off of the pissed off redneck bible-thumping-coalition that are craving the apocalypse because a black man is President. You're thinly veiled call to a return of the Constitution, with slaves counting as 3/5 of a person, is becoming an insurmountably racist obstacle to people that recognize the mathematical genius of the checks and balances of same. Hack media fuck.

[Alphadestrious]

Though I support NO superficial sellout politician or congressman, I will say that it is no "conspiracy theory" that politicians and big business are in bed together making laws in the interest of a few instead of the public. In addition, we have the Federal Reserve which is destroying the United States, and it is so ironic that the American Revolution was fought to get away from the corrupt central bank. Wake up people, the United States has been hijacked by bankers almost a century ago.

[mizilus]

it's a shame that republican deregulation allows rabble rousing dishonest paid propagandists like this on the American air waves.

[AmericaDevil]

@mizilus So you're against freedom of speech?

[mizilus]

@AmericaDevil

lies and propaganda are not free speech. I am against republicans running the country into the ground and then their non-stop propaganda network(s) blaming their political opposition (and consequently ANYONE that calls BS on them) for it.

[AmericaDevil]

@mizilus You probably think holocaust denialists aren't protected by free speech either.

[mizilus]

@AmericaDevil

Depends on the country I suppose. Interesting comparison tho..

[stathamajf]

Translate:

America, hear me clearly. You must stand up and make sure I don't lose my job.

[unclelight13]

Beck is Fox's nigger!

[thatsMrSmileytoyou]

This dude's a radical, meaning you shouldn't take in everything he says without first understanding his or her motives

[MetalEagle95]

wait he just said that this fairness doctrine will shut down him and Bill O'Reilly.......hell yes! Lets get this shit passed!

[tmc19871]

so your in favor of silencing people that you dont agree with? you know you could just change the chanel. You may be in favor of this but what happens when they come and silence you also? Free speech is free speech regardless of your agreeing or disagreeing with there ideology

[MetalEagle95]

I'm in favor of my news sources being truthfull and fair. Glenn Beck, along with O'Reilly and Olbermann, obviously are not in any way a credible news source. If they were bloggers i could care less, but the fact that they are presented as news sources with their radical ideals, demagogy and conspiracy theories, is why i think they should be shut down and kicked off the news.

[tmc19871]

if you have ever watched beck at all hes made it clear on many occasions hes not a reporter hes a comentator. his show is based on his opinion, to have government shut anyone down because they dont agree with there politics is crazy. I dont agree with people like ed schultz or olberman but i dont want the government to silence them. I just dont watch them. You should really go back and read the first amendment to the constitution. the govt has stolen enough from the american people.

[MetalEagle95]

Beck only has only said that once on his show and it seems only when he's being heavily criticised. But the man is just a walking culture of fear. And i understand that he is a commentator, but his show is on the FOX news channel so people take it as news. And the people would be shutting him down, not the government, they have no way to shut him down and the govt. hasn't stolen anything, the people have stolen from the people and then point fingers while expecting the corrupt to help.

[tmc19871]

Fox is a private company that can choose its content, if Beck has no veiwers they will cancel him. People watching can distinguish between news and opinion. The govt has stolen our rights and freedoms and have shredded the constitution, all members of congress should be tried for treason and punished. Cap n trade and healthcare will only give govt more control over our lives. Both parties are guilty, I have no use for these low life scum, I'll take Beck over these clowns any day.

[MetalEagle95]

Your forgetting that FOX is supposed to be a news source, and it is not a private industry, you can buy stock in FOX therefore it is public.

But this culture of fear you buy into makes me laugh. Because if it were true and the government is controlling our lives, then they would've hunted you down and killed you for speaking out, and tell me where and when to work. But they don't so that one little snipit right there renders your anti-government arguements into utter bullshit.

[tmc19871]

I'm not saying it has happened overnight, its incramental, thats what started this whole discussion between you and I. What are we talking about silencing someone because we dont agree with his point of veiw, what happens after they silence Beck does it end there or do they silence the next guy that they disagree with half of the time, then if you make one commentr they dont agree with do they silence them. I'm not scared of our govt, I just think they continue to overstep there authority.

[MetalEagle95]

I'm sorry but there are no denial of rights to the American people. What most people don't understand is the difference between actual constitutional rights (Freedom of Speech, a senators salary etc.) and the what they percieve to be rights (right to eat at mcdonalds, health care companies denying other people health care, Christmas!), and FOX exploits that. And don't try the whole "slippery slope" ordeal, if FOX gets shut down we'd only have to worry about CNN(because they try to outfox FOX)

[tmc19871]

Read article 1 section 9 about taxation, how about the D.C. gun ban, what about New London Conneticut and emminent domain, how about forcing the American people to buy healthcare, presidential executive orders, I could go on and on. The government has completely ignored the constitution and do what they want to do. Everytime congress writes a new law it takes away some kind of freedom. I'm a little confused on your post if the government shuts down Fox how is that not a violation of press/speech

[MetalEagle95]

wait your actually complaining about guns being banned in the city where the president resides? Ok lets get something clear. Being the president is like sticking a giant crosshair on your forehead.

Forcing Americans to buy healthcare is not even a subject in the constitution. The only credible issue you brought up was Emminent Domain, but thats a states rights issue, not federal.

[tmc19871]

Guns being banned in in city is unconstitutional. You made my point on healthcare for me, how does the govt have a right to force me to buy something I may not want. The the NL Conn case ended up in the US supreme court, so much for states rights. Whats your answer to taxation, executive orders and Fox news freedom of press and speech. Also why did DC have the highest gun crime rate per capita with a ban in place, oh yes the criminals didn't get the memo that guns were illegal.

[MetalEagle95]

I do agree that banning guns is against the constitution i can see why they would want to do that even though i am against it. The NL Conn case is a good example but look where it ended up and what the supreme court was made up of at the time.....yipee for republican dominance.

Taxes are being raised 1.4%, can you say overexaggeration?. Once again the people would take down FOX, not the government.

Also realize that DC has the lowest population, so one crime can skyrocket their crime rate.

[tmc19871]

The supreme court at the time of this case was made up of 4 conservative repubs 4 liberal dems and 1 moderate O'conner. the libs and the moderate voted for this and now eminent domain has a new deffinition. You say taxes are only going up 1.4%. Since its the first of the year I challenge you to track all the taxes you pay for an entire year. sales, property, income, phone, utilities ect. ect then at the end of the year subtract that from your salary see if you are not overtaxed. I certainly am.

[MetalEagle95]

In the supreme court case i stand corrected. But remember our government is in bed with big business'....really sucks.

I do say taxes are going up 1.4% because what i'm refering to is the tax rate imposed by the government on the public. if you want to talk about taxes imposed by corporations well thats a different story.

But until then i'm sticking with the tax rate going to 36.4%(the tax rate of the clinton years).

[tmc19871]

I am not a fan of big govt. I agree they are in bed with big biz and its BS. I think all the dirtbags in DC have screwed us all. I have no use for any of them. I think 36 cents out of every $ a person makes is theft. I am opposed to that rate because govt pisses the money away they continue to want more and they continue to spend us into servitude. this has been going on for quite a while and both parties are guilty. the problem is there are no longer statesmen only politicians. Nov2 vote em out

[thatsMrSmileytoyou]

How does gun licensing work in the States? One gun per person? Handguns only? Do they require any training? (Not literally but on paper)

[BionicDance]

Glenn Beck eats yellow snow.

[includao]

somebody shoot GLENN BECK IN THE FACE. i can't stand this piece of shit diving the same air that I breath. Fear mongering Jesus freak retard

[insanenutman]

Actually he is registered Libertarian. Not Republican, not Democrat, not Independent. And for those of you that don't know what the Libertarian party stands for, it's Freedom and Liberty for the individual. The Libertarian wants to keep our government in check by limiting their power and keeping the power where it belongs: with the people.

I believe that people that make fun of Glen Beck just do so because he is on Fox News. Before Fox he was on CNN just so you all know.

[Cosbibi]

Yea he's really standing up against the power of the government when it serves his corporate agenda. A true libertarian, will not just oppose the power of the government, but it will oppose every form of power. That means corporate power as well. I don't understand how giving more power to the private sector equals giving more power to the people.

[insanenutman]

"Power" may not necessarily have been the correct word here. Government should serve one purpose & that is to protect personal property of the individual, and protect their freedoms. Our personal property includes our mind and body. The private sector is where businesses and people compete in a free market. However now the market is not free because of taxes, subsidies and laws. Remove those and people are free to run their lives as they choose... as long as they aren't hurting someone else.

[Cosbibi]

Well this really depends on what your definition of freedom is. You believe freedom is buying things on the market. I believe people have more values then those they can buy on the market. My mother for example didn't work for two years when she gave birth to me. In your ideal world she would be forced to produce wealth, because raising children is not work. Well, that seems to me ridiculous, apart from the economic beliefs behind the free-market ideology that is equally ridiculous.

[griffithafrank]

Lets hear it for the insane chubby pasty white man screaming and crying that he gonna get his wadio station taken away

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWW

[drahm33]

People call him an idiot, why? Listen! Beck is in the minority as a conservative host. They want to silence all conservative voices! How can any American be for that? I hate liberals, but I don't think Olberman and all of them should be silenced.  They don't want to play fare! Take away the rights and voice of over half the population and see what happeneds! Maybe we will all eat cake!

[aDimWit01]

Glenn Beck is no minority. White males dominate the media and so do conservatives. The whole point of media diversity is to give minorities (females, non-whites)a voice in public debate.

The localism aspect of these plans is to give the media back to regular people (like you or me). These corporate tycoons like Fox and NBC consolidate your media everyday from newspapers to t.v. channels and own a large majority of where you get your info. Oppose media consolidation. Give media to Americans.

[gangupnow]

this guy is an idiot, i cant believe anyone taking him seriously.

[MrChicokj1]

Another nutty recovering drug addict. How many of them are out in the crazy right wing talk show sphere.

[tennisfool22]

he is an independent, his views are more conservative but he want s whats best for our country.. the way we are going now is the opposite.. open your fucking eyes to current events and get the fuck of youtube you prick

[TruthSearcher123]

stand up and speak without fear. oh yes so your encouraging amarica even the liberals that you so hate in america to stand up and take you down even though that's not what you want. glen beck you are an idiot and a jackass.

[GiantSnail]

haha, oh no, i sure hope they don't cancel Bill O'Reilly (epic sarcasm).

[tennisfool22]

why would they do that, he is only the highest rated guy on tv?

[ImaginarySkyfriend]

Conservative Republicans thrive on creating fear, that's their bread and butter. That's how they boost their ratings and get people to listen to them and buy their books. Glenn Beck is doing the same thing. Unfortunately for him people are tuning him out because it's clear who is loony.

[tennisfool22]

your an idiot, what about the communist news network when bush was in power, bush was scary but obama takes a cake,, he has a green job czar that is a communist.. you also need to pay attention to whats happening in our country because before you know it, it will be a socilaistic goverment, which it already is more the democratic so lets use our fucking heads

[ImaginarySkyfriend]

tennisfool22: And OF COURSE Fox News (a.k.a. Faux News) doesn't have an agenda. Get real. Let's see, Obama has been called a communist, a socialist, the anti-Christ. What else? Oh, yeah, if you believe some of these right-wing nut jobs he wasn't born in the U.S., either. You folks are just mad because you lost and now you're in the minority party. Would you like some cheese with that whine?

[insanenutman]

I doubt Glen Beck voted for McCain, Imaginary Skyfriend. I see you are so wrapped up in politics... for you it's "us versus them" meaning Republicans versus Democrats. Unfortunately thats how most politicians in DC are. We need to vote them all out and replace with those that speak and vote their minds and don't blindly follow a party; as you are so proudly doing now.

[ImaginarySkyfriend]

insanenutman, I'm not all THAT enamored of the Dems but they are the lesser of two evils. I see their faults, believe me. And I don't think that just two political parties can possibly represent all the different points of view in our country. We need to have a system that has third and fourth, maybe even fifth parties. The party that is most closely aligned to my values is the Green Party. Unfortunately they haven't been able to get a candidate elected to national office -- yet.

[insanenutman]

Yes but both are equally evil. Im no Green but respect U, a thinker. Ideally no parties just individuals w/ ideas! "Republicrats" both create new laws that strip away R freedoms. I vote 4 a candidate that says there are 2many laws,programs &wars, time to start repealing! Some say by not voting Dem or Republican is a "vote for the other guy". More political/media brainwashing! Brainwashed 2 believe there R2choices! &that is why this continues. YouMe share a dream. We continue 2educate grassroots.

[lendada13]

I was waiting for him to cry :-(

[j0hnwi11iams]

It's not really free unless big corporations are free to monopolize it.

[insanenutman]

But how do you know that? We've been taxed since the beginning and big corporations are sponsored from our government through subsidies, tax breaks, and loop holes. The free market system has never been tried. Always government interference.

[j0hnwi11iams]

Every time we go to deregulate something bad happens. There is apparently no path that we can travel to the free market utopia.

[PaulLeary]

diversity and localism

[Silberdachs]

America..

Hear me clearly...

You must stand up and...

kick this moron Beck to the curb.

[ballpark4]

anything with czar is bullshit :O))

[PharaohNineD]

To bad it can't shut down the voices in his head...

[henleythecat]

The lead fear monger telling America to "stand up and speak without fear".

LOL!

[NatureLegalized]

honestly, primates still watching these crackers?

[lordblazer]

conservatives man they're xenophobic and hate anything to do with diversity and multiculturalism, and now this. America is going downhill.

[studio7manga]

Honestly, I hope he's right. But sadly it's mostly his paranoid delusions.  The sooner lying nuts like Beck are booted off the air the better. They should be on their soap boxes screaming on the street corners, not hosting TV shows.

[lordblazer]

well he is a racist.

[TrooperCX]

ayup. anybody who says 'they're taking away radio station licenses to sell them to minorities" is pretty much outting themselves. He might as well said N***r instead but FCC wouldn't allow that and he's already low on advertisers.

[insanenutman]

He is "anti-racist" ... How? By believing in the freedom of the individual and not in government social programs (some are racist too!) . Glen Beck wants to protect YOUR RIGHTS! And to restore YOUR RIGHTS that our government has been slowly taking away for many generations of presidents now. Starting with Roosevelt. Wouldn't it be nice: a world that everyone has the same freedom, the same liberties, no income tax, where people actually take responsibility for their decisions, good and bad?

[lordblazer]

I'm tired of this. I am tired of conservatives having the monopoly on freedom, and what freedom is. Your definition of freedom, and rights are quite fucking poor. In fact its your version of freedom. To me it does seem poor, and it seems like you would like to inflict your selfishness onto others.

[insanenutman]

Restoring freedom selfish? So if I don't want to allow the government to take half of my income it's selfish. Ok, say you have 2 10 dollar bills on a table @home. A person comes in & takes a ten & says "Trust me, I know how to spend your money best." Would you allow that? Government is no better. Taxing CREATES selfishness. ie when its time to give charity, people are more likely to say "I already donated! I paid Uncle Sam to do it for me!" If you think our tax system isnt corrupt youre insane

[lordblazer]

Your version of freedom is indeed selfish. ITs liek you say gov't can't do anything right. but of course you listen to politicians and pundits that tell you this. These same people are the reason why gov't in certain areas are ineffective because they cut the funding, and spend it in other ways then exploit your ignorance on how they budget. But yes you are a selfish person. The fact that you are afraid of a little colectivism that allows society to functions yes u r selfish.

[insanenutman]

True they spend it in other ways that is a problem. As soon as we decide to spend money toward a program for the common good... 8 years later those funds under a new politician get very quickly put into the general fund... "the black hole." I don't buy your selfish argument because I work for my money. I contribute to society by working rather than sitting on my ass waiting for my government check to arrive. I support myself without asking or taking from others. Not selfish.

[citizenkong]

We SO need a fairness doctrine.

No ones shutting them down, just asking for some balance.

Some sanity to match their insanity.

[Glenn666]

@citizenkong So your saying, the government that can't get out of Iraq, balance social security, stop spending or even represent the will of our own people, SO needs to control the media? Like omg like Glenn Beck is like so crazy so he needs to be shut up so like yeah they need to take over the media now.

[citizenkong]

@Glenn666 The fairness doctrine would not shut him up. It does not limit freedom of speech. In fact it gives more freedom to those that don't have the benefit of working for corporate media.

I'll let you have the last word. Bye bye.

[Glenn666]

@citizenkong This "doctrine" created by the government will not make anything fair! Don't you see that our government is gaining control and crushing every industry it touches!? Social Security, Amtrak, USPS, Medicare, Medicaid and everything is EMPTY!!! SOCIAL SECURITY boxes have IOU's!!! There is no money! OF all things to control, why do you think the government has the responsibility of taking on the role to decide what's fair and what isn't in the MEDIA of all things!?

[GCar35]

"Silence Descent" ??? Doesnt this go way back to the the Dixie Chicks or anyone who spoke out against the war in Iraq?

[GCar35]

"silence descent"? Doesn't this go way back to the Dixie Chicks?

[tmc19871]

the govt didn't silence the dixie chicks the american people boycotted them and privatley owned radio stations refused to play there music theirs a huge differance between the two. I cant understand why anyone thinks the govt can tell people how to live there lives or spend there money better than they can do it themselves. the best govt is the smallest possible local govt. the federal govt should only build roads and provide a millitary anything beyond that they should be tried and executed

[soulthrasher9]

i agree with what you're saying but you really need to take an English class. your spelling is awful.

[tmc19871]

@soulthrasher9 what does that matter in an age of LOL, BRB as long as i get my point across you understood what i was trying to say. Give me email address and i'll send all my post your way first for proof reading and spell check.

[jerrydoubleu]

can republicans spell "paranoia?"

[pbhello]

what a tool

[gangupnow]

this guy is an idiot, i cant imagine some-one taking his words any seriously.

He is extraordinarily narrow minded.