Daily Caller Accuses Beck Of Not Sourcing; TheBlaze Releases Video Of…Beck Sourcing (UPDATE)

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by Jon Bershad | 2:21 pm, April 18th, 2011

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It seems that, every few months, we get a big fight with media figures accusing each other of not sourcing each other enough. The latest Battle of Hat Tips however, features a genuine TV star wearing the hat; Glenn Beck. The Daily Caller, this morning, took the first shot in a lengthy “exclusive” quoting from such notable Conservative bloggers as Andrew Breitbart and Pamela Geller accusing Beck of using content from blogs on his TV show without giving proper credit.

Here’s a sample from the Daily Caller:

“By any standard, Beck seems unusually reliant on the work of others, and unusually reluctant to credit it. In an interview with TheDC, Roger L. Simon, CEO of Pajamas Media, suggested that Beck has committed the journalistic equivalent of a notorious crime. ‘It is not a question of just doing it right the majority of the time. It is a question of doing it right always,’ Simon said. ‘Doris Kearns Goodwin is forever a fraud in my estimation because she has been caught plagiarizing once. If you rob a bank once, you still robbed a bank.’

A remarkably large number of conservative writers say they feel robbed. During the March 18 airing of his television program, for example, Beck ran a portion of video created by a Chicago-based blogger who calls himself Rebel Pundit. The blogger, who does not publicly reveal his name, says he was initially pleased to see Beck running his video, which featured left-wing protesters demanding amnesty for illegal immigrants. He was soon shocked, however, to see that Beck’s staff had obscured the watermark logo of his website, RebelPundit.com, from the tape.”

Below is one of the videos that the Daily Caller says is showing Beck stealing content (in this case, they say the story originated from Pamela Geller’s blog here) :

An accusation of content theft is damaging for any journalist, especially someone like Beck who prides himself on his show’s research and mentions at least once an episode the the tireless efforts of his small team. Not only that, there is definitely an air of “Enemy to the Movement” style accusations in the Daily Caller piece, from its headline (“TheDC Exclusive: Conservatives hit Beck for taking content without attribution”) to a section where they describe an example as one “even famously liberal CBS News credited.” The message being that Beck (and by extension The Blaze) is damaging to “real” Conservatives. Certainly not an opinion that would be good for business.

Speaking of business, is that what this is all about? The Blaze has released a video cutting together a number of examples of Beck citing bloggers on his show. The Daily Caller piece, however, has a response to that built in already, with most quotes from Beck’s accusers taking the form of “Yeah, he cites me sometimes, but that doesn’t absolve the times he doesn’t.” Because of this, it’s unsurprising that, in the post containing the video, The Blaze promises a more detailed response later which will discuss what is “motivating” the attack. From that phrasing, we can only imagine that The Blaze will accuse The Daily Caller of merely trying to get payback against a competitor (keep in mind The Blaze’s big takedown of James O’Keefe’s NPR video which originated on The Daily Caller). If that’s the tactic Beck’s team takes, it wouldn’t be a tough argument to make.

Beck also received some defense from an unlikely source. Salon has written up the Daily Caller piece, arguing that Beck is doing nothing that MSNBC, The New York Times, and The Daily Show (which, of course, are all potential Daily Caller targets) don’t and saying that “whatever defensible point the Caller might be making is betrayed by some silliness at the end,” pointing out that the Caller quotes author Mark Levin who accuses Beck of using ghostwriters. As Salon’s Alex Pareene explains, Beck does use ghostwriters, but he also credits and pays them, therefore there’s really no connection to the other claims. Of course, Pareene ends the post by saying Beck should be ashamed of not citing the “crazy” people he borrows his “fantastical nonsense” from, so it’s not exactly a full defense.

These are big accusations that The Daily Caller has made and some of the evidence they’ve amassed seems pretty damning. Especially considering the clear implication that Beck and his website are not working with (and are therefore not a part of) the Conservative mainstream. However, we’re curious whether that result was the Daily Caller’s impetus in writing the article in the first place. What do you think? Does the Daily Caller set up a good case against Beck? Or is this just a case of sour grapes amongst rivals?

Below is The Blaze’s video response. You can read the full Daily Caller and Blaze posts here and here respectively.

UPDATE: Here’s an interesting new side to the story. In response to Daily Caller’s piece, Jeff Dunetz at YID With LID has posted an email conversation he had with DC’s Matthew Boyle about whether or not he would like to contribute a story to the article. When Dunetz responded that stealing without attribution was more something he thought Bill O’Reilly was guilty of and defended Beck, Boyle never used his quotes.

Now, this doesn’t really mean anything. A story is a story and, if the fifth guy you contact doesn’t give you the information you want, you go with the first four. However, Dunetz is certainly positioning it as evidence that this was a Beck hit job.

Alex Pareene, Andrew Breitbart, daily caller, Glenn Beck, James O'Keefe, Mark Levin, Pamela Geller, Salon, The Blaze

catfishjuggling

Let me be the first to say that I have no idea who to call a RINO here.
Jax_n_Jill

This story should light the fuze on the tampons of the INFANTry Brigade!
Barack Must Go

This is all that Michael Wolff’s fault.
BeckFinallyDemoted

Please make sure everyone on the Right gets the proper credit for their lies.

Thank you.
Nacho

Who’s Glenn Beck?
Bill Huggins

SOMEONE IS SOOOOO HUNGRY; IT’S TIME TO EAT THEIR OWN!!!

Lololololololol!!!!!
flagringo

about time…I noticed that while watching. Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer’s work was lifted and the guy’s chart was copied; none attributed. Beck has a little of BOR’s habit of being in love with himself while interviewing a guest; instead of pulling info from the guest, Beck makes trivial comments about Beck.

Also, Rush has lifted content from Lucianne.com without attribution for a number of years; he finally mentioned their website a couple years ago, I assume to make amends.

I’m glad Daily Caller has documented this, their content has been light lately, looks like they’re not able to pay too many staff members for research.
tgk

They apparently also accused Beck of “stealing” Truth Has No Agenda from:

A guy who Glenn has known for 20 plus years and was in his wedding as the best man, Works for the Blaze and who Glenn PAID for the use of the slogan. This guy called in to Glenn’s radio show today and stated these things himself.

So yeah, that kind of makes me lose interest in the rest of the Daily Caller’s rant.
Pablo

What do you think? Does the Daily Caller set up a good case against Beck? Or is this just a case of sour grapes amongst rivals?

Yid With Lid was interviewed for the DC piece and is not impressed with it.

Does Glenn Beck Steal My Stuff? Why Did DC Ignore The OTHER Side of the Story?

You know, I understand that hat tips are very nice, but I really don’t want to hear 85 hat tips a day. Funny thing about the internet: When you put stuff out there, it’s out there.
flagringo

You can have 85 bloggers write how Beck attributed them for their work, and then you will get 15 bloggers in a row that will document they were not attributed. Attribution is required when you are a big wheel in the Media.

Doesn’t matter about those that defend Beck, you have to give credence to those that have proof they were ripped off by Beck. Not excusable in any way, shape or form. 1 instance is TOO MANY.
Barack Must Go

flagringo said:
You can have 85 bloggers write how Beck attributed them for their work, and then you will get 15 bloggers in a row that will document they were not attributed. Attribution is required when you are a big wheel in the Media.

Doesn’t matter about those that defend Beck, you have to give credence to those that have proof they were ripped off by Beck. Not excusable in any way, shape or form. 1 instance is TOO MANY.

…and then YOU woke up and the dream was over. They ought to have to pay Glenn for using their words, just for the thrill of being able to brag about it to their ( 1 ) friend and any family members that are still speaking to them.

……….and I hope to god they remembered to put their pants back on before doing so, this time.
TerryDo

Much Ado about Nothing!

Besides Beck is always quoting someone’s words from their book, or he would show a video of a person spewing garbage from their own mouth, so he always gives credit to the deceivers where credit was do…

Unlike Obama who did not give Ayers credit for writing his first book “Dreams from My Father” , nor did he give credit to lifting Patrick Duval speech “Just words” without sourcing.

But then again could it be Obama is use to plagiarising?
Pablo

Nacho said:
Who’s Glenn Beck?

John Galt.
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

LOL. By the way EVERYTHING Beck has been saying for the last few months is ALL turning out to be RIGHT. LOL
BeckFinallyDemoted

gordonbloyershow said:
LOL. By the way EVERYTHING Beck has been saying for the last few months is ALL turning out to be RIGHT. LOL

lol…Beck can predict the past.
Pablo

Hey, how’s Egypt working out for you, BFD? Also, who’s that guy on Fox News right now? He looks familiar.
BeckFinallyDemoted

Pablo said:
Hey, how’s Egypt working out for you, BFD? Also, who’s that guy on Fox News right now? He looks familiar.

Hows the End Of Times and the New World Order working out for you? lolol
BeckFinallyDemoted

Pablo said:
Also, who’s that guy on Fox News right now? He looks familiar.

That’s Glenn Beck. He’s the guy that got his show canceled for being an embarrassment. :)
Garth

gordonbloyershow said:
LOL. By the way EVERYTHING Beck has been saying for the last few months is ALL turning out to be RIGHT. LOL

STOP SNIFFING GLUE.
grafxmail7

gordonbloyershow said:
LOL. By the way EVERYTHING Beck has been saying for the last few months is ALL turning out to be RIGHT. LOL

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

EXACTLY!! HE SAID THAT IF WHAT HE WAS SAYING WASN’T TRUE THEY WOULD ALLOW HIM TO STAY ON THE AIR AT FOX ‘NEWS’.

CHICKEN LITTLE BECK WILL GOING OUT OF BUSINESS AND HEADING TO GALT’S GULCH!

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!
Garth

Pablo said:
John Galt.

A fictional character. So Glenn Beck is a fictional character. You have never read Ayn Rand have you?
Pablo

BeckFinallyDemoted said:
That’s Glenn Beck. He’s the guy that got his show canceled for being an embarrassment. :)

He doesn’t look cancelled. You know like Olbermann or Sanchez.
Garth

Pablo said:
He doesn’t look cancelled. You know like Olbermann or Sanchez.

Except he is. You are delusional and a an idiot.
Pablo

Here’s an interesting new side to the story. In response to Daily Caller’s piece, Jeff Dunetz at YID With LID has posted an email conversation he had with DC’s Matthew Boyle about whether or not he would like to contribute a story to the article.

ZOMG! Where’s my f**king hat tip? You thief!!!

Oh wait. It seems I don’t care. It must have been contagious outrage. Nevermind.
Color Me Badd

Is this really an article about the fired Glenn Beck and the discredited Roger Simon? Oh yeah it’s Mediaite. Tee Hee.
Pablo

Well, here you go. Beck is confronted by one of his victims, confesses and apologizes. And unbelievably, he misattributes the whole story! Repeatedly!
SmartAlec

When Rick Sanchez got fired, he wasn’t on TV the very next day.
When Keith Olbercrap got fired, he wasn’t on TV the very next day.
Glenn beck got “fired” and he’s still on TV poking libs in the eye.
Liberals are so delusional they can’t tell the difference between getting fired and transitioning.
Like Grandpa used to say – That fella’ doesn’t know his ass from 3rd base.
X-3

Wasn’t it Bidenpants who stole his thesis from another student?
Pablo

Skippy said:
Thank you for explaining the level of stench at Fox and its lack of ethics.

Yes, your stupidity means that Fox News stinks. Your ignorance means they’re unethical. Are you ugly too? Because that probably means Fox News is fat.
http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

As usual, Bershad misses the bigger story behind Beck stealing content from other right-wingers. The very day that this DC story was published, Beck was on the air ranting about the National Steal from Work Day. Ooops, Beck steals from others, which Alex Jones has been bitching about since long before this DC piece; and goes on and on in Beck’s typical blowhard style about people stealing from work.

What does hypocrisy look like?
GLENN BECK IS WHAT HYPOCRISY LOOKS LIKE!

Beck’s response to this is to point out that he bought the slogan “truth has no agenda.” Except the DC did not accuse him of stealing that. Beck claimed in February that HE came up with the slogan. So keep this bit of juicy Beckerism in mind: Beck lied about coming up with a slogan about the truth.

I swear, fiction writers can’t come up with a character more deceitful and pernicious than Glenn Beck the yellow propagandist. Beck is stranger than fiction.
BOMBSHELL

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You tell ‘em Daddy. (That’s my Daddy–the Goober Brained Reject–who is going to reveal to us his BOMBSHELL about Glenn Beck just any day now. He’s been in contact with the (mineral) spirit world and he KNOWS what he’s talking about.
BOMBSHELL

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