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Glenn Beck Explains What’s Up With All Those Dead Birds And Fish

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The theme of today’s Glenn Beck seemed to be about trust. Most importantly, the trust that he doesn’t have for the media. To demonstrate this, he found a perfect example in the week’s big media freak out story: all those dead birds and fish. That’s right, Glenn Beck has done what our news media can’t. He’s explained the dead animals!

Shockingly, he didn’t use Kirk Cameron. No, Beck used the magic of the Internet, namely Google. Using the search engine, he discovered that this kind of thing just happens. Fish die out all the time. Massive bird deaths happen about every other year. Nothing unusual. Nothing to fear. Just a fact of nature.

Not the exciting explanation you were hoping for? Sorry.

But Beck did make some good points about the media and trust. Why did all the news broadcasts make us think something was really going on with the birds? Why do newspapers seem to have contradictory reports about the economy on the same front page? Why can’t they just tell us what’s going on? Maybe Beck’s right. Maybe we can’t trust out newspapers and news shows. Maybe we need some other source. But what could it be? Where could it be?

I guess we’ll never know.

On a completely, totally, absolutely, unrelated note, have you guys seen those stories about Beck ramping up his online news empire? Isn’t that interesting?!

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  • TfT

    LOL at this report. Nada, nothing, zip, silence, zero in your article about how the media blasted Bush over $3.00/gallon of gas and are now silent about the same under Obama, even though Beck showed time and time again what it was the Obama said about energy prices having to go up with his policy.

    Your silence on this part of his show is hilarious, typical in it’s liberalism by ignoring the truth/fact, but hilarious none-the-less.

    Soo funny.

    Where the hell is Dan anyway to knock some sense into his writers? Really now.

    Gas prices and the silence of the media under a democrat administration….yet again, mediaite ignores the bias of the mainstream media.

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    Aaawww, come on. You disappoint me, Glenn, I expected more out of you.

  • SuperChuñdy

    The Blaze is where I get all my news!

    Today’s headlines:
    Birther Heckler in House Chamber Interrupts Constitution Reading Politics
    Seattle Couple Set on Fire by Uncle While Visiting Puerto Rico Crime
    Romanian Witches Cast Cat Feces Spells to Protest New Taxes World

    (There are real headlines!)

  • notsofast

    The_Reasonable_Lib said:
    Aaawww, come on. You disappoint me, Glenn, I expected more out of you.

    You never disappoint us; we always expect very little out of you and you never fail to do just that.

  • notsofast

    SuperChuñdy said:
    Today’s headlines:
    Birther Heckler in House Chamber Interrupts Constitution Reading Politics
    Seattle Couple Set on Fire by Uncle While Visiting Puerto Rico Crime
    Romanian Witches Cast Cat Feces Spells to Protest New Taxes World

    (There are real headlines!)

    And?

  • notsofast

    SuperChuñdy said:
    (There are real headlines!)

    You forgot this one, son.

    “NPR Exec. Who Fired Juan Williams Resigns; Board Withholds CEO’s Bonus”

    Bawahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Great show today Glenn!! I loved the part where he played several clips of Dem’s and the media (which, let’s face it are one in the same), railing at Bush for $3 a gallon gas, but are strangely silent now. Hm, I wonder why. He also replayed the clip of Obama saying that energy prices would necessarily skyrocket under his plan. You got that right!

    Oh and Barack, I was surprised to see my paycheck is $60 less a month starting this month and what do you know, it’s my taxes that went up!! K, that’s off-topic, but I’m steamed about it!

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    BUT…the eco-nut lunatic-left will still probably claim these animal deaths are a result of man-made GLOBAL WARMING and they won’t end until we all live in caves with only solar-powered electricity from equipment provided from one of “crazed sex poodle” gore’s investments..

  • Socialist

    TfT said:
    LOL at this report. Nada, nothing, zip, silence, zero in your article about how the media blasted Bush over $3.00/gallon of gas and are now silent about the same under Obama, even though Beck showed time and time again what it was the Obama said about energy prices having to go up with his policy.

    Your silence on this part of his show is hilarious, typical in it’s liberalism by ignoring the truth/fact, but hilarious none-the-less.

    Soo funny.

    Where the hell is Dan anyway to knock some sense into his writers? Really now.

    Gas prices and the silence of the media under a democrat administration….yet again, mediaite ignores the bias of the mainstream media.

    yea gas prices are going up because of more demand for gas around the world. China and India are among the top consumers of gas now and we are not alone..

  • BFD

    Wow, Glenn states the bloody obvious and comes off looking good just because he is not ranting about the End Of Days like a lunatic.

    He has really set his bar low. lolol

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    Great show today Glenn!! I loved the part where he played several clips of Dem’s and the media (which, let’s face it are one in the same), railing at Bush for $3 a gallon gas, but are strangely silent now. Hm, I wonder why. He also replayed the clip of Obama saying that energy prices would necessarily skyrocket under his plan. You got that right!

    Oh and Barack, I was surprised to see my paycheck is $60 less a month starting this month and what do you know, it’s my taxes that went up!! K, that’s off-topic, but I’m steamed about it!

    You do realize that the price of gas is actually due to the increase in worldwide demand from developing countries, right?
    http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/12/28/news/doc4d18f2e42695f997112347.txt
    Funny that you say this yet tax cuts got extended, my cousin’s check was the same and I’ll bet he makes substantially more than you.

  • cmdrgmh

    TfT said:
    LOL at this report. Nada, nothing, zip, silence, zero in your article about how the media blasted Bush over $3.00/gallon of gas and are now silent about the same under Obama, even though Beck showed time and time again what it was the Obama said about energy prices having to go up with his policy. Your silence on this part of his show is hilarious, typical in it’s liberalism by ignoring the truth/fact, but hilarious none-the-less. Soo funny. Where the hell is Dan anyway to knock some sense into his writers? Really now. Gas prices and the silence of the media under a democrat administration….yet again, mediaite ignores the bias of the mainstream media.

    Speaking of the gas prices, I must admit that when Bush crashed the economy, gas went down to $1.47 a gal. So, maybe we need a good wall street crash again to adjust gas prices. Did’nt bother me any. I say crash baby crash. Fuck the wall street billionaires. lol

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Glen Beck stated!
    Nothing unusual. Nothing to fear. (Just a fact) of nature.

    I like his words! They are so true!

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    leave it to beck to ask the hypothetical question ‘do i believe the government is behind this? no, i don’t think so’ sorta like that ‘is the government using fema detention camps?’

    now some people on the internet say that glen beck raped and killed a girl in the 90′s. i think this is ridiculous and personally don’t believe it and i will do what i can to debunk this. in fact, let me send him my phone number so he can call me and tell me himself.

  • Tucker P.

    The new question is then . Just what act of nature did that ? Birds flying at night ? Fish swimming the wrong way into each other ?

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    UNreasonable Lib,
    I don’t really care what your cousins check looks like, I make under $40,000 a year and my taxes went up by $60 a month. And my statement wasn’t about WHY gas prices are what they are, just pointing out how the liberal media and the dem’s ignore it now that BO’s in office.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    i wonder if the lunar eclipse we had a while ago could account for the moon turning red. the moon, dead birds and fish…all we need now is a mentally challenged person who killed in the name of the lord being put to death and boom…next thing you know there will be babies born without a souls.

  • SarahP

    Beck is clearly the anti-Christ; responsible for the dead birds, dead fish and total bullshit. You should be afraid.

  • BatBoy

    On a completely, totally, absolutely, unrelated note, have you guys seen those stories about Beck ramping up his online news empire? Isn’t that interesting?!

    Jon…you would do the same thing if you had one…nothing unusual here.

    I take that back, Glenn Beck seems to thrive while the rest of the media seems to crawl around in the mud pit and throw an occasional stone at Glenn Beck.

  • SarahP

    BatBoy said:
    On a completely, totally, absolutely, unrelated note, have you guys seen those stories about Beck ramping up his online news empire? Isn’t that interesting?!

    Jon…you would do the same thing if you had one…nothing unusual here.

    I take that back, Glenn Beck seems to thrive while the rest of the media seems to crawl around in the mud pit and throw an occasional stone at Glenn Beck.

    Isn’t he supposed to go blind soon? I’m betting on July 4.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    Seeing2012, trust me, when people get on a thread on the
    internet and try to impress complete strangers about how much
    they or their relatives make, they are lying through their ass.
    Ignore assholes like Reasonable Lib, Phony RRK, Ted, BFD, et al.
    Worse thing that could happen to people like them!
    Honestly do you really believe a damn word RRK writes?

  • SarahP

    Probably NOT wrong said:
    Seeing2012, trust me, when people get on a thread on the
    internet and try to impress complete strangers about how much
    they or their relatives make, they are lying through their ass.
    Ignore assholes like Reasonable Lib, Phony RRK, Ted, BFD, et al.
    Worse thing that could happen to people like them!
    Honestly do you really believe a damn word RRK writes?

    It’s important that you take your pill every morning.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Quiet brain stem!

    And no, Probably, I don’t think the Royal Pain in the Butt would know that truth if it hit him between the eyes.

  • SarahP

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    Quiet brain stem!

    And no, Probably, I don’t think the Royal Pain in the Butt would know that truth if it hit him between the eyes.

    You wouldn’t the truth if it crawled up your ass and shit Glen Beck.

  • SarahP

    SarahP said:
    You wouldn’t the truth if it crawled up your ass and shit Glen Beck.

    Insert “know”the truth as opposed to “no”…

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    UNreasonable Lib,
    I don’t really care what your cousins check looks like, I make under $40,000 a year and my taxes went up by $60 a month. And my statement wasn’t about WHY gas prices are what they are, just pointing out how the liberal media and the dem’s ignore it now that BO’s in office.

    My cousin makes nearly 7 figures, his has stayed the same. So maybe you need to look towards your local gov’t, not the federal.
    There was no explanation under Bush, here we actually have an explanation. Do you see the difference?

  • Kird

    SarahP said:
    Beck is clearly the anti-Christ; responsible for the dead birds, dead fish and total bullshit. You should be afraid.

    SarahP said:
    It’s important that you take your pill every morning.

    You should take your own advice.

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    Probably NOT wrong said:
    Seeing2012, trust me, when people get on a thread on the
    internet and try to impress complete strangers about how much
    they or their relatives make, they are lying through their ass.
    Ignore assholes like Reasonable Lib, Phony RRK, Ted, BFD, et al.
    Worse thing that could happen to people like them!
    Honestly do you really believe a damn word RRK writes?

    I have no reason to lie, sir.

  • BatBoy

    SarahP said:
    Isn’t he supposed to go blind soon? I’m betting on July 4.

    SarahP said:
    Insert “know”the truth as opposed to “no”…

    I see Glenn still is camping out between your ears. Is it getting crowded in there?

  • SarahP

    Kird said:
    You should take your own advice.

    And Glen went to the grassy knoll, raised his arms and the dead birds flew to gold line, and bough gold but not before praying on it and the fish were healed and bought not just one shitty safe but also survival seeds, and the bullshit continued to flow…and flow…and the tea-party idiots were happy! Hallelujah!

  • Probably NOT wrong

    Bullshit. People that make I lot of money don’t feel
    the need to talk about it, Especially to strangers
    What the hell is to be gained by that?
    You think you are impressing people, that
    really don’t give a shit. I am treasurer of my Condo
    Associaiton. Assholes around here try to impress and impress
    and impress, until it comes time to pay the Quarterly
    Assessment Fee’s. Then you couldn’t find them with a
    GPS if they had the antenna up their ASS.

  • SarahP

    BatBoy said:
    I see Glenn still is camping out between your ears. Is it getting crowded in there?

    Better than camping out in your ass.

  • SarahP

    Probably NOT wrong said:
    Bullshit. People that make I lot of money don’t feel
    the need to talk about it, Especially to strangers
    What the hell is to be gained by that?
    You think you are impressing people, that
    really don’t give a shit. I am treasurer of my Condo
    Associaiton. Assholes around here try to impress and impress
    and impress, until it comes time to pay the Quarterly
    Assessment Fee’s. Then you couldn’t find them with a
    GPS if they had the antenna up their ASS.

    Easy sport – you don’t come off Ritalin cold turkey.

  • SarahP

    Kird said:
    You should take your own advice.

    Gotta do better than that small kurd. Hardly worth my time.

  • Kird

    SarahP said:
    Gotta do better than that small kurd. Hardly worth my time.

    Seemed like it was at 7:42. Perhaps you should pay more attention to your own comments.

  • SarahP

    Kird said:
    Seemed like it was at 7:42. Perhaps you should pay more attention to your own comments.

    Are you prepared to get on your knees for Glen? I think you are small kurd. Open wide.

  • Kird

    SarahP said:
    Are you prepared to get on your knees for Glen? I think you are small kurd. Open wide.

    Your insults would resonate better if you put more thought behind them. “Kurd” means person.

  • Mr.Papshmer

    SuperChuñdy said:
    The Blaze is where I get all my news!

    Today’s headlines:
    Birther Heckler in House Chamber Interrupts Constitution Reading Politics
    Seattle Couple Set on Fire by Uncle While Visiting Puerto Rico Crime
    Romanian Witches Cast Cat Feces Spells to Protest New Taxes World

    (There are real headlines!)

    I know! Check these out:

    Hottest Congressional Freshman
    Anja On Nudity
    Raven-Symone Talks Dramatic Weight Loss
    Piers Morgan’s Huge First Guest
    Sportswriter: I’m Gay
    Joe Biden’s Dating Advice

    Oh wait, that’s HuffPost, not The Blaze. Never mind.

  • Grammie

    I hadn’t even heard of Blaze until I read about it here today.

    It has a large selection and the layout is easy on the eyes. I suspect it will do well.

  • Nahu Tuk

    Socialist said:
    China and India are among the top consumers of gas now and we are not alone..

    And who was it that said “drill baby drill?”

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    The_Reasonable_Lib said:
    You do realize that the price of gas is actually due to the increase in worldwide demand from developing countries, right?

    Gas prices are going up because we are not drilling for oil. We have hundreds of years of oil available. You and your fellow clowns stop the building of refineries and nuke plants. The change is coming and soon.

  • Yoda002

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Gas prices are going up because we are not drilling for oil. We have hundreds of years of oil available. You and your fellow clowns stop the building of refineries and nuke plants. The change is coming and soon.

    I’m afraid to tell you this but the US reached peak oil in 1971.

  • Tedderman

    Limbaugh went deaf and Beck’s going blind,do you think God is trying to tell them something? I do!

  • TCinAZ

    SarahP said:
    And Glen went to the grassy knoll, raised his arms and the dead birds flew to gold line, and bough gold but not before praying on it and the fish were healed and bought not just one shitty safe but also survival seeds, and the bullshit continued to flow…and flow…and the tea-party idiots were happy! Hallelujah!

    And Stewie went to the grassy knoll, raised his arms, and the dead-from-the-neck-up Proggies didn’t fly to Goldline, because Congressman Fuckstick, aka Weiner, told them Not to. that it was a scam. a rouse at $700 an ounce. that Beck was Shyster. project much Congressman? and so they Didn’t fly to goldline because they were busy anyhoo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBrHkxqNT7s&feature=related so gold Then reached $1,400 an ounce, but not before they prayed that Van’s “top down, bottom up, inside out” theory would Still scare the American People even though the proggies evidently have a hard time finding their own asses with both hands, and so the fish Weren’t healed, and there was no Need for a shitty safe or for survival seeds, and the misery from the left continued to flow…and flow…and their useful idiot sheeple were looking for the next ‘new’ great idea to sell us, but in the Meantime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yDrtNEr_5M

    Spasibo SarahP-olitburo!

  • Just4thefax

    Yoda002 said:
    I’m afraid to tell you this but the US reached peak oil in 1971.

    Fact: This moron would wet in their pants if they had to wait in a three mile gas line!

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Jon wrote, “But Beck did make some good points about the media and trust. Why did all the news broadcasts make us think something was really going on with the birds?”

    They didn’t, at least not the network I watch for news. When is Mediaite, not just Tommy, going to start turning a critical eye towards Beck who knows as little about media as he does about Obama’s faith, about honesty and about honor?

    “I guess we’ll never know.”

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    SuperChuñdy says:
    “The Blaze is where I get all my news!
    Today’s headlines:
    Birther Heckler in House Chamber Interrupts Constitution Reading Politics
    Seattle Couple Set on Fire by Uncle While Visiting Puerto Rico Crime
    Romanian Witches Cast Cat Feces Spells to Protest New Taxes World
    (There are real headlines!)”

    The Blaze of Fiction: the Internet’s version of the National Inquirer.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    And there ya go!

  • Probably NOT wrong

    GBR you are ONE Obsessed DUDE!
    I have an idea, that if Glenn Beck really
    does know you exist, he has beefed up
    his Security Detail significantly!
    Get a life, man!!!!

  • zumpano

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    Oh and Barack, I was surprised to see my paycheck is $60 less a month starting this month and what do you know, it’s my taxes that went up!! K, that’s off-topic, but I’m steamed about it!

    you’ve been paid already? It’s hardly Friday, let alone the 15th…

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Probably NOT wrong says:
    “GBR you are ONE Obsessed DUDE!
    I have an idea, that if Glenn Beck really
    does know you exist, he has beefed up
    his Security Detail significantly!
    Get a life, man!!!!”

    Your idiotic claims are so tiring. Again, for the learning disabled, focus is not, repeat NOT, obsession.

    I am a critic of this reactionary blowhard, not an assassin. I argue (unlike Beck) against violence.

    I have a fuller life now than I had before I took it upon myself to expose this blowhard as the liar, a charlatan and hypocrite that he is. Before I got off the couch and started the Review, my life was television. Now I research, write, criticize and analyze. I rack my brain trying to solve the mystery of how gullible morons (like you?) actually believe someone so transparently deceitful and hypocritical as Beck. Maybe you can help me with this.

    Probably WRONG a lot, why do you attack someone who tells the truth and implicitly defend someone as morally depraved and hateful as Glan, the liar, Beck? (Oops, Freudian slip of my fingers.)

    Do you not care that he lies through his teeth day after day, or do you just not care because you want to believe that horse feces that comes out of his mouth?

    Which is it sock puppet?

  • writer

    GBR, which laws or legislation that Beck has passed do you disagree with?

  • writer

    I am not obsessed!! I am ‘focusing’ my life around the host of a TV opinion show!

    LOL

  • SmartAlec

    GlennBeckReview said:
    Now I research, write, criticize and analyze

    Ok, if you say so. Still waiting for criticism of anyone not named Glenn Beck. There is plenty on both sides to criticize, but since you ONLY go after 1 person, that is obsession. You can call it focus all you want. Just like “broken promises” are not lies, etc. You do not get to redefine words to fit your obsession.
    From a non-Beck watcher and non-Republican.
    Oh…still waiting for the “bombshell”.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    Mr.Review.
    You ARE obsessed, my man!
    Have you purchased your Hockey Mask
    and Chain Saw yet?
    Hopefully, when your head does explode, you will
    not hurt any innocent bystanders.
    I join SmartAlec in waiting for the “BOMBSHELL”!
    I am sure Beck must be shaking in his Nikes also!
    Get a life, little fella !!!…………..

  • CosmosDan

    The nerve of those media jackasses. Taking something and hyping it as if it’s a a much bigger deal than it really is. It’s like they’re playing on fear for ratings. Who would do something so awful?

  • CosmosDan

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    Oh and Barack, I was surprised to see my paycheck is $60 less a month starting this month and what do you know, it’s my taxes that went up!! K, that’s off-topic, but I’m steamed about it!

    All part of the GOPs negotiation to keep those low rates for the top 3%. Like that cousin who makes almost 7 figures.

  • Wisco

    Clearly, it’s all Obama’s fault.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Probably NOT wrong says:
    “Mr.Review.
    You ARE obsessed, my man!”

    Probably NOT wrong,
    you ARE wrong, my mentally, teenaged reactionary.

    You could give a damn about facts. You are a reactionary, high school drop out or maybe graduate who does not know shit about history or political science/theory. So when you see someone attacking your hero as dishonest and hypocritical, instead of taking on my charges against Beck, you — like every other incompetent and low-grade reactionary before you — attack me. It’s called ad hominem attacks, and they only demonstrate your lack of ability to defend the liar and hypocrite I’m criticizing.

    You say I’m obsessed, but one could, by looking back on the last ten Beck stories published by Mediaite, make the case that you are obsessed with me. Often, before I have a chance to comment on the story, you’re making a snide and stupid comment directed at me. The record is there, sock-puppet. You can’t deny this to be the case.

    If you think I’m wrong about any one of my claims, then defend Beck. Attacking me only demonstrates the poverty of your mind and the shallowness of your personality. You’re also ignorant beyond belief…the perfect sucker for a convincing salesman like Beck, the premier con man of our era.

  • Nachi

    Beck. Knew I should never have created “Cro-Magnon Man.”

  • Nahu Tuk

    Yoda002 said:
    I’m afraid to tell you this but the US reached peak oil in 1971.

    You heard about the Robert Hirsch report.

  • writer

    GBR is not obsessed with Beck. He is ‘focused’ on him. The way John Hinckley was ‘focused’ on Jodie Foster.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    The sock puppet, “writer” says:
    January 7, 2011 at 11:42 am (Quote)
    4 0
    “I am not obsessed!! I am ‘focusing’ my life around the host of a TV opinion show!”

    And 8-28 featured Batman; Broke wrote itself, and an uneducated charlatan is NOT trying to lead a movement backwards. “Writer,” you have to try much harder. Hell, if I were a fan of Beck’s, I would become good at making HIS arguments instead of spouting nonsense that makes you look like a bigger fool than Beck.

    (Oh, right; you ARE a bigger fool than Beck, at least if your inane one/two-liners are any indication.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    The only people who do not readily grasp that Glenn Beck is a bald faced liar are his loyal fans who are too ignorant to comprehend when Beck lies and don’t want face up to the truth. Glenn Beck lies about Van Jones, about Obama, about telling the truth even! The latter makes Glenn Beck a hypocrite, not just that one time though, but over and over again, Beck demonstrates that he’s a blatant hypocrite!

    Beck took one college course on the history of religion and dropped out. He has spent his entire life working hard and preparing to be a huge radio star, not studying political theory or political science. Beck is not much more than an amazing performance artist and an extremely convincing demagogue with ideas that Republican, President Eisenhower considered “stupid” in his days as President. Glenn Beck demonstrates repeatedly that he has virtually no understanding of political language or ideas. Beck is a yellow propagandist who comes across as sincerely interested in the country but his motivations are “are, and have always been, money and fame. If Beck has a true religion, it’s not Patriotism. It’s not Mormonism. It’s cross-platform self-marketing.”

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