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Glenn Beck: My Viewers Aren’t “Dummies”, They Wont Be That Surprised By New WikiLeak

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Glenn Beck began his show today by reminding viewers that he’s “never treated [us] like a moron.” The topic of the opening monologue was, ostensibly, the latest WikiLeaks release but it was all filtered (at least in the beginning, before the chalk board section which Beck promises wasn’t, I repeat, WASN’T about connecting WikiLeaks to George Soros…except for the brief part that was) through a prism that I’ve been most fascinated with while watching these past few months. I have never before seen a show or host so adept at making a viewer feel good for watching. Of course, I don’t watch Oprah, so you can take that with a grain of salt.

Through tonight’s opening few minutes, Beck employed all of his best techniques in audience congratulation. He complimented them for getting what so few do. He reminded them of their importance in saving the republic. And through it all, he constantly pressed them, as always, to “do [our] own homework,” that simple mantra that reminds us that, really, this is about us and not him. That idea was accented when he ran down the info in the leak and pointed out that much of it had been discussed on his program. A less clever host would have turned this into a self-aggrandizing “I told ya so” moment, but Beck brilliantly turns it. He’s not interested in the fact that his show had these stories first. He’s interested that his audience knew the stories first from watching the show. It’s no wonder that Beck fans are devoted.

“If you’ve done what I’ve asked you to do, protect your integrity, do not take my word- never trust me on anything! I don’t ask for your trust. I give you information and I tell you you can find all of this information from reliable sources. Go to the library. Look it up. You ask your friends, if you’ve protected your integrity and only told the truth, how many times do you have to be right, how many times does this show have to be right, before Americans start listening to this show and, more importantly, their gut?”

After the monologue and the first commercial break. Beck invited the audience to join him for something “like a town hall.” It was his upcoming Fathom Events show. Why wouldn’t audiences want to spend more time with a man who thinks so highly of them?

Check out the clip of the opening from Fox News below:

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  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    SOMEONE has to tell Beck’s viewers that they aren’t morons because the rest of the world sure isn’t !!!!

  • ProgLib

    I think it’s funny that he tells people to go to the library. Wonder who pays for those? Damn socialist.

  • cjd ohio 1

    most societies have socialist parts, its have far you let them dictate society

  • Mr.Papshmer

    ProgLib said:
    I think it’s funny that he tells people to go to the library. Wonder who pays for those? Damn socialist.

    Local government may or may not provide libraries. Idiot.

  • Just4thefax

    ProgLib said:
    I think it’s funny that he tells people to go to the library. Wonder who pays for those? Damn socialist.

    Fact: Books are collector items! Most use Al Gores invention!

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Hey pathetic liberals Glen Beck rules!

  • ProgLib

    Mr.Papshmer said:
    Local government may or may not provide libraries. Idiot.

    Whatever epithet you choose to call me doesn’t change the fact that an overwhelmingly huge majority of public libraries in the US are funded by tax dollars. I you don’t see a flaw in Glenn’s logic promoting libraries you are beyond help.

  • SarahP

    Glen – yes, the are and yes, they will.

  • Mr.Papshmer

    ProgLib said:
    Whatever epithet you choose to call me doesn’t change the fact that an overwhelmingly huge majority of public libraries in the US are funded by tax dollars. I you don’t see a flaw in Glenn’s logic promoting libraries you are beyond help.

    Beck advocates shrinking the size of the federal government and giving most government power back to the states and local government, where they belong. You know zilch point shit about “Glenn’s logic”. Idiot.

  • timzank

    ProgLib said:
    Whatever epithet you choose to call me doesn’t change the fact that an overwhelmingly huge majority of public libraries in the US are funded by tax dollars. I you don’t see a flaw in Glenn’s logic promoting libraries you are beyond help.

    No, rather YOU have a problem. He doesn’t rail against all government involvement, he rails at detrimental government involvement. You guys always try to draw that “absolutist” analogy, it’s tiresome and juvenile. Get a better argument when you come to the adults table, mmmkay?

  • timzank

    SarahP said:
    Glen – yes, the are and yes, they will.

    You should watch the program sometime. Seriously.

  • Jayson

    Anyone who believes the words the come out of Glen Becks mouth, is a moron. The man is mentally ill. He belongs in a hospital.

  • SarahP

    timzank said:
    You should watch the program sometime. Seriously.

    Isn’t Glen supposed to go completely blind soon? Neither he nor you knew what was coming out and anything else is total bs – but that’s Glen, he excels in selling bs and you excel in buying it. Cha-ching!

  • Pablo

    ProgLib said:
    Whatever epithet you choose to call me doesn’t change the fact that an overwhelmingly huge majority of public libraries in the US are funded by tax dollars. I you don’t see a flaw in Glenn’s logic promoting libraries you are beyond help.

    You don’t see the difference between town/city government and the federal government. Why even bother having both if you want Uncle Sugar to pay for it all?

  • greg454

    “Anyone who believes the words the come out of Glen Becks mouth, is a moron. The man is mentally ill. He belongs in a hospital.”

    —Typical progressive, “if you don’t agree with me you must be crazy.” If you want to see crazy go to the Michigan Womyn’s Festival, The Burning Man, The Folsom Street Fair, or a GWAR concert.
    http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/rock-band-disembowels-sara-palin-on-stage/

    That’s crazy, Glenn Beck on the other hand exposes the nuts running the asylum.

  • SarahP

    greg454 said:
    “Anyone who believes the words the come out of Glen Becks mouth, is a moron. The man is mentally ill. He belongs in a hospital.”

    —Typical progressive, “if you don’t agree with me you must be crazy.” If you want to see crazy go to the Michigan Womyn’s Festival, The Burning Man, The Folsom Street Fair, or a GWAR concert.
    http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/rock-band-disembowels-sara-palin-on-stage/

    That’s crazy, Glenn Beck on the other hand exposes the nuts running the asylum.

    Only a complete lunatic would buy that garbage, which incidentally you do.

  • Nacho

    Where his logic goes foul is that when his fellowship does do their own research they go to the internet and find a few hundred conservative blogs just parroting what Glenn is saying and therefore they take that as proof.

  • Truth

    Slick Willie the used car salesman set me up the same, before he sticks it to me. This man is the one eyed man and is king in the land of the blind.

  • Truth

    timzank said:
    You should watch the program sometime. Seriously

    I watch him regularly and come to the same conclusion. He is a con artist. I stated it earlier –the one eyed man becomes king in the land of the blind and Beck it the one eyed man.

  • timzank

    SarahP said:
    Only a complete lunatic would buy that garbage, which incidentally you do.

    http://gawker.com/5701617/weird-rock-band-disembowels-sarah-palin-on-stage

    Ahhh, the left at its best.

  • Nacho
  • timzank

    Nacho said:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDQ6UOnGzPQ Ahhhm the right at its best. Nitwit.

    Sorry, not a big follower of this sort of band, as it appears you are.

    Tool.

  • timcajun

    Morons, yes. You can spin the library issue, but most do get government funds and are in general a type of social out reach program. It is very easy for Beck to be right when you make up the rules of “facts “as you go along! When he is caught in a lie (often) (same on this site) then it is a liberal source and doesn’t count! When some wacko rant is backed by “no facts” or conservative radio or a tea site, it’s by moron standards,correct! It really doesn’t matter, what’s at the library anyway, because Lord Beck ,said he is going to change history and write his own history! It’s easy for Lord Beck, he has no rules! He says it, the sheep follow! Morons, yes!

  • Nacho

    timzank said:
    Sorry, not a big follower of this sort of band, as it appears you are.

    Tool.

    I understand, it was just your Palin Victim Syndrome getting the best of you.

  • timzank

    Well, I’m just glad this guy has the ability to make all you morons shit right down your leg on a daily basis. It’s comical really, you’re not obsessed about anybody that is truly “in power”, just with the “cheerleaders”. You people are fucking gullible aren’t you?

  • Mr.Papshmer

    timcajun said:
    You can spin the library issue

    Jesus Christ, what the fuck don’t you people get about the difference between local government and the federal government? That the federal government has their tentacles in virtually everything is a problem, not a virtue! Were their libraries fifty years ago? Of course, and most of the federal government is unnecessary bullshit and a way to reward public sector unions by providing layer upon layer of un-needed bureaucracy. Fifty years ago, local money stayed local, and local decisions affected local services. These days, local money goes to Washington, where it pays the salaries of the politically connected, the wages of public sector employees, then a much smaller portion of that returns to the local economy as subsidies with strings attached. They, the federal government, could give a shit about what happens out here in the real world, it’s simply a way to grease their own palms with our money, which they think that they’re entitled to.

  • michiganruth

    well, Beck does treat his audience with respect–is there something wrong with that, Jon? but the reason he was saying “you all already know this” is because–well–we all already knew a lot of it..because he HAD talked about it before.

    so let’s see: Beck treats his audience with respect, and he’s been proven right about a lot of things. so let’s hear some more of the irrational hatred directed at him by some of you ‘tards.

    btw, when are you guys gonna get off this “oh yeah well THE LIBRARY is part of the government so are you never gonna read a book again you stupid Tea Party hypocrite?” please. you know damn well nobody’s suggesting we dispense with government altogether; that’s just a straw man, and a lame one. give it up. it’s boring.

  • ProgLib

    Does Father Beck have a list of which progressive government funded institutions are OK to like? So far I understand it like this: LIbraries – good (as long as you don’t mention how they’re funded), Military – good, but private militia – better. Any others?

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    michiganruth said:
    we all already knew a lot of it..because he HAD talked about it before.

    I’m curious…what did you”already know” because Beck had predicted it?

  • Tedderman

    Most of Becks’ viewers think “Wikileaks” are a type of “depends”undergarments

  • Pablo

    Tedderman said:
    Most of Becks’ viewers think “Wikileaks” are a type of “depends”undergarments

    Ah, so most of Beck’s viewers didn’t see that Beck clip up there. Brilliant.

  • Patrick Henry

    Tedderman said:
    Most of Becks’ viewers think “Wikileaks” are a type of “depends”undergarments

    What made you think of that? Did you spring a leak?

  • Nacho

    Tedderman said:
    Most of Becks’ viewers think “Wikileaks” are a type of “depends”undergarments

    I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there.

  • timcajun

    What is Beck right about? 90% of the time it’s things that have or will happen anyway! The sun will shine, rain might fall, wow Beck’s good! His rants don’t come to pass, his chalkboard lines don’t match to any facts, if Obama lived in the same town as one of his “scare you” monsters, then they were best friends! Can this be supported by facts, NO, but tell the sheep and they buy it “I heard it somewhere”! They go to a 100% tea source and now Lord Beck’s right again! This is easy when there are NO rules! New World Order crap, he has worn this out, and nothing supports any of it, just sheep feed!

  • Nacho

    No they are not “Dummies” they are well informed Americans that follow their “gut” and Glenn Beck of course.

    Glenn Beck’s 9/12 rally…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUPMjC9mq5Y

  • Pablo

    timcajun said:
    What is Beck right about?

    He called the financial collapse at least two years before it happened. Which makes that at least 4 years ago, maybe five. He was also talking up gold at the time. You could look it up.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    As usual Beck gives an entertaining performance, but he starts by saying that he can’t make things up and remain on television, then implies that others could. Then he rattles off a couple of things that he’s touched upon in previous programs that were verified by the Wikileaks, except because he doesn’t do original reporting, everything that he has said had to come from somewhere else.

    Most folks have dismissed this and the previous two Wikileaks as being mostly things that we knew, if we were paying attention. Perhaps some knew a portion of the data from watching Glenn Beck and perhaps others like myself, knew it from any of the hundreds of other media outlets, but nobody holds the patent on truth.

  • Jayson
  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Pablo said:
    He called the financial collapse at least two years before it happened.

    Beck also says the progressives will collapse, the country will collapse, the food supply will collapse, the money system will collapse and the world will collapse.

    When you predict everything will collapse you are bound to get one right sooner or later. lolol

  • KiKi

    I can’t tune into Becks show as often as the liberals on this site do, (some of us have to work!) but when I have time, I find his show is always enjoyable. :)

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    I’m curious…what did you”already know” because Beck had predicted it?

    Can no one answer my question what you already knew about today’s leaks because Beck had predicted it?

    What did you “see coming” thanks to Beck?

  • Just4thefax

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    Can no one answer my question what you already knew about today’s leaks because Beck had predicted it? What did you “see coming” thanks to Beck?

    Fact: I knew that Ozero would show himself to be weak and only be a one term wonder puppet!

  • Pablo

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    Beck also says the progressives will collapse, the country will collapse, the food supply will collapse, the money system will collapse and the world will collapse.

    Not will, but can.

    When you predict everything will collapse you are bound to get one right sooner or later. lolol

    Really? So collapses are inevitable? And your argument with Beck is what again?

  • Bonnie_219

    Why is anyone taking what ever Beck says seriously? Get real, the man wouldn’t know the truth if it hit him in the face. He is a idiot!

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Beck claimed on his show, “What is it that we make up? I would ask you to just take a moment here — do you really believe that I could — or anybody here at Fox News could — just make things up and remain on the air?”

    Apparently the answer to that question is Yes. Beck got a number of facts wrong on this show including the claim, “SEIU’s then-president Andy Stern, the most frequent visitor to the White House by far,….”

    Wrong! PolitiFact exposed that lie months ago.

    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/07/just-another-one-of-becks-many-lies.html

    Then Beck added, “the tactic known as deem and pass. That gave the final passage of Obamacare.”

    Wrong! From a March 20 McClatchy Newspapers article:

    Inside the building, House Democratic leaders dropped a controversial plan that would have “deemed” Senate-approved health care legislation passed as part of a resolution setting rules of debate but would not have required House members to vote directly on the legislation.

    House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Democrats abandoned “deem and pass” because the party leadership is confident that the votes to pass the health care bill.

    http://mediamatters.org/research/201011290042

    There are other things Beck made up on this episode. He completely twisted Van Jones’ expression, “top down, bottom up and inside out” to mean that he was encouraging violence and chaos on American streets. That’s nonsense, but I’m waiting for the reluctant Van Jones to reply to an e-mail request for more into, the full context of his remarks that Beck still quotes.

    Beck refers to Van Jones as a communist, but Van Jones hasn’t been a communist since 2005.

    So, by Beck’s own account, his own understanding, Murdoch should fire Beck. There is a petition circulating on Facebook calling for Beck to be fired. Get involved with Beck’s recovery from his world where any lies goes.

    http://www.jewishjustice.org/webform/petition-murdoch

    Share that URL with everyone who understands how deceitful Glenn Beck is.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Oh snap, Beck encouraged his minions to call their Senators to defeat the food safety bill, but it just passed.

    Beck lied about food safety too:

    Glenn Beck distorted a Congressional Budget Office cost estimate to claim that food-safety legislation would mean “higher taxes for you,” baselessly claimed the bill would drive up food costs, and underplayed concerns about food safety. Beck demonized the legislation as a George Soros-backed effort to “control you.”
    Beck distorts CBO report to claim legislation means “higher taxes for you”

    Beck: Food Safety Modernization Act “will mean higher taxes for you.” During the November 29 edition of his Fox News show, Glenn Beck claimed that the Food Safety Modernization Act is “going to mean higher taxes for you as well. Congressional Budget Office estimates between $1.4 billion and up, between 2011 and 2015.” Beck said the bill represented a George Soros-backed effort to “control your food” and “control you.” [Glenn Beck, 11/29/10]

    FACT: CBO said the bill would “increase spending subject to appropriation” — not taxes. In its cost estimate of the Food Safety Modernization Act, the CBO wrote, “CBO estimates that implementing the bill with the manager’s amendment would increase spending subject to appropriation, on net, by about $1.4 billion over the 2011-2015 period, assuming annual appropriation action consistent with the bill.” [Congressional Budget Office, 8/12/10]

    FACT: CBO said the bill would authorize collection of fees from food manufacturers — not “higher taxes for you.” In its cost estimate, CBO reported:

    S. 510 would amend and modify the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the FDA to collect fees to help defray some of the FDA’s costs of performing food safety activities. The bill would create new fee programs including: a facility reinspection and recall fee program for mandatory recalls, an importer fee program for voluntary qualified entities, and a fee program to support accreditation of third-party auditors.

    The legislation also would authorize the FDA to collect fees for food (including animal feed) export certificates under the current export certification program. Fees are currently collected for drugs and devices that are issued export certifications.

    Fees authorized by the bill would be collected and made available for obligation only to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriation acts. As a result, those collections would be credited as an offset to discretionary spending.[Congressional Budget Office, 8/12/10]

    Beck baselessly claims bill will result in higher grocery prices

    Beck: The cost to “you at the grocery story” is “expected to be hundreds of millions of dollars every year.” From the November 29 edition of Fox News’ Glenn Beck:

    BECK: Cost to the private sector — you know, you at the grocery store? Now, they haven’t calculated that yet, but it is expected to be hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

    FACT: Michigan State University professor says bill “isn’t likely to make a huge dent” in food prices. As Media Matters documented, Craig Harris of the Food Safety Policy Center at Michigan State University reportedly said that the bill is unlikely to raise consumers’ food costs:

    Although costs of food production may rise as a result of the bill, the amount isn’t likely to make a huge dent in most large food companies’ profits, Harris said, so the added costs shouldn’t trickle down to the consumers. For small companies and local farmers, the bill includes exemptions and special accommodations, recognizing that some companies may not be able to keep up with the costs of adopting new safety practices.

    He did his best fear-mongering by claiming this bill would lead to “starvation.”

    http://mediamatters.org/research/201011300002

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Bonnie_219 says:
    “Why is anyone taking what ever Beck says seriously? Get real, the man wouldn’t know the truth if it hit him in the face. He is a idiot!”

    There is a debate over how much Beck knows what the truth is and how much he knows the truth and lies anyway. If he doesn’t know the facts but makes things up, then he’s ignorant and unqualified to be on the Fox stage misleading his viewers (even if that’s EXACTLY what Murdoch and Ailes wants him to do). If he does know the truth but distorts or lies anyway, then he’s a willful liar. There are times when that is flat out obvious.

    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/08/glenn-beck-blatantly-lies-about-obamas.html

    Glenn Beck is a yellow propagandist about as useful to political discourse as the oil spill was to the Gulf. Like the oil spill, Beck needs to be stopped; and you can help:

    http://www.jewishjustice.org/webform/petition-murdoch

    What we won’t do (I hope) is stoop to describing the skeleton that Beck has hanging around in his closet. At least, not unless he lies about or he demonstrates hypocrisy about the skeleton.

    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/11/what-is-glenn-beck-getting-nervous.html

    Mr. Beck; you’re welcome. It’s called ethics in journalism. Try it sometime.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    KiKi says:
    “I can’t tune into Becks show as often as the liberals on this site do, (some of us have to work!) but when I have time, I find his show is always enjoyable. :)”

    KiKi, some of us have DVRs and discerning minds. Learn to discern facts from Beck’s false claims, and you’ll find his show a little less enjoyable knowing that you’re being lied to.

    Or not: Beck’s greatest minions don’t seem to give a damn that he’s a liar and a hypocrite. I see it all the time on GlennBeck.com. A combination of denialism (denying the facts) and biased assimilation (believing what you want to believe no matter what you actually hear) goes a long way toward believing that Beck is a man who should be followed.

    What floors me is how blatantly Beck wipes his ass with the Gadsen flag (don’t tread on me) by telling his sheeple exactly how to behave, how to pray, how to live their lives, how to spend, how to not spend, what rallies to attend, etc. etc. I know one Libertarian who get fed up with his turn this year toward becoming God’s messenger, but what’s it going to take for other Libertarians to wake up and tell Beck to get their flags out of his ass?

    On Libertarian:
    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/07/seeking-truth-on-road-from-supporter-to.html

    On Beck’s Gadsen flag hypocrisy and HIS gullibility:
    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/11/rachel-maddow-exposes-one-of-becks-lies.html

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Is Glenn Beck an ego-maniac? You decide. From his current newsletter:

    “Glenn is in Movie Theaters this Thursday

    This Thursday, December 2nd may be our country’s most important night of the year.”

    Got that? Glenn Beck talking about Glenn Beck is the “most important night of the year.”

  • skyfet

    Well if they are not dummies how come he is making so much money off them? books, phony university, radio, embarrassing weeping etc.

  • Mr.Papshmer

    GBR, do you have a job? Do you take any outside money?

  • Mr.Papshmer

    GlennBeckReview said:
    Got that? Glenn Beck talking about Glenn Beck is the “most important night of the year.”

    So he thinks that what he’ll say is very important. Wow. No one has ever thought that before. When Obama rented out mile high stadium and surrounded himself with Greek pillars, he was one humble motherfucker, wasn’t he?

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    skyfet says:
    “Well if they are not dummies how come he is making so much money off them? books, phony university, radio, embarrassing weeping etc.”

    People want to believe what Beck tells them, so they’re blinded to their own gullibility.

    First, it’s important to note that there’s more in the Wikileaks info that what Beck conveyed. Next, there are things released in the Wikileaks that other people already knew about, so Beck’s viewers weren’t as privileged as he and Bershad, a tool, makes them seem.

    Bad artists make money off people with poor tastes in music. Deceitful propagandists like Beck and A. Jones make money off people with poor tastes in information. More discerning folks are not as gullible to baseless conspiracy theories.

    Does that make them dumb? I’d bet that very damn few of Beck’s true believers are educated in post-secondary liberal-arts colleges. Not dumb; ignorant. Sometimes, willfully ignorant.

  • timcajun

    Beck has insight, what about when he said buy gold! Wars were fought over gold hundreds of years ago, was Beck there? At the birth of Christ, gold was given as an offering, was Beck there? The west coast and far North, drew thousands of men, years ago for a gold rush, was Beck there? Fort Knox has held a vast gold supply because of its value, was this fort called Fort Beck? People have been investing in gold for many, many years! In the event it rained 30 inches over a two day period and you lived by a river, if Beck came by in a boat, and said there is a flood coming the teas would go wild and say “look he knows, he’s always right”! You really follow this clown for no more of a reason then these? Could be thats good for the liberals!

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    timcajun says:
    “Beck has insight, what about when he said buy gold!”

    Beck claims that he buys gold coins, over-priced collectors coins that are not worth their weight in gold. That way he had to hold the coins for years to break even and after the apocalypse that Beck has been warning was coming (last night he claimed that the “perfect storm is here”) these collectors coins will be worth less. That’s worthless (except as gold…maybe).

    People who follow Beck are living proof of Lincoln’s claim that you can fool some of the people all of the time. For them, the hoodwincked clan, it’s we who “don’t get it.” Thar’s gold in that irony!

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Beck’s followers are “dummies,” but here’s just some of what they hear Beck say:

    “I’m not a journalist.
    I’m just a rodeo clown.
    Believe what I say… you’re an idiot.
    I’m turning into a frickin’ televangelist.
    [Screaming] GET OFF MY PHONE, YOU LITTLE PINHEAD! I don’t care – YOU PEOPLE don’t CARE about the trillions – GET OFF MY PHONE!!!!
    I’m not seditious; I just love my country so much, I have to hate it.
    I either believe what I say, or I’m a fraud.”

    Regard the last line and apply critical analysis (what Beck’s supporters NEVER apply):
    If Beck believes what he says and makes false claims, then he is an ignorant fraud.
    If Beck does not believe what he says and makes his many false claims, then he’s a practiced liar. “Beck is …a natural communicator and skilled liar. I’m a skilled liar, too, but I chose the honest path as a teenager. But I can still recognize the signs, the slowly, carefully constructed sentences, the false humility that serves as bravado, the thinly self-assured gusto with which he mixes tiny truths with massive lies and persuades his followers that he has a particular insight that all others simply lack. What’s amazing is the percentage of Americans that are literally stunted in their social development enough to watch this obvious charlatan and take him for the genuine article.”

    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/10/interview-with-stopbeck-activist.html

    For what it’s worth, I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s a practiced liar AND an ignorant fraud.

  • writer

    People are forced to watch Beck. There is no way to change the channel and ignore him if you don’t like him.

  • Pablo

    GlennBeckReview is something close to a moron, which you might call a gullible fool. I know this because he told me so.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Pablo says:
    “GlennBeckReview is something close to a moron, which you might call a gullible fool.”

    Note how Pablo ignored the damning quotations straight from Beck’s mouth. You can always tell when the supporters of Beck have absolutely nothing and no way to defend their hero/rodeo clown, Glenn Beck. They resort to ad hominem attacks on his critic(s).

    Pablo, you’ve got nothing. Your hero is a false prophet, a clown, a liar, a hypocrite and a charlatan. It’s all documented, so the only thing you can do is attack me. Of course, we could pull Beck’s skeleton out of the closet to wave around and behave just as foolishly as you, but for now Beck’s little, dark secret is safe.

    (One of the toughest things I ever had to do was to talk the reporter with this info FROM publishing it. As much as it could hurt Beck, there is simply no public interest in the story. You’re welcome Pablo; I didn’t embarrass your hero.)

  • KiKi

    GlennBeckReview said:
    KiKi says:
    “I can’t tune into Becks show as often as the liberals on this site do, (some of us have to work!) but when I have time, I find his show is always enjoyable. :)”

    KiKi, some of us have DVRs and discerning minds. Learn to discern facts from Beck’s false claims, and you’ll find his show a little less enjoyable knowing that you’re being lied to.

    Or not: Beck’s greatest minions don’t seem to give a damn that he’s a liar and a hypocrite. I see it all the time on GlennBeck.com. A combination of denialism (denying the facts) and biased assimilation (believing what you want to believe no matter what you actually hear) goes a long way toward believing that Beck is a man who should be followed.

    What floors me is how blatantly Beck wipes his ass with the Gadsen flag (don’t tread on me) by telling his sheeple exactly how to behave, how to pray, how to live their lives, how to spend, how to not spend, what rallies to attend, etc. etc. I know one Libertarian who get fed up with his turn this year toward becoming God’s messenger, but what’s it going to take for other Libertarians to wake up and tell Beck to get their flags out of his ass?

    On Libertarian:
    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/07/seeking-truth-on-road-from-supporter-to.html

    On Beck’s Gadsen flag hypocrisy and HIS gullibility:
    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/11/rachel-maddow-exposes-one-of-becks-lies.html

    DVR Glenn Beck? To each his own I guess, Discern away…… lol

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    GBR has even unplugged his TV. It still doesn’t work. He can still hear Beck in his head. He haunts him.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    GlennBeckReview said:
    Beck claims that he buys gold coins, over-priced collectors coins that are not worth their weight in gold. That way he had to hold the coins for years to break even and after the apocalypse that Beck has been warning was coming (last night he claimed that the “perfect storm is here”) these collectors coins will be worth less. That’s worthless (except as gold…maybe).
    People who follow Beck are living proof of Lincoln’s claim that you can fool some of the people all of the time. For them, the hoodwincked clan, it’s we who “don’t get it.” Thar’s gold in that irony!

    Almost everything this clown has written above is a lie. It is impossible to go throung all of his lies. The one here is a good example of how GBR lies. Beck has NEVER said he buys gold “collectors” coins.
    Because an advertiser on Beck sell those coins doesn’t mean Beck buys them. YOU can buy REAL gold coins and REAL gold.
    Almost everything above that GBR claims is a lie, is an opinion or prediction about what will happen.
    GBR then sites some agency guess or their opinion about what will happen as fact. LOL How often has the government projections been correct and they are NOT facts.
    GBR is a nut. He is a LIAR and a fool.
    On another post he claims Beck loses money for Fox. LOL What proof does he site? NONE because he has NONE.
    If his above ramblings don’t prove he is INSANE then nothing will.

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    GlennBeckReview said:
    “Beck claims that he buys gold coins, over-priced collectors coins that are not worth their weight in gold. ”

    gordontheblowhardwithashow says:
    “Almost everything this clown has written above is a lie. It is impossible to go throung all of his lies. The one here is a good example of how GBR lies. Beck has NEVER said he buys gold “collectors” coins.”

    You don’t watch his show, do you Gordon? Your ignorance, blow hard with a show, is not my lie. Your ignorance is just that: your lack of knowledge. I remember quite clearly Beck talking about how his gold investments is in gold coins, and Gordon, that would be collector’s coins. I’m not the only one who has addressed this. When I have more time, I’ll find proof of your ignorance.

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    OK, Gordon the blow hard with a show, I called Goldline to find out if the coins that Beck invests in are collector’s coins or not. I suggest you do the same. Their number is 877-376-2646. Ask what coins Beck collects. Someone there will tell you that Beck invests in the numismatic and semi-numismatic coins, both are considered collectors coins.

    So I wrote that Beck claims that he buys gold coins, and that’s a fact. I added that those coins are over-priced which in Goldline terms means that they have a higher spread. I also added that those coins are collectors coins, which they are considered.

    I did not write that Beck claims that he buys collectors gold coins, but that is in fact what he buys as I added to my statement. You’re reading comprehension is stunted to the elementary grade level because of your reactionary, biased assimilation.

    In other words, Gordon, you’re an ignorant blow hard with a show falsely accusing me of lying. Call Goldline for yourself, Gordon, to find out what an asshole you are for falsely accusing me of lying. Then, grow a pair and apologize to me. C’mon Gordon, be an honest man for once in your life and apologize for being an ignorant asshole.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    GlennBeckReview said:
    You don’t watch his show, do you Gordon? Your ignorance, blow hard with a show, is not my lie. Your ignorance is just that: your lack of knowledge. I remember quite clearly Beck talking about how his gold investments is in gold coins, and Gordon, that would be collector’s coins. I’m not the only one who has addressed this. When I have more time, I’ll find proof of your ignorance.

    You do know that there are REAL gold coins, don’t you? I would not buy “collectors coins” and neither would Beck. You are an idiot, Beck is not. So why don’t YOU prove he bought “collectors coins”? You are just repeating other people lies and making assumptions that even you know aren’t true. That is what you do all the time.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    GlennBeckReview said:
    In other words, Gordon, you’re an ignorant blow hard with a show falsely accusing me of lying. Call Goldline for yourself, Gordon, to find out what an asshole you are for falsely accusing me of lying. Then, grow a pair and apologize to me. C’mon Gordon, be an honest man for once in your life and apologize for being an ignorant asshole.

    And YOU believe a person you don’t know on the phone from Goldline? LOL Try that in court as “evidence”. I would call that hearsay and it PROVES NOTHING.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    GBR, I did make ONE mistake, there are people that buy collector coins. It is not for investment it is because they want that particular coin because they like them. For instance people buy those coins that have Kennedy, Reagan or other historical figures on them. They buy them to display not for investment. I have been tempted when they put out a tribute to the 85 Bears or the landing on the moon. Everyone knows these coins are really worthless, but they like the thought.
    Nobody buys 500 coins of the landing on the moon as an investment unless they are stupid.
    Maybe Beck bought a coin with Karl Marx likeness on it to remind of Van Jones or Obama?
    How many loons bought the Obama coin or the Obama Chia Pet?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    GlennBeckReview said:
    OK, Gordon the blow hard with a show, I called Goldline to find out if the coins that Beck invests in are collector’s coins or not. I suggest you do the same. Their number is 877-376-2646. Ask what coins Beck collects. Someone there will tell you that Beck invests in the numismatic and semi-numismatic coins, both are considered collectors coins.

    Numismatics is the study of the history of money in all its varied forms and the collection of money, particularly coins. A numismatic coin is one that typically has a higher value then the face value of the coin, due to the historical, aesthetic and rarity appeal of the coin. Coins that are considered rare or ancient will often have a significantly higher monetary value than the suggested value.Numismatic coins are highly coveted by coin collectors because of their history, rarity and potential value.

    Hey dummy, LOOKS like a good investment to me.

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    gordontheblowhardwithashow says:
    “You do know that there are REAL gold coins, don’t you? I would not buy “collectors coins” and neither would Beck. You are an idiot, Beck is not.”

    The collectors coins that Goldlines sells and Beck buys (according to Goldline) ARE collector’s coins. Call them blow hard with a show, and ask. I’m not making this up, apparently you are. You want me to prove that Beck bought these coins? I provided you the phone number, call then, ask them, listen to their answer and then apologize to me for your ignorant accusation.

    (I know that you don’t have the balls to admit you were wrong about this, so I won’t hold my breath waiting for you manliness to show up.) Asshat!

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    gordonbloyershow says:
    “And YOU believe a person you don’t know on the phone from Goldline? LOL Try that in court as ‘evidence’.”

    I found it on a blog as well, but I figured that hearing it directly from Goldline would be better. Next time, I’ll call Glenn Beck and ask him directly. LOL.

    Look, shitforbrains, just admit that I was right, that Beck buys old coins that are considered collector’s items. There is paranoia in his reasoning, and he’s explained that. FDR’s executive order 6101.

    You really don’t watch Beck, or I would not have to explain the reasons Beck invests in numismatic and semi-numismatic (collectors) coins.

    What you are resisting are the facts: older gold coins are numismatic (rare or historical, etc. as you indicate) and that makes them collectors coins.

    What is it with reactionaries and facts? It’s like you don’t even have a passing acquaintance. Face up, asshat, when I wrote, above, “Beck claims that he buys gold coins, over-priced collectors coins that are not worth their weight in gold,” I was spot on. Your accusation that I was lying only makes you an ignorant asshat, and you’re just not man enough to admit that you were wrong about this. You could call Goldline and ask them, but you’d have to admit you were wrong anyway.

    I’ll accept your apology any time, but I’m not holding my breath.

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    Gordon, from: http://www.amerigold.com/buy_gold/index.php?mod=cnt&act=cnt&id=11

    “Numismatic coins are bought and sold within the coin collecting community with little regard for today’s gold price. Numismatic coins are cherished for their beauty, historical significance, and their potential investment value. Hence, numismatic coins sell at a significant premium over their intrinsic gold content.”

    This confirms again what I originally wrote that you foolishly called a “lie.”

    An apology is in order. You f’ed up: admit it. Become a man.

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    Question: if Beck’s viewers are not dummies, what are they watching someone who lies as much as Beck does? Then, if you go to any one Beck’s transcripts of his radio noise and point this out to them, they get defensive and demand examples.

    If there were not dummies, would they need ME to point out what’s sometimes obvious?

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Beck has been busy this week making things up about the food safety bill. And net neutrality. And health care reform. And the Federal Reserve. And the Smithsonian. And Wikipedia. And he claimed that he should be fired to making thing up. Just another week in the life of this rodeo clown/self promoted messenger of God.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Johathan Schell just published a piece on Beck in The Nation. From that is this:

    “How seriously should Beck’s charges be taken? It would be comforting, relying on his clownishness, to assess Beck’s whole career as nothing more than the political equivalent of professional wrestling: a fraud tacitly understood by all to be a fraud, signifying little that is more troubling than some coarse amusement. After all, one would not, in a further extension of the mirror effect, want simply to unthinkingly turn Beck’s outlandish accusations around and aim them thoughtlessly back at him. On the other hand, Beck’s undoubted centrality in the present moment requires that he be taken seriously. There is no doubt that he has injected into American life one of the most virulent and dangerous sorts of accusations of which there is record. His smears mark the first time in recent memory that a major network has leveled anti-Semitic charges in a calculated campaign. History never repeats itself exactly, but the record of conspiracy theories would seem to provide at least some warnings that deserve to be taken to heart: political fantasies based on conspiracy theories are dangerous. Beware gifted hysterics who make things up. That usually ends badly.”

    Does anyone really need to understand why I’ve given up a lot of leisure in my life to pursue this freaking maniac?

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