CNN’s Kurtz On Why Fox Needed To ‘Pull The Plug’ On ‘Radioactive’ Glenn Beck
Howard Kurtz assembled a panel of guests to further comment on the end of Glenn Beck‘s daily Fox News show. While conservative commentator Amy Holmes defended Beck and argued his rhetoric wasn’t much different than the hosts on MSNBC, liberal commentator Bill Press was glad the “ticking time bomb” would soon be gone.
Kurtz described Beck as being “radioactive” and explained:
“The reason he and Roger Ailes’ network are getting a divorce has to do with the question of independence. Beck’s brand was starting to overshadow Fox, much to the consternation of the journalists there, and Beck increasingly wanted to build his own brand without interference.”
Kurtz turned to his panel and wondered why Fox thought they needed to pull the Beck plug? Holmes described Beck as a “force of nature” while Press suggested Beck’s messianic complex resulted in him taking himself too seriously. Press concluded:
“Look at Bill O’Reilly – only Glenn Beck could make Bill O’Reilly look like a statesman. Bill O’Reilly knows, Rush Limbaugh knows – 25 years, they know there are some limits. Beck is such a megalomaniac that he thought he could say anything, and he thought he didn’t need Fox. Well we’ll find out if he needs Fox or not.”
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