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Obsessed? Jon Stewart Mocks Glenn Beck While Appearing On Letterman

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The coming edition of the NY Times Sunday Magazine features an in-depth and reasonably fair portrayal of Glenn Beck that describes him as a “sage” (among other things.) But that’s not the best evidence that Beck has finally been accepted by both the mainstream media and “cultural elite.” No, the better example is that Jon Stewart seems rather consumed with Mr. Beck having talked about him during appearances on Oprah, The O’Reilly Factor and now, after last night, Late Show with David Letterman.

It’s a fairly well accepted axiom in the media business that controversy sells, and with Mr. Stewart doing a rather significant publicity tour promoting his new book, a little feud doesn’t hurt the amount of attention he gets. But there is a more relevant corollary, and that is this: never get in a conflict with some one of less importance and fame. The examples of “punching up” are many: a few years ago MSNBC took on Fox News and saw their ratings grow. Fox News responded by taking on GE (not NBC).

And now it seems that critical darling and “generation defining” fake newsman Jon Stewart is taking on Glenn Beck. To quote Stewart, “whaaa?” In the following clip, Beck becomes the subject of conversation between host and guest in a manner that ostensibly seems friendly, but really puts Beck in a most unflattering light. There is a whiff of Junior High “cool” kids picking on the new kid (who’s suddenly the most popular) behind his back.

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  • notsofast

    It’s called jealousy, Jon.

  • The Real Royal King

    An obsession or a sense of obligation to expose one of the biggest frauds in America? Frankly, Mr. Stewart is providing us a valuable service. The media has shown an inability to police itself, and FOX, far from policing its own people, encourages them to lie. Stewart has stepped into this role, and surprisingly ably.

  • Latin2

    ah, I remember a couple of years ago Leibowitz was taking on Bill O’Reilly…lol.

    Now can Jon Leibowitz deny that many of those groups that are going to the rally this Saturday, mimicking Beck’s summer rally, aren’t aligned with Socialist, Marxist or racist groups?

  • Big Eddie

    Big Eddie remembers when Letterman was funny . …1984 – same year as this clip of Glenn Beck .

  • notsofast

    The Real Royal King said:
    An obsession or a sense of obligation to expose one of the biggest frauds in America?

    Sorry, you already have a monopoly on that market, king.

  • Big Eddie
  • BR

    I like Jon Stewart. But why are liberals always so obsessed with conseratives.

  • BR

    The Real Royal King said:
    An obsession or a sense of obligation to expose one of the biggest frauds in America? Frankly, Mr. Stewart is providing us a valuable service. The media has shown an inability to police itself, and FOX, far from policing its own people, encourages them to lie. Stewart has stepped into this role, and surprisingly ably.

    You are such a poor little fool.

  • notsofast

    Big Eddie said:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUn-bixAI6w Glenn 1984

    MG! It is true! Woody did once have hair!

  • The Real Royal King

    We have had political satire, in the form of cartoons in newspapers, since the inception of our Republic and prior to that. And, these have enjoyed an important place in our political discourse. We have had political humor, for the sake of humor but not necessarily satire, for many years. What we see with Stewart and Colbert is the formation of an electronic political satire in the greatest traditions of our country. Their humor is cutting edge, innovative and transformative. It goes beyond the Maher format as Maher is merely a continuation or a refinement, but nothing new. And, it leaves a big hole for the conservatives to fill. By definition, conservatives are not a witty or humorous bunch. Ever watched Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton in “Back to You”? The “1/2 Hour News Hour”? They are at a disadvantage, so they end up attacking comedians. Who comes out looking bad in that?

    I find the Stewart/Bill-o sessions interesting. Stewart can usually pull that needle out of Bill-o’s backside fairly quickly. As soon as that happens, the discussions become entertaining. In the end, the sessions are a tip of the hat from a master of a fading media genre, cable “news” to the master of a rising media genre.

  • JimBob

    John Stewart would kiss every ass that could form in a column to have 1/10 the
    success in TV viewers, Book Sales and Radio that Glenn Beck has.
    As a matter of fact so would each of the MSNBC wannabe hosts.

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    JimBob said:
    John Stewart would kiss every ass that could form in a column to have 1/10 the
    success in TV viewers, Book Sales and Radio that Glenn Beck has.
    As a matter of fact so would each of the MSNBC wannabe hosts.

    Um Beck averages 2.1 million viewers in the 5pm slot while Stewart gets 2 million at the 11pm slot.

    HIs last book he had a part in back in 05 sold very well despite being banned from various outlets because of the Supreme Court dress up game.

    Stewart doesn’t do radio.

    Now why is he jealous of Beck again?

  • Latin2
  • bigbrainbrad

    BR said:
    I like Jon Stewart. But why are liberals always so obsessed with conseratives.

    it goes both ways my friend

  • Some_Dude

    This news post was a bit of over analyzation without keeping in mind context and intent, in my opinion; Stewart is an entertainer and satirist, and since Beck is such a high value target (if you will) and source for ridicule, it’s unsurprising that he would devote time to him whenever possible.

    Also, though Stewart may make news, he is not a journalist and it’s a stretch to consider him truly a political figure. So his endless coverage on Mediaite in this fashion is questionable. For example: do you consider late night television interviews a source for real news?

    In an odd way, this esoterically lends credence to his cause regarding the whole “Rally for Whatever” thing he’s doing. I’m going to be there, because I think it will be a rich source of entertainment and will send a message speaking directly to our broken discourse in this country. Do I think it has any aim beyond that? No.

    Also, I have a friend that lives nearby, so this will be a cheap weekend for me. :)

  • Penguin60

    Think that’s obsessed?, he ought to come on here and check out glennbeckgivesmeachubbyreview. Now that’s obsessed. Stewart is about the dollars and ratings nothing more, as it should be. Beck means nothing, if Beck went off the air tomorrow would it effect anyone’s life?

  • Sean68

    What else is he going to talk about? Perhaps he didn’t get the email about “Obama’s accomplishments” thus far.

  • Azarkhan

    The FBI and the U.S. Labor Department are investigating prominent labor leader Andy Stern in their probe of corruption at the Service Employees International Union, according to two people who have been interviewed by federal agents.

    The two organized labor officials met with federal agents this summer to answer questions about a six-figure book contract that Stern landed in 2006 and his role in approving money to pay the salary of an SEIU leader in California who allegedly performed no work…

    The SEIU has been plagued with several financial scandals since 2008, when the Los Angeles Times reported that Tyrone Freeman, head of the union’s largest California local, misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars from the union….

    http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/09/28/general-us-union-probe_7965810.html

    Unions. The gift that keeps giving to Glenn Beck.

  • Azarkhan

    Some_Dude said:
    So his endless coverage on Mediaite in this fashion is questionable

    Mediaite and Jon Stewart are both hard core leftist and both hate Fox News and conservatives, like you do. So the Stewart/Mediaite “partnership” isn’t ending any time soon.

    Some_Dude said:
    For example: do you consider late night television interviews a source for real news?

    I’ve read many leftist commenters who think Jon Stewart is a great source for news.

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    Azarkhan said:

    I’ve read many leftist commenters who think Jon Stewart is a great source for news.

    And the funniest thing is we’re the most informed about world events. Hmmmm imagine that…..

  • Azarkhan

    Jackie_Treehorn said:
    And the funniest thing is we’re the most informed about world events

    So you keep telling yourselves. Hmmmmm imagine that….

  • The Real Royal King

    JimBob said:
    John Stewart would kiss every ass that could form in a column to have 1/10 thesuccess in TV viewers, Book Sales and Radio that Glenn Beck has.As a matter of fact so would each of the MSNBC wannabe hosts.

    Actually, Stewart is comfortable with his life, his family, his work, himself. I’m not sure the same can be said about the Beckerhead. Happy people are not as emotionally unstable as the Beckerhead.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

    BR said:
    I like Jon Stewart. But why are liberals always so obsessed with conseratives.

    Why are conservatives so obsessed with liberals?

  • amfreborg

    Wow — next time Liebowitz can talk to the ugly geezer with bad teeth about ways to manipulate their young female employees into sex.

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    Azarkhan said:
    So you keep telling yourselves. Hmmmmm imagine that….

    Oh I forgot you righties hate proof and all of that stuff. Hmmm imagine that.

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    amfreborg said:
    Wow — next time Liebowitz can talk to the ugly geezer with bad teeth about ways to manipulate their young female employees into sex.

    He did earlier this week in fact on both the Daily Show and the Factor….

  • amfreborg

    I agree about O’Reilly too …

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek Bulk Vanderhuge

    The irony is that its people like John Stewart ho need to be exposed as political hacks. Stewart and his adoring liberal media constantly dismiss his activism as “comedy”, but in reality thats just subterfuge for his partisan hit jobs. The guy is nothing more than an arm of the DNC, used to belittle and demean anyone who disagrees with the left.

  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    Jon Stewart obsessed with Glenn Beck? Okay, maybe. But isn’t Glynnis about one step away from stealing Glenn’s daughter’s pet rabbit and boiling it alive?

  • http://www.libertarianism.com/ Burnnotice

    A song comes to mind here……http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Lec3m1pLY

  • CosmosDan

    Obsessed? That’s a bit much. I suppose Jon mocked him by imitating Glenn’s TV persona, but it wasn’t even criticism. It was casual conversation.

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

    Azarkhan said:
    Mediaite and Jon Stewart are both hard core leftist and both hate Fox News and conservatives, like you do.

    Was that a judgment? Because your gleeful statements of your own hatred and perception that liberals are practically unworthy of life itself are scattered around like dog piss in a park.

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

    <fb:name class=" FB_name" linked="false" useyou="false" uid="100000918732763">Dronetek Bulk Vanderhuge</fb:name> said:
    The irony is that its people like John Stewart ho need to be exposed as political hacks. Stewart and his adoring liberal media constantly dismiss his activism as “comedy”, but in reality thats just subterfuge for his partisan hit jobs. The guy is nothing more than an arm of the DNC, used to belittle and demean anyone who disagrees with the left.

    But it’s all good to have an entire “news” network devoted to promoting the Tea Party and helping Republicans get elected, of course. Neo-con indignance is like the moon, it only faces one way.

  • Azarkhan

    Paul Westlake said:
    liberals are scattered around like dog piss in a park.

    That’s better!

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

    Azarkhan said:
    liberals are scattered around like dog piss in a park.

    That’s better!

    Case in point. Crocodile tears is all you cry.

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

    Guess you DO have something in common with Beck after all. ;-)

  • senoj_nav

    Jackie_Treehorn said:
    Oh I forgot you righties hate proof and all of that stuff. Hmmm imagine that.

    Well I guess Glenn playing the actual quotes and clips on air IN THEIR OWN WORDS doesn’t count as proof in your Jenius estimation…

  • Azarkhan

    Paul Westlake said:
    But it’s all good to have an entire “news” network devoted to promoting the Tea Party and helping Republicans

    Kinda like having ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, NYTimes, WaPo, LATimes promoting leftists and helping Democrats get elected.

  • Corvax

    AnonymousFinch said:
    Jon Stewart obsessed with Glenn Beck? Okay, maybe. But isn’t Glynnis about one step away from stealing Glenn’s daughter’s pet rabbit and boiling it alive?

    I was under the impression that she was going to kidnap a Palin kid.

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

    Azarkhan said:
    Kinda like having ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, NYTimes, WaPo, LATimes promoting leftists and helping Democrats get elected.

    That would be terrible if it was happening. ;-)

  • right-is-wrong

    Azarkhan said:
    Kinda like having ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, NYTimes, WaPo, LATimes promoting leftists and helping Democrats get elected.

    You forgot TAX.com Felix, I mean Azarkhan

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    Jackie_Treehorn said:
    Um Beck averages 2.1 million viewers in the 5pm slot while Stewart gets 2 million at the 11pm slot.

    HIs last book he had a part in back in 05 sold very well despite being banned from various outlets because of the Supreme Court dress up game.

    Stewart doesn’t do radio.

    Now why is he jealous of Beck again?

    Oh snap did you just compare viewership?! Don’t forget the 3 million stewart was getting during the election!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Noland/1343446359 Dave Noland

    notsofast said:
    It’s called jealousy, Jon.

    You are officially Gay for Glenn Beck. Jon Stewart is Jealous of Glenn Beck? Really? You need to step away from the computer and find a female or in your case a male rat and have a vacation. You’ve jumped the blog shark. Stewart was voted the most trusted man in news and he isn’t a journalist. There are no good conservative satirist because you guys aren’t funny, creative or interesting. You don’t understand satire and you never will. You’re just full of hate and you hate yourself. Clearly, because you don’t have the balls to show your grimaced face.

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

    Cry, baby, cry. ;-)

  • Corvax

    <fb:name class=" FB_name" linked="false" useyou="false" uid="1343446359">Dave Noland</fb:name> said:
    You’ve jumped the blog shark. Stewart was voted the most trusted man in news and he isn’t a journalist. There are no good conservative satirist because you guys aren’t funny, creative or interesting. .

    Dave again no source for the facts you throw out there.

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    I guess Stewart was being political when he went after the pope covering up molestation too? Where was fox during that again?

  • puck30

    “The coming edition of the NY Times Sunday Magazine features an in-depth and reasonably fair portrayal of Glenn Beck”.

    Colby? this is the New York Times we are talking about. But I did wonder why does the NYT want to do a piece on Beck? And then it came to me.

    I heard Bob Schaffer has been walking around for weeks and months saying who’s Glenn Beck?

  • http://www.nukethefridge.com MartiniShark

    This brings to mind a very common refrain seen around this place.

    Glenn Beck has a daily TV show where he is ridiculed for brainwashing his listeners to make a buck.
    Glenn Beck Holds a rally in D.C. and it is just another way for him to fleece his fan base.
    Glenn Beck sells books on the best-seller lists, and he is accused of soaking his naive audience for more money.

    Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert each have a daily TV show.
    Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will be holding a rally in D.C.
    Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert each sell books on the best-seller lists.
    (CRICKETS)

  • CosmosDan

    <fb:name class=" FB_name" linked="false" useyou="false" uid="100000918732763">Dronetek Bulk Vanderhuge</fb:name> said:
    The irony is that its people like John Stewart ho need to be exposed as political hacks. Stewart and his adoring liberal media constantly dismiss his activism as “comedy”, but in reality thats just subterfuge for his partisan hit jobs. The guy is nothing more than an arm of the DNC, used to belittle and demean anyone who disagrees with the left.

    Any body who actually watches the show knows what a load of crap this assessment is. He had the head of the DNC on his show and openly mocked him until the guy had this expression of “Hey, I thought this would be a friendly interview”
    Jon doesn’t often mock the conservative POV, but rather the less than honest way in which politics plays out , Dems inclu8ded.

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

    Dan, don’t interrupt the sorrow. ;-)

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

    (Sorry, obscure Joni Mitchell reference…) ;-)

  • right-is-wrong

    The_Reasonable_Lib said:
    Oh snap did you just compare viewership?! Don’t forget the 3 million stewart was getting during the election!

    Don’t forget, rating only matter when REPUBS are leading.

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake
  • writer

    That’s okay, Jon. Obama is obsessed with the entire Fox News network.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Noland/1343446359 Dave Noland

    Glenn Beck is has a man obsession with Obama. That is as plain as the nose on your face.

  • CosmosDan

    Paul Westlake said:
    Dan, don’t interrupt the sorrow. ;-)

    I love Joni but wasn’t familiar with that one. How does it apply here?

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

    Think of liberals as the long-suffering wife and the conservatives as the belligerent husband (which is the way conservatives like to see the arrangement anyway), then consider this line…

    “He don’t interrupt the sorrow, he lies and he cheats.
    It takes a heart like Mary’s these days when your man gets weak.”

    I found it most apropos. ;-)

  • tatboy

    AnonymousFinch said:
    Jon Stewart obsessed with Glenn Beck? Okay, maybe. But isn’t Glynnis about one step away from stealing Glenn’s daughter’s pet rabbit and boiling it alive?

    Once Glynnis realizes that Rachel Maddow is never going to give her the time of day… the rabbit is a gonner.

  • http://twitter.com/pewestlake Paul Westlake

    Some great insight, too…

    “In flames our prophet witches see the light.”

    “The good slaves love the good book, a rebel loves a cause.”

  • Yoda002

    Jon does a very good impersonation!! The reason Beck doesn’t want to go on anyones show is because he will be outside of his comfort zone and people will see him who he really is just another crack pot trying to sell you some snake oil. Snake oil, get your snake oil here. But Fox viewers eat this up because they think that he is the second coming.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    BR says: “But why are liberals always so obsessed with conseratives. ”

    I just made this point over at Crooks and Liars: Glenn Beck is NOT a conservative. He is a reactionary.

    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/06/what-is-glenn-beck-politically.html

  • Yoda002

    JimBob said:
    John Stewart would kiss every ass that could form in a column to have 1/10 the
    success in TV viewers, Book Sales and Radio that Glenn Beck has.
    As a matter of fact so would each of the MSNBC wannabe hosts.

    See thats where your putting your Republican logic and thinking the liberals think the same way. For Republicans is more, more. more I have to have more, greed, greed, need more, have to have more. Jon Stewart wants to put on a good show, yes he needs viewers and yes he would like to have more viewers, buts it’s not an obsession like it is with the right.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Latin2 says: “New Gallup poll says Americans don’t trust the MSM…say it is too Liberal”

    How many boycotts are in place against any MSM?

    There is a growing effort to boycott the extremely biased, divisive and deceitful Fox “News.”
    http://foxnewsboycott.com/

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Paul Westlake says: “Guess you DO have something in common with Beck after all. ;-)”

    Paul, you’re right on about that. Three of us caught Beck editing Obama’s G-20 press conference just the way the deceitful Azarkhan did when he/it quoted you.

    http://www.examiner.com/progressive-in-syracuse/beck-completely-misinterprets-president-obama-s-words

    This was worse than “misinterpretation.” Beck turned a good idea into a pile of horse manure. His followers have to be blind, ignorant or gullible to believe the incredibly stupid nonsense he spouts. They like to tell non-Beckerheads to “wake up,” they they are the ones who have been hypnotized into a blind rage at make up foes.

  • Yoda002

    GlennBeckReview
    This was worse than “misinterpretation.” Beck turned a good idea into a pile of horse manure. His followers have to be blind, ignorant or gullible to believe the incredibly stupid nonsense he spouts. They like to tell non-Beckerheads to “wake up,” they they are the ones who have been hypnotized into a blind rage at make up foes.

    I don’t think Beck, O’Reilly or Rush believe half the stuff they talk about, but they just want to spread hate and fear to their followers.

  • right-is-wrong

    Yoda002 said:
    I don’t think Beck, O’Reilly or Rush believe half the stuff they talk about, but they just want to spread hate and fear to their followers.

    Yoda – you are wise from your 900 years of experience
    Hey, without facts, fear is the next best thing

  • The_Reasonable_Lib
  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Yoda002 says: “I don’t think Beck, O’Reilly or Rush believe half the stuff they talk about, but they just want to spread hate and fear to their followers.”

    I can’t speak to O’Reilly or Limbaugh. Beck is the subject of my growing expertise. He says some pretty insane crap. My theory is that the more controversial Beck’s words are, the more attention/ratings/income he gets. How much of what he says does he actually believe?

    First, I don’t think he knows what he’s talking about a lot. I’ve caught him just flat out wrong on so many of his assertions. When he said that no other media outlets were covering the Gaza Flotilla raid by Israelis, for example, I suspect he believed it even though he obviously had no idea that to be the case or not. In other words, he makes ignorant statements that he asserts as fact. This makes him not just a liar, but a charlatan. He pretends to know what he guesses about.

    Next, he’s trying on purpose to scare his viewers into buying gold. The crazy things he says about the future, which cannot be lies by definition, I suspect he wants to come true just like Limbaugh said that he wants Obama to fail. The higher the demand for gold, the more the price goes up. Then, and only then, will Beck’s collection of over-priced gold coins from Goldline become worth what he paid for them.

    http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/09/becks-apocalypse-now-helps-boost-his.html

  • notsofast

    Dave Noland said:
    Dave Noland says:
    September 29, 2010 at 11:39 am Dave Noland(Quote)
    Thumb up 4 Thumb down 9

    Go back to your 100% shit -diet, lib turd!

  • notsofast

    Dave Noland said:
    Clearly, because you don’t have the balls to show your grimaced face.

    I saw YOUR face and it CAUSED my grimace, shit-for-brains!

  • StandUp

    GlennBeckReview said:
    Beck is the subject of my growing expertise

    Trying your hand at comedy now?

  • right-is-wrong

    notsofast said:
    Go back to your 100% shit -diet, lib turd!

    notsofast said:
    I saw YOUR face and it CAUSED my grimace, shit-for-brains!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj6qQdLBwm4

  • hanoisteve

    Azarkhan said:
    I’ve read many leftist commenters who think Jon Stewart is a great source for news.

    No Stewart is a great source for pointing out hypocrisy. His and Clobert’s show are based on showing media and political hypocrisy, and FOX news is an invaluable soucre for them. The jokes write themselves. The staff have no problem picking out contradictions and stupid shit that Beck and Fox and friends spew on a daily basis.

  • http://none pyrope

    Feel the hate!

  • http://none pyrope

    Jackie_Treehorn said:
    Hmmmm imagine that…..

    Hey shoehorn, are you gonna accept my offer to pay for your transportation to any other country on Earth in return for your denouncing the US and giving up your citizenship and vowing never to return here? You’re the one who said after 224 years it was time to “burn this bitch down.”

  • http://none pyrope

    I heard all 24 of Litterman’s viewers got a big laugh out of Stewart’s bit about Mr. Beck. Just goes to show that immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

  • AQueryan

    I’m endlessly amused by how obsessed most conservatives are with “size.” Take, JimBob for instance (and no personal offense intended, but, dude, but thank you for providing me with such an emblematic name that perfectly serves to symbolize the [stereo]typical low-information conservative mind) who says:

    “John Stewart would kiss every ass that could form in a column to have 1/10 the success in TV viewers, Book Sales and Radio that Glenn Beck has. As a matter of fact so would each of the MSNBC wannabe hosts.”

    See, to the low-information conservative mind, size matter. They’re firm believers in the notion that BIGGER is better, that MORE is better. That MATERIAL “WEALTH” (or “EXCESS”) is the ultimate arbiter of something’s “value” or “worth”.

    Now, don’t get me wrong, there are [stereo]typical low-information liberals as well. But they possess (are possessed of) a qualitatively different “person[ality]“-type than that of the [stereo]typical low-information conservative. These two complementary-contrary low-information types think and express themselves in very distinctive, yet entirely predictable ways.

    [Continued on Facebook at both:

    Politics Fix
    http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=137823156262425&topic=122

    or

    Good Religious and Spiritual Discussion
    http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=103900852999428&topic=60

    NOTE: These themes are slightly different in the two discussions.

    Peace,

    AQ

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    GlennBeckReview said:
    “Beck is the subject of my growing expertise”

    StandUp says:
    “Trying your hand at comedy now?”

    Ah, Stand Up, do I know more about the rodeo clown than even his ardent, gullible fans (like you)? If I had tried to speak to Limbaugh or O’Reilly, that would have been ignorance. StandUp, you obviously have not spent time looking at The Glenn Beck Review, so your snide remark comes from a place of sheer ignorance.

    That’s cool StandUp, we’re used to that coming from drones who watch and actually believe ANYTHING that Mr. Beck ever says.

    Let me speak to your snide question: Like Beck, I have done stand up comedy, and like Beck I sucked at it.

  • Alric_IV

    That was some very goofy article there, and shows a bias so much in favor of Glenn Beck, it was as ridiculous as Beck himself is. First, Steward mocks Beck not out of obsession, but because Beck makes writing the jokes much easier. Second, Steward’s show is political satire, and therefore it puts Beck squarely within Steward’s purview. And to say that this was like the cool kids picking on the new kid is now more popular is laughable. Man, I can’t believe someone would write that sort of stuff and not feel embarrassed. Evidently he’s aiming at a very stupid demographic that’ll slurp this slop right up. Sure, Beck is popular, but either of those guys are more popular, and will be more popular for years and years to come. Eventually, the spectacle that is Glenn Beck will get old, when people keep waiting for the end of the world and it never comes. His audience will then move on to the next snake oil salesman.

  • aceshigh121

    notsofast said:
    It’s called jealousy, Jon.

    Any person jealous of a dimwit like Glenn Beck no matter how rich he gets pushing propaganda to people who don’t know any better, should really think long and hard about their own aspirations in life.

    You really believe there are that many people jealous of this guy? Or jealous of Limbaugh or even Orielly?

    I would rather have rectal cancer than be anything like these tweeks!

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview
  • Sunnyr

    Both Jon Stewart AND the dickhead Letterman would cut off their left nut if they could be as popular as Glenn Beck. They are pathetic.

    And the “President” of the United States would cut off Michelle’s right one if he could have Becks Approval Ratings.

    lol! LOL!! Losers! See ya in November!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

    Sunnyr

    Yep, the losers probably haven’t watched Beck but rave on following their DNC cue cards and the libturd “trend is my friend” bias in the wasteland of the alphabet networks. I watch and like Stewart and like some of Beck, who is much better informed than the libturds staining this thread with their looney-tune shrieking and howling.

  • gammaray

    Well when someone as batshit insane like Beck is gaining more and more media attention we need someone like Stewart to speak out against him. Yes it might give Beck that tad more bit attention but the fact of the matter is he’s getting it whether or not Stewart says anything.

  • gammaray

    And no, it’s not jealousy. It’s Stewart speaking out against what he believes is poisoning this country, exactly what Beck does (no matter how absolutely ridiculous his views may be).

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

    Actually, Beck’s views on what’s poisoning the country are more cogent and focussed than the satirist and essentially superficial Stewart/Leibowitz. Stewart and Olbermann and even Maddow would KILL for the ratings which Beck gets at 5PM, and that’s why Beck LIVES IN THEIR EMPTY HEADS! Even O’Reilly & Hannity are looking back over their shoulders, and ol’ Miss fan Shep might also be a bit nervous.

    What’s really going on is that the MSM has cried wolf too many times and all the kings horses and men can’t put Glenn Beck out of his 5PM slot or get his radio show off the air. Perhaps his medical problems will, but I chuckle when the lefties on this board try to get the centrists banned for making sense. And what’s especially hilarious, TRRK saying one percent of the posters here would disagree with him about Michelle_K. Has he ever noticed how many red thumbs down he gets on EVERY demented post he puts up here?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Isidro-Garcia/1622148780 Isidro Garcia

    Why are conservatives intimidated by a guy on Comedy Central? I think Rick Sanchez is not the only thin-skinned one. Honestly though, if Glenn Beck’s show disappeared tomorrow, would anyones life be affected?
    I take that back, many people would have to think on their own.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Noa-Napoleon/100000196522640 Noa Napoleon

    What was it about the Jews of Christ’s day that made them accuse Christ of having a devil (John 8:52)?

    Learn this and you will never be confused by liberal propaganda again. Just prior to being accused of having a devil, Christ warns his audience that whosoever commits sin is a slave of sin, declaring in verse 36; that “if the Son shall make you free ye shall be free indeed!” The Jews, being hypocrites and no real patriots of the faith (producing nothing remotely resembling “Abraham’s works”), had wedged themselves against the truth to such a degree that they confused Christ for a devil. Beck and people like him are simply highlight the difference between true patriots of American liberty and the false patriots who like to think they are “of Abraham” etc. “He that is of God heareth God’s words, ye therefore hear them not because ye are not of God.” Liberals have the traditions of our fathers all confused in the same way the Jews had claimed to be patriots of Abraham but were proven to be anything but that. American liberty is being dismantled by just the sort of detractors that Christ encountered in his day….”Unto you who believe he is precious; but to the disobedient he is the stone which the builders rejected, a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, even unto them which stumble at the word, being disobedient whereunto they were appointed” (1 Peter 2:7-8). Liberals are stumbling at the promise of liberty because they do not share the faith of their fathers. They like the Jews prefer traditions of men above God’s commandments, this includes antinomian Christians who cower in the pews and wish only to be exported out of here! People who stumble at Beck are not of God. Unless of course of Beck resorts to tooting his own horn. Then I would simply write Beck off but this doesn’t mean the founders legacy is dead only that Beck is not with them any longer. In which case we move on! The fathers of American liberty would have likely supported Beck’s rally because it was genuine and because he was correct about the direction liberals are taking the country. They would have noted the widespread abuse of Congress in allowing unfunded mandates and skyrocketing debts, not to mention willful disregard for the law in how they treat so called minorities. They would have recognized how a nation of laws has suddenly become a nation of race, government handouts and power politics!!

    I’m sure the Jews who accused Christ of having a devil thought they were the only “sane” ones, which made killing him seem like a good thing I suppose. They were wrong about Christ, just as you poor lib’s are wrong about Mr. Beck! Lets hope Stewarts disciples have the sense not to try to openly crucify Beck, this would only solidify their place in the narrative as jealous detractors. I’m not holding my breadth on this. Some things are best left alone actually. Judas, after realizing he betraying the Lord, killed himself!!

  • WHarropson

    Noa Napoleon said:
    Noa Napoleon says:
    October 11, 2010 at 2:37 pm Noa Napoleon(Quote)
    1 0
    What was it about the Jews of Christ’s day that made them accuse Christ of having a devil (John 8:52)?

    Thanks for your insight.Noa. Well written.

  • Tedderman

    Good Lord Colby, get a room. Your love of the old Beckster is clearly evident.

  • Glackin

    Don’t you clowns get it? Stewart, a satirist (performer) was talking to Letterman, a talk-show host (performer) about the performance of Beck, a radio and TV host (performer). They were discussing his craft–how he presents his script to his audience. I heard no snarky comments, no jealousy. Your reviewer obviously had a point of view, and was only too quick to show it. Your commenters seem to feel that making someone’s name sound Jewish is either funny or insulting. That’s your schoolyard bullying

  • Rockycomet

    Noa Napolean-Equating Christ in any comparision to Beck has to be the most insane thing I have ever read in my entire life. If you insist on a comparison,Christ is King! Beck is something you scrap of the bottom of your shoe.

  • LarryB

    Noa Napoleon said:
    What was it about the Jews of Christ’s day that made them accuse Christ of having a devil (John 8:52)?

    Learn this and you will never be confused by liberal propaganda again.

    You are comparing Beck to Christ? Priceless.

    Noa Napoleon said:
    Unless of course of Beck resorts to tooting his own horn. Then I would simply write Beck off

    You do know Beck is getting paid for his show, don’t you? And you do know that he needs ratings to keep his show on the air? I will admit that Beck originally did seem to represent American patriots, but somewhere along the line he stumbled off that path and into theater of the absurd.

  • joe7

    Jon is still trying to clean his palete from when he went after Ed Schultz

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