Glenn Beck Opens Show Confirming That He Will Be Leaving His Fox News Program

Glenn Beck opened today’s show confirming earlier reports that he would be leaving his 5PM program “later this year.” He also confirmed that he “was not leaving Fox” then teased a larger explanation to come later in the episode, before reminding his viewers that his show is about bigger issues than “what’s the big chunky guy on TV going to do with his future.” Bigger issues like…our country’s future, the Tunisian uprising and Franz Ferdinand.

Its been a stunning day for Fox News and Glenn Beck — and for those of us in the media criticism and aggregation game as well. Beck’s deeper explanation of his future plans, both at Fox News and within his own well established media empire, will be forthcoming in a later post. Until then, see what he has to say below, courtesy of Fox News below:

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