Is Glenn Beck going to lose his Fox News show? Is he a passing trend on his way out now? Or is there something to him?
The mainstream media has been reporting with glee that Glenn Beck may be leaving his Fox News show for a web-only show or his own cable station. Beck's detractors are hoping he is imploding and this is the end of his superstardom in politics. There have been signs of friction between Beck and Fox News, and the network will not confirm whether his contract will be renewed in December.
The left is terrified of Beck. He has become one of the biggest leaders in the conservative movement. His enemies have responded by trying to force him out of his Fox News show. The far left group Color of Change organized a boycott of the show in 2009 after Beck called Obama a racist. The group claims that 300 advertisers have left, including Wal-Mart, Geico and Sprint. Liberal rabbis took out a full page ad in the Washington Post earlier this year asking Fox News to sanction Beck over critical statements he had made about them. Some Christian conservatives have kept quiet instead of defending him because of his Mormon faith. His theological differences with mainstream Christians occasionally surface on his television show.
The Glenn Beck Show has become one of the top cable news shows in just a few years. Unlike other prominent conservative talk show hosts, Beck educates his audience about our country's history and philosophical foundations. He has figured out how to do so in a way that appeals to even our younger generations with their shorter attention spans. He wisely puts on many shows discussing Tea Party concerns that have become front and center over the past couple of years; hammering on the dangers of our expanding debt and deficits that risk economic doom if something does not change. He frequently lays into far left activists and exposes their seedy connections, unafraid to connect the dots when it comes to real conspiracies. His honest, folksy style of speaking with its sense of urgency, accompanied by unusual camera angles, invitingly draws viewers in. People from all walks of life easily identify with him due to his troubled past, which includes overcoming alcoholism, drug addiction and the suicide of his mother when he was only 13.
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Glenn Beck will continue to be a conservative media superstar. Whether or not he stays with Fox is not important. His audience will go wherever he is, and he’ll be a prominent fixture on the Right for as long as he wants to be. It’s likely that he’s figured out that he can be as effective if he creates his own channel or operates online as he can be with a more conventional network. There’s always a bright future for a fervent ideologue who knows how to entertain.
It does not really matter what happens to Glenn Beck any more than it does for any other TV personality. His show and his books have a half life that cooresponds with those he opposes. Maybe he will find a new outlet, but as Obama continues to fade so will Mr. Beck. The same goes for many other personalitys.
The left has much to be concerned about with Beck. He seems to have the Pied Piper ability to influence the middle section of America’s population. The problem that should worry the left is that he is using drab things that work, like the Constitution and common sense. I personally don’t care for his method of delivery of the message but I do like his message. In my opinion this is why he has such a large stage and it will continue to grow as obama and/or the left sends our country down the tubes from an economic point of view. Beck, like business. if he is not growing he is dying. For him to leave Fox is immaterial. Glenn believes that he has been given his stage to help turn this country around and does not care if he fades into oblivion once the task is done. This is a scary scenario for the liberals because they have no figure that they can put up to give any rebuttal to Beck. Their arguments are always based on feelings and not real world, cold, hard, facts and the American public is slowly awakening to how they have been sold a bill of goods that they can’t pay for. It will be entertaining to watch it play out especially if you agree with Beck’s positions.
In my opinion Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes,and Prince Alwaleed
put mounting pressure on Beck. Beck still has a respectable audince but can seed the hand writing on the wall. His audience owes Glen Beck for bringing out the truth behind the curtin. Breaking down the Obama mystique, the organization, the deception, and of course the man behind the people Obama hires. He exposed a real menace to society George Soros and showed us just how dangerious he really is. Last but not least he showed us the way back to God. We should all thank Glen Beck for trying to save our country, I hope he never stops.