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Title: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: spuwho on April 06, 2011, 09:15:37 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/glenn-becks-fox-show-going-off-air/2011/04/06/AFSojpqC_video.html

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Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: cityimrov on April 06, 2011, 09:44:39 PM
I think Beck has such a loyal audience he can start a premium channel and have a good portion of them watch him.  From a business perspective, if he can get those viewers to pay something like $14.95/month, he has a good shot in creating an isolated well guarded channel that nobody can touch in terms of content and editing.  This would be Glenn Beck, uncensored & unedited. 
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: hillary supporter on April 06, 2011, 09:58:15 PM
Quote from: cityimrov on April 06, 2011, 09:44:39 PM
I think Beck has such a loyal audience he can start a premium channel and have a good portion of them watch him.  From a business perspective, if he can get those viewers to pay something like $14.95/month, he has a good shot in creating an isolated well guarded channel that nobody can touch in terms of content and editing.  This would be Glenn Beck, uncensored & unedited.  
If he can get those viewers to pay a monthly charge, that's the question. But his cancellation was due mainly to his calling the president a racist. Evidently, it was the end of the line for his advertisers also and Fox ended it. Good riddance!
I was worried about those invest in gold ads disappearing. Guess they lost their "nerves"

Roger Ailes  dismissed the financial impact of the boycott but expressed some frustration with it.

"Advertisers who get weak-kneed because some idiot on a blog site writes to them and says we need to stifle speech, I get a little frustrated by that," he said.
Oh yeah, you tell em Roger!
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: buckethead on April 06, 2011, 10:37:02 PM
Many conservatives are as opposed to Beck's fear mongering and hyperbole as much as any lib.

At least one is, anyway...  8)

My Padre-in-law thinks he's the shiznat. I gently disagree and offer alternatives, but there may be no curtailing the curmudgeon effect.
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: jcjohnpaint on April 06, 2011, 11:12:20 PM
Quote from: cityimrov on April 06, 2011, 09:44:39 PM
I think Beck has such a loyal audience he can start a premium channel and have a good portion of them watch him.  From a business perspective, if he can get those viewers to pay something like $14.95/month, he has a good shot in creating an isolated well guarded channel that nobody can touch in terms of content and editing.  This would be Glenn Beck, uncensored & unedited. 

It can be fanatical TV!
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: wsansewjs on April 07, 2011, 01:30:58 AM
That would be AWESOME! MORE GLENN BECK CONTENTS! So we can make fun of him by photoshopping him, animating him in a GIF, making spoofs of videos, etc. The more, the merrier!

-Josh
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: Garden guy on April 07, 2011, 06:14:05 AM
He's an idiot who spreads republican lies...good by Beck.
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: BridgeTroll on April 07, 2011, 06:40:47 AM
Glen Beck??  I need to google this guy...
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: copperfiend on April 07, 2011, 08:17:23 AM
Declining ratings. Losing sponsors. A bad mix.
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: ChriswUfGator on April 07, 2011, 08:46:29 AM
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: Captain Zissou on April 07, 2011, 08:56:04 AM
QuoteMany conservatives are as opposed to Beck's fear mongering and hyperbole as much as any lib.

I agree.  When he FIRST started his show, I loved to listen to how un PC he was.  After a while, it was definitely fear mongering and manipulation of his mentally deficient audience.  It reminded me of the evil news broadcaster from V for Vendetta.  That always gave me an eerie feeling.
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: BridgeTroll on April 07, 2011, 09:04:57 AM
To even things up... NBC canned Matt Lauer... :D
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: danem on April 07, 2011, 10:55:15 AM
Quote from: hillary supporter on April 06, 2011, 09:58:15 PM
Quote from: cityimrov on April 06, 2011, 09:44:39 PM
I think Beck has such a loyal audience he can start a premium channel and have a good portion of them watch him.  From a business perspective, if he can get those viewers to pay something like $14.95/month, he has a good shot in creating an isolated well guarded channel that nobody can touch in terms of content and editing.  This would be Glenn Beck, uncensored & unedited.  
If he can get those viewers to pay a monthly charge, that's the question. But his cancellation was due mainly to his calling the president a racist. Evidently, it was the end of the line for his advertisers also and Fox ended it. Good riddance!
I was worried about those invest in gold ads disappearing. Guess they lost their "nerves"

Roger Ailes  dismissed the financial impact of the boycott but expressed some frustration with it.

"Advertisers who get weak-kneed because some idiot on a blog site writes to them and says we need to stifle speech, I get a little frustrated by that," he said.
Oh yeah, you tell em Roger!


He didn't come across quite as loony until after he moved to Fox news. It's like he was given a license to go off the deep end or something.
Title: Re: Glenn Beck ends his Fox show
Post by: copperfiend on April 07, 2011, 12:04:46 PM
He's just an act. Preying on the vulnerable and misinformed.