Glenn Beck ‘has teared up’ during rehearsals, staffers say

[RedEarth]

Glenn Beck received a mix of mockery and intrigue last year after crying several times on camera during his Fox News program. Now, the conservative lightning rod's assistants reportedly say he sheds the occasional tear even while rehearsing for the show.

In a Post feature story about the controversial Fox host, Howard Kurtz writes, "Some staffers say they have watched rehearsals, on internal monitors, in which Beck has teared up or paused at the same moments as he later did during the show."

Observers have speculated that his crying may simply be an act to boost ratings. But according to the Chris Balfe, president of Beck's production company Mercury Radio Arts, the fact that Beck does it both on and off camera is a mark of his sincerity.

"Glenn reacts the same way to issues whether he knows people are watching or not, and is proud to show his emotions, unlike the cowardly, two-faced critics who hide behind anonymity," Balfe told Kurtz.

Beck has wept on his show when discussing his love for America and separately while pining for a "simpler time."

http://rawstory.com/2010/03/glenn-beck-cries-rehearsing-staffers/

A Network Divided: The Glenn Beck Factor

NEW YORK -- In just over a year,Glenn Beck's blinding burst of stardom has often seemed to overshadow the rest of Fox News.

And that may not be a good thing for the top-rated cable news channel, as many of its staffers are acutely aware.

With his celebrity fueled by a Time cover story, best-selling books, cheerleading role at protest rallies and steady stream of divisive remarks, Beck is drawing big ratings. But there is a deep split within Fox between those -- led by Chairman Roger Ailes -- who are supportive, and many journalists who are worried about the prospect that Beck is becoming the face of the network.

By calling President Obama a racist and branding progressivism a "cancer," Beck has achieved a lightning-rod status that is unusual even for the network owned by Rupert Murdoch. And that, in turn, has complicated the channel's efforts to neutralize White House criticism that Fox is not really a news organization. Beck has become a constant topic of conversation among Fox journalists, some of whom say they believe he uses distorted or inflammatory rhetoric and that undermines their credibility.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031500923.html

[quiet.american]

1. Whether the tears are real or faux, the plain truth is, he's nuts. nt

[Contrary1]

2. I'm sure he does...

Has to practice applying the Vick's, don't you know.

[spanone]

glenn beck...one of the people i care the least about on this planet

[corkhead]

3. Can't wait to see him "Beale out" on national tee vee

[gratuitous]

11. He's done that several times

The question is, if Beck's ratings continue to sag, whether Murdoch will execute the final solution from "Network" or just cancel his show.

[Bolo Boffin]

4. Practice makes perfect. n/t

[havocmom]

9. Nailed it!

[nebenaube]

5. Yeah

and I am Jesus :sarcasm:

[corpseratemedia]

6. cry baby cry

make your mother sigh
she's old enough to know better
so cry baby cry

[RedCloud]

7. If I got all that money for saying stupid shit, I'd cry too!

[Cleita]

8. Maybe he needs to get into therapy.

Could he be bi-polar and untreated? It seems there is something psycho going on in his head.

[hobbit709]

10. Say what?

"Beck has become a constant topic of conversation among Fox journalists, some of whom say they believe he uses distorted or inflammatory rhetoric and that undermines their credibility."

Faux "journalists" have credibility? Coulda fooled me.

[marmar]

12. He's nutz......

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bIgdS2M69H8/SZn-U9D9doI/AAAAAAAAAno/iB6SSaApqYw/s400/Crazy+Doesn%27t+Even+Begin+To+Cover+It.jpg

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. To be fair, my ears teared up blood when I heard this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJU9qWXuAM