Beck’s Holocaust comments prompt Fox News meeting

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/becks-holocaust-comments-prompt-fox-news-meeting

Fox News host Glenn Beck is known for generating controversy on television and the radio. But some Jewish leaders recently felt Beck went too far, and made their grievances known to Fox News chief executive Roger Ailes.

Simon Greer, chief executive of Jewish Funds for Justice, told The Upshot that when Greer approached them, Ailes and senior vice president Joel Cheatwood agreed that Beck crossed the line in comparing Greer's worldview to that of the Nazis and promised to speak with Beck about the matter.

Two days later, Greer said he received a handwritten letter from Beck.

The Upshot learned of the July 26 meeting and Fox's response to Beck's comments through an email Greer sent to key supporters and allies of his organization. Greer confirmed the authenticity of the email which was passed along to The Upshot by a source.

[KamaAina]

1. Looks like Godwin's Law applies to Beckkk, too

:nopity:

[Jackpine Radical]

2. BFD

(Beck is a Fucken Dolt.)

[Contrary1]

3. Looks like the typical Repub non-apology to me

"...Greer said he wouldn't categorize the letter as an apology, he said that Beck explained he'd been informed of the organization's s concerns and took them very seriously."

:eyes:

[slampoet]

4. The "I'm sorry your inferior ethnic feelings got hurt by me being an excellent American." apology

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5. Offend publicly; apologize privately

Very, very privately. If at all.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Excellent analysis.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Beck is only sorry he got called on what he said..he sure as hell is not sorry he said it.

[Hawkeye-X]

8. Dream...

Ailes: Thank you for coming Glenn.
Beck: You betcha!
Ailes: Glenn, I'm sorry, but we have to let you go. Please sign this NDA.
Beck: WTF?! *curses like a sailor* I AM NOT GOING TO SIGN THiS!
Ailes: OK, no golden parachutes then.
Beck: *continues cursing* *starts throwing random objects at Ailes*
.....

[RamboLiberal]

9. Fox News SVP Disagrees with Account of Beck Meeting

A senior Fox News executive is refuting the account we posted earlier today of a meeting between Roger Ailes and Simon Greer of Jewish Funds for Justice regarding comments Glenn Beck made about the holocaust.

Fox News SVP of Development Joel Cheatwood tells TVNewser, "Never did we talk about Glenn 'crossing the line.'"

Cheatwood says that during the meeting, he and Ailes explained Beck's perspective that the holocaust is one of the worst events in history and should be handled with a tremendous amount of sympathy. They reinforced that everyone in the media needs to be sensitive around this topic.

Cheatwood said he felt it was an "honest, open, dignified meeting," and that Greer's account as it appeared in the Yahoo! article "didn't bear any resemblance to the truth." "The story basically -- as I read it -- indicated that Roger Ailes and myself had agreed with Greer," he told us.

"We absolutely stood behind Glenn Beck 1000%," he said.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/fox_news_svp_disagrees_with_account_of_beck_meeting_169662.asp

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10. they'll do the same when he yells the 'n' word on the air

he's a dangerous thing.