ABC hires Glenn Beck as contributor to "Good Morning America"

[npincus]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/1401AP_TV_ABC_Beck.html

Yes, ABC, the folks that brought us RW fiction, "The Path to 9-11".

NEW YORK -- CNN Headline News and radio talk-show host Glenn Beck will join ABC's "Good Morning America" as a regular commentator, ABC News said Tuesday.

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"Glenn is a leading cultural commentator with a distinct voice," said Jim Murphy, senior executive producer of "Good Morning America." "At times, he is the perfect guest for many of the talk topics we cover on morning news programs."

CNN Headline News said Tuesday that Beck will make several single-topic specials this year, after a previous one - on Islamic extremism - set a ratings record for the network.

Beck will make specials on people who believe in the apocalypse, Islam in America and the "myths of global warming," the network said. The first will air in late February or early March.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Disney is outdoing itself in the hate department...

[blitzen]

2. great...Ignoramus G. Beck posing as expert on Islam

[villager]

3. ah, "The Myths of Global Warming." Way to go, Disney....

Too bad Disney World's still gonna get clobbered in the next few decades...

[TZ]

44. who needs a phD? I am on TV!

So I wonder if he even knows that CO2 is carbon dioxide. Nice to have people who have had 5 minutes of science pronounce they know everything! This is the same idiot that screamed that Steve Irwin got himself killed by swimming with the "deadly" stingrays which everybody knows kills thousands (6 deaths since 1969 check your facts you big blowhard..)

[Zodiak]

47. Wow...just six deaths?

I figured it was fairly rare, but you are talking roughly the incidence of getting struck by a metoer (well, actually, that stat is lower).

[TZ]

50. stingrays

Something like that 6-10 maybe a few more. Another one not too long ago actually. But it is very small which made what happened to him soo sad and tragic, really.

[hatrack]

54. After this, the Mouse deserves to drown

Toodles, ABC.

[gatorboy]

4. Tune in for Beck's latest special:

"Top 10 Ways to Lynch a Black Man." Brought to you by ABC and Nike!

[Mikey929]

15. To what do you refer?

I'm clueless as to what you're talking about. I've seen him a few times on CNN but that's about it. I did like his one-on-one interview with Danny Bonaduce.

[Zodiak]

53. Well, you missed the one...

where Beck asked a new Democratic United States Congressman to convince the audience that since he was Muslim that he wasn't an enemy of America.

Classic piece of hate-mongering and possession of absolute ignorance of his guest.

Beck has no business calling himself a journalist or a serious political commentator. He is thin on facts and big on bombacity, but he serves to add another hour to right-wing commentary to an already saturated market.

This paradigm of all-conservative hosts and conservative-leaning reporters on TV news is choking the life out of the public discourse. Of course, many would argue that is by design.

[Mikey929]

55. sorry

Sorry I missed that one. Sounds like a firestorm. lol

[underpants]

5. Good lord who or what did he catch these people doing?

There has to be some explanation for his getting a show on CNN and now ABC and it isn't talent or intellect...oh yeah that's right it's the "new truth".

[meegbear]

8. I'm sure Mark Halperin had something to do with it ...

the little bitch.

[gatorboy]

12. He's just saying what everyone is thinking...

And apparently America is thinking, "The brown people scare us."

Oy.

[itsmesgd]

6. drink the koolaid, drink the koolaid

So, I guess that ABC is going to join the whitehouse media company currently headed by faux news corp and their monkey/spokesperson snow-job. First they gave us the 9/11 crockumentary, now this.

[underpants]

9. Well ABC is completely off the list now

The NEW TRUTH is almost completely implimented

[Bitwit1234]

7. Got a link to ABC

I want to send this email.

You hired Glen Beck ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
My cat needs a job how about him.

[AspenRose]

10. Why hasn't he gone the way of Michael Savage, already?

They're both equally vicious and hateful....but MSNBC knew when to get rid of Savage.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. You would think, given the fact that voters turned away en masse from the right wing agenda

that the corporate media would offer consumers some choice-- instead of more of these loudmouthed fascist assholes.

Guess not.

[NewJeffCT]

13. They took the message as

They didn't work hard enough for Bush and the far right, so they need to be even more slanted.

[Junkdrawer]

20. This does tend to refute the "They're not proagandists....

they're only giving the public what they want" arguments.

Bullshit. They're catapulting propaganda because THAT'S more profitable to their corporate masters than reflecting the public's mood.

[lvasconcellos]

14. No, No

tell me it 'aint so... There goes another network:(

[npincus]

16. Contact ABC link:

http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html?cat=Good%20Morning%20America

from their web site, any others would be appreciated.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

19. Thank you!

One more reason to turn off ABC. :puke:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

31. Having trouble...

the "submit" button won't work for me -- anyone get through okay??

[PA Democrat]

39. I had the exact same problem.

I guess they really VALUE our input. :sarcasm:

[npincus]

40. you're right! those shits...

[npincus]

42. email to complain about DEAD form here!!!

[e-mail]

let's see if they fix their dead "submit" button.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

62. As of 3:07 pm pacific time...

that submit button still doesn't work! :rofl:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

64. Still dead....

this morning. I guess they REALLY don't want to hear just how much we hate Glenn Beck. :D

[devilgrrl]

60. "Summit" button won't work

How convenient!

[bluethruandthru]

17. Why do all these radio deejays think they're qualified to tell the

rest of us what to think? I remember the first time I heard talk radio,(many years ago) the host was pretty much a facilitator and the callers and guests were the show. The host kept things moving but didn't give his or her opinion.
Glenn Beck was a radio DJ until he decided to parrot Rush's "success". I think that's where most of these boneheads came from. They found out what a big market there was for hate.

[angstlessk]

18. Whose 'dick' has beck sucked to get all these jobs? I cannot believe it!

And Michael Moore cannot get a forum because why????? exactly??????

[SoCalDem]

21. That must be some contract he has with CNN to allow him to also work for ABC

Can we also assume that a liberal will have equal time to present some facts??

Oooh., that must have been a small stroke I just had there.... Cue Emily Litella

[itsmesgd]

23. no contract. it's all one big neocon cabal.

[piedmont]

22. Not since 2000 has so little talent risen so quickly to such heights...

WHAT are these people SEEING in this idiot? Damn, I even said that in 2000!

[devilgrrl]

25. Gives one an appreciation for the likes of Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson...

doesn't it?

[piedmont]

29. Well, they're at least sorta talented, and pretty

and they keep finding new ways of making fools of themselves without anyone dying because of it. Those other guys though-- not so much.

[specimenfred1984]

24. ABC: Assinine Bushbot Christofascists

At this point in the history of U.S. propaganda, I say let the frauds waste millions on their lies to keep the dumbed-downed Disney cretins hatefully happy.

They will continue to package these bigoted frauds in every different suit/hairdoo they can until it's not profitable anymore to present a constant stream of canards, it's called corporate propaganda. One of the best ways to expose them is to give them airtime, like when Lameballs went of on his racist tirade about the African-American football quarterback.

Every educated American and world citizen is aware of these pigs now, a number of people so huge that the dwindling impact of propaganda isn't worth the money wasted on it anymore. So, I'm of the opinion that it's a good thing they are wasting their millions on fools.

[stillcool]

26. Good for them...

they deserve him. ABC is persona non grata in my house, and so is he. Birds of a feather flocking together.

[Future Principal]

27. Wow. . .that right wing putz Walt disney would be so happy.

now, all they need is michael savage to round out the racism and everything's set for the "New ABC". . .America's Bigotted Channel.

[Cha]

28. The corporate media is trying Hard

to counteract the growing dissent of Fascism in America.

Why wouldn't they hire someone who speaks for the truth if they weren't trying to promote corporate LIES. bushit lies?

[LTR]

30. Gee, ABC really has tact, don't they?

And this is right after "the Spocko incident":

http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/01/wrath-of-spocko.html

[zbdent]

32. So, who will ABC hire to represent the "right"

now that they have hired someone to "represent the moderate left" ...

Oh, by the way - :sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:

[BayCityProgressive]

33. Good

this will hasten the collapse of the mainstream media. The only people who watch these channels now are the Bushbots anyways. Everyone I know takes the MSM with a huge grain of salt.

[SlowDownFast]

34. Ahhh. His days are numbered.

So is every other RW shill and radio/tv network.

They'll always be around, but ratings will suck for all of them for a long time.

[Virginia Dare]

35. Hey, ABC remember when you ...

had the brilliant idea about putting Rush Limbaugh on Monday night football. Remember how well that worked out for you? I would imagine this fat racist no talent fuck will be just as productive for you.

[Guaranteed]

36. WHY?

Just stupid.

[Beaverhausen]

37. Beck must have a really good agent

[Capn Amerika]

38. Come on you guys give Lumpy a break.

I heard Lumpy turned to alcohol after the Beav was killed in VietNam. It's great Lumpy got a slot on one of the Big Three. Now he can shout those bigoted, fifties values that Amerika has forgotten about.

[judaspriestess]

41. hilarious and disgusting

so they hire this asswipe to commentate his 'morality' but yet they have racy shows like desperate housewives and whatever the hell they have on there. I haven't watched abc in years. I only watch nbc for jeopardy. I stick to cable

HYPOCRITES

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. I see hate pays

perhaops I have to rethink my way of making a living

Wait, I can sleep now, I woudl not otherwise.

But on a serious note, this is why we need a fairness dorctrine

[Poiuyt]

45. Is Glenn Beck really that popular?

I can't believe his brand of hate media would resonate with most of America. Some people yes, but not the majority. But I'm guessing that CNN wouldn't keep him and ABC wouldn't have hired him if he wasn't getting an audience.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

46. No.

CNN headline news' ratings are down 40% from when their looping news with Glenn Beck.

I'm guessing he wanted this ABC job because his work with CNN isn't going to last much longer.

[specimenfred1984]

48. "Good Morning Brainwashed Death Marchers"!

"Here's a chimpbot to feed your hate along with that coffee!"

[tblue37]

49. Um, didn't he just insult a new congressman and an entire religion by

saying Rep. Ellison had to prove he wasn't an enemy of the people, since he was a Muslim?

CNN's Beck to first-ever Muslim congressman: "What I feel like saying is, 'Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies' "
http://mediamatters.org/items/200611150004

[Poiuyt]

56. He also said that he wanted to murder Michael Moore

[ruiner4u]

59. Radio host Glenn Beck "thinking about killing Michael Moore"

....Clear Channel radio host Glenn Beck said he was "thinking about killing Michael Moore" and pondered whether "I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it," before concluding: "No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out -- is this wrong?"....


http://mediamatters.org/items/200505180008


Good job good morning america!...

[MrPrax]

51. Matt Taibbi nails these guys

...not much difference between Friedman and Beck at the end of the day...

THE LOW POST: Hussein in the Membrane

by Matt Taibbi

"... Remember that this war was cooked up by American bureaucrats, people who know an awful lot more about bowling than they do about Islam. True, there were a few genuine lunatics involved in dreaming up the invasion -- that crazy fraternity of neocon academics, wanna-be revolutionaries who spent the whole 1990s bitter about Clinton and wired on coffee and Goldwater biographies, waiting for their Big Chance. Those people came up with the specific details of the Iraq plan (when, where, ostensibly why) and it's doubtful that anyone else but a lunatic could have dreamed up those particulars, since their logic generally eludes the sane and the normal.

But the engine behind this entire escapade was really the great mass of ordinary Beltway apparatchiks and media creatures who cheerfully assented once the idea squirted out of Bush's mouth. You're talking about a bunch of half-bright golfers from the Virginian suburbs, people raised on Archie comics and fuzzy patriotic platitudes and old saws gleaned from William Holden war movies and their postwar corporate-executive dads. They went for the war because people they trusted told them it was a good idea, and some of them even ended up running parts of the operation, either in Iraq or in positions of responsibility here at home.

Tom Friedman is the oracle of this crowd, the tormented fat kid with a wedgie who got smart in his high school years and figured out that all he had to do to be successful was shamelessly and relentlessly flatter his Greatest-Generation parents, stroke their outdated prejudices, sell them on the idea that the entire aim of the modernization process is the spreading of their amazing legacy through the use of space-age technology.

...

This is just a modern take on the same old bullshit rap that traveling salesmen all over America have been laying on wide-eyed yokels at 99 Steak Houses and Howard Johnsons hotel bars for decades: So I was having lunch with Jack Welch at the Four Seasons last week when I heard about this amazing opportunity.... And these middle-manager types who live in Midwestern cubicles or in the bowels of some federal bureaucracy in Maryland eat it up: They buy every one of Friedman's books, treat his every word like gospel and before you know it they're all talking about Israeli politics and "the situation" in Yemen or Turkey or wherever like they're experts.

Rolling Stone

[Jacobin]

58. Wow. Excoriated

:thumbs:
I love his writing

[Blue_Tires]

65. brilliant n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

52. Dear Lord...

Oh well, guess I won't be watching ABC any more. WTF???

[Clyde39]

57. ABC----final nail in the coffin

The controversial 9/11 film and now this!

[redacted]

61. Guess I won't be recording GMA any more on my new dual-tuner Tivo

which I bought at a rockbottom price so I could start uploading TV news excerpts to YouTube and our Video Forum.

Anybody have an idea for another show to record in that time slot?

[tomreedtoon]

63. Recommend this thread and slam him hard!

Keep track of everything Beck says and nail him when he spreads his lies and prejudice.

And while you're at it, do the same thing to Rosie O'Donnell. She isn't as important a target, but she's also pretentious and a blowhard. (I don't care about her politics; she's embarassing even if she is a lesbian "activist" and is fighting Trump.)