Media Matters: Will Glenn Beck's The Blaze follow Breitbart's trail?
Glenn Beck has a three-hour radio show, a one-hour television show, regular guest slots on Fox News and Fox Business, and a subscription website. Still, he doesn't have enough hours in the day for some of the "stories that matter most."
"I hired some journalists because there are stories I don't have enough broadcast hours in a day to cover them and somebody has got to cover them," Beck told viewers on September 1 while discussing his new online media site, The Blaze.
Anyone remotely familiar with Beck knows he's notoriously thin-skinned, resulting in copious amounts of time defending himself and his brand. So it's little surprise that the topic most important to Glenn Beck's The Blaze is Glenn Beck.
Within several days after launching, some of the site's stories include such page-scrollers as "NY Times Columnist on Beck: 'I Underestimated the Man,'" "Columnist: Sharpton, Not Beck, Distorts MLK's Legacy," and "Slideshow: Newspaper Coverage of 8/28."
If Beck confines his website to "Glenn is great" stories, then there's ultimately no harm, no foul. But in an "exclusive" press release -- or what Mediaite refers to as an "article" -- about the site, Beck said he envisions The Blaze as having "reporting, insightful opinions and engaging videos about the stories that matter most ... I look forward to keeping [editor] Scott [Baker] and his team busy by sending countless ideas at 3am every morning." (So far, "insight" and "reporting" have been lacking.)
As Media Matters has documented, the conservative web has tried its hand at "reporting, insightful opinions, and engaging videos" -- and done it badly.
Exhibit A comes in the form of Andrew Breitbart, who -- in the words of Shep Smith -- runs a "widely discredited website" that posts "inaccurate" and "edited" videos. Breitbart, of course, was widely criticized for posting misleading videos about ACORN, and then came back for an encore by posting another deceptive tape, this time wrongly accusing former USDA official Shirley Sherrod of racism. Those two incidents are the most high-profile of a long rap sheet against Breitbart.
How does Glenn Beck feel about Andrew Breitbart? You don't have to read between any lines to see that Beck views him as an inspiration -- one of the "great journalists of our time" and a future chapter in history books:
- "You [Andrew Breitbart] are in instrumental in changing America. I think the history books will - I mean, assuming that our side wins - the history book will reflect your service to the country." (February 12, Fox News)
- "Thank goodness, BigGovernment.com and Andrew Breitbart are always watching, as are we." (December 7, 2009, Fox News)
- "You know where the great journalists of our time are? Andrew Breitbart. I was just thinking when I was listening to this, I mean this Andrew. You are the only one -- you were the only one, besides watchdogs, that were really aggressively working behind the scenes with us on Van Jones." (September 10, radio)
- "Andrew Breitbart brought this to my attention. He called me the other day. And I wanted to bring it to your attention - the National People's Action group. This action group - this is yet another community organizing group that makes ACORN look like a Sunday morning, you know, knitting clutch." (May 4, Fox News)
- "Well, Andrew Breitbart from Breitbart.com brought this video to my attention, and I've got to show it to you. We'll show it all tomorrow. But this is SEIU's president Andy Stern on the real motives of the unions." (March 2, Fox News)
As Media Matters has documented, Beck has frequently turned to Breitbart for stories and inspiration. Indeed, Beck was perhaps the media figure most responsible for pushing the ACORN story into the mainstream.
So when it came to launching his own site, Beck turned to one of Breitbart's top lieutenants, Scott Baker, who co-founded Breitbart.tv and served as vice president for business development at Breitbart.com. Under Baker, Breitbart.tv launched a litany of false and misleading videos and stories against progressives, such as smearing Department of Education staffer Kevin Jennings and posting a doctored video falsely claiming community organizers were "praying" to Obama.
Breitbart also hired Pam Key who, as Terry Krepel noted, is the activist behind the Breitbart-promoted operation Naked Emperor News. Key's videos are notorious for attacking the Obama administration while omitting necessary context (a la Breitbart).
After the Sherrod fiasco blew up in Breitbart's face, MSNBC.com's First Read blog wrote, "you would have thought that all of us in the ACTUAL news business would have learned this lesson about Andrew Breitbart and his protégés: They're not out for the truth; they're out for scalps."
Similarly, if Glenn Beck's track record on television and radio isn't enough to disqualify his new website as anything other than a dubious exercise in new media, surely his Breitbart-infused vision of "great" new media journalism is.
Dick Morris: Fox News' traveling GOP salesman
Fox News "political analyst" Dick Morris is a busy man. According to The Hill, Morris plans "to campaign for some 40 Republican congressional candidates in 2010."
Last month, for instance, Morris hit the campaign trail for Ohio congressional candidates Bill Johnson, Bob Gibbs, and Tom Ganley. The event reportedly featured a 5 p.m. "private reception and roundtable discussion with Morris, costing $2,400 a person. The cost also includes a photo with Morris and an autographed copy of his latest book, '2010: Take Back America.' It costs $500 a person for a private reception, photo and book signing at 5:45 p.m."
Morris also headlined a fundraiser for congressional candidate Scott Tipton, costing a minimum of $50 per person, with a "special VIP reception" at $500 per person.
None of the GOP fundraising and advocacy would be possible -- or even relevant -- if not for one important party: Fox News.
Consider, for instance, how Morris' appearance at an event for West Virginia congressional candidate David McKinley was described this week at the very top of a local TV station's 6 p.m. newscast:
"A Fox News commentator is here in the mid-Ohio valley for a local candidate."
The station then aired video of McKinley explaining why he brought in Morris: "I think people that have followed Fox News and get a lot of their news that way, maybe this is something that they can relate to. But this man has a national voice that understands this economy."
Indeed, throughout events across the country, Morris is often sold by touting his Fox News affiliation.
Morris' off-air boosterism is only compounded by the fact that he continues it on-air. Recently, Morris suggested that viewers donate to the anti-Harry Reid group Americans for New Leadership -- a group for which Morris is currently fundraising and helping with ad strategy. In February, the Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania paid Morris $10,000 for speaking at its 2010 Lincoln Day Dinner. Following the payment, Morris repeatedly appeared on Fox News to discuss Pennsylvania politics and shill for Pennsylvania Republicans and causes. And Morris appeared on Fox News twice to tout then-Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum -- after hosting a pricey fundraiser for him. In none of the previously mentioned incidents did Morris disclose his ties.
Still, Fox News doesn't appear to care about any of Morris' GOP activism despite the fact that he's one of the channel's most frequent on-air commentators. According to a Nexis search of available Fox News programs -- this typically excludes Fox & Friends and daytime programming -- Morris has appeared on Fox News a whopping 110 times in the past year.
This weekly wrap-up was compiled by Media Matters research fellow Eric Hananoki.
All else is simply one enormous, screeching hissy fit thrown by that pudgy perv.
You're right, the really good, pointed criticism is going to come when Beck actually starts posting unique stories, but it seems to me that it's never a bad idea to point out that the prospects for Beck's new site are not at all encouraging.
It's amazing that the same people who can be spoon-fed the flimsy connections and ridiculous conspiracy theories that Beck deals in can't understand an item like this.
Hell, he is just a bald-faced liar.
If you refuse to see that, then youre guilty of purposefully dodging the obvious, and have no one but your own lack of conviction (let alone your own lack of independant-thought) to blame for it.
If you insist on beleiving obvious lies from a proven and repeated liar like Beck, well, then you must just want to believe what he says no matter what, despite what is clear and obvious. He can tell you the sun rises in the west, and you would believe it. You are more insterested in effect, rather than substance. Thats called cognitive dissonace luv, and you guys really make such an embarassing display of it.
Beck lies straight through his chapped and yellowed teeth, and for some reason, his mindless following just accepts itwithout question. Even when he openly contradicts himself, they accept it. They pretend to be grass-roots and spontaneous, but they are really just mindless clones parroting anything he says and does.
Its no coincidence that Beck didnt allow his clones to bring their own signs to his rally (proof that he knows they are just as much a liability as his big fat ignorant mouth is.) So much for freedom of expression.
But just try something. It involves a little bit of thinking, so it might hurt, but give yourself some time to take it all in.
Consider that, while Glenn has raged and raged against Churches that preach Social Justice, and while he has repeated that terms like compassion and tolerance are buzzwords for communism, he seeks to co-opt the image and work of Dr. King for his own insidious purposes.
Now, think hard, what do you think Dr. King preached in the Churches that hosted him? Care to go do a little archival footwork?
If you cant see the irony and contradiction of that fact, then you have made an effort to be ignorant, and I am sorry that your brain-washing holds so soundly. Michael Tavesser would be jealous.
We can go on and on, for instance the fact that Beck described Nazi advocate Liz Dilling as doing the SAME THING he does, simply because (without knowing her connection to Hitler) he saw his same ideas in her book, and recognized them as his own... from his mouth to the gods ears!
What about the fact that, only months before Obama attempted to reform Healthcare, Beck claimed that his own experiences with his own very wealthy, high dollar insurer, completely devastated him (as he said it would devastate ANYONE on private insurance.) Just months after his "Healthcare Nightmare" (his own words), he tried to make Obama look like a Nazi for trying to reform the system... thats just a skoash disingenuous. Hell, as far as Beck is concerned, Healthcare reform leads to a holocaust.
(Because according to Beck, the Nazis were not interested in purity of race, religion, heritage or nation... they didnt target gays or minorities or immigrants... they made healthcare reform their mission, right?... thats how Triblinka happened, right?)
I could go on and on, but I am sure your denial mechanisms are firmly in place. Your master would be proud.
Have fun standing on the wrong side of history pal... but trust me, in your own lifetime, you will see what a hideous sham you are supporting.
Really?
WOW Bludog! Its scary how quickly your own denial mechanisms snap right into action. You just cant accept solid fact as solid fact, can you? Pity dear..., a mind really is a terrible thing to waste.
While I dont think its good to pander to your self-deception, you might as well come to grips with some difficult truths.
FACT- Glenn Beck has repeatedly stated that Churches which teach social justice are actually breeding grounds for communism or nazism. He explicitly exhorted his listeners to leave churches that taught social/economic justice.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/08/glenn-beck-urges-listeners-to-leave-churches-that-preach-social/
FACT- Dr. MLK (whose legacy Beck just tried to co-opt and pervert for his own disingenuous agenda), explicitly taught the doctrines of social and economic justice in the churches which hosted him. I am not even going to bother googling it for you.
Now, try to wrap your little noodle around this one, just watch the clip at the bottom of the article in the link below.
http://gawker.com/5337306/glenn-beck-was-against-the-american-health-care-system-before-he-was-for-it
Did you watch it? Okay, now consider this.
FACT- Glenn beck has repeatedly likened Healthcare Reform to the Holocaust. This is not only an absurdity that only a true moron with absolutely NO understanding of history would swallow, its a direct insult to the very people who were actually murdered in the Holocaust.
Now, finally, look at Becks own transcript for his own show in this link.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41526/
Now, once the link above loads up, look halfway down the page, and you’ll see a picture of Glenn holding a book called THE RED NETWORK in his fat, greasy fingers. Notice that the caption under this pic contains a link to Amazon so you can buy this book in a snap.
Now, look at the name of the person who wrote this book, Elizabeth Dilling.
FACT- Elizabeth Dilling was an open and militant Nazi advocate. Look her up.
How very nice for Beck to call Healthcare Reform a move towards nazism when he continues to help promote the sale of Dillings book right on his own website. He might as well include a link to his favorite quotes from Mein Kampf.
These arent just opinions Doggy, they are explicit material facts that are all on the record, and which none of your wishful thinking will ever change. Sorry pal, youll have to come to terms with that truth one way or another (do some push-ups, go jogging, try scream therapy, whatever..., but do yourself a favor and come to terms with it.)
At the end of the day Doggy, all you have shown is how ready you are to deny the undeniable. Cognitive dissonace makes a good clone, you master must be proud.
I feel sorry for you... as with the rest of the Glenn-droids, its not just that you wont admit the truth, its that you truly want (even hunger) to buy into a bunch of obvious lies from a mendacious con-man simply because it appeases a politically driven lunacy which thinly veils your own prejudices...
... Alas! The Tea Baggers burden.
Cover for blasting Beck? Are you serious?
So pointing out Becks own words, his own actions, his own contradictions, his own footage, his own history and even his own website is a cover to you?
Well, your master must be very, very proud.
Not everyone can withstand material truth with such stamina as you do bludog,..., but for the record, thats not really a positive quality.
Perhaps the name blucow is a more appropriate handle... mooo! mooo! Keep in line with the herd!
It takes some serious effort to be that self-delusive. Beck should give you a little gold-star. Better yet, you should join Strong City... they need more unquestioning, unreasoning amnesiacs in the ranks.
But honestly, do you really think that Becks outstanding and VERY self-evident history of lying, slander, hyperbole and outright insanity has no relevance to his credibility, let alone to the marvelous BLAZE website which you are so poorly defending by god-knows-what absurd enchantment?
You obviously are not interested in factual anything, if you honestly think that the bizarrely weak argument you are offering somehow extricates Beck from his own behavior. By all standards, thats pretty pathetic.
Beck must be pretty darn special to you if you can compromise your own intelligence that way.
I dont see how you think your weird argument has any substance... but then again, since you can so easily dismiss the reality for which Beck is, himself, responsible, you obviously are not interested in substance, just in surfaces.
Seriously, what you have posted above (despite its contrived and unconvincing facade of transcendence) does not even being to pose a workable argument. Its just you plugging your ears and burying your head under a very transparent mask.
Anyhow, Happy Labor Day... hope you are enjoying the weekend!
Anything with his mark on it is at best misinformed, but more often is deliberately (even vicously)mendacious.
That isnt an opinion, its a verifiable fact... one proven over and over again by Beck himself. Just because you decide to foolishly ignore that truth, dont expect the rest of us to do as well.
Look, you have no one but Beck to thank for this reputation. If you want his name to be taken more seriously, call him on his show and tell him to quit lying, backtracking and contradicting himself so much.
As for your childish attempt to separate the REAL SOLID FACTS about Glenns behavior and history from his brand new shiny website... its a very stupid argument, and you really look a mess trying to peddle it.
Its like youre saying Just because the convicted predator is a repeat offender, there is no reason to be suspicious of his brand new windowless van... he calls it BLAZE!!!!
I dont need to see much more from Beck only to learn that, yet again, this conniving charlatan has people like you completely under his spell.
So as you promised, move on oh Dodgey one. Your time might be better spent earning your degree in Charity from Beck U, than pretending to have an open mind on a subject over which you are (clearly) more than just brainwashed.
Since Glenn Beck is the LIAR, they are calling HIM out. This is not rocket science.
Your STRAWMAN, weasel, is that MMFA was attempting to call out the site for lies that haven't happened yet... but they weren't. Doofus.
This alone lets you know that Glenda says things to increase his ratings. If he really believed what he said about the president, he would have stuck to his position and supported it with some kind of facts. He couldn't, so he had to say that the president believes in liberation theology.
Glenda's main goal is the accumulation of lots and lots of money.
This alone lets you know that Glenda says things to increase his ratings. If he really believed what he said about the president, he would have stuck to his position and supported it with some kind of facts. He couldn't, so he had to say that the president believes in liberation theology.
Glenda's main goal is the accumulation of lots and lots of money.
And stop pretending that you want MMFA to succeed. You want anything but that.
But they weren't TRYING to call out lies on a new site. They were trying, and succeeding, to call out a serial misinformer!
There sure IS something to point out - that a serial misinformer has now created a new venue from which he can spew disinformation.
And that was MMFA's whole point!
Surely THIS is not a difficult concept to grasp. Your strawman argument was just that - a strawman. MMFA wasn't EVER trying to argue that demonstrable misinformation had already come from this brand new site, doofus! And WE figured that out, and called you on that strawman argument, weasel!
i forgot to add that Beck has one of the worst ratings on Politifact.com.
His last line of rubbish was a real whopper.
Glenn taught his Glenn-droids that his Upholding Dishonor rally was going to spark a government crack-down on the Lincoln Memorial, because as you know, Glenn is really that earth-shaking. God has a plan for him, right?
I remember his little ditto-heads really getting all greasy and excited for that fantasy, and smearing it all over the net, their radio programs, etc... I mean, they didnt act afraid or concerned, they acted aroused and titilated.
Only in your wettest of dreams, Glenn!
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/aug/27/glenn-beck/glenn-back-claims-government-is-trying-to-close-Li/
What really gets me is how eager the Tea Baggers are for these depraved and self-indulgent fantasies. That really says a LOT about them.
Glenn and his ilk really get off on this fictitious idea of being persecuted, even though they are the most pampered and privileged people in their positions (one shudders to think what painful toys line their s-and-m hope chests).
They really want to imagine themselves being gassed at a Founders Keepers rally, despite its TOTAL improbability.
Its emotional pornography for them, and they allow themselves to be over-powered by this fabrication.
Someone might want to send them to Iraq, Honduras, Myanmar, the West Bank, or Haiti, so they know what a government crack-down REALLY looks like... I doubt they would swell up with such romantic and cavalier fictions if they saw the reality first-hand.
Hell, they should just see how anti-war protesters are treated, as compared to themselves. I saw the RNC protests, and the Tea baggers dont face ANY force like those protesters did.
Quite the opposite. The Tea Baggers get the red carpet rolled-out for their 2 Minute Hates, even when they behave like vandals and thieves...
http://www.pressherald.com/news/call-it-class-struggle-how-politics-went-too-far_2010-05-12.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/us/politics/26threat.html
...and then they spin it like they are tightly-corralled POWs (that is, fat, lawn-chair riding, gun-swinging, tail-gate partying, wanna-be POWs who never saw a war) pressed back by the Empire.
Beck and his loyal herd are like all people who mobilize on a fictitious sense of persecution, especially those who are so affluent, care-free, and protected as con-men like Beck or Breitbart (those who are actually rewarded for their repeated dishonesty, and are bank-rolled to bolster it.)
They do realize somewhere inside that the substance of their arguments really holds no water; that their motivations are actually based on hatred, bigotry and fear.
So, in true dissonance fashion, they need to flip the roles, even to the point of complete and utter lunacy---
Eg, I, Glenn Beck, am the next MLK, even though I hate churches that teach social/economic justice; Obama, despite being a liberal of mixed ethnicity, is the next Hitler, despite the very conservative Hitlers more immediate similarity to I, Glenn Beck (remember, Hitler mobilized around a militant sense of purity in heritage, ethnicity, nation, religion etc..., and targeted immigrants, minorities, gays, the impoverished, community organizers, foreigners, social progressives, artists, etc... just like Glenn beck.)
Or again; i, habitual liar Andrew Breitbart, am being misquoted and persecuted by the msm, even though i use the msm to spread my filth, and use doctored video to lie about what other people are doing or saying. And my dishonest behavior should shape public policy and determine the fates of innocent peoples lives. LET THEM EAT AD-SPACE!
One can say the same about that scrawny bug James OKeefe, or 99%of the people on Fox.
The Haitians have a saying- Who seeks evil will find it. If you decide to follow a man whose hallmark is the twisted lies with which he appeases the bigotry of his ignorant followers, then dont be surprised where it leads you.
Becks mile-long rosters of lies are right there in clear light of day, and explicit as such. But its your own decision to swallow them. And if you do, shame on you.
"The issue" is a serial misinformer creating a new venue for exporting lies, distortions and omissions of relevant info.
What a doofus troll you continue to be, Wesley the weasel under another screen name.
Your argument about Blaze is really back asswards, dear. Repeating it doesnt make it any smarter.
Again, you might as well say Mein Kampf had nothing to do with Triblinka because the book never mentions gas-chambers...
...yes Bludodge, that is how daft your argument is.
This time he's masquerading as a concern troll - ain't that just darling?
Not only is it important to cover the lies, the distortions, and the omissions of relevant info, which MMFA has REPEATEDLY and CONTINUOUSLY done WRT both Glenn Beck and Andrew Breitbart, but it's also important to point out those who are serially providing disinformation to the American public and thereby poisoning the national discourse with that toxic nonsense!
Bludog the weasel's commentary is totally bogus.
Ummm... Thats a very ironic question coming from you, Bludodge.
Considering how much you have shamefully dodged the issue of Becks own verifiable and explicit history/behavior (and considering that you have done so in order to make a very weak case for Glenn Becks Blaze site), you really have shown how willing you are to truncate your own reason on behalf of that blathering buffoon.
You have readily dismissed clear evidence of Becks own hyperbole, the rants in his own archives, the lies on which he has been repeatedly called-out, and even the Amazon link on his own web-page to buy a book by notorious nazi advocate, etc.....
You have dismissed fact after distinct fact in order to make a paltry and nonsensical argument for Blaze.
And your argument is basically that Becks own history/behavior has no relation or relevance to the credibility of his new website since, after all, Becks cited lies and contradictions, even those from a week ago, are not posted on Blaze.
Thats splitting some pretty non-existent hairs, pal. Again, a very clear-cut and pathetic demonstration on how little you want to think for yourself.
Your argument is as daft as saying that Mein Kampf had nothing to do with the Holocaust, because the latter is not mentioned by name at all in it.
So obviously, Mein Kampf cant have any relevance to Dachau or Triblinka, or what happened there. Hitler never actually says the words gas-chamber in Mein Kampf, so he cannot be held responsible for its use. Right?
Sound pretty ridiculous?
Well, that is precisely the loopy argument which you have made above.
Yes, your argument is that stupid.
No, it does not hold any water.
Just an observation, Bludodge.
Since you are willing to attempt such foolishness on behalf of such an unworthy cause, it really seems ironic that you should accuse others of lacking individual thought.
Try digesting the facts as they are... it might hurt at first, but the burden of lying to yourself will be significantly eased.
Material facts were put in fron of you, and you made a show out of dismissing them for the most absurd reasons.
There really isnt much more to say.
You have repeatedly insisted that the actual context of Becks history (his own words, his own actions, his own footage, the material on his own web-site, the very transcripts from his own shows, etc...) are not relevent to assessing the credibility of his new website.
Just because Beck and Breitbart ask you to ignore context for superficial effect, does not mean that its a good idea. As good of a follower as you clearly are, even you should be able to see that..., open your eyes and dont be such a Dodgeball.
Now Blaze away bludodgey... I am done with your stubborn dedication to ignoring bare and obvious facts for the sake of Becks little game.
The incessant stream of a single non sequitur is meant to throw you off balance or, saving that, at least make you angry or frustrated. Persistently and politely hammering back generally turns the tables. Sometimes they shift around.
When all is said and done, they end up looking intellectually bankrupt as well as extremely foolish.
It never HAS been the subject.
You've desperately tried to MAKE it the subject, but it NEVER WAS the subject and you can't MAGICALLY make it become the subject.
The subject was ALWAYS that a serial misinformer has created a new venue.
And the issue was ALWAYS MMFA calling out the LIAR.
Now, I understand that it's your (Wesley the weasel posting as Bludog here) and RightOn's efforts here to DENY that MMFA (and the MSM, and the Obama Administration) should call out the liars, but clearly MMFA, the Obama Administration, and I see the value in that effort.
And, also very clearly, you TOO see the value in MMFA doing that, and that's why you're desperately trying to deter us from doing that!!!
You are VERY obvious in your efforts, and you don't like being caught at them.
Too bad, so sad, weasel.
You haven't been trying to keep us on the subject, liar. You've been trying to change the subject and distract us away from the actual subject.
In true Dodgeball fashion (despite being given direct citations and solid examples), bludodge doesnt seem to realize the obvious, i.e., that he is just creating a bunch of nonsensical noise with a bogus argument in order to avoid the bare and obvious facts with which he has been confronted.
Or maybe, deep inside, he does know it... and he finds some comfort in his abiltity to truncate his own intelligence for the sake of his master.
Its like willing amnesia upon oneself.
I guess everyone needs a hobby, eh?
His side is desperate to make the argument that there's no reason to go after the liars - that only the individual lies should be called out. RightON tried that argument last week, and Wesley's made it before too.
No, the "(accuracy/lies/criticisms of the Blaze website" is NOT "the issue at hand". Yes, you've repeatedly, dishonestly tried to MAKE it "the issue at hand", but itis not and never has BEEN "the issue at hand".
A serial misinformer has created a new site, and MMFA was suggesting that it's likely that the new site will have similar problems with reality and the truth that anything else associated with that serial misinformer already has.
Bludog the weasel tried to pretend that MMFA was trying to call out the new site, and he was trying to claim that MMFA should ONLY call out actual lies, and shouldn't call out the liars.
But I destroyed both of those arguments.
MMFA wasn't ever trying to point out any lies on the new site. They were calling out the liar, and they SHOULD call out liars.
In fact, NO ONE else mentioned you behaving like a concern troll.
Go ahead, do a Control-F search, and find me one other person who mentioned that... yeah, love sending you on wild-goose chases.
And Mattcable gave you credit where NONE was deserved. We didn't make "identical points" in any way, shape or form, and so yet again, you make another strawman argument in an effort to escape responsibility for purposefully missing the point of what MMFA was doing here! And I caught you at it. Matt acted as though your mistake was an honest one. I caught you behaving dishonestly.
And stop the whining about YOU being this "victim" of my attack. You deserved everything that I wrote because of YOUR BEHAVIOR!
Question, Wesley the weasel/Bludog - are YOU capable of honest debate on a topic?
Perfect ... simply perfect! This is the warning I got when I tried accessing The Blaze this weekend from work my work PC. Bwahahahahahahaha!!
A lot of current PC "infections" come in directly through adspace and malware attached to it. Sites like "The Blaze" sell adspace to the highest bidder, sometimes those bidders have lax standards for the ads that they accept and post.
Imagine having some scam business, the type where you're at the lowest level of marketing, trying to take peoples' money through sheer emotion or fear ( survival seeds, hoarding gold, for example).
Now imagine yourself drooling as you see the Glenn Beck audience, people who will buy just about anything, no matter how unnecessary or irrational, if you can get them angry, scared or confused enough.
Beck's followers probably aren't the most affluent Americans, but I'll bet they're a gold mine in big enough numbers. Sleazy hucksters dream about demographics like that, and I'll bet they're able to nickel and dime a fortune out of these idiots.