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On O'Reilly Factor, Beck again denied Krugman's account of Beck's remarks about FEMA "concentration camps"

June 12, 2009 9:28 pm ET

From the June 12th edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

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Previously:

Responding to Krugman, Beck claimed of FEMA conspiracy theories: "Never said anything like it"

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    • Author by jonesjax2374 (June 12, 2009 9:42 pm ET)
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      "News Anchor?" LOL!
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    • Author by seeryer (June 12, 2009 11:52 pm ET)
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      Beck says he never said it and then he said when the show was doing the "concentration camps". But he never said anyhting like that. Is he boozing again? He did hit the nail on the head when he said people aren't afraid of he and O'Reilly, they are afraid of their viewers. That is the whole point of Boehlert's last 50 days on earth and Krugman piggy backs it into print for the NYT. Thanks for that, hopefully the media will keep up the discussion. Damn conservatives will never get it.
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    • Author by Rasta Farian (June 12, 2009 11:54 pm ET)
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      That's unreal. "Never said that?" I remember very clearly he was on Fox and Friends talking about how he could not debunk the whole FEMA trailer concentration camp story. He's such a boozer, an idiot, and a liar.
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    • Author by hezaa (June 13, 2009 12:57 am ET)
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      It's depressing to know all of Glen Beck's insane remarks will be repeated to me by family members who hang on his every word.... and have in fact, started to stock pile guns like I never thought they would....due to this man's paranoia and distortion of reality. :(
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      • Author by budrykzp9226 (June 13, 2009 1:47 am ET)
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        It's like the old joke goes:
        "How can you tell when a Fox News host is lying?"
        "What kind of question is that? Why do you hate America, madam?"
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    • Author by rtdavis11200 (June 13, 2009 6:57 am ET)
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      It is nice to see two race baiters and haters of Obama squirm. Beck, O'Reilly , Hannity and Fox news have never accepted the outcome of the 2008 election.

      Amercans should not let allow a network to spread lies and incite hate towards a new adminstration who's policies have not had a chance to work or fail yet.

      Educated viewers realize you cannot blame the problems that America is facing on a new administration that has only been in office five months. Fox plays to the uneducated viewer who may be racist and doesn't care about facts.

      I hope the media continues to turn the heat up on Fox and Murdoch and start holding them accountable for their actions.

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    • Author by mikelartist (June 13, 2009 9:47 am ET)
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      Poor Glenn, everyday he gets in further and further over his pinhead. No wonder he weeps at the drop of a hat.
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    • Author by LynnTTT (June 13, 2009 10:24 am ET)
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      All you need to do is go to youtube.com and search for Glenn Beck and FEMA. He says "he wanted to debunk these conspiracy theories, but can't. And if you trust your government, fine, but if you don't trust your government, who knows what is going on." (These aren't really exact quotes, but that never stops Beck). And when he has someone on who is showing that the film of the "camp" was actually a train repair facility in Indiana, the debunker says that his people actually saw the trains being painted. And Beck points out that there were trains in Aushwitz also!!! Maybe Grand Central Station in NYC is really a FEMA camp. He has never debunked the FEMA theory. His spiel is always, "I'm just saying....."
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    • Author by davemccarthymusic9410 (June 13, 2009 10:29 am ET)
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      If I said I can't PROVE that Glenn isn't back on the crackpipe, that sure as hell insinuates that I think he is.

      See how that works, Glenn?
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    • Author by johnrod10 (June 13, 2009 12:27 pm ET)
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      For the record: Beck was accused of not covering the "FEMA Camps" which he didnt believe existed. So he did an investigation and found they, in fact, do not exist. Krugman is off base and clearly doesnt know what he is talking about when it comes to this issue. Maybe he should have watched the segment on Beck's show before reporting on it?? I repeat: BECK SAID THEY DO NOT EXIST...
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      • Author by paul8616 (June 13, 2009 1:19 pm ET)
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        johnrod, I suggest you go back and listen again to the quote from Krugman which O'Reilly reads.

        No one needed to cover the non-existence of 'FEMA camps.'
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        • Author by johnrod10 (June 14, 2009 3:36 pm ET)
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          Well, I think its entirely up to Oreilly and Beck what they want to cover on their programs.
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          • Author by Brabantio (June 14, 2009 4:01 pm ET)
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            And it's entirely up to everyone else to criticize them for it.

            Give us all a break. If someone had been running stories on whether Bush was setting up concentration camps for anti-war protesters or not, as if there was any credence to that idea whatsoever, conservatives would have raised hell over it. Do you really believe otherwise?
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            • Author by AL_monster723 (June 14, 2009 9:32 pm ET)
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              at least johnrod is right. Beck said they DID NOT exist. I can't quote the exact date of his show but I remember seeing it as well.
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            • Author by johnrod10 (June 14, 2009 10:26 pm ET)
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              You can criticize all you want, but whether something needs to be covered or not on their shows is their prerogative. Beck thought it needed to be investigated and he did it. Get over it.
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              • Author by Brabantio (June 14, 2009 11:56 pm ET)
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                How can you start a post with "you can criticize all you want" and finish it with "get over it"? That's some brilliant work right there.
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              • Author by Brabantio (June 15, 2009 12:03 am ET)
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                Let me add that you are making a straw man argument. Nobody's saying that it's not their prerogative, while you're suggesting that this is somehow being argued. Again, they can cover what they want, and others can criticize them for it if they feel the coverage is unnecessary, misleading, dishonest, etc. That's how it works.
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      • Author by magnolialover (June 13, 2009 1:36 pm ET)
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        AFTER he said, he couldn't confirm that they didn't exist, meaning, he thought that they did.

        It's really pretty simple. Beck, is a liar, and a super duper fear monger.
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        • Author by johnrod10 (June 14, 2009 3:39 pm ET)
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          He said after a week his staff couldnt prove it. After a 4 weeks, they did. You have to listen to the whole thing. I dont understand why everyone wants Beck to believe in these "camps". He has stated clearly that he doesnt and dedicated a segment of his show to prove it. What is the problem???
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      • Author by worrierking (June 13, 2009 10:04 pm ET)
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        For the record: anyone who gave a passing thought to the existence of "FEMA Camps" is a nitwit. Plain and flocking simple.

        How does one start an "investigation" into such a thing?

        How many times did the cluckmaster, Beck, mention the non existence of these "camps"?

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      • Author by stevensm (June 14, 2009 10:41 am ET)
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        With regards to the possibility of FEMA concentration camps, Beck's claiming he "NEVER said anything like it" is disingenuous.

        On the March 3rd F&F show he said he wanted to debunk the FEMA camps but he wasn't able to. Then he went on to discuss them as if they possibly existed. Then he later said that he didn't believe FEMA camps existed. But for him to disavow what Krugman said with a denial of I "NEVER" isn't exactly true and Beck knows it (as does O'Reilly probably). But since both of them like to deny things they've said in the past, this should be no surprise.

        Beck's own words here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izjfdfDHjWQ
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        • Author by johnrod10 (June 14, 2009 3:32 pm ET)
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          The point is that Beck's show eventually debunked the theory of these camps. Krugman tried to spin the story to make people think that Beck is advancing the theory instead of disproving it. Beck said he was responding to allegations made by others that these camps existed. He says the "camp" in question is just an old train depot or something and that there is no evidence that they exist. That is very clear dont you think?
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          • Author by stevensm (June 14, 2009 7:04 pm ET)
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            No, the point is that Beck is claiming he "NEVER" said anything like it and, after watching what he initially said on F&F, it's clear he's now being disingenuous as his "NEVER" is far from accurate. Krugman told the truth and he had no problem acknowledging that Beck eventually said there were no camps.

            What's clear here is that Beck seems to be the one having trouble acknowledging what he originally said and is trying to rewrite history. Too bad for him his words are on video.
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            • Author by johnrod10 (June 14, 2009 10:22 pm ET)
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              Are you saying that Beck advanced the theory of concentration camps and then did an investigative segment to debunk himself?? You need to clarify yourself, because your not making any sense...
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              • Author by stevensm (June 15, 2009 2:20 pm ET)
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                Are you purposely being dense?

                Krugman said that viewers were told by Beck that the FEMA might have camps. Krugman also acknowledged that Beck eventually conceded that the FEMA camps didn't exist.

                Beck said he "NEVER" said anything like that. But he DID say something like that. He told the viewers of F&F (March 4) that he's doing a story about the FEMA camps that he wanted to debunk. He said that despite doing several days of research on them, he can't debunk them.

                Beck's statement puts forth the idea that FEMA camps might exist. Krugman is correct and Beck is now trying to deny his own words.

                Beck didn't actually debunk the FEMA camp stories until a month later (April 6).
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      • Author by puppienrainbows (June 14, 2009 3:48 pm ET)
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        Those kinds of facts are irrelavant on this website.
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    • Author by paul8616 (June 13, 2009 1:15 pm ET)
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      OK, so Glenn Beck is Howard Beale.

      Paul Krugman is Emmanuel Goldstein.

      Who is Bill O'Reilly?
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      • Author by budrykzp9226 (June 13, 2009 3:02 pm ET)
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        Lewis Prothero?
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      • Author by worrierking (June 13, 2009 10:09 pm ET)
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        Paul Lazzaro, from Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse 5".

        According to Wikipedia the character is a sickly, ill-tempered car thief from Cicero, Illinois... He keeps a mental enemies list, claiming he can have anyone "killed for a thousand dollars plus traveling expenses".
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    • Author by infernoenigma (June 13, 2009 1:34 pm ET)
         
      So wait, he claims he never said FEMA might be building concentration camps? And what he did instead was discuss a video that purported to show a FEMA concentration camp, and then say he was unable to find any evidence saying it's not a prison?

      ...am I the only one who seems something screwy here?
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    • Author by Buzzramjet (June 13, 2009 3:34 pm ET)
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      So where are the usual rightwing defenders of Fixednews?
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      • Author by puppienrainbows (June 14, 2009 3:54 pm ET)
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        They are not allowed to post on this website.
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        • Author by Brabantio (June 15, 2009 4:40 pm ET)
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          Are you drunk? You're allowed to post here, and you're as trollish as they get.
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    • Author by tjmccool2284 (June 13, 2009 8:12 pm ET)
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      The Gut speaks, twice. The No Facts Zone, I meet Republicans every day who, while they certainly don't support, trust or believe Obama, despair of the dumbed down discourse.
      Krugman et al aren't afraid of the Fox viewers, they're afraid of what clowns like these can incite them to do.

      How many comments are enough to be allowed to not see the moderator memo?
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    • Author by YouLibsDon'tKnowZip (June 14, 2009 8:46 am ET)
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      None of you know what you're talking about. Typical Liberals who just accept what another Lib says. I saw the show Beck is talking about, and I know Krugman distorted it. Apparently NONE of you who posted saw anything. Now you can't tell the truth. You don't know the truth, and you obviously don't care what the truth is. I just told it to you. Glenn Beck mocked the continuous rediculous stories of Fema Camps, and was sick and tired of the conspiricy stories, so did exactly as he says he did. Proved the whole story of the Fema Camp FALSE.
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    • Author by lostlyrics (June 14, 2009 5:34 pm ET)
         
      some people indeed do not need a larger head.
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    • Author by ddh540 (June 15, 2009 9:36 am ET)
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      he is a liar! No more posts Jon

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvfD74CvT84
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