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Beck applauds "watchdog of freedom" Tapper for pretending Fox is legitimate news org like ABC

October 20, 2009 5:41 pm ET

From the October 20 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:

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    • Author by achorn316 (October 20, 2009 5:45 pm ET)
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      Tapper is such a butt kisser, he wants a job with Fox someday.

      He's not "standing up" for Beck or anyone else, besides himself.
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    • Author by noneyabidnis (October 20, 2009 5:46 pm ET)
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      Boy, that Dunn story sure died quickly after the "anonymous" "concerned parent" interview with Chris Wallace last night.

      Audio edited version on youtube.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCV1KbMAW7w

      and

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vggtNlntIo


      It's Chris Wallace.

      Chris Wallace never says his son was in the graduating class. His son graduated in 2008. He says his son is off doing bigger things. Which is true.

      So why all the hiding? Why could Chris Wallace simply not have come out with his disdain after initially hearing the speech?

      Weird.

      Fox News. Full of good, honest journalists that never try and deceive viewers while pushing an agenda.

      This is going to be Glenn Beck's "Balloon Boy".
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      • Author by noneyabidnis (October 20, 2009 5:48 pm ET)
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        Funny enough, I actually tweeted those links to a Glenn Beck group, and got a response that I was "making up news and should work for ABC".

        Funny how they just repeat whatever Beck says.. but really have no idea what it means.
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      • Author by Yessir (October 20, 2009 11:12 pm ET)
           
        Glen Beck = Fair and balanced no; but fairly balanced on the abyss of illogical rhetoric
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    • Author by dmhack (October 20, 2009 5:49 pm ET)
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      Oh, Oh... Becky's finally figured out how to use his remote.

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    • Author by thundavolt (October 20, 2009 5:50 pm ET)
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      Dude stop with the little props already. The little room, the phone and the blackboard. Stop trying to act like you put the stuff together with your bare hands. You are pulling little faces and acting like an 8 year old. What sickness me the most is when someone dies you will either exploit it or act like it never happened. Glenn you are a sick person playing a sick and dangerous game.

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      • Author by noneyabidnis (October 20, 2009 6:01 pm ET)
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        Exactly. He has the maturity of a 8 year old. You know how when you scold a child and they start getting smart with you? Like, when you say "sit still!" and then they sit perfectly still and won't move at all... and make a big drama out of it?

        Yup, that's Beck.

        And people love it. They think he's the smartest man to ever be on TV. I find it to be a fascinating cultural phenomena. What exactly are these people thinking that makes them like this guy?
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        • Author by political_left-religious_right (October 20, 2009 6:05 pm ET)
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          What exactly are these people thinking that makes them like this guy?

          You're missing a word, I'm afraid. That should be "What are they thinking with?"
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        • Author by thundavolt (October 20, 2009 6:14 pm ET)
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          Did you see the thing when smacked the back of his hand? He's really trying to say "I'll do whatever I want and I will kick and scream if you try to stop me." I don't have kids so I don't know how to deal with this one. My nephew is too well behaved to be a human child. He will tell little lies but he's not sulky.
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    • Author by eclare (October 20, 2009 5:52 pm ET)
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      What a wacko! Hey, Glenn! I emailed you my phone #--your office has my number and my phone is sitting right next to me, so if I'm wrong about you being a wacko, well then call me and tell me why............oh, no ring-a-ding-ding? So, okay, you admit it, then!!! Good work, me! I got Glenn Beck to ADMIT he is insane!!
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    • Author by noneyabidnis (October 20, 2009 6:21 pm ET)
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      New chris wallace interview here:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ix51AhK544

      Clearly Chris Wallace. Why deceive us, Glenn Beck? Why hide, Chris Wallace?
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (October 20, 2009 6:46 pm ET)
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      How are the "voices" of Glenn Beck's audience being silenced? How is "freedom of speech" of Beck's audience under attack? It's not. Glenn Beck is the one who feels threatened because the White House is calling out FOX. But, typically, Beck twists the dynamics to make his audience believe it is they who are threatened. How? By making FOX act responsibly and tell the truth?
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      • Author by Midnight Kevin (October 20, 2009 9:10 pm ET)
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        I love how they claim their freedom of speech is threatened, but if it were, Beck would have been off the air a long time ago and the tea parties would not have been allowed. Permits would have been denied. Riot police would have been called out. Fire houses would have been turned on. People would have been sent to jail and trial.

        Did any of that happen? No. Is Beck a liar? Yes.

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    • Author by Midnight Kevin (October 20, 2009 9:08 pm ET)
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      Why must Fox news try and prove they are a real news organization, like ABC? If they were a real news organization, it would be a given, with no proof, but apparently Fox doesn't have such credentials...

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      • Author by dclayton@chanllc.com (October 20, 2009 9:35 pm ET)
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        Why must liberals believe they need policies and doctrins to ensure that they have equal air time, when the media already has a left bent.

        A little power hungry.
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        • Author by Midnight Kevin (October 21, 2009 10:04 am ET)
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          I assume you are confusing the Fairness Doctrine with the Equal-time rule.

          The Equal-time rule applies to U.S. radio and television broadcasts and only applies when an opposing political candidate requests an equivalent opportunity to present their view. The Equal-time rule does not apply to programming in a documentary format, a "bona fide" news interview, a scheduled newscast, or an on-the-spot newscast. The FCC originally enacted the Equal-time rule in 1934 to prevent stations from easily manipulating the outcome of elections.

          The Fairness Doctrine "required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable and balanced," and from my understanding, does not effect cable or satellite television, only broadcast transmissions. According to Steve Rendall of the media criticism group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, the Fairness Doctrine was composed of two basic elements:

          "It required broadcasters to devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest, and to air contrasting views regarding those matters. Stations were given wide latitude as to how to provide contrasting views: It could be done through news segments, public affairs shows, or editorials. The doctrine did not require equal time for opposing views but required that contrasting viewpoints be presented."


          If what you claim is true of the liberal media, I would assume that the right would want to have The Fairness Doctrine return, because then the liberal media would become fair and balanced because they would be forced to show opposing viewpoints and report on controversial matters that they supposedly ignore.
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    • Author by Romario (October 21, 2009 12:28 am ET)
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      Yeah..Tapper spent the entire day today on Twitter talking about how the White House has no right to decide which news organization was legit. I responded to him by telling him that the White House was just stating the obvious.
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    • Author by Dmacalypse (October 21, 2009 3:11 pm ET)
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      God!! Tapper's such an idiot...........now they will use him to no end or at least until he's no longer "suitable".....And while I'm on this topic, is any one else sick and tired of the argument that the complaint of Fox isn't indicative of the entire network, but only the opinion shows? Even if that was the case, "opinion" shows, bear at the very least, the responsibility of factual commentary to base their so-called opinions on, not made up or grossly distorted fallicies. Since when did having an opinion show become an excuse for the shameful actions of these sorts? Last time I checked, it was Fox "News", not the "E" channel or the Food Network, where entertainment belongs. Joe Scarbourough, Tapper, and other "Fox-aid" drinking fools, should be embarrassed, but I guess for that to happen, you would actually have to care..........
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