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Beck says that freedoms of speech and press, right to work, profit, make medical choices, assemble have been "lost rapidly"

October 23, 2009 6:33 pm ET

From the October 23 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:

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    • Author by shaggles (October 23, 2009 6:35 pm ET)
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      Really? When did we these things?
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      • Author by smarshall1432997 (October 23, 2009 7:16 pm ET)
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        Uh, oh does this mean "NO" more FoxNews' Tea Parties? LOL.
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        • Author by jmariemo (October 23, 2009 7:18 pm ET)
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          Nothing is stopping teabaggers from teabagging other than the utter shame of declaring themselves teabaggers and then, finally catching onto the joke.
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    • Author by Snowbank (October 23, 2009 6:49 pm ET)
         
      Beck his hilarious. I can only assume his viewers either watch to get a Colbert-like kick out of it (with the extra pinache of "Oh wow, this guy is serious!!"), or people who are paranoid conspiracy theorists.

      Hey, paranoid conspiracy theorists need to be represented in the media too!
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    • Author by alien13ufo (October 23, 2009 6:55 pm ET)
         
      net neutrality is anti free speech? Does he even know what net neutrality IS?

      And nobody has reinstated the fairness doctrine, or even promised to do so. I thought Beck had a top notch research team. Apparently not since he just made up half of this segment.
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    • Author by all your eyes (October 23, 2009 6:55 pm ET)
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      Isn't it proof positive that our first amendment rights are as strong as ever to see Beck on television every day committing sedition?
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      • Author by jmariemo (October 23, 2009 7:16 pm ET)
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        Yes. Not to mention, Glenn Beck has apparently just rewritten the Constitution. If I recall correctly, the 'right to work', 'right to profit', and 'right to medical choices' are no where to be found in the Consitution.
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    • Author by Übermensch (October 23, 2009 7:04 pm ET)
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      Nice...

      I put this on another thread.

      Also...Didi Beck just disrespect PBS...PBS?



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      • Author by jmariemo (October 23, 2009 7:12 pm ET)
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        PBS is elite and liberal, and they don't have a cool 360 degree circulating logo in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. Eff PBS.
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (October 23, 2009 7:31 pm ET)
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      Then why is Glenn Baeck still on the air spouting nonsense?

      Then why is the Washington Times still publishing?

      Then why are only 12% of wage earners members of unions?

      Then why is Exxon Mobil making record profits?

      Then why are medical insurers fighting to take medical choice away?

      The why did 2 million people (haha...) recently assemble for the 9/12 rally?

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      • Author by christopher howard (October 23, 2009 7:49 pm ET)
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        "The why did 2 million people (haha...) recently assemble for the 9/12 rally?"

        Beck's answer to that in this clip seems to be that since they were made to "feel" bad and "discredited," then they no longer have the freedom to assemble. I'm betting that many of Beck's fans are just dumb enough to believe that freedom of assembly means that others must accept and respect their message.
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        • Author by thename (October 23, 2009 9:39 pm ET)
             
          This is the standard FNC tactic, isn't it? Conflate minor issues with nightmarish, existential threats and then wonder that they're the only ones covering it?

          "Have you noticed that nobody else seems to be covering the fact that Bo is peeing on the lawn that you pay to keep up! Because that's what they think of you ... (tearing up) ... America. That's what they think ... of you."
          "I won't comment on this—it's a complete non-issue."
          "There they go! Restricting my freedom of speech! I tell you, it's a war on FOX News!"


          Rinse and repeat.
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      • Author by sah19 (October 24, 2009 1:52 pm ET)
           
        You make our case! 2 million people did not (haha) assemble for the 9/12 rally. It was reported by Fox and Beck that 2 million people assembled. Of course every other news source on the planet reported that number as being false. I know, I know irony 101. Fox is right because they say they are right and everyone else on the planet is wrong. This is the problem with Fox news! Just because Fox says it, doesn't make it true or right. The problem is that people who watch Fox and nothing else get brainwashed into believing that Fox is the only reliable news source. I went on a cruise and wanted to watch live news from the USA. The ONLY live new channel was Fox. I did watch it and could not believe my ears and eyes! They were spewing all this anti-dem anti-Obama stuff and had words scrolling all across the bottom with their anti Obama/democratic spin on it. I began to understand HOW people buy into Fox. the people who have shows on FOx/extreme right wing fringe then tells the people who watch Fox not to trust another network. The "mainstream media". Fox has people glued to their TV's sucking all this false information in. The saddest part is that people watching FOx really don't get to choose. They are told what to believe.
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    • Author by jmariemo (October 23, 2009 8:09 pm ET)
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      "Who are you to have profit when there are people starving in the world?"

      Somehow, mocking that notion by muttering it in an awful mobster impression does not make it any less valid of question. It makes you, Glenn, sound like a selfish, spolied neanderthal who most likely wishes for the days when people were hung in the town square. You, Glenn, essentially just implied, "Screw humanity. I worked hard; they didn't work hard enough. Go hungry. I earned my meal." You're a disgrace to love and compassion everywhere.
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      • Author by christopher howard (October 23, 2009 8:19 pm ET)
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        Well put.
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      • Author by Frankeee (October 23, 2009 9:21 pm ET)
           
        He wouldn't view it even as a valid question. He would see it as one affirming to be a Communist for the redistribution of his own wealth, however justified it would be to take his lazily earned blood money away....Idiotic, panicky, conspiracy theorist, lying angry white man. Disgusting
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      • Author by michaelr (October 23, 2009 9:38 pm ET)
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        Totally, he just crystallized the paradox of being a christian conservative teabagger.
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        • Author by jmariemo (October 24, 2009 11:21 am ET)
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          To confirm, I am actually a she, but thank you for replying to my post.
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          • Author by michaelr (October 24, 2009 1:13 pm ET)
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            Sorry, I meant Beck crystallized the paradox. Your post illuminated this fact for me.
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    • Author by Civic Racecar (October 23, 2009 8:35 pm ET)
         
      Beck should not be allowed to talk about anything beyond his education level. Does he even know what net neutrality is? If anything, NN would be more likely to ensure the freedom of speech.

      As for the Tea Parties, the WH did not break up the tea parties. So there was no infringement on the right to assemble.

      I really wish that Beck would enroll for a term in a Law School's Con Law II or 1st Amendment course. Sadly, I don't think he would even last a day.
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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (October 23, 2009 9:47 pm ET)
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      I guess BECK must have slept through the BUSH administration.
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    • Author by Boxer1979 (October 23, 2009 9:54 pm ET)
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      Beck says that freedoms of speech and press, right to work, profit, make medical choices, assemble have been "lost rapidly"

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    • Author by progressiveright (October 24, 2009 1:33 am ET)
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      To quote children "Liar liar pants on fire."
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    • Author by SLRTX (October 24, 2009 11:03 pm ET)
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      So, what Becky says tonight, we'll hear it covered as "news" next week on Fox. All this "tail wagging the dog" scenario brought to you by a guy who gets his "moral values" from a magic hat. Goofy is as goofy does. Duh!
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    • Author by dedalus (October 25, 2009 11:35 am ET)
         
      Did Beck just diss PBS?

      He's right, Charlie Rose is terrible. The real journalistic way is the way of O' Reill y.
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    • Author by fishgirl26 (October 26, 2009 10:37 am ET)
         
      Hmm..that's odd because just the other day the company that I work for made a profit because I sold insurance to someone who needed it. My coworker went to the dentist and got a filling fixed by a dentist that she chose and I also got to go to a doctor that I chose. Also, there was a gathering of students downtown to celebrate a University of Montana football game and they assembled to celebrate. Also, every Tuesday a group of women stands by the bridge protesting the war and will continue to do so until the war is ended and all troops are home. None of this has happened and the fearmongering going on needs to STOP! And oh yeah...quit eff-ing w/ PBS!! We elitist liberals LOVE PBS and will continue to support it because it EDUCATES PEOPLE!! (Beck hates that!)
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