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A Long, Strange Trip: Beck At Fox News

June 29, 2011 5:51 pm ET — 45 Comments

Media Matters presents the best of our work on Glenn Beck, from his hiring at Fox News through his departure from the network this week.

Beck Should Have Been Fired Long Ago

Fox News & Glenn Beck, A Match Made In Fantasyland

Glenn Beck's Violent, Hateful, & Outrageous Rhetoric

Glenn Beck, Israel, & Anti-Semitism

Glenn Beck: Confused About Racism, Civil Rights

Conspiratorial Musings With Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck, Kingmaker

History Of The World According To Beck

Glenn Beck, Prophet

Beck On Beck

Beck Should Have Been Fired Long Ago

Glenn Beck: I Deserve To Be Fired

15 Whoppers Beck Did Not Get Fired For In 2010

Fox News & Glenn Beck, A Match Made In Fantasyland

A Timeline Of Fox News' Handling Of Glenn Beck's Controversial Tenure

Follow The Leader: Beck's Rhetoric Has Infected Fox News

Fox's Glenn Beck Increasingly Sets Media's Agenda

Keeping Score Of The Beck/Fox News Media Breakup

Beck's War On Fox News' Advertisers

Glenn Beck's Violent, Hateful, & Outrageous Rhetoric

The 50 Worst Things Glenn Beck Said On Fox News

"Progressive Hunter"

The Camera Made Me Do It: Glenn Beck's Defense For Appearing To Point To Obama After Asking "Why Would You Get A Gun"

Beck: Progressives Are "Enemies Of God"

Glenn Beck, Israel, & Anti-Semitism

"Restoring Courage" In Jerusalem: Glenn Beck's Latest Self-Aggrandizing Spectacle

"Puppet Master": Beck's Attacks On Soros Are Steeped In Anti-Semitic Stereotypes

How Many Anti-Semites Does Glenn Beck Have To Cite?

Fox's Nazi Fetish: Beck, O'Reilly, Others Repeatedly Invoke Nazi Imagery

Why Are There So Many Jews In Beck's Rogues Gallery?

Glenn Beck: Confused About Racism, Civil Rights

REPORT: Martin Luther King would have been on Glenn Beck's chalkboard

One Year After Calling Obama A "Racist," Beck Is Still Busy Race-Baiting

Beck Attacks Social Justice

Conspiratorial Musings With Glenn Beck

Beck Sees Evidence For His Grand Conspiracy Theory Everywhere

Beck Uncovers The Seventh "Archduke Ferdinand Moment" In Four Years

Beck Kicks Off "Final Chapter" With A Warning: "They" Are Willing To Kill "25 Million Americans"

Glenn Beck, Kingmaker

How Glenn Beck Led His Tea Party Followers Into The GOP

Beck: "I'm Not Telling You Who To Vote For" (Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge)

History Of The World According To Beck

Historian: Beck's Defense Of Three-Fifths Clause "Completely Wrong"

Glenn Beck's Excellent Adventure

The World As Seen Through Glenn Beck's DVD Collection

Glenn Beck, Prophet

Glenn Beck: "The Revolution Has Begun"

Glenn Beck Knows What's In Your Gut

Glenn Beck's Apocalypse For Dummies

Which Disaster Are We Facing, Glenn?

Beck On Beck

Beck Pretends His Shows Are Not In "Decline"

"American Miracle": Beck's Outrageous Predictions For His "Historic" 8-28 Rally

Glenn Beck Failed His 40-Day Challenge

Glenn Beck: Self-Proclaimed World-Historical Figure

— Media Matters staff
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      • Author by bootyprof (June 29, 2011 6:10 pm ET)
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        Ugh. You are nearly as annoying as Glenn himself.
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        • Author by right ON (June 29, 2011 6:23 pm ET)
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          Agreed. Someone should create a site called "Glenn Beck Review Review" to criticize his spamming.
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          • Author by kamrom (June 30, 2011 3:42 am ET)
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            Meta Comment: The spamming recently has gotten out of hand. Remember to always report such people. Especially those who attempt a hijack. Progressive or not, its still annoying and against the rules here.
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        • Author by somnambulist (June 30, 2011 2:00 am ET)
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          Sigh. A sad way to start the comment thread on such a lovely article.

          We might call Beck or say/claim he's a lot of things, but his sexuality is seriously not an appropriate or relevant one. Anyone feeling a need to gossip over it is no better than Beck himself.
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          • Author by MiddleAmerica (June 30, 2011 3:47 am ET)
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            Good point. Someone should tell Olbermann to shut up.
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          • Author by MiddleAmerica (June 30, 2011 3:47 am ET)
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            Good point. Someone should tell Olbermann to shut up.
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            • Author by heehee..santorum (June 30, 2011 9:15 am ET)
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              What?
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            • Author by Deluded (June 30, 2011 9:43 am ET)
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              Irrelevant.
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              • Author by kabniel (July 01, 2011 1:08 pm ET)
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                Pilot

                Someone should tell you how STUPID you are so let me be the one. My GOD but you are stupid. You are also a LIAR. Nothing MMFA is doing is illegal or violating the tax rules for exempt status. You are a pathetic brainwashed moron and you are embarassing our entire species
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              • Author by ccreadme (July 02, 2011 10:27 am ET)
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                Pilot1...do a tick of research into the Koch Brothers before you cast your stones.
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            • Author by kabniel (July 02, 2011 2:11 pm ET)
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              MiddleMORON

              Someone should tell you to shut up so STFU
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      • Author by Old_Benjamin (June 29, 2011 6:21 pm ET)
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        Just don't ask him about his skeleton. Beck's alleged gay lover is still by his side.


        Dude... really, Freud?

        just as Sigmund Freud explained occasionally happens?
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    • Author by bootyprof (June 29, 2011 6:10 pm ET)
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      Thanks for putting this compendium together MMFA! Outstanding!
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    • Author by mamaearth (June 29, 2011 6:34 pm ET)
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      How exactly is someone "fired," yet encore presentations of the terminated employee will be re-run all next week?

      Also, if you're fired, why would an organization let an ex-employee continue their program for over 3+ months?
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      • Author by bootyprof (June 29, 2011 6:38 pm ET)
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        Remember he did have a contract through the end of the year, so maybe that played a role in his 3-month hangover after the firing.

        Also maybe they didn't want to just drop him immediately because that would look terrible, like Glenn is sooooooo repulsive they could not stand him for another second. They wanted to make it look like he is only semi-repulsive so they gave him a few months.
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        • Author by ny2nc (June 29, 2011 6:57 pm ET)
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          Would it make you feel any better to lump him in with other "Kourageous Konservative Kwitters" like Sarah Palin & Laura Schlessinger?



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      • Author by bintx (June 29, 2011 8:08 pm ET)
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        It's called contract obligations, mamaearth. Beck's contract didn't expire until the end of the year . . . he was let go after mutual contract negotiations. Ailes said he was perfectly happy with Beck's departure being called both a "resignation" and a "termination." In other words, Beck was what we like to call "quit-fired." He was given the option of quitting or being fired. If he quit, he got certain concessions. If he was fired, he got na-da. Causing embarrassment and, most importantly, financial loss for a company pretty much negates contract obligations.
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      • Author by cst (June 29, 2011 8:08 pm ET)
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        [encore presentations]

        It'll be interesting to see which episodes they consider worth re-running.
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        • Author by MiddleAmerica (June 30, 2011 3:52 am ET)
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          What's more interesting is that liberals are obsessed with watching his show. I can picture people watching him with pen & paper in hand waiting for any minor slip-up so they could express their outrage. I'm a conservative and couldn't stand the guy.
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          • Author by kabniel (July 01, 2011 1:11 pm ET)
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            MIddleMoron

            What is most interesting is how pathetic you are. I am a liberal. I have not watched his show. I am sure you WISH this argument made sense. That no non brainwashed sheeple would watch his show so his constant lies and pitiful ignorance would not be exposed outside the circle of his mindless minions.
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        • Author by MiddleAmerica (June 30, 2011 3:52 am ET)
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          What's more interesting is that liberals are obsessed with watching his show. I can picture people watching him with pen & paper in hand waiting for any minor slip-up so they could express their outrage. I'm a conservative and couldn't stand the guy.
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          • Author by Deluded (June 30, 2011 9:47 am ET)
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            What's more interesting is that Fox pundits are obsessed with watching Obama. I can picture them watching him waiting for any minor slip-up so they could express their outrage.


            Pretty much.

            I'd say that there isn't a need to wait with pen and paper in hand (since his shows and radio broadcasts are recorded), and there usually isn't a need to wait for a slip up either. The entire show is usually one big slip up.
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    • Author by mamaearth (June 29, 2011 7:01 pm ET)
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      How exactly is someone "fired," yet encore presentations of the terminated employee will be re-run all next week?

      Also, if you're fired, why would an organization let an ex-employee continue their program for over 3+ months?
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      • Author by Johaely (June 29, 2011 7:08 pm ET)
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        While Beck's show in itself is empty unproductive time, it is still time and as thus must be covered with something. Since Fox does not have a replacement for him yet they need to cover that time with something.
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      • Author by highlyunlikely (June 29, 2011 7:21 pm ET)
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        seems there are stupid questions after all.
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        • Author by Andy Kreiss (June 29, 2011 7:55 pm ET)
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          I remember back in my hammer-swinging construction days, I always hated when somebody got fired, cuz we had to spend the next few days tearing down everything they'd built.
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      • Author by Tony195616 (June 29, 2011 7:40 pm ET)
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        If it helps your losing your beloved Glenn we'll just say he was laid off or that his contract was terminated early. Feel better now? The end result is the same: he's GONE!
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      • Author by bintx (June 29, 2011 8:09 pm ET)
           
        I'll repost my response from above.
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      • Author by heehee..santorum (June 29, 2011 8:28 pm ET)
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        Maybe he isn't leaving.Like "Groundhog Day". Except every day really is Armageddon.And every Muslim really does want to behead me. And every Democrat really is a communist. And Mr. Obama really does send me to a death camp.Encore presentations? He hasn't exterminated all of humanity enough yet? Are you sure next week will even happen if Glenn doesn't tell us the evil daily plots against truth, justice and the American way?How will we cope?When the Caliphate gets here,will we know?
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        • Author by kabniel (July 01, 2011 1:13 pm ET)
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          Pilot

          You are too stupid to even know what reasoning is. It is beyond your experience. You are incapable of it. YOU are a liar. A pathetic brainwashed liar. No one in their right mind cares what someone as braindead as you thinks of Obama. STFU till you grow a brain MORON
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    • Author by Carseller4 (June 29, 2011 7:53 pm ET)
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      Where can I find anything about Media Matters TAX EXEMPT status?

      Talk about it all the time on FOX, but NOTHING here on Media Matters.
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      • Author by Andy Kreiss (June 29, 2011 7:58 pm ET)
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        Have you tried the link just below the comments that says "ABOUT US" ? That's where I would look.

        There probably aren't any chalkboards or puppets or dancing clowns, so you might not like it as much as Fox, but give it a try.
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      • Author by heehee..santorum (June 29, 2011 8:36 pm ET)
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        You can find that information at "Glenn Beck Extreme" when you sign up for the Premium Package. If you sign up for for GBTV there will be a complete expose on how MM secretly funds anal abortions, in an attempt to eradicate the Earth of Conservatives.
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        • Author by opopop (June 29, 2011 9:12 pm ET)
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          You know whats the only thiing missing from the clip? And I say it would take a while to do...but it'd be twice as funny if media matters could put in the dates of each clip...so like when he mentions Archduke ferdinand moment clip after clip...you'd see basically, SCENE - 4 May 2010, SCENE - 15 September 2010 - SCENE 2 July 2011 etc etc. Just go give the ridicolous vagueness and stupidity of his "predictions".

          Sorry to critique MMFA, but just a thought
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        • Author by opopop (June 29, 2011 9:40 pm ET)
             
          You know whats the only thiing missing from the clip? And I say it would take a while to do...but it'd be twice as funny if media matters could put in the dates of each clip...so like when he mentions Archduke ferdinand moment clip after clip...you'd see basically, SCENE - 4 May 2010, SCENE - 15 September 2010 - SCENE 2 July 2011 etc etc. Just go give the ridicolous vagueness and stupidity of his "predictions".

          Sorry to critique MMFA, but just a thought
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      • Author by Deluded (June 29, 2011 9:00 pm ET)
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        You can find something about the Tax exempt thing here.

        The writer of the article also posts here sometimes, credits to mark for this.
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      • Author by MidnightWriter (June 29, 2011 9:40 pm ET)
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        Media Matters For America is a 501 (C) tax exempt organization as are the Pat Robertson founded the American Center for Law and Justice, the Koch brothers' Americans For Prosperity, Dick Armey's Freedom Works, the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, and Brent Bozell's Media Research Center.

        Your point would be what, Carseller?
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        • Author by Andy Kreiss (June 30, 2011 9:08 am ET)
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          I thought that was a pretty odd question from Carseller... strange even for a Foxbot.

          Then I flipped by Fox this morning, the show with the idiots on the couch, and I got it. They're talking about " this organization, Mediamatters...", (as if they're not well aware of it), and they're playing dumb(er), saying it was started as a media watchdog, but is now dedicated to destroying Fox.

          At the bottom of the screen were crawls like " Mediamatters under scrutiny" and "INvestigating Mediamatters". Unless they got to it later, I don't think anybody but those clowns on the couch are questioning the site's status.

          They ended the bit by showing a screen listing charities ( Cancer Society, Red Cross, etc), then a column next to it labeled " not charity", under which was MMFA all by itself.

          It's a safe bet that gullible rubes like carseller have been led to believe that there's an IRS investigation of this site going on. Fox has one on the hook.
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          • Author by heehee..santorum (June 30, 2011 9:35 am ET)
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            With the departure of Mr. Beck, Fox News believes they once again occupy the moral highground. By that rationale, I believe that I have heard over 100 references to Mr Obamas mispronunciation of "corpsmen" in 2 days. When did that occur? News from over a year ago that wasn't news to begin with, only available on the most powerful name in news.As far as media matters tax-exempt status,I believe they are looking to score another victory for "The American Taxpayer",you know,like getting Van Jones run off,condemning Mr Obama for the nerve to have been a practicing Christian for 20 years and the other fine contributions to our nation.Why do I believe that they truly do not have the best interests of America,nor even the human race in their hearts? Do they ever try to foster love or goodwill or do they only act as predators feeding off the very fear they attempt to generate 24 hours a day?
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            • Author by Andy Kreiss (June 30, 2011 10:23 am ET)
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              You still see the "corpse-men" and "57 states" things mentioned on a regular basis, just like Chris Matthews "thrill up the leg" comment from years ago.

              These are dwarfed every day by right wingers gaffes, but the wingnuts never seem to see how self-defeating it is to have to cling to these things.

              That's why I always like hearing them repeated, as boring as they are. It's an admission that they really don't have a lot to work with. Sort of like the subject of civil rights, where the goofballs need to go back to "Lincoln was a Republican!" to defend themselves on racial issues in the 21st Century.
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          • Author by Deluded (June 30, 2011 9:51 am ET)
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            Unfortunately, their main argument against media matters not being tax exempt comes from quoting this section from law.

            Summing it up it pretty much means FOX will have to declare themselves as a POLITICAL outfit rather than a "fair and balanced" news outlet for their charges to stick.
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          • Author by kabniel (July 02, 2011 4:57 pm ET)
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            Yep

            Pilot is on another thread swearing up and down there is an IRS investigation.
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      • Author by Pilot1 (June 30, 2011 11:33 pm ET)
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        Media Matters is about lies, not the truth! MM has deceived the IRS claiming one thing but doing another! It's a Soros shell game!
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        • Author by kabniel (July 01, 2011 1:18 pm ET)
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          Pilot

          You are a LIAR. You are incredibly stupid too but mostly you are a LAIR. You are also too stupid to know anything about tax laws or tax exempt status. Screaming about Soros because you are such a brainwashed moron and they TOLD you to spew about him. GOD but you are pathetic
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      • Author by kabniel (July 01, 2011 1:14 pm ET)
           
        Car

        There isnt anything to say about it. I am sorry you are so stupid you dont have even a dim clue what you are talking about and so brainwashed you regurgitate what you were told to think
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