Now that Oprah Winfrey has announced she’s ending her show, who will emerge as the heir to her TV throne? Ellen? Dr Phil? Glenn Beck? The NYT weighs up the contenders.
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Meet the man who beat Glenn Beck
Fox News commentator Glenn Beck recently tried to sue Isaac Eiland-Hall, a 34-year-old IT student and the owner of a website called GlennBeckRapedAndMurdered AYoungGirlIn1990.com. He lost.
Internet: 1, Glenn Beck: 0
Controversial Fox News anchor Glenn Beck has lost his battle to rid the internet of the site glennbeckrapedandmurdered ayounggirlin1990.com. Following his victory, the owner of the domain has penned an open letter [pdf] to Beck slamming him, but volunteering to relinquish the site.
Jon Stewart: Fox is “not even close to news”
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart weighs-in on the ongoing stoush between the White House and Fox News, and the network’s own claim that they only broadcast nine hours of actual news per day.
Fox News vs. The White House: it’s on
A bloody fight is brewing in the US media. In the blue corner, the White House. In the red corner, Fox News. Will Obama’s message of hope beat the the right wing shock jocks in submission? asks Aaron Flanagan.
Yes, he went there: Glenn Beck compares White House attacks on Fox with the Holocaust
Proving that any stupid argument will inevitably descend into Hitler comparisons, Fox News’ Glenn Beck has likened the Obama White House’s treatment of Fox News to the Nazi persecution of Jews.
Why Rupert Murdoch must fire Glenn Beck
Rupert Murdoch doesn’t care about Left or Right, says Ben Cohen: he cares about money. And once Fox News’ Glenn Beck pisses enough people (and advertisers) off with his race-baiting rants, Murdoch will bring down the axe.
White House slams Glenn Beck and Fox News
The official White House blog is getting pretty lippy for such an official government channel, attacking Fox News host Glenn Beck for his “attempt to smear” the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid and providing rebuttals to Fox’s “lies”. Meow.
Who is Glenn Beck and where did he come from?
No-one in the US right now is getting more media oxygen — or perhaps creating more hot air — than Fox News anchor Glenn Beck. Meet the new pin-up boy for the American Right.
Pants on fire: Fox News vs. CNN
Fox News recently took out a full-page ad in the Washington Post, claiming all other news networks failed to cover recent right-wing protests in DC. CNN was not amused. Things have gone downhill from there…
Glenn Beck: a loud, mad Fox phenomenon
Few commentators are dividing US public opinion right now as much as Fox News’ Glenn Beck. Advertisers are boycotting, but ratings are soaring. Tea Partiers love him, the left hate him, and the pundits love to hate him. But is he hurting America by fueling his fans’ fears?
Guy Rundle: Reality, alternate reality and tea parties
Organisers of a march in Washington against the Obama administration claimed to have attracted 1.5 million attendees, but it looks like they were off by a good 1.43 million. Of course, it’s all the Left’s fault.
Can a URL be defamation?
Embattled Fox News host Glenn Beck has set his lawyers upon the creators of glennbeckrapedand murderedayounggirlin1990.com. It’s certainly a meme too far, but does he have a case for defamation?
Keith Olbermann digs for dirt on Glenn Beck
Bill O’Reilly can relax for a while; his frequent verbal sparring partner Keith Olbermann has set his snark on another Fox News personality: Glenn Beck, issuing a call to his blog readers to dig up dirt on Beck and his producers.
Beck boycott a boon for Fox
Big-name advertisers are boycotting Fox News host Glenn Beck after he accused Barack Obama of being racist on air last month — but the blow-up has seen his audience numbers boom, with 3 million tuning in on Wednesday.
Video of the Day: Fox News wisdom — we need Osama to strike again
Michael F. Scheuer, former CIA employee, tells Fox News’ Glenn Beck: “The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States.”
Fox News’s Mad, Apocalyptic, Tearful Rising Star
Right wing tearaway Glenn Beck says he identifies with the character of Howard Beale, the unhinged fictional TV news anchorman who declares on the air that he is “mad as hell.”
New York Magazine / Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Birthers, teabaggers, town hallers, speech-to-schools scaremongers… the certifiably insane have officially taken over America’s political discourse. How did things get so crazy, so quickly? Is it fear driven by the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, or is Obama himself to blame?