PolitiFact: Glenn Beck Wrong On Claim About Obama Cabinet

PolitiFact :

Fox News talk show host Glenn Beck has seized on a claim circulating on the Internet to argue that the Obama administration has little understanding of American business and is too focused on expanding government.

Read the whole story: PolitiFact

Comments

[Averal]

11:14 PM on 12/04/2009

For those of you who don't want to be bothered to check the article out on PolitiFact.

Just an interesting note.

Glen Beck has been judged on 9 comments on PolitiFact.

They rate all comments on a scale of True, Mostly True, Half True, Barely True, False, and Pants On Fire (the worst lie you can get caught at.)

Beck has no true answers, no mostly true answers, 1-half true, 2-barely true, 4-false and 2 pants on fire.

Good thing he is one of Fox News's commentators, rather than one of their reporters. Otherwise you might have reason to believe you are getting unreliable information.

[hoosier96]

01:26 PM on 12/03/2009

Wow, so for every ten things he says that are true you nail him for one. Congratulations! You're batting .100, like a pitcher in the majors.

Is Obama anti-capitalism? Is he working to expand government considerably?

And don't throw Bush at me. I know he expanded government and I hated that to.

Bottom line, you guys want everyone to watch the smoke and listen to the speakers and ignore the guy behind the curtain. Beck speaks for alot of people out there that are tired of government encroaching on every facet of our lives. And now, one of the most personal of all, our healthcare.

[TLV]

01:19 PM on 12/03/2009

Glenn Beck makes loads of money being wrong. I guess any way you can make buck, eh Glenn?

[flossophy]

01:25 PM on 12/03/2009

You'd think if he was so wrong all the time, it would be reflected in his audience figures. They're huge and growing.

Meanwhile MSNBC's figures are in the proverbial ta'nk. Maybe they've been 'wrong' too many times.

[austin4]

01:31 PM on 12/03/2009

His audience is a lot of Delusional people who are to shallow to know anything.

[TLV]

01:52 PM on 12/03/2009

Reading the editorial page of your newspaper doesn't magically turn everyone's opinions into facts.

[cheeriogirl]

12:45 PM on 12/03/2009

The real story will be the day Glenn Beck is RIGHT about something.

[C Pollard]

12:27 PM on 12/03/2009

Then what is the number?

[chrisfrmchi2]

12:12 PM on 12/03/2009

Yes lets attack Glenn Beck but totally forget about a line from that article that is extremely revealing.

"Finally, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner worked for Kissinger Associates, a consulting firm that advises international corporations on political and economic conditions overseas."

[TLV]

01:54 PM on 12/03/2009

That IS scary stuff. Kissinger always equals death and destruction to someone, somewhere.

[lmnop13]

03:39 PM on 12/03/2009

I hear he also knew H i t l e r, or read about him somewhere.
Guilt by association.

[flossophy]

12:11 PM on 12/03/2009

If you read the politifact article, at the end it says that Blenn accurately portrayed information from a study by JP Morgan, posted on forbes.com.

If they disagree with the study, why not challenge JP Morgan?

I guess misleading stories about Bleck brings more viewers. Thanks for playing along!

[cjk002]

12:24 PM on 12/03/2009

If you read more than the end of the Politifact article, you'd see that the author of the study admits that his numbers were subjective, and just plain inaccurate in some cases, such as that of Ken Salazar, Hillary Clinton, Tom Vilsack and Arne Duncan.

The only person misleading people is Beck, but since the only thing that is important to his fans is ratings, I would guess that accuracy doesn't really matter much.

Fair and balanced? Not so much.

[C Pollard]

12:28 PM on 12/03/2009

Then what are the numbers?

[flossophy]

12:32 PM on 12/03/2009

I think it's pretty clear that this administration is oriented on expanding government.

History tells us that this will hurt private sector growth... and as a result, hurt many Americans.

Bleck pointing this out is a good thing.

[DBtv]

12:48 PM on 12/03/2009

You, like beck, continue your perfect record of incorrectness.

[goodpyr]

12:04 PM on 12/03/2009

This f/oo/l spews lies and hatred,none of which is checked by Faux.
Rupert is proud,I'm sure.

[dnegri]

11:46 AM on 12/03/2009

THanks, I'll add the link to my BeckFanatics folio, to share with any Beckaholics I come across, along with the myriad of other examples of how Beck distorts, or makes up, things.

[JayEsbe]

11:36 AM on 12/03/2009

Doesn't a headline which says "Glen Beck Wrong on Claim", imply that he's previously been right about something?

Just checking.

[austin4]

01:32 PM on 12/03/2009

He hasn't been right about anything.

[RockinDiva]

11:23 AM on 12/03/2009

Glenn Beck is wrong about something?Shocker.

[phoenixdoglover]

11:17 AM on 12/03/2009

Here's the deal. It's not about lying. As I see it, Beck and his followers/defenders here are just intellectually lazy and without integrity. They're willing to repeat any negative crap about Obama. Then, when it turns out the crap is without justification, they hide behind the "I am just repeating" defense. Too lazy to research. To cowardly to admit it.

[Denemator]

11:21 AM on 12/03/2009

Yes they are cowards. Ever wondered what that says about their followers?

[MOCONSERVATIVE]

11:12 AM on 12/03/2009

This place is starting to resemble MSNBC, trying to hitch a wagon to Fox personalities because they have no one to compete.

[Denemator]

11:14 AM on 12/03/2009

EWWWW

[DBtv]

12:49 PM on 12/03/2009

republick projection is sociopathy.

[MajorKong]

10:58 AM on 12/03/2009

Nice to see that the Glenn Beck cult followers...oops! I meant fan-club...have showed up in force.

[Denemator]

11:00 AM on 12/03/2009

Yes it is impressive isn't it.

[phoenixdoglover]

11:04 AM on 12/03/2009

Yup. But boring cuz they resemble the computer program, LISA.

[Denemator]

10:57 AM on 12/03/2009

Folks we have a self proclaimed anarchist on this thread.

1 : a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power
2 : a person who believes in, advocates, or promotes anarchism or anarchy; especially : one who uses violent means to overthrow the established order

I WONDER IF SHE BOTHERS TO VOTE.

[phoenixdoglover]

11:12 AM on 12/03/2009

I would expect any self respecting anarchist would never vote.

As the button says, "Either you're part of the solution, or you're part of the precipitate"

[lmnop13]

04:28 PM on 12/03/2009

Via Twitter,

# Name Andrea Castillo
# Location Tallahassee, FL
# Bio College Student, Roman Catholic, Hispanic American, Conservative Republican, Goofball, Political Junkie, babe

That must be Republican for 'anarchist'.