Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck Performs Miracle: Makes Larry King Look Credible

Steve Young | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media


Steve Young

What is the difference between the following three events? 1. Parting of the Red Sea; 2. Walking on water; 3. Cerebral audiences longing for Larry King. Answer: Number three is a miracle.

Political-Ish Summer Reads

Eric Kuhn | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


Eric Kuhn

With the long primary season over and the presidential race gearing up, political wonks might need a break from the "real world" this summer. Escapism via a novel is one solution.

Glenn Beck Falls Down The Stairs

Huffington Post | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media


Add falling down the stairs to the list of Glenn Beck's health problems. The popular television and radio host made waves earlier this year after ram...

Talk Radio's Last Stand?

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media


Rory O'Connor

Not surprisingly, the concerted conservative focus on limitations of free speech seems more devoted to stirring up the base than combating any real danger.

O'Reilly Says Media "Raped the President Verbally"

Jonathan Kim | Posted 06.04.2008 | Media


Jonathan Kim

How open-minded can Bill O'Reilly be if he thinks McClellan doing TV interviews is the equivalent of doing nothing while watching a friend get gang raped?

Hillary and Jackie

Paul Begala | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics


Paul Begala

Her figure, her clothes, her hair, her voice - all of it mocked and savaged in a way unimaginable if she were a man. She never answered their hate with rage. She just went on winning.

Fact-Free Hypocrisy from CNN's Glenn Beck

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 05.21.2008 | Media


Aaron Greenspan

One has to wonder what exactly is wrong with Glenn Beck. I don't particularly care that he identifies himself as a conservative. The problem, I think, is that he doesn't actually know anything.

Glenn Beck Signs $3M Book Deal

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 05.19.2008 | Media


The Media Mob has learned that conservative radio and television host Glenn Beck has just finished signing a huge new two-book deal with Simon & Schus...

A Toxic Media Environment

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media


Joseph A. Palermo

There must be fundamental changes made to the make-up of the FCC and new legislation passed to begin to clean up this toxic media environment. We must pursue this aggressively.

Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Hundreds of ducks made a fatal landing in oil and toxic sludge; Republicans block federal aid to wind and solar; the shocking testimony of three whistleblowers on US contractors in Iraq.

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: Voter Myopia

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


CNN's Glenn Beck, like the disgruntled Clinton supporter Emanuel Cleaver, is more or less convinced that if Barack Obama if successful, it will be on ...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: Food For Non-Thought

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics


In these harsh economic times, things are tough for ordinary Americans. But is that any reason for our citizens to avail themselves of food stamps an...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: Everywhere A Conspiracy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics


You know, we've long maintained that the fact that Glenn Beck occupies significant turf on CNN's airwaves constitutes a de facto abuse of platform. B...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: Persecution Complex

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics


CNN's Glenn Beck sent me an email which detailed all of his activities over the Easter holiday. As you might expect, the weekend did not pass without...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: Obama Speech Marks Return Of The Sliding Scale

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics


Well, I don't think this is going to shock anyone: CNN's Glenn Beck was not a fan of Barack Obama's speech on race. Not enough repudiatin' of ol' Jer...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: Spitzer Sex Scandal On Sliding Scale

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics


Eliot Spitzer made it with some whores and CNN's Glenn Beck is incensed -- incensed, I tell you! BECK: I think it's about time we start making exampl...

Glenn Beck Headlines "The Fourth Most-Impressive Election Team On Television"

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 03.12.2008 | Media


"Happy Super Tuesday," the prolific conservative talk-show pundit Glenn Beck told viewers of Turner Broadcasting's stepchild cable news channel, Headl...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: Some Religions Deserve To Be Accommodated More Than Others

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics


When Harvard University announced that they had set up an accommodation for Muslim female students to exercise at their Quadrangle Recreational Athlet...

Response to Tucker Carlson

Adam McKay | Posted 03.07.2008 | Media


Adam McKay

Tucker Carlson said that what I wrote in my HuffPost blog "Live From New York...Vote for Hillary!" was a "conspiracy theory." He claimed the idea that some Republicans are rooting for Hillary was "deranged."

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: Beck Confuses Hillary Clinton With Cindy Sheehan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics


Hillary Clinton's wins in last Tuesday's primaries have put CNN's Glenn Beck in a bit of a fugue. In part, it's easy to see why: even though most pun...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: 'Is Obama The Anti-Christ?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics


While thousands of Americans went to the polls last night, flushed with the civic pride and enthusiasm that comes when careful consideration and a sen...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck Watch: Misquoting Franklin

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics


Normally, it's merely amusing when CNN's Glenn Beck dishing out his usual bowlful of anti-intellectual goulash. But when he starts misrepresenting th...

Jason Linkins

BeckWatch: Beck Compares Losing, Long-Forgotten Senator To Winston Churchill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics


I mean. Wow. What can one really say about this? Via ThinkProgress: This morning on NPR, host Steve Inskeep asked right-wing pundit Glenn Beck who...

Jason Linkins

BeckWatch: More Goldberg Variations

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics


Glenn Beck and Jonah Goldberg continue to share the highlights of the week of magical thinking with me in Glenn's daily email dose of density. And, o...

Barack's Big Tent: Does the Right Miss Party Invitations?

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.16.2008 | Home


Karen Dalton-Beninato

Progressives can invite conservatives to parties again without fights breaking out over the dip. But do they want to?


 

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