Advertisers abandon Beck

[Pelranius]

I can't imagine Beck possibly getting a show on the cable networks. How would unemployment suit him?

[Rye]

I think the aforementioned Charlie Brooker introduction to Glenn Beck is worth a post here:

[FSTargetDrone]

I can't imagine Beck possibly getting a show on the cable networks. How would unemployment suit him?

Then, can you imagine him getting two shows? He was on CNN/Headline News before joining Fox.

[lance]

I can't imagine Beck possibly getting a show on the cable networks. How would unemployment suit him?

Then, can you imagine him getting two shows? He was on CNN/Headline News before joining Fox.

I heard he was a lot more sane when he was on CNN and did a 180 on several positions when he changed stations.

[FSTargetDrone]

I heard he was a lot more sane when he was on CNN and did a 180 on several positions when he changed stations.

Who knows. Maybe all the heavy drug use and alcohol abuse broke his brain.

[Pelranius]

I heard he was a lot more sane when he was on CNN and did a 180 on several positions when he changed stations.

Who knows. Maybe all the heavy drug use and alcohol abuse broke his brain.

Maybe it was the special clothing the Mormons wear?

Or he figured that he could push aside Billo after that sex scandal with loofahs and all.

[Natorgator]

The boycott is pointless, the advertisers are only having their commercials run on different shows so there is no difference in revenue. Given the fact that Beck is HUGELY popular, there's no way in hell Fox would ever let him go. And shit, the very fact that he's being boycotted will make him even more popular to his demographic.

You obviously have no idea how TV executives think. I can name quite a few shows that were popular that got yanked by large boycotts. The last two being Bill Maher and Phil donahue who were both axed after saying negative things, having a boycott organized and both lost their shows despite being some of the most popular figures on their network. Or how about Don Imus who get a suspension via the same tatics despite the fact that Imus has a highly loyal following and a large one?

News executives like controversy, but they have their limits. Once Beck becomes a hindrance rather than an asset, they will kick him to the curb faster than you can say FEMA prison camps.

There's a report today saying his ratings are even higher since all of this started, which basically proves my point. There's probably nothing he could do to get kicked off the air at this point, I mean shit the man has a new conspiracy theory like every day. All of this to say is that Beck is far from a hindrance, he's exactly what the demographic wants and he's a ratings bonanza. He is higher rated than O'Reilly now.

[Straha]

I can't imagine Beck possibly getting a show on the cable networks. How would unemployment suit him?

Then, can you imagine him getting two shows? He was on CNN/Headline News before joining Fox.

I heard he was a lot more sane when he was on CNN and did a 180 on several positions when he changed stations.

If you ever listened to his radio show from before he was on CNN he was both smart and incredibly funny. Not only that, but he was (GASP) moderate on a whole lot of issues. He once did a history of the Israel/Palestine Conflict and essentially summed it up as "Israel is made up of a bunch of dicks. But so is Palestine. You can't pick favorites here, so we shouldn't. But we support Israel because it's easier for us and because, for now, they're the slightly less bad." Which is refreshingly honest for a conservative.

Then he became famous, and a Mormon, and went insane.