View Full Version : Why did Glenn Beck switch over?
traditional_woman
March 5th, 2009, 6:36 pm
Does anyone know if he had a falling at with the CNN folks?
supreme_war_Pig
March 5th, 2009, 6:51 pm
Didn't Fox offer him a wheelbarrow full of money?
LouC
March 5th, 2009, 6:55 pm
Didn't Fox offer him a wheelbarrow full of money?
A skip loader full, you must of forgotten the market.
LouC
March 5th, 2009, 6:57 pm
From things I have heard him say on Fox I think he felt restricted and stifled at his previous gig.
How it all went down I don't know.
I never really ever listened to him before he moved to Fox.
NascarGirl2448
March 5th, 2009, 7:30 pm
From things I have heard him say on Fox I think he felt restricted and stifled at hi previous gig.
That's what my mom thinks also. She listens to him all the time. I watch him occasionally, but not often.
CaptainPike
March 5th, 2009, 11:41 pm
I still haven't watched him on TV. But I used to listen to him early on Saturday morning before he became very popular.
Remus Lupin
March 5th, 2009, 11:43 pm
I don't know but he's way better on Fox than he was on CNN.
gb2004
March 5th, 2009, 11:56 pm
More money, bigger audience....why wouldn't he switch?
drylok
March 6th, 2009, 12:00 am
He had a chance to better himself finacially of course. That's the way free societies work.
Remus Lupin
March 6th, 2009, 12:02 am
More money, bigger audience....why wouldn't he switch?
Now only if FNC would move Beck to primetime instead of 5pm, he wuld get a much bigger audience.
ImNewHere
March 6th, 2009, 12:06 am
I don't know but he's way better on Fox than he was on CNN.
How so? Is he smarter? Better dressed? Funnier? I'm curious as to how he could get better than he already was because I thought he was perfect just the way he was. But if moving to FOXNews somehow made him better, I'd like to know how.
khigh
March 6th, 2009, 12:14 am
How so? Is he smarter? Better dressed? Funnier? I'm curious as to how he could get better than he already was because I thought he was perfect just the way he was. But if moving to FOXNews somehow made him better, I'd like to know how.
I like that Fox is letting him do stuff like the War Room and his We Surround Them project. I don't think CNN would have let him do that. I love Beck. Who else would offer Peeps to a commie?
Amallek
March 6th, 2009, 12:23 am
Ratings. He was doing horribly. The Fox audience is more his type.
Remus Lupin
March 6th, 2009, 12:40 am
How so? Is he smarter? Better dressed? Funnier? I'm curious as to how he could get better than he already was because I thought he was perfect just the way he was. But if moving to FOXNews somehow made him better, I'd like to know how.
The way he presents the news is a a bit better. He's even more amusing and interesting to watch on Fox instead of CNN.
Buschb
March 6th, 2009, 12:47 am
I believe they wanted to lock him in a long term contract...
I could be wrong...there was a thread on it
I remember Darth Bush knowing the lowdown for some reason
Pudge
March 6th, 2009, 10:47 am
I like Beck but he's really been going off the deep end the last couple years. Every other show is about how doomed we are, I sometimes wonder if he mistakenly got Jack Van Impe's script instead of his own.
pattyk
March 6th, 2009, 2:19 pm
I like Beck but he's really been going off the deep end the last couple years. Every other show is about how doomed we are, I sometimes wonder if he mistakenly got Jack Van Impe's script instead of his own.
and his choice of religion in getting in the way of his greatness too.
nothing against the church, but they definately have him in a big grip.
I think that's part of his end of the world is coming philosophy of late.
Cold_War_Warrior
March 6th, 2009, 3:07 pm
Ratings. He was doing horribly. The Fox audience is more his type.
That’s right.
He is now free to present a show without a pre-determined agenda.
Pudge
March 6th, 2009, 4:40 pm
and his choice of religion in getting in the way of his greatness too.
nothing against the church, but they definately have him in a big grip.
I think that's part of his end of the world is coming philosophy of late.
That's the thing, and maybe this is a question for the RF, but most Mormons I've talked to over the years aren't really big on end-times and doomsday theology. It's usually a segment of evangelicals that are praying for Armageddon, not the LDS as far as I know.
I do agree, though, that the Mormon Church heirarchy really pushes Mormons to tow the line on every one of their issues, and they don't like it when people in their flock disagree.
orbitaldecay
March 6th, 2009, 4:51 pm
and his choice of religion in getting in the way of his greatness too.
nothing against the church, but they definately have him in a big grip.
I think that's part of his end of the world is coming philosophy of late.
You think Glenn Beck is being forced into his religion?
orbitaldecay
March 6th, 2009, 4:52 pm
That's the thing, and maybe this is a question for the RF, but most Mormons I've talked to over the years aren't really big on end-times and doomsday theology. It's usually a segment of evangelicals that are praying for Armageddon, not the LDS as far as I know.
You are correct on that.
pattyk
March 6th, 2009, 7:11 pm
You are correct on that.
and I stand corrected!!!!:D
pattyk
March 6th, 2009, 7:13 pm
You think Glenn Beck is being forced into his religion?
no, not at all. I think he likes it and goes willingly.
and I've retracted my statement about him and his religion.
orbitaldecay
March 7th, 2009, 3:41 am
no, not at all. I think he likes it and goes willingly.
and I've retracted my statement about him and his religion.
Oh, I wasn't asking or suggesting you should. Just trying to clarify.
Somehow I didn't think Glenn and forced propaganda went all that hand-in-hand.
But thanks for clarifying. :D