Media Mayhem: Did Glenn Beck ruin Van Jones' career or did he ruin his own?
Our media columnist examines the ongoing controversy over the resignation of Obama's green jobs czar and finds that, like the mob, maybe Beck was just out for some old-fashioned revenge.
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It seems unfair that Glenn Beck, an admitted alcoholic and former drug addict with a penchant for race baiting, managed to drive green jobs evangelist Van Jones from his White House appointment because of minor missteps in Jones’ past.
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Enter your comments hereWhy is so much hatred being hurled toward President Obama? That's a no-brainer!
He's a Kenyan born Arab terrorist who wants to bring DEATH PANELS to this grand and glorious land of ours so he can pull the plugs on Granny and Gramps.
HE'S A DANGED LEFT WING SOCIALIST whose education was funded by the American Communist Party, MoveOn.Org, Barbara Streisand and Ed Asner.
He named his daughters Sasha and Malia - YO! WHAT'S UP WITH THAT???
He would.... More
Why is racist to disagree with this administration? Would all of George Bush's black detractors be racist? Get it through your thick skull that just because we say "No, I do not agree with you and you are doing the wrong thing!" does not make us racist. We are Americans, We have the right to participate and debate any administration.
Yes everyone has the right to disagree even if it is misguided and one-sided. WMD's in Iraq was a lie too remember...
The questions that have been swirling for almost 2 weeks now about whether Glenn Beck was involved in the rape and murder of a young girl in 1990 will not go away. Rather than confront these allegations, Glenn is hiding behind his lawyers and trying to shut down those that are just asking questions. I ask you, are these the actions of an innocent man? Who will Glenn Beck's next victim be? Use Google or Bing or Yahoo and find out for yourself. Glenn and his lawyers are trying to silence the.... More
Van Jones was incriminated by his own words. All Beck did was roll the tape.
Of course, that must make Beck a racist, huh?
Beck questioned who Van Jones was and what his affiliations were long before the attack by colorofchange. You have it backwards, sir.
Colorofchange retaliated against Beck.
I take offense at the post that said Beck viewers are ignorant and just blindly follow him. Quite the opposite is true. Viewers and listeners of Beck's show are well-informed and quite intelligent evidenced by the fact that we can see right through Obama's falsehoods. Those who want to silence Beck also want to silence anyone who disagrees with the lefties. Why is it that those on the right (i am somewhat moderate) are not trying to silence commentators on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, and NBC..... More
To keep the far left wing-nuts from calling anyone a racist for questioning Obama's policies, always give the disclaimer that you are criticizing Obama's white side. That should put the race baiter's heads back in the sand.
There is a rumor that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990.
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Do you guys get paid to google alert Glenn Beck so you can run around making your ridiculous comments on every blog that mentions Beck.....or is this a service you provide for free?
Glenn Beck hates the victims of 9/11.
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beyond fox, the media didn't even report any of this stuff until after jones "resigned", and you're accusing beck of having an agenda? how do idiots like this maintain employment?
Do you actually believe the load of crap you just wrote? America is no longer buying what you and other idiotic "journalists" errr..... liars are selling. Communists and radicals are not welcome in my White House. Wake up and get a clue -- your fantasy view of the world is not reality. Thank God for Glenn Beck.
Ken Edelstein... You have a problem with recovering drug addicts and alcoholics? Even bringing up the subject makes you more or less an ***-hole, to quote from Van Jones.
Van Jones ruined his own career through his outrageous behavior and radicalism.
Well written, Ken. The man is beneath contempt and it is galling to the extreme that such a creature should be making millions by promoting ignorance. It is appalling that his followers should have their jealousy, prejudices and hate legitimized by a television company that trumpets itself as 'fair and balanced'.
There is a terrific column on Time's site that I think is well worth reading. Perhaps the trolls that have replied with such dopey responses would like to go there and let.... More
The fact that you started your reply by calling those who had responded with opposing views "trolls" says it all. You are no better than Glenn Beck. Obama, who in his speech on Healthcare last week spoke of the "lies and distortions" coming from his opponents is no better than the Republican congressman who shouted "you lie" to the president. No, I'm sure Glenn Beck can't tell you how you felt/feel about 9/11. But I am grateful to his researchers and Fox News for bringing to light.... More
I can't believe that anyone in this country could accept a known communist in our government! What is happening to us? Wake up people we are being invaded by radicals. We will wake up some day and be required to call each other COMRADE.
Nuff said why dont you go play in the corner with some string or better yet go watch invasion USA with Chuck Norris and keep that stupid fantasy of yours alive.
It's amazing to me that people don't notice the latent, and often obvious, racism emitting from each FoxNews program, particularly Glenn Beck, Hannity and O'Reilly. But I suppose it would make sense that the people who cannot detect this are themselves entrapped in the same bigotry and and hypocrisy. Glen Beck is a clown.
Good God man, the guy admitted he was a communist!
"Three small demerits"? WTF are you smoking?
Mother Nature Network? Seriously.
Van Jones is a communist and a racist, Joe McCarthy was right.
Ken Edeistein is a hack and Glenn Beck is a Patriot.
Ken, I have a question. In your article you say Dick Morris is "one of Beck’s lieutenants in calling for Jones’ head." The phrasing here makes it sound like Beck and Morris are in some sort of organized group, or were in cahoots together to get rid of Van Jones.
Is there an actual, personal relationship between the two, is it only a theoretical relationship--are they two separate parties going after the same goal, or do you even know?
Because, it seems that linking Beck.... More
I don't know what the question is. Van Jones not only admits that he's a communist but I saw the clip where he said that the Green movement is just the "first stage", in a communist revolution. Most Americans don't want a communist government. Most Americans don't even want a socialist government, and for good reason. History has proved that communism and Socialism don't work! Obama is an admitted Marxist ( Marxism and Communism are the same thing) He obviously wanted Van Jones on his team so.... More
Say what you mean and mean what you. Beck Rules
I find your comments about Glenn Beck to be disingenuous, ill-informed, and obviously biased. Beck has never displayed on-air (since I don't know him personally, I can't comment on off-air behavior, although it would seem out of character for him) animosity toward any racial group, let alone 'race-baiting'. It is not race-baiting to bring up the uncomfortable facts that the subject in question himself displays such tendencies. In fact, Beck seems to take great pains to be fair. In the case of.... More
Van Jones is a communist and maybe Glenn Beck is a modern day Joe McCarthy. Sometimes the times and circumstances require a hunter to emerge and cull from society our more rabid elements.
I am not sure why we need communist advising the president we already have the Ayers brothers.
Van Jones is responsible for his predicament. His own words did him in. Too bad that someone that had turned their life around and achieved great success would end up failing on stupid statements.
Beck thrives in the ignorance of his viewers. He can contradict himself one day to the next and tell flat out lie without ever having to answer to his viewers. As long as he maintains high pitched emotions against the liberals, all else is forgiven.
Beck is a boil on the backside of humanity and the news media have all but decide to give him and his ilk the credibility of equals.
What shame.
if you can prove he lied show me where and when
Any government official that is caught on video multiple times making radical claims such as the government caused 911, admitted communist, and exemplifies hatred towards any race...does not belong in a leadership role-PERIOD! Unless these videos are doctored...Don't shoot the messenger!
I don't know what color the sky is on your world but you've never watched the Jeff Beck Show. I've never heard him lie and I've never heard him say one thing one day and the opposite the next day.
Those things are what Obama does. Obama is such a glib liar that he can say 2 different lies out of each side of his mouth at the same time. Then the next day when he is confronted on the lies he said, he says, "I didn't say that!"
