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| show_name = Glenn Beck |
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| image = [[Image:Glenn Beck Banner.jpg|200px]] |
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| caption = Glenn Beck Banner Used on FoxNews.com |
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| format = [[Talk show]] |
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| genre = [[Humor]], [[Satire]], [[News]] |
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| runtime = 60 minutes |
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| presenter = [[Glenn Beck]] |
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| country = {{USA}} |
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| network = [[HLN (TV network)|HLN]] (2006-08) <br /> [[Fox News Channel]] (2009-present) |
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| first_aired = [[2006]] |
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| last_aired = present |
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| website = http://www.foxnews.com/glennbeck/ |
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| preceded_by = ''[[America's News Headquarters]]'' (Fox News era) |
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| followed_by = ''[[Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell]]'' (HLN era) |
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| picture_format = [[480i]] [[NTSC]]<br />[[720p]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]]) |
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}} |
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'''''Glenn Beck''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[cable news|cable-news show]] hosted by [[Conservatism in the United States|American conservative]] [[political pundit|commentator]] [[Glenn Beck]] that airs weekdays on [[Fox News Channel]]. The program, originally on CNN Headline News (now [[HLN (TV network)|HLN]]), premiered on FNC on January 19, 2009 and now airs weekdays at 5:00 PM eastern.<ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/glenn_becks_fnc_show_to_begin_jan_19_101757.asp?c=rss</ref> Since switching to [[Fox News Channel]], Beck's ratings have risen significantly.<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/06/entertainment/et-foxnews6</ref> |
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==Overview== |
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Each broadcast usually begins with a brief, scripted monologue by Beck, in which he gives his analysis of the top story of the day. This is usually followed by an interview with a correspondent who continues the discussion with their opinions on the matter. |
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Although the original concept of the show combined elements of late-night talk shows (e.g., satirical comedy bits and frequent celebrity interviews) as well as cable news, it gradually came to center on the latter format and adopted a more news-oriented style. |
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==Special programs== |
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===Headline News Era=== |
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The Friday broadcast was devoted to a full-hour interview under the label ''Honest Questions''. Interviewed people include [[Ron Paul]], [[Al Sharpton]], [[Janice Dickinson]], [[Larry King]], [[Nancy Grace]], [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], [[Anderson Cooper]], and [[Ben Stein]]. |
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Special programming included ''Exposed: The Extremist Agenda'', ''Exposed: The Climate of Fear'', and a week long series titled ''America's Addiction''. These programs tended to be serious examinations of the subjects without any of Beck's humorous asides. |
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====Exposed==== |
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=====Exposed: The Extremist Agenda===== |
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''The Extremist Agenda'', aired in [[November 2006]], which overviewed [[Islam]] in the [[Quran]]. |
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=====Exposed: The Climate of Fear===== |
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The [[May 2]], [[2007]] edition of his ''Glenn Beck on Headline News'' was a "special report" entitled, "Exposed: The Climate of Fear". In his opening remarks, Beck said, "Welcome to 'Exposed: The Climate of Fear.' I want you to know right up front, this is not a balanced look at global warming. It is the other side of the climate debate that you don't hear anywhere. Yes, Al Gore, there is another credible side."<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0705/02/gb.01.html Transcript of Exposed: The Climate of Fear]</ref> |
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[[Media Matters for America]] claimed that "Beck relied heavily on people with energy industry ties and others espousing positions on global warming that have been soundly debunked or rejected by the overwhelming majority of scientists studying climate change." <ref>[http://mediamatters.org/research/200705040001 Beck's global warming special dominated by industry-funded "experts," serial misinformers]</ref> |
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=====Exposed: America's Broke===== |
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Beck aired a special called "Exposed: America's Broke" during the week on 9/15/08. This special dealt with the national debt in America and what Beck saw as America's debt of leadership as well. |
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=====Exposed: The End of Oil===== |
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This last ''Exposed'' special hosted by Beck aired the week after ''America's Broke'' and focused on the economic effects of not using the resources in America (offshore drilling, ANWR oil, etc.) before the U.S. can find an alternative source of fuel. |
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===Fox News Era=== |
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Glenn Beck's self-titled television show on [[The Fox News Channel]] premiered on January 19th, 2009. Beck's format includes the use of diagrams and visual aids. His recurring segments include "Use Your Head" and "The One Thing". |
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Recently, he had a Special Program called "The New Republic" which aired Aug. 23-28 2009. |
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==Reception== |
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Beck's shows have been described as a "mix of moral lessons, outrage and an apocalyptic view of the future ... capturing the feelings of an alienated class of Americans."<ref name='nytimesbeck'>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= Bill Carter, Brian Stelter |authorlink= | title=Fox News’s Mad, Apocalyptic, Tearful Rising Star | date=2009-03-31 | publisher= | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/business/media/30beck.html | work =[[The New York Times]] | pages = | accessdate = 2009-07-31 | language = }}</ref> Beck has referred to himself as an entertainer,<ref name='nytimesbeck' /> a rodeo clown,<ref name='nytimesbeck' /> and identified with [[Howard Beale]] "When he came out of the rain and he was like, none of this makes any sense. I am that guy."<ref name='ABCnewsinterview'>{{cite news | first=John | last=Stossel | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Glenn Beck on Glenn Beck | date=2009-06-10 | publisher=[[ABC News]] | url =http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/Story?id=7795824&page=4 | work =[[20/20]] | pages = | accessdate = 2009-07-31 | language = }}</ref> |
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Beck's style of expressing his candid opinions have helped make his shows successful,<ref>{{cite web| title=Glenn Beck and Simon & Schuster Launch Wide-Ranging Global Publishing Partnership| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS93220+04-May-2009+PRN20090504|publisher=Reuters| date=2009-05-04| accessdate=2009-07-13}}</ref> but have also resulted in protest and advertiser boycotts. In late July 2009, Beck argued that [[Reparations_for_slavery|reparations]] and [[social justice]] were driving President Obama's agenda, discussing issues of [[diversity (politics)|diversity]] and [[institutional racism]].<ref name="ObamaAgenda">{{cite news| url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534643,00.html | title=What's Driving President Obama's Agenda? | date=2009-07-23 | accessdate=2009-08-01 | last=Beck | first=Glen}}</ref> That week in response to the [[Arrest_of_Henry_Louis_Gates|Henry Gates controversy]], Beck stated that Obama has repeatedly exposed himself as having, "a deep-seated hatred for white people, or the white culture." He concluded that, "I'm not saying he doesn't like white people. I'm saying he has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist."<ref name="ObamaCBS">{{cite news | first=David | last=Bauder | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Fox's Glenn Beck: President Obama is a racist | date=2009-07-28 | publisher= | url =http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/29/politics/main5195604.shtml | work =Associated Press | pages = | accessdate = 2009-07-29 | language = }}</ref> These remarks drew criticism from [[MSNBC]] commentators, the [[NAACP]], and others.<ref name="ObamaCBS"/><ref>{{cite news | first=Steve | last=Krakauer | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Glenn Beck’s ‘Obama is Racist’ Comment Fuels MSNBC and Beyond | date=2009-07-29 | publisher= | url = http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-becks-obama-is-racist-comment-fuels-msnbc-and-beyond/ | work =Mediaite | pages = | accessdate = 2009-07-29 | language = }}</ref> |
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Time Magazine describes Beck as "[t]he new populist superstar of Fox News" saying it is easier to see a set of attitudes rather than a specific ideology, noting his criticism of Wall Street, yet defending bonuses to AIG and denouncing conspiracies against FEMA but warning against indoctrination of children by the [[AmeriCorps]] program. Time concludes that "[w]hat unites Beck's disparate themes is a sense of siege" but notes that Beck describes his program as "the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment." |
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<ref name='timebeck'>{{cite news | first=James | last=Poniewozik | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Glenn Beck: The Fears of a Clown | date=2009-04-08 | publisher= | url =http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1890174,00.html | work =[[Time magazine]] | pages = | accessdate = 2009-07-31 | language = }}</ref> |
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==Advertiser boycott== |
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As of August 27th, 2009, a total of 46 <ref>http://colorofchange.org/beck/more/release-10.html</ref> advertisers including Walmart, CVS, Best Buy, GMAC-owned Ally Bank, Travelocity, LexisNexis-owned Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble, Verizon Wireless, Progressive Insurance and [[GEICO]] have removed their ads from his programming due to a desire to avoid advertising on programs that potential customers might consider "offensive".<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090824/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_beck_s_advertisers</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Chris | last=Ariens | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Glenn Beck's 'Racist' Comment Sends Advertisers Elsewhere | date=2009-07-28 | publisher= | url =http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/glenn_becks_racist_comment_sends_advertisers_elsewhere_123710.asp| work =TVNewser| pages = | accessdate = 2009-08-12 | language = }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSTRE57C07920090813| title=Fox News' "Glenn Beck" loses advertisers|date=2009-07-12|accessdate=2009-07-13| last=Hein | first=Kenneth |publisher=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title= Walmart, CVS, Best Buy, GMAC Among 8 Major Companies To Pull Ads From Glenn Beck Show | date=2009-08-17 | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/17/gmac-financial-services-c_n_261148.html}}</ref><ref>http://ebar.com/columns/column.php?sec=lavendertube&article=102</ref> [[Progressive Insurance]] said that they never intended to run ads during the program; they were not responding to specific comments made on the show but correcting an error that had not been noticed previously. It released a statement saying "[We] seek to avoid advertising on programming that our customers or potential customers may find extremely offensive".<ref>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/08/20/insurance-companies-ads-no-longer-airing-on-glenn-beck-program/</ref> Fox was prompted to release a statement regarding the matter, claiming that revenue had not been lost as a result of the boycott.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/conor_clarke/2009/08/why_hasnt_the_glenn_beck_boycott_hurt_fox_news.php| title=Why Hasn't the Glenn Beck Boycott Hurt Fox News?|date=2009-08-25|accessdate=2009-08-26| last= Clarke | first= Conor |publisher=The Atlantic}}</ref> This is despite the fact that as a direct result of the incident, [[United Parcel Service|UPS]] Stores has decided to stop advertising on Fox News as a whole.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ii3vyOzlOv18doAhN9yKtjbjsDewD9A9A2600| title=Attack on Obama riles Beck's advertisers|date=2009-08-25|accessdate=2009-08-27| last= Bauder | first= David |publisher=The Associated Press}}</ref><ref>[[James Rucker]]:"I know for at least one, UPS, they said "We're done with Fox."" {{cite news|url=http://www.brandweek.com/bw/content_display/news-and-features/direct/e3id7aa74bd2d86729b17567ee7d1ca733f| title=Glenn Beck Protester Eyes Fox Re-ups|date=2009-08-25|accessdate=2009-08-27| last= Wasserman| first= Todd|publisher=[[Brandweek]]}}</ref> Beck expressed that he was unapologetic for the remark and stated that the President is not above criticism.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/07/29/2009-07-29_glenn_beck_defends_his_.html</ref> Beck has also devoted significant airtime on his television show targeting [[Van Jones]] — the co-founder of Color of Change — describing him as a "self-professed communist" and a "committed revolutionary" among other terms.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/08/glenn-beck-ignores-ad-boycott.html| title=Glenn Beck goes after Color of Change co-founder Van Jones|date=2009-08-24|accessdate=2009-08-24| last= Gold | first= Matea |publisher=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Glenn Beck]] |
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==References== |
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== External links == |
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* {{imdb title|0800289|Glenn Beck}} |
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* {{tv.com|68400|Glenn Beck}} |
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|years= 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM |
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