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Talk radio host links fire victims to those who 'hate America'(Glenn Beck)
L.A. Times ^ | October 23, 2007 | Andrew Blankstein

Posted on 10/24/2007 5:59:06 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

Edited on 10/24/2007 6:23:24 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Glenn Beck's comments draw a rebuke from one media watchdog group, whose spokesman calls them 'heartless.'

With at least 1,000 homes destroyed, two deaths reported and more than a quarter-million people ordered to evacuate, the wildfires ravaging Southern California have been as indiscriminate as they have been devastating.


(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: glennbeck; mediamatters; partisanwitchhunt; soros; talkradio; zogbyism
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1 posted on 10/24/2007 5:59:07 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

Maybe a little bit of piling on there Glenn?


2 posted on 10/24/2007 6:01:35 AM PDT by misterrob (Seven down, 12 more til the Pats win the SB again.)
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To: COUNTrecount

He obviously did not mean what they say he meant. Otherwise he would not have said “Unfortunately.”


3 posted on 10/24/2007 6:01:35 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: COUNTrecount
Oh, Media Matters again...Nothing new, move on, nothing to see here...


4 posted on 10/24/2007 6:01:38 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: COUNTrecount

So now the talk show jihad by the left, media matters et al, turns to Beck.

They’re a riot.


5 posted on 10/24/2007 6:03:01 AM PDT by period end of story (I have a bird that whistles, and I have birds that sing.)
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To: COUNTrecount
"I think there is a handful of people who hate America," Beck said. "Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today."

Seems harmless to me. Why backtrack? I'm sure a lot of people who do hate America lost their homes. Doesn't mean a lot of people who love America didn't as well.
6 posted on 10/24/2007 6:03:07 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: misterrob

Angling for his own letter from Reid or Pelosi?


7 posted on 10/24/2007 6:04:46 AM PDT by listenhillary (millions crippled by the war on poverty....but we won't pull out)
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To: COUNTrecount

LA Times hates Americans, story at 11


8 posted on 10/24/2007 6:04:59 AM PDT by Crazieman (The Democrat Party: Culture of Treason)
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To: misterrob
Why is Glenn backtracking? It's pretty obvious that Democrats hate America.
9 posted on 10/24/2007 6:06:24 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: misterrob

Get real.


10 posted on 10/24/2007 6:06:26 AM PDT by Suzy Quzy (Hillary '08...Her PHONINESS is REAL!!!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Did anyone hear this comment by Glenn as stated by the LA Times?
It does not make any sense.
Was he referring to sea side cities?
I mean the Inland Empire is very conservative and more than 750 homes are gone, more to go today. Over one million people have been evacuated......
As I sit here looking out my window,, it is only 6AM and still dark, and the hills are glowing from the fires in San Diego County...very eerie.


11 posted on 10/24/2007 6:06:32 AM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: COUNTrecount

I don’t “get” Beck at all. Reminds me of a side show barker.
When he interviewed Denis Leary (who I enjoy as a performer), Leary eventually got into the ‘Irish, Catholic, Boston” point of view mode. Rather than challenge him, Beck made one excuse after another for Leary’s opinions.

He’s done the same thing in the company of Sharpton.


12 posted on 10/24/2007 6:06:54 AM PDT by toddlintown (Five bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: COUNTrecount

I’ll listen to Glenn today to see what he really said.

It will be interesting to see the contrast with LA Times.

They really are piling on, aren’t they?


13 posted on 10/24/2007 6:07:24 AM PDT by squarebarb
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To: listenhillary

Kind of a dumb comment to make IMO. People with acerbic styles have a tendancy to say things that don’t add much to a situation. I like Beck but there are times he loses his effectiveness in being smug and snarky.


14 posted on 10/24/2007 6:07:44 AM PDT by misterrob (Seven down, 12 more til the Pats win the SB again.)
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To: misterrob

Considering the worst of it is hitting San Diego County, in particular some heavily Republican areas, I think I can conclude he’s a micro-brained MORON.


15 posted on 10/24/2007 6:08:59 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Pope to politicians: "(Do) not to allow children to be considered as a form of illness.")
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To: COUNTrecount
Congressman Stark seems to be able to say just about ANYTHING about a republican President and get no blowback from the MSM media unless prodded.

Maybe Glenn should run for Congress

16 posted on 10/24/2007 6:09:09 AM PDT by Popman
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To: COUNTrecount
Media Matters called today for CNN, which airs Beck's cable TV show, to "distance themselves from his comments or risk being seen as endorsing them."

Since this complaint is from Media Matters ... it's a guarantee that parts of Beck's comments are not reported

Media Matters is on a mission to shut down all conservative radio shows

17 posted on 10/24/2007 6:09:16 AM PDT by Mo1 ( http://www.gohunter08.com)
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To: COUNTrecount
Another phony controversy.

Is anyone going to condemn Media Matters for their stance against free speech?

18 posted on 10/24/2007 6:09:17 AM PDT by pnh102
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To: misterrob

Condider the source. Media Matters continues in its efforts to destroy conservative talk radio taking statements out of context and jumping on misstatements even if they are corrected immediately thereafter.


19 posted on 10/24/2007 6:09:22 AM PDT by kabar
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To: COUNTrecount

I am shocked! I am outraged! Do you think we should start a campaign to get Nancy Pelosi to write a letter to CNN and have 220 House Democrats to sign it?

Dear Wolf Blitzer,

As you know, a colleague of yours, Mr. Glenn Beck, has viciously attacked fire victims by attempting to link their politics, with personal tragedy. We the undersigned Congressional leaders....(BLAH, BLAH, BLAH)

ebay could use another auction.


20 posted on 10/24/2007 6:09:26 AM PDT by mission9 (Be a citizen worth living for, in a Nation worth dying for...)
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