Posted on 08/20/2009 10:23:50 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
First on TVNewser: Tipsters inside Fox News tell us Glenn Beck's vacation this week from his Fox News show was not planned. We hear Beck was told to take this week off to let some of the heat surrounding him die down. That heat began July 28 on "Fox & Friends" when Beck said he thought Pres. Obama has "a deep-seated hatred for white people," adding, "This guy is, I believe, a racist."
In the days and weeks that followed an organization called ColorofChange.org mobilized an effort to get advertisers to pull their spots from Beck's show. Earlier this month, a Fox News spokesperson told TVNewser that the advertisers simply moved their spots from Beck to other programs, "so there has been no revenue lost."
But the list of advertisers grew to 20 and so did the resolve inside FNC that something more should be done.
A Fox News spokesperson denied our accounts and simply told us, "Glenn Beck will back on Monday." But several sources inside FNC confirm that this is a forced vacation.
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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Last week Glenn was promoting a big series for this week. He didn’t look too good. I almost think his vacation is health related. He was getting pretty wound up. I hardly think FOX would succomb to those goons complaining about him but I guess they could. Truth hurts, folks.
Yeah, well.
Beck said last week that he’d be on vacation this week but would be back next week with material he’s been working on for some time. Sounded intriguing, and he didn’t sound like he’s backing off one bit.
He’s pulling in more viewers than anyone on cable except Hannity and O’Reilly right now, and he’s nipping at their heels. This, in an afternoon — not primetime — time slot.
FOX would be foolish to mess with him, and I’m not buying it. Sounds like jealous rumors to me.
Glenn would be the first to tell us.
ping
Supposedly he was ‘threatened’ a couple of weeks ago (or something to do with a family member).....but he didn’t elaborate....and I’ve not heard anything since.
I tend to agree with you.
Plus one day was taped in advance with Glen in it.
He is taking off of his radio show this week as well. Wouldn’t it make sense for him to appear on his radio show (especially if he is under contract to do so) if the TV was forced? I seem to recall him interviewed by either Cavuto or BOR and he said that there was no pressure on him about his TV show - or the content therein. He did say that he was “tying up some loose ends” this week and will “reveal” all and connect the dots when he returns next week. He stated he didn’t want to dump it last week and not be present to respond to the anticipated response. Perhaps it is just show business schtick?
Gwjack
August is vacation time, slow news and all that. It’s normal to take time off now.
That said, you know full well that Beck is getting threats. Nobody does the kind of truth-telling he’s doing without paying a price. He’s got to be under tremendous personal stress.
Maybe he flew down to the Dominican Republic with a few guys and a bottle of.. oh, wait.. that’s the other guy.
Why all the upset?
They used to say MUCH WORSE about President Bush!
Right...you can’t trust left-wing sources, either!
He alluded to voice generated threats during his troop tour that freaked him out. I get a sense the left may have threatened to go after more than just himself.
IHMO this is a vacation because of stress. I knew a businessman that when he got to wound up, his wife would schedule 3 or 4 days away at an island in the Caribbean and not tell him until the last minute and throw him on a plane. No phones etc no stress.
I get a sense what he will talk about next week will really put him in the sights of the Obama Admin. Therefor, he is resting and "sharping the saw" if you will before he has to start swinging at the tree, to use the lumberman analogy.
It could be health related.
I agree. I recall him mentioning he would be ‘off’ but didn’t make a big deal of elaborating. I think what GB is working on for next week is about the ‘Czars’ of Obama.
To piss of a conservative, lie to him
To piss of a liberal, tell the truth...
Hope he’s OK. He’s REALLY ‘hitting the bone’ of this administration. I pray for him and the safety of his family.....and a good rest! America needs him to shed ‘the sunlight’ on these putrid, corrupt people.
of=off
*sigh*
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