So you are saying Beck is a sellout?
And yes anyone can publish any picture they want of someone.
I don’t think he’s a sellout, but with his publisher being owned by CBS and his book coming out and Couric mentioning at the start and the end of the interview that probably explains much of why he went on. A little synergy, cross promotion, etc... At least I would think that’s how the idea started. I doubt Beck just decided on his own to go on the show or Kaite Couric decided I really want him on.
Clearly the book is a big deal for him and he’s hoping it does well. Couric’s new online show is also a big deal for her and CBS. Beck is the hottest media personality in the country at the moment. I doubt he went on just because he felt like it and wanted to be on. It was more like CBS had a big new project they were debuting, Beck had a big new book they were publishing and they wanted to help both of them. I don’t think it’s selling out. I doubt he got paid for going on the show, and given Couric’s audience I doubt many of them are going to buy his book anyway, so in the end I don’t think it amounts to much.
That said, CBS also owns Threshold Editions which published Mark Levin’s book and I don’t recall him going on the CBS Evening News(his sales don’t seem to have suffered for it) so I guess Beck did have some say in the matter. If he didn’t want to do it, he wouldn’t have.