[what's up]

In short, the elitist media gets the joke. They are not putting him up there because they find him an effective, articulate spokesman for the right. They find him an oddity, something they can pin prick and laugh at

I don't watch Beck. But even I know this isn't true.

The media "put him up" when they had to...when they realized that what Beck was saying was actually being acted upon in DC.

When Beck got Van Jones fired, Beck became the story. Not because the media were laughing at him...but because they realized he was becoming effective.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I thought it was Breitbart that got Jones fired.