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Fox News should fire Glenn Beck; Speaker Boehner should denounce the birthers (Too much hate)
The Hill ^ | 2/25/11 | Brent Budowsky

Posted on 02/25/2011 10:10:40 AM PST by Libloather

Fox News should fire Glenn Beck; Speaker Boehner should denounce the birthers
By Brent Budowsky - 02/25/11 09:48 AM ET

Fox News should fire Glenn Beck because there are some "opinions" that should not be given prominence on a network that purports to be a serious news station. Beck has the right to express his opinions, but a publicly traded company that presumes to be a credible news network should not be aiding and abetting the spreading of hate using its shareholders' money on the public airwaves.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) should denounce the birthers clearly, unequivocally, immediately and unconditionally and should state, without qualification, that President Obama is a Christian and an American. A leader of one of our two great parties, and the leader of the whole House of Representatives, which is the true role of the Speaker, should not give one ounce of credence to the politics of lies and hate, or leave one inch of doubt that he condemns the politics of lies and hate.

There is weakness in the Democratic Party, for sure, but there is a cancer that is spreading in the Republican Party. The GOP should not allow Glenn Beck to be one of its loudest voices, and should denounce his hate. The Speaker should not treat the purveyors of hate as a valued part of his constituency, or a faction he is too fearful and timid to publicly and clearly condemn.

The president does not say he is a Christian. He is a Christian. The president does not say he is an American. He is an American.

What is happening in American politics is the cheapening of our dialogue and dishonoring of our democracy that combines the worst of the trivial pursuits of what is called cable news with the most extreme voices from talk radio and the Internet, and adding a partisan hunger for power that is extreme and dominates every other consideration in our political and media nation.

Personally, I am fed up with Republicans who preach or tolerate the politics of hate, fed up with Democrats who seem to have no higher values they will champion with conviction, fed up with cable news that treats politics like a forum for hate or a freak show with the latest babble about Sarah Palin and Donald Trump and the idiot nonsense that insider Democrats and Republicans who are out of touch with America tell each other at their insider lunches.

What they all have in common is that they disrespect their audience for their higher purpose of gaining power, making money, peddling the latest insider pittypatter without any serious discussion about the one-fifth of the nation that is jobless, the deadly crisis of the tens of millions who are hungry or the continuing cascade of those who are foreclosed upon and homeless.

I am going to have a lot more to say about cable news and the culture it breeds, and I will not spare Democrats or liberals. There are tens of millions of Americans who do not watch cable news because their voice is not respected, and the battle is only beginning for their hearts, minds and eyeballs.

For now, it is time for Fox News to fire Glenn Beck and time for Speaker Boehner to denounce the birthers, or Fox News will forfeit its right to be treated as a serious news network, and Speaker Boehner will forfeit his stature as a national leader for being too afraid to say publicly what he surely believes in the privacy of his conscience.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beck; birthers; boehner; brent0buttocks; butt0ut0ski; certifigate; fox; foxnews; jimmyqaeda2; naturalborncitizen; ribs4moochelle2day; victory911mosque
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To: Libloather
Maybe Brent should condemn the 600 members of the Journo-list who spread lies to help elect this fraud. These are members of the mainstream media who actively worked for the Obama campaign. Brent should condemn himself for being an ignorant stooge.
41 posted on 02/25/2011 10:24:32 AM PST by peeps36 (America is being destroyed by filthy traitors in the political establishment)
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To: Libloather; All

excerpt:

“The latest development comes as well-connected sources in Hawaii are warning that certain government officials in the state have been contemplating releasing fraudulent birth records for Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election. At least 11 states are currently considering legislation that would require future presidential candidates to prove constitutional eligibility by proving they are “natural born citizens.”

Link: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=267897


42 posted on 02/25/2011 10:24:34 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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To: Libloather
Brent stop ranting,

Change the Channel. Go after Obama to prove he qualifies. Not a third party.

The Hill has gone downhill. No discussion of facts.

43 posted on 02/25/2011 10:24:45 AM PST by opentalk
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To: Libloather

Hey Brent, Butt-out-sky!!, would ya? You and your type are not who people listen to anymore.


44 posted on 02/25/2011 10:25:07 AM PST by dforest
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To: Libloather

“but a publicly traded company that presumes to be a credible news network should not be aiding and abetting the spreading of hate “

What about Al Franken spreading Hate...oh wait, he’s a US Senator now.


45 posted on 02/25/2011 10:25:27 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: screaminsunshine
Alex Jones already has way more clout just as he broadcasts now, look what happened with Charlie Sheen on just a portion of his show yesterday.
46 posted on 02/25/2011 10:25:36 AM PST by de.rm ("Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, 3 times is enemy action." Auric Goldfinger)
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To: Libloather

Well actually both Boehner and Beck need to go completely, I’d even throw in Sean, Ann and Malkin. The reason they all need to go is because of their lack of spine concerning the birther issue. All of them attacked birthers, obtw, Levin needs to go too, same reason they cannot be trusted.


47 posted on 02/25/2011 10:25:38 AM PST by stockpirate (U-6 Total unemployed for January 2011 16.1 percent)
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To: Libloather
What is happening in American politics is the cheapening of our dialogue ...

Right. Clean the Dems/SEIU/Public Service Unions house first and then we can have a look at our side.


48 posted on 02/25/2011 10:25:54 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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To: Lazamataz
WTF is a Budowsky? Is that a beer enema or something?

"Great taste or less filling"?

49 posted on 02/25/2011 10:26:00 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron (The Tree of Liberty did not grow from an ACORN!)
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To: Libloather

Typical of critics of Beck and Palin they never, ever, ever, ever cite a single example of what they are so outraged over.


50 posted on 02/25/2011 10:26:28 AM PST by samtheman
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To: Libloather

Who is this Budowski rump swab anyway? I’ve never heard of him.

I’m sure that “cable news” is just trembling while waiting for the next pronouncement from . . . well, whoever he is.


51 posted on 02/25/2011 10:26:32 AM PST by surely_you_jest
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To: Libloather

How could anyone fit so much ignorance in one article?

S/He must have a really severe case of diaper rash.


52 posted on 02/25/2011 10:26:51 AM PST by FourPeas (While the Dolores remained stranded, the president enjoyed a White House pop concert)
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To: Lazamataz
WTF is a Budowsky? Is that a beer enema or something?

Judging from the article, it's like a "Lewinsky", only you do it to yourself. In public.

53 posted on 02/25/2011 10:28:27 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: Lazamataz
WTF is a Budowsky? Is that a beer enema or something?
Excellent!
54 posted on 02/25/2011 10:28:39 AM PST by samtheman
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To: Libloather

When it comes to truth and news, Fox is best.

Thank you, Rupert Murdock.


55 posted on 02/25/2011 10:28:39 AM PST by OldNavyVet (One trillion days, at 365 days per year, is 2,739,726,027 years ... almost 3 billion years)
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To: Lazlo in PA

No one cares about anything you say Brent. You are an old Commie hack who worked for Lloyd Benson.
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Get it right Lazlo, it was LORD Bentsen.


56 posted on 02/25/2011 10:28:55 AM PST by reaganbooster (The democrat party symbol should be the grim reaper instead of the donkey.)
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To: basil

I do vastly prefer Glenn’s radio show, until his sideboys get over-active. But he does yeoman work and is more watchable than the next three hours (Bret’s show somewhat exempted).


57 posted on 02/25/2011 10:29:01 AM PST by BelegStrongbow (St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
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To: Libloather

Brent Budowsky sits to pee.


58 posted on 02/25/2011 10:31:23 AM PST by Noumenon ("We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.")
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To: Lazlo in PA

Ah, that explains it. He’s looking for relevance.


59 posted on 02/25/2011 10:31:46 AM PST by FourPeas (While the Dolores remained stranded, the president enjoyed a White House pop concert)
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To: okie01
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) should denounce the birthers clearly, unequivocally, immediately and unconditionally and should state, without qualification, that President Obama is a Christian and an American.

Repeat until believed.

60 posted on 02/25/2011 10:31:46 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (It's not the *Prince of Fools* but rather the *fools* that are the problem)
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