Glenn Beck

It is the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

The only word the other person forgot to add from the a category is awesome and that is what it truly is.

It is not the parent's cable news show with a person on the right vs. a person on the left they just argue for the point of arguing. It is more about people discussing issues and if there are debates it is about what is right and what is wrong not what helps a political party.

If you are a Glenn Beck Fan this show is for you. It is not your typical cable news show. It is different because it discusses everything from pop culture to Iran to Glenn's famous pink ties. If you are a sick freak (fan of the Glenn Beck show) this show is for you.

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The only thing more inane than Beck are the people that would actually watch him.

Beck does absolutely no research on any topic that he discusses. It's all just stream of unconsciousness.

Oh, and the emotion...the phony tears and angst. I haven't seen a display like this since dad wouldn't give my little brother the car keys on Saturday night.

Now should we talk about the sponsor's that have run from this show because of his racist, bigoted comments? With Beck, the old axiom applies: The best part of him ran down the bulldogs leg.

I'd just like to start off by saying that CNN is a news network. It's a 24-hour cable news station. You watch CNN to watch the news.

This is where I feel the trouble begins. If I wanted a show like "The Daily Show" or "The Colbert Report," I would watch Comedy Central.

Mixing news and satire is risky. Riskier more, I would say, for CNN than for Comedy Central.

However, passing off mediocre entertainment news on CNN is sort of like mixing oil and water. To top it all off, I just don't think Glenn Beck is funny. I suppose it's just my opinion, but I know for a fact I'm not the only one.

Merriam-Webster defines "abysmal" as an adjective:

a : having immense or fathomless extension downward, backward, or inward "an abysmal cliff" b : immeasurably great "abysmal ignorance" c : immeasurably low or wretched "abysmal living conditions of the poor"

I suppose that if I want entertainment news, I'll watch Comedy Central.

This is one strange show. Glenn's politics are a bit loony but unlike O'Reilly he doesn't take himself too seriously and especially unlike Savage doesn't have any self-righteousness. It's almost like they picked some eccentric religious conservative off the street and gave him a talk show. To even talk about Glenn's politics somewhat misses the point, however. The presentation of this show is just plain weird. Glenn says virtually everything completely off the cuff, often to a fault and is constantly self-deprecating. You'll laugh a lot when you watch this. More often than not you'll be laughing AT Glenn rather than with him, but he makes some good points from time to time. The one thing I can say for sure about this show is that you'll never be bored.

Not everyone will like Glenn Beck. Not everyone will get his style of humor. But this show IS different. The news is real news, but there is comedy as well. Glenn is a goof-ball. He can be very lame. But that is also why many people love him. He's not condescending. You get a feeling of honesty from him and also the knowledge that while he's very opinionated on some things and is clear about his ideological leanings, he's also humble. Although he's not afraid of being silly and making a joke (like many other of his "cohorts" as well), he's also not afraid of being vulnerable and authentic.

If you refuse to watch because you differ from him ideologically, you will be missing out. If you refuse to watch because you just can't stand watching a guy that authentic & goofy on TV, then I guess that's your taste. But I would recommend that everybody give it at least a couple of episodes and see if you don't love Glenn too.