Glenn Beck

Conservative radio talk show host Glenn Beck is going to try and tackle the art of television. After watching the show for a couple of episodes, I found that Beck is very watchable. I am a big fan of his radio show, and I think he is becoming a T.V. star as well. He is, well, an entertainer. "Glenn Beck" however is a very interesting news show. Mixed with plenty of comedy, the show is more informative then Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show", or Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report". I believe that we have finally found a show that both liberals and conservatives can watch, and like. I hope that Beck can keep it up, and keep this show going for a couple of years.

This guy reeks of desperation in every syllable. He just tries too hard. Nor is he particularly bright. His blinking stare betrays slight fear and a perpetual slight bafflement at the world.

Strikes me as nothing so much as American suburban trailer trash that made good and doesn't quite know how to handle it.

Wouldn't know an honest personal conviction if it stole his John Deere polyester wallet; all his "views are transparently expedient attention-grabbers with little thought to the consequences of foisting them upon the public.

His exchange with Erica Hill was the crowning "glory": (search aliberaldose.blogspot.com with the word assclown to see it)

Trust me; like his plummeting ratings, it's all downhill from there....

He curtails his guests in mid-conversation, especially when they make a good point that doesn't agree with his own conservative biased view. He constantly insists that radical Islam is the root of all evil in the world while most educated people agree that it's radical religion in any form (Christian, Muslim, or Jew) that causes the most problems. With him, there's always a conspiracy usually involving the Democrats, Bill Clinton, and/or Michael Moore. He always has something to say about World War III or the End of the World as we know it and has made several predictions when both will start and of course, he is right and everyone else who doesn't share his views is wrong.

The only way I can think of describing the show is that it would be the conservative T.V. version of the National Enquirer or The National Sun. He's even more annoying than Rush or Bill O'Riely, but not as crude or hypocritical. He actually believes the things he says and how this man even has his own television show is scary! *worst possible rating from me

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.