Fox News Senior VP: Beck calling Obama a "racist" are "his own views, not those of the network."

[jefferson_dem]

Fox News Senior VP: Beck calling Obama a "racist" are "his own views, not those of the Fox News Channel"
July 28, 2009 10:36 pm ET by Karl Frisch

We noted this morning that on Fox and Friends Glenn Beck said President Obama has "a deep-seeded hatred for white people." Of the President, Beck went on to say "this guy is, I believe, a racist."

Tonight, TVNewser posted the following statement from Bill Shine, Fox News' Senior Vice President of Programming in response:

"During Fox & Friends this morning, Glenn Beck expressed a personal opinion which represented his own views, not those of the Fox News Channel. And as with all commentators in the cable news arena, he is given the freedom to express his opinions."

Get it? Beck doesn't speak for Fox News but we'll keep paying him to say anything he wants.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/200907280055

[Arrowhead2k1]

1. I hope they keep him forever. He belongs there.

[BlueIdaho]

2. Not so fast Shiny Shine Shine...

YOU guys put this fucktard on the air - YOU provided his bully pulpit - YOU can't lay down with dogs and not expect to get up with fleas...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. Does this mean that they DO endorse all of the other s***t he spews every day?

I mean, other than his "racist" diatribe against Obama. :eyes: He DOES still have a program on their *news* channel, doesn't he?

[daninthemoon]

4. powell has been one of the most powerful people in recent US history.

Yet, if he is confronted by racist officials all he can do is suck it up? Does this reflect a lack of character or courage on his part, his willingness to accept anything the man" throws at him, or is America stil just a terribly dangerous place for black men, even powerful black men?

[masuki bance]

5. Standard disclosure for any media organization. nt

[jefferson_dem]

6. Standard bogus "plausible deniability" claim that is bullshit on its face.

This is just a poor attempt at deflection by a propaganda spew factory...

Don't excuse their bullshit.

[Big Orange Jeff]

7. I'd love for someone to ask a Fox News executive...

"Exactly what does one of your hosts have to do or say to warrant termination."

[burning rain]

8. Pretty incautious for Beck.

("Incautious" is a tepid word, but I think it's absurd to expect or ask for decency from Fox.) Even Hannity likes to hide behind lunatic guests such as Jesse Lee Peterson and leave it to them to call Obama a racist, a white-hater, and the like.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Bullshit... he's a Faux employee

and he's doing the job his employers pay him for.

Clearly there are weaselly shitheads throughout the Faux organization.