Fox News Hires Glenn Beck Away From CNN

[davidinalameda]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/business/media/17fox.html?ref=us

:woohoo: Headline News is almost safe to watch again! Now they have to get rid of Nancy Grace!

The Fox News Channel brought in a big name from a rival Thursday when it announced that it had signed Glenn Beck, the host of a widely viewed talk show on Headline News, a sister network of CNN.

Mr. Beck, who has frequently raised hackles in liberal circles with his acerbic conservative commentary, will host a new talk hour on Fox News from 5 to 6 p.m. weeknights. The show will not start until the spring, and a CNN press officer would not say when Mr. Beck would conclude his shows there. His contract ends in February.

Mr. Beck has been increasingly successful at Headline News, as his audience has more than doubled in the last year for the two editions of his hourlong weeknight program.

[pirate_satellite]

1. Good

I'm tired of stumbling into his pitchfork-wielding cries to stir the villagers into burning down the Frankenstein mansion when I just want to read the news.

[billyoc]

2. Quite a coup for Fox.

:rofl:

[depakid]

3. "his audience has more than doubled in the last year" ???

I don't see how. That show is simply unwatchable, from a production perspective- as well as being void of content. I can't even believe right wingers would watch that crap.

[progdonkey]

4. "more than doubled"

That's pretty easy when you start with five viewers.

[im1013]

5. GOOD, now that racist pig is right where he belongs!

:party:

[Third Doctor]

6. I agree!

The guy belongs on Faux news! Now if only Nancy Grace would go to FOX.

[lib2DaBone]

7. geez..lucky for Faux .

[Hissyspit]

8. "acerbic conservative commentary" You mean...

his racism, bullshit, fallacies, hate speech and lies?

[Alpharetta]

9. Consolidation of crap

Sweep all the garbage into one pile. Easier to avoid that way.

[Berry Cool]

10. I was going to call it "the flypaper theory of network personality consolidation"

but "sweeping the garbage into one pile" is just as good.

[POAS]

11. Kudos to CNN for pulling this off! n/t

[Saphire]

12. good, keep them all on one chanel so I can ignore them much easier.

[ikojo]

13. He'll be at home amongst his fellow

liars and hate mongers. Now he can don the hood in the open.