Some Conservatives Cheer Beck's Departure From Fox

[babylonsister]

Some Conservatives Cheer Beck's Departure From Fox

April 08, 2011 10:42 am ET by Joe Strupp


Conservative writer Jennifer Rubin isn't sad that Glenn Beck's Fox show is ending.

Rubin, who writes The Washington Post's Right Turn column, toldMedia Matters in an email: "It is good news for the conservative movement, especially at a time when serious and innovative individuals like Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio are demonstrating leadership and far-sightedness while maintaining a tone of civility."

Other conservative and libertarian journalists contacted by Media Matters reacted similarly.

Jesse Walker, managing editor of Reason magazine, pointed to Beck's repeated falsehoods, as well as his loss of viewers and advertisers:

"Beck was always someone who went off the reservation and he got criticism from other conservatives ... he got a lot of his facts wrong," Walker said. "Controversy is fine when you are bringing in a lot of viewers, but controversy is not fine when you are losing viewers and dropping advertisers."

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[Zoeisright]

1. He LIED. CONSTANTLY.

That's not "getting your facts wrong". That's deliberate lying and obfuscation. Let's call it what it is, Walker.

"Reason" magazine my ass. Is it opposite day?

[kenny blankenship]

3. "Reason Magazine" is a Libertarian publication

So every day there is Facts-are-relative-to-my-personal-convenience-and-preference-Day.

I always compare them to autism sufferers, but I get into trouble for that. It's clear to me that libertarians are all on the "spectrum", and not at the mild end either. That said, I think it's possible for the editors of Reason to have a principled objection to Beck and his paranoid fantasy peddling.

[Drale]

2. He didn't get a lot of his facts wrong

He got all of his facts wrong, all the time.