Glenn Beck
Glenn Edward Lee Beck is a talk-radio host and former television anchor who was employed by Fox News. On August 24, 2011, Beck led a rally called "Restoring Courage" at the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.[1] The purpose was to stand with the jews. 3,000 Beck fans flew in to Israel, primarily from the United States, and were treated to lectures by Orthodox rabbis and Zionist ministers, as well as a film about Auschwitz. Beck was born into a Roman Catholic family and has converted to Mormonism.[2] He said at the 2011 ZOA annual dinner that he is a proud Zionist.[3]He announced his departure from the Republican Party on March 18, 2015.[4][5]
Media
His radio show, The Glenn Beck Program, is syndicated by over 230 radio stations across the United States. His television show, Glenn Beck, appeared daily on CNN Headline News, before he switched to Fox News. The Glenn Beck Program ceased airing in 2010, as Beck left to focus on Mercury Radio Arts, and his Blaze (formerly GBTV) properties. A version of his Fox show airs on the network.
Fan Base
Reportedly, Conservapedia is sometimes referenced during the 3 hour radio show.[6][7]
Though promoted to a conservative audience, Glenn Beck has become another puppet for the homosexual agenda illustrated by an incoherent (by all accounts-see reference) rant against Ben Carson for observing that homosexuality is a choice.[8]
books
Beck is the author of ten books, and four of them were #1 New York Times Bestsellers. Books include: The Real America: Messages from the Heart and Heartland An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems, The Christmas Sweater, Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Arguing With Idiots, Broke: The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth, and Treasure, and Being George Washington.
Other
Beck is currently the host of a paid-subscription online network, the Blaze (formerly GBTV) which has several programs including a one-hour version of his Fox News show. He is a Mormon.[9][10] Beck believes in evolution and has called any debate between Creation science and evolutionism "idiotic".[11]
Beck was stridently anti-Trump and said he voted for Constitution Party nominee Darrell Castle for president in 2016.[12] In May 2018, he finally endorsed President Trump.[13][14]
Earnings and Book Deal
BusinessInsider.com estimated Beck will make $18 million in 2009[15] Now with the signing of his new book deal with Simon & Schuster, he will be given a larger share in the profits of each book, as well as increased creative control.[16]
In addition to several volumes of political commentary, Beck has also written a novel, The Overton Window, published in 2010.
Controversies
Liberal activism groups attempted to silence Beck by pushing his advertisers to abandon his program, after he alleged that Barack Obama is racist against white people, and that he hates white culture. This prompted "RedState" to defend Beck and call for a boycott of the advertisers on his show who were "hoodwinked into boycotting it".
The publicity over the attempts on Beck's popularity achieved a result that was not intended: Beck was featured on the cover of Time magazine, and in a final insult to liberal pride; he is depicted sticking his tongue out at the reader. Beck, however, was less than pleased with the Time cover. Beck, however, put his own picture on his book about George Washington, "George Washington : the indispensable man, as you've never seen him" (2011).
On August 28, 2010, Glenn Beck hosted his Restoring Honor to America rally at the Lincoln Memorial. Google attempted to mislead attendees by changing its location in Google Maps to the Roosevelt Memorial days before the rally.
On June 27, 2011, Glen Beck and his wife were attacked by hooligans in New York City's Bryant Park.[17]
Beck frequently had Judge Andrew Napolitano as a guest on his Fox program. Judge Napolitano even hosted the show himself when Beck was on assignment.
9/12 Project
In 2009, Beck launched the 9/12 project, a project aimed at recovering America's Christian founding values, closely allied with the Tea Party Movement. On September 12, 2009 (9/12), a massive Taxpayer March on Washington was accomplished, with hundreds of thousands of attendees, and was roundly censored by the mainstream media.
June 2011
June 30 was Glenn Beck's last show on Fox News, breaking all records for his timeslot. He is investing his future in an internet program with a different format. Beck's show on Fox was replaced by "The Five".
Between the time he left Fox and The Five started, Beck reruns were played. Beck reruns handily won the ratings time slot over CNN and MSNBC.[18]
External References
References
- ↑ Read Glenn's full keynote address from Restoring Courage: The Courage to Stand
- ↑ Famous Mormon Glenn Beck
- ↑ ZOA: Glenn Beck On Israel
- ↑ Glenn Beck Leaving CNN for Fox News AP, October 16, 2008
- ↑ Fox News' Glenn Beck strikes ratings gold by challenging Barack Obama p.3
- ↑ Conservapedia, l’Internet parallèle et inquiétant des ultra-conservateurs américains
- ↑ Conservapedia, the parallel and disturbing Internet of ultra-conservative US
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/03/07/beck-claims-carson-presidential-campaign-over-on-dumbest-thing-ever-gay-remarks/
- ↑ Brooks, Joanna (May 25, 2010). How Mormonism Built Glenn Beck. religiondispatches.org. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ↑ Slick, Matt. Is a Glenn Beck a Christian?. Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ↑ Golden, Steve (February 6, 2014). Debate Reactions Mixed. Answers in Genesis. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ↑ Goins-Phillips, Tré (October 10, 2016). Glenn Beck: I've considered voting for Hillary Clinton. The Blaze. Retrieved on October 10, 2016.
- ↑ Caplan, Joshua (May 18, 2018). Glenn Beck Endorses Donald Trump, Puts on MAGA Hat. Breitbart News. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ↑ Ernst, Douglas (May 19, 2018). Beck dons MAGA hat, expresses disgust for biased media coverage of Trump denouncing MS-13. The Washington Times. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ↑ Glenn Beck's Cash Machine
- ↑ Wall St. Journal; New Deal Gives Beck Share in Book Profits
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ ONE WEEK AFTER LEAVING FOX NEWS, BECK RE-RUNS STILL WINNING TIME SLOT, The Blaze, July 9, 2011