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Scott Brown: My Daughters Are Available

Glenn Beck calls him 'creepy,' thinks he might kill an intern

(Newser) - Scott Brown embarrassed the crap out of his daughters last night, when he declared in his acceptance speech that, “for anyone watching around the country, they’re both available.” As the daughters’ jaws dropped, Brown assured the crowd that he was kidding. “Arianna’s definitely not available,...

Sarah Palin Is Giving Glenn Beck Fits at Fox

She's a hit with the bosses, and he thinks she's eying his slot

(Newser) - Sarah Palin, “the new flavor of the month at Fox,” is gunning for Glenn Beck’s coveted 5pm slot. At least that’s what he seems to think, insiders tell Rob Shuter at PopEater . “All the bosses love her,” one source spills. “She's an incredibly...

Glenn Beck: I 'Debunked Conspiracy Theory'
Glenn Beck: I 'Debunked Conspiracy Theory'
INTERVIEW

Glenn Beck: I 'Debunked Conspiracy Theory'

Responds to charges of opportunism, 'Nobody's watching Charlie Rose'

(Newser) - His words reach about 30 million people a month, and though his detractors both left and right seem to number at least as many, the wildly successful populist Glenn Beck shows himself to be "cheerful and affable" in responding to his critics in a lengthy profile in the Wall ...

Glenn Beck Calls 'Bullcrap' on Sarah Palin

He doesn't let her equivocate while naming her favorite founding father

(Newser) - Glenn Beck called "Bullcrap" on Sarah Palin's first answer when he asked her to name her favorite founding father. He interjected with the comment when she responded, "Well, all of them, because they came collectively together with so much,” notes Talking Points Memo . She eventually settled on...

Beck: Can Palin Lead Us Without Losing Her Soul?

Fox host reads from diary, professes to being 'nervous'

(Newser) - It was conservative-icon story hour last night on Glenn Beck's show, with the Fox host kicking off an hour-long interview with new Fox analyst Sarah Palin by—what else?—reading to her from his diary. Professing to be "a little nervous" about meeting her, Beck wonders in his entry...

Beck, Palin Offer to Co-Host SNL
 Beck, Palin Offer 
 to Co-Host SNL 
'HOW COULD THEY SAY NO?'

Beck, Palin Offer to Co-Host SNL

Ex-governor bets host a steak NBC will say yes

(Newser) - Uniting Sarah Palin on-air with Glenn Beck produced the expected fireworks on Fox News today, with the duo making NBC an offer the network will be hard-pressed to refuse: They want to co-host Saturday Night Live. “How could they say no?” Palin wondered, and bet Beck a steak that...

Glenn Beck Calls 'African-American' a 'Bogus' Term

Shock jock offers vocabulary lesson

(Newser) - Glenn Beck doesn’t like the 2010 US Census form one bit, because it allows people to identify themselves as “African-American,” a “bogus, PC, made-up term” that is “not a race.” Speaking on his Fox News show, the host offered his objections to the designation....

Why Americans Admire Glenn Beck More Than the Pope
Why Americans Admire Glenn Beck More Than the Pope
Dana milbank

Why Americans Admire Glenn Beck More Than the Pope

He's liberated by not believing most of what he spews

(Newser) - Why has Glenn Beck left all the other right-wing talkers in the dust as he amasses both audience and influence? It's simple, says Dana Milbank: "He goes places where others are forbidden by conscience." Beck doesn't even believe the flamboyant conspiracies and distortions he floats, Milbank argues. "...

The Pros, Cons of Losing Fox
 The Pros, Cons of Losing Fox 
no 'idol' mocking, for one

The Pros, Cons of Losing Fox

Sure, you might miss Glee, but will you really miss Family Guy?

(Newser) - Brian Moylan isn’t sure how to feel about the possibility of Fox channels going dark after tonight's midnight deadline with Time Warner: No more mocking of American Idol is a bummer, but life with no more nip/tuck? That’s a bonus for him. He lists the other pros and...

Obama, Clinton, Palin Top Most-Admired Lists

Gallup poll includes Tiger Woods and his wife in top 10

(Newser) - Despite falling approval ratings, President Obama is the most admired man among Americans polled. He’s got “a very strong fan base,” says a pollster from Gallup, which conducted the survey with USA Today . Obama’s 30% of the vote, though partisan enough, is a blowout compared to...

Counting Blacks as 3/5? OK by Glenn Beck
 Counting Blacks 
 as 3/5? OK by 
 Glenn Beck 
CONSTITUTION ACCORDING TO ...

Counting Blacks as 3/5? OK by Glenn Beck

Founding Fathers had abolition in mind, says pundit

(Newser) - Glenn Beck today put his spin on a provision in the US Constitution that once counted slaves as three-fifths of a person, painting it as a tool by which Northern abolitionists meant eventually to outlaw the practice. An African-American caller took issue with Beck’s reliance on the founding fathers,...

Ooops: Goldline, Fox 'Clarify' Glenn Beck's Ties to Gold

Company says it was wrong to call Beck a 'paid sponsor'

(Newser) - Fox News seems to be watching Jon Stewart. After the drubbing Stewart gave Glenn Beck last week for pumping gold on his show, even as he was listed as a "paid spokesman" for Goldline, a company that sells gold coins, the network fired off a letter to Beck’s...

Stewart Nails Glenn Beck for Promoting Gold

Fox host both fuels and profits from gold craze

(Newser) - Glenn Beck’s cozy relationship with the gold industry—he talks about the metal on his show and is a paid spokesman for Goldline—has so far stayed comfortably under the radar, but Jon Stewart took aim at it last night with a segment on the Daily Show. Does Beck's...

Glenn Beck Rips Ill. Rep's Hubby

Rep. Jan Schakowsky's spouse compares Fox host to McCarthy

(Newser) - Glenn Beck picked the wrong congressperson's spouse to pick on. The Fox host went after Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s husband, Robert Creamer, who has done time for bank fraud, claiming he wrote a “prison manifesto” the Obama administration is following for health care reform. "This is a...

Barbara Walters: Michelle Obama Is Most Fascinating

Barbara's top picks for 2009 also include Glenn Beck, Jenny Sanford

(Newser) - Barack Obama, Barbara Walters’ most fascinating person of 2008, was succeeded this year by…his wife, Michelle. Walters named the first lady her top pick during last night’s ABC special, which also included interviews with the rest of the top 10. Obama discussed the “amazing whirlwind” of life...

Glenn Beck: Is Tiger Woods Turning Into OJ?

About that woman taken to the hospital the other night....

(Newser) - Glenn Beck asked a very serious “Christmas question” on his radio show yesterday (complete with Christmas carol playing in the background): “Do you believe Tiger Woods may actually be OJ Simpson?” His incredulous co-host thinks the comparison’s a little shaky—“I think the thing with OJ...

Beck Repeats Shoddy Stats on Obama Cabinet
Beck Repeats Shoddy Stats on Obama Cabinet
reality check

Beck Repeats Shoddy Stats on Obama Cabinet

Claim that only 10% of cabinet had private sector cred debunked

(Newser) - Glenn Beck’s claim that “under 10%” of Barack Obama’s cabinet appointees have “any experience in the private sector” turns out to be a bad statistic pulled from the internet. The tidbit originated in a study from JPMorgan Private Bank CIO Michael Cembalest, PolitiFact reports. Cembalest looked...

Barbara Walters Names 2009's Most Fascinating
 Barbara Walters Names 
 2009's Most Fascinating 
KATE GOSSELIN STRIKES AGAIN

Barbara Walters Names 2009's Most Fascinating

The famous (Sarah Palin) and the infamous (Kate Gosselin) make list

(Newser) - Barbara Walters is offering a sneak peek at her annual list of the most fascinating people, and it includes famous moms Kate Gosselin and Sarah Palin, Us reports. For a glimpse at others Walters will interview on the Dec. 9 special—including Tyler Perry, Glenn Beck, Lady Gaga, and Adam...

Harlem Choir Pulls Out of Beck Broadcast

A bout-face follows lobbying by anti-Beck Color for Change

(Newser) - Anti-Glenn Beck group Color for Change claimed a major victory yesterday when the Harlem Gospel Choir canceled a planned performance with the bombastic right-wing poster boy. The choir withdrew from a simulcast which will accompany Beck's Christmas Sweater opening in theaters this week shortly after being sent excerpts from Beck...

Americans Want JFK on Mt. Rushmore
Americans
Want JFK on
Mt. Rushmore

Americans Want JFK on Mt. Rushmore

And they don't have a clue about health plan's public option

(Newser) - JFK could one day join Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt in rock now that a wide-ranging poll by VanityFair/60 Minutes has found he's the president most Americans would most like to see added to Mount Rushmore. Other revelations:
  • Though it's a hot-button topic in the health-care debate, Americans are fairly
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