By Howard Beale.
Whenver I see Glen Beck on the TV-either at work or normally in the gym, where I crank up the speed on the treadmill because my anger towards the good Mr. Beck gets pumped up-I always think of the movie Network.
Because in the personage of Glenn Beck, Bill O’ Reilly, and Michelle Malkin-the absurd satire of Paddy Chayfesky’s story has become reality.
One of the things that’s great about Network is that we see how thin the divide between news and sensationalism really are. And we also get a chance to peek inside what people of the 1970s feared most about TV’s future – a future that actually came to pass in the reality TV and talk show infested tube of today.
amen, brother. xoxo
Hmmm, pretty much sums how I feel when I attempt to watch Olbermann…..
ditto on the Olbermann comment.
Has Olbermann EVER had on a guest that didn’t agree with him?
For all of O’Reillys faults and there are many, at least, sometimes, he has on folks that do not agree with him.
If you read your ancient history, say the 1930’s, you’d come across characters like Father Coughlin or Huey Long.
Beck pales in comparison to those folks.
Which is kind of the point, isn’t it? We are supposed to have progressed since then-not gone backwards. Plus, Father Coughlin never made the kind of money a shit head like Beck is making.
Amen Skippy. Beck has degernated to the point I get physically ill hearing his voice.