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Glenn Beck

September 22, 2009 4:38 PM

Katie Couric speaks with the controversial Glenn Beck, who has gained a strong following from both his Fox News TV show and nationally-syndicated radio program.

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by kenjacobi November 17, 2009 6:19 PM EST
Question: How come the GOP always blame the Media (main stream)for eveything. Rush, Glenn and Shawn are the top Radio Talk personalities on the air today with more listeners then any other shows, they are the main stream media.There not the underdogs anymore, they control Talk Radio. I agree that the media leans one way or another, but with the Internet and PDA's all views are shown and talk about and talk about till it dies. Everyone Lies the Dems and the GOP and yes even your President Lies past and future. What we need is new ideas for the future and stop looking at the past. It is real easy not to come up with new ideas and mock those who do.
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by prohb November 12, 2009 10:17 PM EST
Glenn Beck is an eliminationist. As to Couric being "hostile and smug" I did not see that at all. She was subdued and polite and was too easy on Beck. He was well prepared for this interview and gave a false goody two-shoes persona. She should have asked him about his being a climate change denier. I have listened to him rant and he is quite scary when he is in that mode.
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by millibug November 11, 2009 5:17 PM EST
Unfortuately, this person is confused. How can one embrace Family which
he stated is very sacred and also say that we all belong to God even though we make mistakes and that there is a path back to God? (Meaning forgiveness and repentance), Yet approves of Gay rights and Gay Marriage out of the same breath.

This God you embrace is not the God who created Heaven and earth. Because the God who is creator of Heaven and earth condems same sex unions and it is an ambomination in His sight. Mormonism will not teach
you the truth.

I encourage that you do some deep soul searching to find out truth and
truly who you are and what you truly stand for once you discover the
real you.
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by bookstep November 11, 2009 12:32 PM EST
At least Glenn is honest. He states he is not a journalist and an opionion guy. If anyone disputes the facts he reveals on the show they can do so. Katie on the other hand considers herself a journalist and yet she is so obviously biased against the conservatives because they do not agree with her. She keeps bringing the discussion back to tea parties and racism. She clearly finds the tea party activists threatening and wants to turn them into simple racists. Glenn should have just hit her with this head on instead of avoiding her constant questions about white culture. White culture, black culture hispanic culture? Why do these liberal journalist go to political correctness when it's convenient. Her ratings say it all. She's washed up and I don't give her too many years. Liberals are freaking out right now. This administration is a disaster. Even Clinton new he had to move to the center. Even on health care, if they truly cared about HELPING the poor, they would do so and not try to take over the entire system which in the end will kill the bill. Make small changes with bi-partisan support. No, they don't even include tort reform and they are so interested in helping other. It's all government control and they will fail because of there lust for everlasting power. They don't want to help, they want to spend tax-payer money and control everything.
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by informtellthetruth November 9, 2009 8:06 PM EST
It was a very good interview with a guy who stir Americans emotions in many ways, of course Katie was in control of the situation, we had a chance to witness a Sarah Palin, Bush doctrine question, when Glenn was asked about what he meant by a white culture. But, over all, the interview was a chance at least to me, and an opportunity to know more about Glenn beck, a vulnerable human being, whose ears turn red, when asked a challenging question.
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by informtellthetruth November 9, 2009 8:04 PM EST
It was a very good interview with a guy who stir Americans emotions in many ways, of course Katie was in control of the situation, we had a chance to witness a Sarah Palin, Bush doctrine question, when Glenn was asked about what he meant by a white culture. But, over all, the interview was a chance at least to me, and an opportunity to know more about Glenn beck, a vulnerable human being, whose ears turn red, when asked a challenging question.
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by Jquitt November 9, 2009 6:23 PM EST
Much like how loan sharks have been legitimized becasue they are banks now, it is the same with the KKK. Now the KKK is now legitimized in mainstream media, particularly talk radio and Fox News with the likes of Beck, Limbaugh, O'Reily and Hannity. For those who aren't familiar with the KKK it is the Klu Klux Klan who are America's homegrown terrorist. It alway baffles the mind when these weak examples of men gets a smack on the wrist when a black person gets 30 seconds of media attention is is demonized in process. 30 seconds. Beck is able to all the time he needs to say things that don't bring about healthy dialogue and white people write in in support of his nonsense as though, as one of the writers wrote, Couric was hard on him. Give yourselves a break. If it barks like a dog then it must be a dog. Sounds like the KKK in 2009.
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by XDemocrat November 8, 2009 2:31 PM EST
Okay, I do not watch Katie on CBS News but I sometime did when she was on the NBC Today Show. Now I understand why her newscast is consistently last in the ratings. She almost makes my skin crawl as much as Pelosi or Russ Limbaugh: over the top. She is not a news person, she lets her political views scream. Glenn Beck is an entertainer with a political spin and does not try to parade around as a journalist. Katie tried to not make this piece about her, but she failed. Actually, she is inadvertently a great promoter of the Republican agenda.
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by RhizomesRus November 8, 2009 12:37 PM EST
Glenn Beck sounds like Michael Scott (The Office) waxing philosophical. There is no logical, cohesive thought. He just strings buzz words together that get mindless conservatives all roiled up and ready to fight for corporate interests all in the guise of "bringing down big government." People need to wake up. People like Rupert Murdoch, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, and Rush Limbaugh do not have your best interest in mind. They are all corporate pawns working to keep the middle class subjugated and make themselves and their CEO bosses richer. Mention the possibility of taxing the rich, the FOX "News" machine roars "socialism", roiling up the middle class who go to town halls and compare the President to Hitler. Meanwhile, the middle class are being laid off, having their wages slashed, and/or benefits cut by these wealthy people (who continue to get their muli-million $$$ bonuses and golden parachutes) they're so vehemently defending. It's so very frustrating to live in a world where so many people around you just are unable to see the big picture. And the ones who do are just exasperated because after all is said and done, we are a country of people who do not like to think about things. We like when people who cry and yell tell us what to think. And that is exactly the culture the corporations have been cultivating. We're not living in an Orwellian age. It's more Judge-ian than anything else. We are well on our way to Idiocracy.
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by katieahole November 7, 2009 11:56 PM EST
Glenn Beck is one of the best voices for American values and traditional beliefs. Of course you won't like him if you don't agree with the old fashion silly outdated views that have been the foundation of our country. Are you liberals unable to think for yourselves? Is it easier to just mock those with opposing views,than to actually be willing to understand them? Why is it OK for you to ridicule opposing thoughts and yet be intolerant of criticism ?
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by shar46 November 7, 2009 10:02 PM EST
It is obvious to me that Mr. Beck was invited for an interview so that Ms. Couric could bait him into a corner!! Well - guess what Ms. Couric - you failed! I have, until this moment, always been a huge fan of hers. I am so incensed with this constant attack on Mr. Beck! It seems to me, he is one of few who is really telling it like it is! For God's sake America - Wake Up! Take a real look at the corrupt politicians, and the totally weak and ineffectual journalists! I'm sorry to say - Ms. Couric belongs to the latter. She did this interview to smear Mr. Beck. I would say, it back-fired. She ended up looking like a fool!!
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by e_volver November 7, 2009 9:02 PM EST
Glenn Beck is not only an entertainer, he's a consummate realist, a true patriot and a person that understands our country is a constitutional republic, not a representative democracy. He's so adept at dodging baited questions that the viewer doesn't even see how he denies the trap entirely and unassumingly segues into a pragmatic redirection. His audience is growing despite his sometimes wary paranoia. That's probably because it's a sentiment which so many people share. He sees what they see and publicly broadcasts their voices. Things like the government ignoring to the will of the people. Politicians who think so little of the average person's intelligence that they have no conscience whatsoever about lying every time they get in front of a microphone. The obvious conspiracy by our elected representatives who are ignoring their sworn duty to uphold and defend the constitution and protect criminals in the Whitehouse from exposure and prosecution. He has the guts to tell the world that our government is out of control on literally everything, from healthcare to our country's pending financial implosion to the alienation of our allies and the cowering before our enemies. Glenn Beck isn't just a comedian and an extremely honest yet humble "recovering alcoholic" who the world is rapidly acknowledging as the true voice of America, he's a national and international hero.
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by e_volver November 7, 2009 9:01 PM EST
Glenn Beck is not only an entertainer, he's a consummate realist, a true patriot and a person that understands our country is a constitutional republic, not a representative democracy. He's so adept at dodging baited questions that the viewer doesn't even see how he denies the trap entirely and unassumingly segues into a pragmatic redirection. His audience is growing despite his sometimes wary paranoia. That's probably because it's a sentiment which so many people share. He sees what they see and publicly broadcasts their voices. Things like the government ignoring to the will of the people. Politicians who think so little of the average person's intelligence that they have no conscience whatsoever about lying every time they get in front of a microphone. The obvious conspiracy by our elected representatives who are ignoring their sworn duty to uphold and defend the constitution and protect criminals in the Whitehouse from exposure and prosecution. He has the guts to tell the world that our government is out of control on literally everything, from healthcare to our country's pending financial implosion to the alienation of our allies and the cowering before our enemies. Glenn Beck isn't just a comedian and an extremely honest yet humble "recovering alcoholic" who the world is rapidly acknowledging as the true voice of America, he's a national and international hero.
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by e_volver November 7, 2009 9:00 PM EST
Glenn Beck is not only an entertainer, he's a consummate realist, a true patriot and a person that understands our country is a constitutional republic, not a representative democracy. He's so adept at dodging baited questions that the viewer doesn't even see how he denies the trap entirely and unassumingly segues into a pragmatic redirection. His audience is growing despite his sometimes wary paranoia. That's probably because it's a sentiment which so many people share. He sees what they see and publicly broadcasts their voices. Things like the government ignoring to the will of the people. Politicians who think so little of the average person's intelligence that they have no conscience whatsoever about lying every time they get in front of a microphone. The obvious conspiracy by our elected representatives who are ignoring their sworn duty to uphold and defend the constitution and protect criminals in the Whitehouse from exposure and prosecution. He has the guts to tell the world that our government is out of control on literally everything, from healthcare to our country's pending financial implosion to the alienation of our allies and the cowering before our enemies. Glenn Beck isn't just a comedian and an extremely honest yet humble "recovering alcoholic" who the world is rapidly acknowledging as the true voice of America, he's a national and international hero.
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by infanteedu November 7, 2009 4:00 PM EST
You've said everything. Great!
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by GEORGE123456787 November 7, 2009 3:45 PM EST
IT'S HARD TO INTERVIEW THIS GUY BECAUSE HE IS SITTING ON HIS BRAIN.
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by lifeswork November 7, 2009 5:13 AM EST
Glenn Beck is by his own admission not a journalist. He is an entertainer. He is paid to entertain his audience and keep them watching/listening. He is good at that. I found him to be very entertaining. However, I also find Chris Rock entertaining. That doesn't mean that I'm going to take political advise from him. Katie Couric was definetly baiting him with her questions and he was aware enough not to get caught up in another controversy. The timing wasn't right. I'm sure his publisher told him not to jeopodize his big book release. I don't know if he is a racist or a conspiracy theorist but I know he has a book to sell. Isn't that why he is really on this program? Likewise, Katie has to get as many people as possible to buy Dove soap and CBS has ratings to worry about so why not have the soap lady interview the controversial political guy selling his book. It's all about money to these people. Beck would call Obama a monkey to sell his book if he thought he could get away with it and CBS would air it non-stop to attract viewers for their sponsors. Who knows or cares what Glenn Beck really thinks? Beck himself said that he went after Bush with the same intensity as he has gone after Obama. He would find a reason to go after the Pope if he thought it would keep his viewers/listeners attention and sell millions of copies of his book. Why should we care about or believe what Beck or Katie think about any of these issues? They're not writing laws or designing healthcare plans. It's entertainment for them. People who take entertainers like Glenn Beck,Katie Couric and Rush Limbaugh serious are missing the point. Just because their ACT is about serious issues doesn't mean that you should take THEM serious. Obama and congress have the hard job of actually trying to solve the issues.
Unfortunatly, many of them are entertainers too. Stop being sheep and learn about the issues for yourself and come to your own conclusions. Then do something!
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by kevinreynoldsindiana November 7, 2009 12:36 AM EST
If forced to choose between government without Glenn Beck & FOX News or Glenn Beck & FOX News without government I shall not hesitate to prefer the latter
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by moderatemoyer November 6, 2009 9:01 PM EST
I like the fact that you can have liberals and conservatives interview each other. It doesn't happen very often, especially the big name guys.
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by JustTom November 6, 2009 1:48 PM EST
I've never liked Glenn Beck, and always liked Katie Couric - until watching this interview. I was completely expecting Beck to be a jerk and Couric to be even-keeled and polite. Quite the opposite: Beck was respectful, vulnerable, and earnest, while Couric was hostile and smug.

Frankly, I'm hugely disappointed with Couric. There's a stark difference between a tenacious interviewer asking tough questions and a hostile host baiting a guest with loaded questions. This has seriously diminished Couric's credibility in my mind. On the other hand, while I don't like his programs and disagree with his politics, this has made me rethink Beck and begin to respect him.

Note to Couric: Being snide and cynical with guests makes you look like a petty fool. Respect yourself, your guests, and your audience.
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