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The Beck Factor

My pal Glenn Beck is leaving his program on Fox News Channel later this year. This has caused great joy among some uber-liberals who object to free speech, as well as to anything Beck. The Media Matters outfit took just seconds to misstate why Beck is changing venues, but what else is new? George Soros partially funds Media Matters, so why would the website ever say anything truthful when far-left propaganda is so much easier to dish?

When you get past all the rubbish, Glenn Beck is really Norm, the guy on the sitcom "Cheers." He sits on a symbolic bar stool and vents. He sees bad things happening to his country and objects. Because his rap is so interesting, millions of Americans want to hear it. What on earth is wrong with that?

If you just got off the plane from Mongolia and dialed into the left-wing U.S. media, you might think Glenn Beck is the Antichrist. The hue and cry about Beck is downright hysterical. Why do they care? Beck isn't an elected official; he's not even a journalist. He's just a guy with an opinion. So what's the beef?

Well, again, it goes to free speech. Many hard-core ideologues in both camps simply do not want to hear opinions other than their own. And if someone is successfully bloviating views that differ from their orthodoxy, they go ballistic. And Glenn Beck is certainly successful.

Remember that he's the guy who exposed President Barack Obama's "green jobs czar," Van Jones, as a communist sympathizer and 9/11 truther.

Jones said a quick goodbye before the White House door hit him in the butt. Beck also drove a campaign against ACORN, which was taking taxpayer dollars and using them to commit voter fraud in some places. Subsequently, Congress defunded ACORN.

Those are big accomplishments, the kinds of things that can get powerful people upset. Thus, Beck became a target, an object of derision and hatred for some in the media.

But it is Glenn Beck who will have the last laugh. His media empire is now so expansive that he doesn't need the daily grind of TV news analysis. The guy has a hot website, The Blaze, has a syndicated radio program and even has an imprint at a prestigious publishing house. Plus, his speaking fees could reduce the national debt considerably.

So three cheers for Glenn Beck aka Norm, a regular American who loves his country and is willing to suffer the slings and arrows to make his voice heard. We'll miss seeing him so often on Fox News, but his voice still will resonate throughout the media. And to those who respect Glenn Beck, that's all that really matters.

Veteran TV news anchor Bill O'Reilly is host of the Fox News show "The O'Reilly Factor" and author of the book "Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama." To find out more about Bill O'Reilly, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com. This column originates on the website www.billoreilly.com.

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I think Bill is confusing the "Cheers" character Norm with his buddy Cliff. Now, Cliff was paranoid and not very bright, so he probably would have been a Glenn Beck fan.

Bill seems to be confused about other things as well. I'm an Uber-Liberal, and believe very strongly in free speech. I'd fight to defend the right of gibbering idiots like Glenn Beck to continue to spout their bigoted, anti-science, anti-reality, religious fanatic bullshit in whatever venue will take them.

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Posted by: Steven Doyle
Sat Apr 9, 2011 7:09 AM

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Bill is right about Glenn as to being a caring loving USA Citizens. Glen ask us to do our homework and I for one did. Not any surprise, Glenn was on target. Glenn is there for t inn 2012hose of ;us who love this country, who do not want hand outs, and support our military. For those of you who are cheering his slight departure from Fox, I say beware of you premature joy. Glenn is going to be out there stronger then ever, and we will have Glenn's back this time.. With the help of Glenn and God, we will be cheering when the White House has been cleansed of lies, corruption and deceit.

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Posted by: LUVMYUSADOU
Sat Apr 9, 2011 9:01 PM

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Mr. Doyle, spoken with true sarcasm and ignorance, and in the mean-spirited fashion we've gone accustomed.

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Posted by: TruthInAction
Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:43 AM

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I will truly miss Glenn Beck. His honesty and straight forward manner will truly be missed in the media that is very difficult to believe and trust. My day was arranged around the Glenn Beck Show, listening to the things he would say, and educating his audience on important issues, bring things to the fore front without hestation. Naming people who were connected and making us aware of issues going on behind "closed doors". I am concerned that money and power can bring changes to a show that so many people depended on for the truth and reliable information. This is just another way that our freedoms are being taken away. God bless Glenn Beck.
Bob Crawford
Mississippi Lawyer

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Posted by: Bob Crawford
Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:05 AM

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