George Costanza
A Friendly Liberal
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FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,734,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,720,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,296,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,284,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,244,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,154,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,190,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,087,000
MSNBC O'DONNELL 1,048,000
MSNBC SCHULTZ 724,000
CNNHN GRACE 670,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 628,000
CNN COOPER 591,000
CNN KING 560,000
CNNHN BEHAR 339,000
His ratings are still up there.
Sure, a lot of times he can be doom and gloom, but a toxic force?
Yes, a toxic force. And it precisely BECAUSE his ratings are so far up there, that he is a DANGEROUS toxic force.
Might does not always make right, you know. A large viewing audience only means there are a lot of people who watch him. It says nothing about the content of his show or the intellectual capacity of his audience.
And an example of how Beck's blather is a toxic force is contained right in the OP quote:
Beck's message inspired Byron Williams to embark on a mission of violence -- an attempt to "start a revolution" by killing staff at progressive organizations, including frequent Beck target the Tides Foundation.
I'm sorry, but I don't blame Beck or his program for one deranged individual hell-bent on starting a revolution. I've watched Beck enough to know he promotes peace, not violence.
If that's the way you see Beck's message, there is little I can say. I don't see it that way at all. Neither do a lot of others.