More re: Beck’s detractors and supporters
“Rich Noyes, research director for the Media Research Center, points out there wasn’t much hue and cry when President Bush was labeled a racist in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But the political left is far more inclined than the rest of America’s body politic…to attack and punish individuals for their views.
“‘If the left wants to clean up hate speech, they can start in their own ranks,’” Noyes says. “‘We had a syndicated radio host Mike Malloy go on the air after this, and say he hoped Glenn Beck would commit suicide on live TV. A few days later he said he hoped Rush Limbaugh choked to death on his own fat. There are hate-filled things coming out of the left-wing media all the time, but it doesn’t seem to get the left riled up or upset.’
“…the controvers(y) hasn’t dented the popularity of Beck’s program. On Tuesday…overnight Nielsen’s showed The Glenn Beck Program attracted over 2.3 million viewers — more than CNN, MSNBC, and Headline News combined.”