Dick Armey doesn't think Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh gave good value for the millions FW paid them
http://www.mediaite.com/online/former-tea-party-leader-says-they-got-too-little-value-for-big-investments-in-glenn-beck-rush-limbaugh/Following former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armeys tumultuous ouster from the tea party-aligned group FreedomWorks, he is opening up about the details of his groups efforts to elect Republicans to Congress. Armey spoke exclusively to the progressive media watchdog group Media Matters for America and said that his group received too little value for their substantial investment in conservative broadcasters like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh.
Armey said that his group invested substantially in right-leaning broadcasters, including Beck and Limbaugh. He was unsure of the sum which Limbaugh had negotiated with FreedomWorks, but said that Beck had negotiated $1 million annually for positive mentions. Armey was not, however, happy with the return on the investment.
The arrangement was simply FreedomWorks paid Glenn Beck money and Glenn Beck said nice things about FreedomWorks on the air, Armey, the former House majority leader, told Media Matters Friday. I saw that a million dollars went to Beck this past year, that was the annual expenditure.
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)both can now no longer claim to be entertainers but paid spokespersons
MADem
(135,425 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)for his "leadership" was a good value for FW? lol
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)rocktivity
(44,571 posts)because technically, he's self-employed.
But if Rush was promoting FW on his radio show, that money should have gone to his employer rather than him, right?
rocktivity
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Last edited Sun Jan 6, 2013, 04:06 PM - Edit history (1)
did for Florida orange juice.
rocktivity
(44,571 posts)rocktivity
TeamPooka
(24,204 posts)the best spent money in history.
According to FW anyway....
Mister Ed
(5,921 posts)Every time they e-mail you with some screed of Beck's or Limbaugh's, you can just Reply All, saying, "Who knows whether to believe this? After all, his endorsements are up for sale."
Link to Armey's interview, and what can they say? You've gotten your information not from the "Librul Media", but straight from the mouth of neocon stalwart Dick Armey, founder of FreedomWorks.
bemildred
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That's all I have to say.
ROBROX
(392 posts)They have not care for getting something worth what they are paying. They just go back to the nuts who have money to spend and get more money.
It is great that crazy people lack the cognizant ability to come up with a sound strategy to harm society or this country would really be BAD. There are enough people who realize that the talking heads are just LITTLE DOG HEADS.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)It was worth it to see the incoherent morons at Beck's "Restoring Honor" fiasco.