Reply #5: "Glenn Beck has become as cool as the other side of the pillow." [View All]

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I don't keep up with Corporate Media ratings, but enjoyed this piece:

CNN's rodeo clown
by Eric Boehlert

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200705080004

""I'm a rodeo clown who happens to have a radio and TV show," Beck recently announced. Beck uses the rodeo clown shtick relentlessly (it's listed under "occupation" on his MySpace page), as he works overtime to assure viewers he's an undereducated, unsung hero with no journalism background. He's just an Average Joe who, by the way, produces 60-minute, prime-time news specials for CNN.

In truth, rodeo clowns are distracters. They bring attention to themselves by causing loud, outlandish scenes so that dismounted bull riders can reach safety. So in that regard, yes, Beck is a rodeo clown; a professional distracter."