My letter to CNN re: racist Glenn Beck.

[myrna minx]

As a constituent of the Minnesota 5th Congressional district, I cannot express how outraged I am that one of your *hosts* basically asked my new Congressman, Keith Ellison, who is an African American Muslim, to prove that he isn’t a terrorist. So, by his logic, is everyone in the Minnesota 5th Congressional district who voted for Mr. Ellison a *terrorist lover*? May I ask when Mr. Beck stopped beating his wife? Perhaps Mr. Beck can hire Guy Noir, Private Eye to follow Congressman Ellison to the Chatterbox café in Lake Wobegon to see if he orders the weak, weak, Norwegian coffee or see if he orders the extra strong jihadist blend. This is so offensive on so many levels. By besmirching Mr. Ellison, he besmirches everyone in his district too. We support Mr. Ellison and he won in a landslide.

In 2008 when the RNC has their convention in the Twin Cities, will Mr. Beck examine the hotbed of voters who would vote for a man who happens to be Muslim? Come for the lefse, stay for the training camps?

No offense. Now, I’m not saying that CNN gives aid and comfort to racist bigots, in fact I know some pundits and blowhards, heck, I’ve even been in a newsroom before, but some people say that CNN does give aid and comfort to racist bigots. I feel like saying, CNN, prove to me that you do not give aid and comfort to racist bigots. Wow, CNN, you have sunk to a new low. Hey, I’m just sayin’ what everyone’s thinkin’.

[LilyLibber]

1. ROFL

at the last paragraph! Spot on! :woohoo:

[myrna minx]

8. Thanks. n/t

[kenny blankenship]

2. Glenn Beck must prove he is not working with terrorists like C. Castagana

T. McVeigh, and Eric Robert Rudolph.
I mean, hell, Beck fits the profile to a T and more importantly he encourages such people with his hatespeech. Wouldn't it be logical to assume then, since Beck looks like those other losers, that HE MUST BE WORKING WITH THEM?

[myrna minx]

10. I couldn't agree more. n/t

[Nite Owl]

3. Beck should be fired.

Of course he won't be but it's real telling how to them this can be taken as par for the course and looked over.

[myrna minx]

11. By keeping these bottom feeders, they sink their own credibility. n/t

[KharmaTrain]

21. Ya Mean Like Nancy Grace???

CNN Faux Lite News...a total waste of electrons.

Yep, Beck should be fired over this, but the corporate suits "love the controversy" and see all this mail and the YouTube views as some sort of PR coup...that people will tune into that gasbag and see what other screwy things he has to say.

A very well crafted letter. I'd like to know if you get a response. To me, their silence speaks of their disdain for their viewers.

[myrna minx]

24. I'll let you know if I hear anything.

I suspect it will be *crickets chirping*.

[mcar]

4. "Perhaps Mr. Beck can hire Guy Noir"

:rofl:

Superb letter

[myrna minx]

12. Thanks. n/t

[warrens]

5. I sent one to beck asking him to prove

He's not a card-carrying member of Aryan Nation. No reply.

[myrna minx]

7. Good one. n/t

[Akoto]

6. You know, I never thought someone would usurp Nancy Grace on CNN.

Glenn Beck pulled it off. I loathe him. He spews bigotry and hatred in a way that makes Bill O'Reilly look discreet.

I get so much pleasure from hearing about Beck's low ratings.

[Poiuyt]

9. I thought I saw that Beck's ratings were going up

Personally, I don't find him funny, I don't think he's just being politically incorrect. He's a bigot. Pure and simple. There is no place on our airways for a bigot.

I'm surprised that he doesn't wear a white hood on his show.

[Akoto]

14. Here's what I could find ...

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/poor_glenn_beck_39298.asp

The article seems to imply that Headline News is using some tricky math to make Glenn's ratings appear higher than they are.

At any rate. Few things were more delicious than watching the hissy fit he threw after the Democrats took control of everything. ;)

[LA lady]

25. He's actually doing well

He has come up since your numbers in June, freaks me out!

Thursday, Nov 16
Beck #1 In Demo On Cable News Wed.
Headline News host Glenn Beck delivered his best ratings ever on Wednesday night, with 547,000 demo viewers at 7pm and 384,000 demo viewers at 9. 'Glenn Beck' was the #1 cable show in the demo for the night.
Among total viewers, Beck averaged 1,026,000 at 7 and 970,000 at 9. That's more than double Beck's previous high.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

[myrna minx]

13. I can't believe a major news outlet employs an outright bigot. n/t

[asjr]

16. Myrna, I have stopped

thinking or saying "I can't believe" because in this day and age I can believe. I see it every day on the cable networks and others. I don't know what country I live in anymore.

[myrna minx]

17. I know what you mean, but I do have some hope now. We now have the power to

effect change, in spite of those bottom feeders like Beck.

[Spearman87]

19. Seriously? I've never watched his TV show

Be he is on the radio here. He's not appeared rascist in that medium, just a "sensationalist". He is all over rumors like the rouge Pakistani terrorist loose in the US with nuke materials.....Plays them up to the hilt and tries to stir up fear in his audience that there is always a horrible danger lurking just over the horizon. Maybe he is occasionally right.

[ComerPerro]

15. CNN won't flinch. Hell, they are so committed to pushing his trash, they willfully

perpetuate the lie that Beck is a moderate

[myrna minx]

20. I agree with you, but

CNN can then go the way of the Republican party with their delusions. We all know how well delusions served republicans last week. :evilgrin:

[ComerPerro]

23. that's why, in another thread talking about a MW hotel chain banning CNN,

all I could do was laugh.

Hell, I support the ban.

No one should watch CNN

[The Count]

18. You are good! Vickedly good!

[myrna minx]

22. Aw, the Count!

I'll always appreciate a compliment from the Count. :hug:

[RedG1]

26. Beck plays on the Foley/Haggard "team"

I'll bet <eg>

[mitchleary]

27. Beck should have never been hired in the first place.

I cannot believe guys like this get money for acting like this. Not only that on what is supposed to be the most trusted name in news.

[myrna minx]

28. The most trusted name in Nooz.

:hi:

[Oilwellian]

29. Excellent

Ellison was too much of a gentleman in that exchange.

[myrna minx]

30. Ellison is a true gentleman

and a man of the people.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/16012560.htm

Ellison skips White House reception to attend AFL-CIO meeting
FREDERIC J. FROMMER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - While his fellow incoming freshman were attending a private White House reception with President Bush Monday night, Rep.-elect Keith Ellison had what he considered a more important appointment to keep.

"I went to the AFL-CIO reception, because I wanted to meet and greet leaders of labor, and get to know them," Ellison, D-Minn., said in an interview during a break from freshman orientation Tuesday. "Those are the people who I came here to support."

"It wasn't even a close call," added Ellison, who is replacing the retiring Rep. Martin Sabo, a Democrat. "Maybe one day I'll get to meet the president. He's the president, and I respect him in his role as the president, but I have exceedingly sharp differences with him on a policy level."

[LibertyorDeath]

31. Glenn Beck ,,,,

You can actually feel the retardation coming through the screen when that shit stain is on.

[kasseri]

32. Please Kick.

Thank you, my sister!

It is up to us to let CNN know just how many "all of us" are, and "what we're thinkin'." The outrageous, offensive statements of Glen Beck should have earned him the calumny deserving the bum's rush from any reputable news organization. What is surprising is that these "news" organizations cosset these types.

We shall overcome!

[recoveringrepublican]

33. yummmy lefse...I miss MN. Great letter! nt

[Bad Penny]

34. I'll add -