http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/glenn_beck This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Glenn Beck en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200811260002 In recent weeks, several conservative media figures, echoed by Republican lawmakers, have responded to comparisons in the media of President-elect Barack Obama to FDR, or assertions in the media that a New Deal-level of government intervention will be necessary to resolve the current economic crisis, by asserting that the New Deal was a dismal failure, plunging the 1930s economy into a depression, an assertion that prominent progressive economists flatly reject. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811260002 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:07:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809010004 Syndicated columnist Debra Saunders and CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck both falsely claimed that Gov. Sarah Palin supports benefits for same-sex partners of state employees. In fact, while Palin did veto a bill that would have prevented state officials from granting spousal benefits to same-sex couples, she stated that she did so because the Alaska attorney general had advised her that the bill was unconstitutional, not because she supported spousal benefits for same-sex couples. She has also reportedly said that she would support a ballot question banning benefits for same-sex couples. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809010004 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:06:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808120003 On his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck did not challenge former Shell Oil president John Hofmeister's assertion that drilling in ANWR would "probably" produce oil in "two or three years." In fact, the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration concluded that any benefit from drilling in ANWR would not impact the U.S. oil supply for at least a decade. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808120003 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:56:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060009 On his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck said of Sen. Barack Obama, "The thing that I do find about Barack Obama is that -- and I think America is starting to catch on to this -- this guy really is a Marxist. He believes in the redistribution of wealth." Beck has previously said of Barack and Michelle Obama, "[T]here's a socialist agenda there for America." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808060009 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:03:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807240001 On <em>Glenn Beck,</em> Ben Stein, while discussing Sen. Barack Obama's plan to deliver his speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination at Denver's Invesco Field, stated that he did not "like the idea of Senator Obama giving his acceptance speech in front of 75,000 wildly cheering people." Stein further stated: "Seventy-five-thousand people at an outdoor sports palace, well, that's something the Fuehrer would have done." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807240001 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:09:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180007 Glenn Beck falsely claimed that "drilling in ANWR alone would yield 100 million barrels a day." In fact, according to Energy Department researchers, if the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is opened for drilling for oil in 2008, the estimated peak production would yield, at most, 1.45 million barrels a day in 2028. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180007 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:24:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300010 On <em>Good Morning America</em>, ABC News' Claire Shipman confronted Glenn Beck with his remark in March 2007 that Sen. Hillary Clinton is "the stereotypical bitch." Beck responded, in part, that "probably a better word was 'nag.' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200805300010 Fri, 30 May 2008 20:54:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805230007 Glenn Beck apologized for playing a cropped portion of a speech former President Bill Clinton made in January and "taking it out of context." After replaying the portion of the speech in which Clinton said, "We just have to slow down our economy" in order to combat global warming, Beck stated: "That's what we played yesterday. However, if you look at the text of the entire speech, that is taken out of context. What it is, and actually it's horrible, and I apologize for it ever getting on the air in this context." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805230007 Fri, 23 May 2008 17:30:53 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210011 On his nationally syndicated radio show, Glenn Beck falsely claimed that former President Bill Clinton said, "We've got to slow down our economy" in order to combat global warming, and aired a portion of a speech Clinton made in January. However, as Clinton's full remarks make clear, he did not suggest "slow[ing] down our economy" to fight global warming. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210011 Wed, 21 May 2008 18:01:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805010004 On Glenn Beck's CNN Headline News program, Ann Coulter asked of Sen. Barack Obama: "Is Obama a Manchurian candidate to normal Americans who love their country? ... Or is he being the Manchurian candidate to the traitor wing of the Democratic Party?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200805010004 Thu, 1 May 2008 15:32:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110006 On CNN Headline News' <em>Glenn Beck</em>, columnist Mark Steyn said of Michelle Obama: "[T]his is Kim Jong-Il dressed up with a bit of Oprah Winfrey dressing." Steyn also called Obama "a conventional university socialist." Host Glenn Beck said of Obama, "Her language is riddled with socialism," and said of the Obamas, "[T]here's a socialist agenda there for America." http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110006 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:10:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200009 On <em>Glenn Beck</em>, Ken Blackwell stated of Sen. Barack Obama: "Here is a guy who basically said that, while he was in Reverend [Jeremiah] Wright's church, he embraces [Nation of Islam founder] Louis Farrakhan." In fact, Obama has called himself "a consistent denunciator of Louis Farrakhan," which neither Beck nor Blackwell noted. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200009 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:20:17 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803110008 CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck suggested that, in a recent item, <em>Media Matters for America</em> claimed that Beck did not "directly ask [evangelist John Hagee] about the Catholic Church and anything like that." In fact, what <em>Media Matters</em> noted in the March 5 item was that Beck did not challenge Hagee on his specific comments about the Catholic Church or any other of a long list of controversial statements he has made. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803110008 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:31:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803070014 <em>Chicago Tribune</em> columnist John Kass sat by as Glenn Beck repeated a baseless claim in Kass' column and added a falsehood of his own regarding Barack Obama's house purchase in Chicago. Beck repeated Kass' claim that Obama received "a $300,000 discount" on the purchase of his Chicago home and falsely asserted that indicted businessman Antoin Rezko "bought the property next door at $300,000 more." Kass did not dispute either assertion. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803070014 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:45:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803050008 On his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck hosted evangelist John Hagee but did not note any of the numerous controversial statements Hagee has made on various topics, including the Catholic Church, Islam, women, and homosexuality. Beck concluded the interview by saying: "There are people -- and they said this about Bill Clinton -- that actually believe he might be the Antichrist. Odds that Barack Obama is the Antichrist?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803050008 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:34:53 EST