Well, it’s over. After five years of de facto treason, Glenn Beck is leaving television. And I must say, it’s been one hell of a ride. Between his insistence of George Soros’ one-world government, countless liberal-Hitler analogies, and astronomical raising of the mean number of times a TV host cries on air, the people that actually like to keep their facts straight have had to work pretty hard to compete. There were good times, and there were bad times. I particularly enjoyed the Jon Stewart parodies and the various compilation videos of his 9-12 rallies. But of course, the good times were really just our desperate grasps at the silver lining, the silver lining of a terrifying cloud comprised of gullibility, hatred, fear, and religion all

Something tells me that the internet does not prefer this guy to "Nyan Cat".

blown along by Beck and those like him. Glenn Beck has provided the inspiration for attempted murderers. He’s fed thousands, maybe millions of people information that is simply not true. But worst of all, he’s made people love him for it. And who is the fool – the fool, those who follow him? Of course, a good deal of it has been aided by indoctrination. Young people raised in conservative homes essentially have no choice whether or not to listen or examine – they’re forced, trained into it. And the older people have learned that anything is alright, as long as it’s done in the name of the Christian god.

And I want to say, and I would be delighted to say, that this is the end. But it’s not. It’s not even close. Being on Fox news was and likely always will be the highlight of his career, but he’s not going to let it be the last chapter either. His daily program will continue online. For $5 a month (even more for a premium service), viewers will gain access to Beck’s continued daily broadcasts. And I, for one, think that this is great news. Because the internet, I believe, is not entirely for people in Beck’s demographic. Few die-hard Beck conservatives know their way around a computer. Even fewer will take the time and initiative to investigate his website. Fewer still will actually be will be willing to pay for and watch a man scream and cry at them for two hours a night. I am not happy, because Fox News still lives, and religion still kills. But I am happy, because unless he has invented and will perpetrate success for a rash new business model, Glenn Beck’s mainstream popularity is dead. Tonight, I can claim, and America can claim, a very small measure of victory. The true patriot is not a person that wants no change. The true patriot is the one who wishes for all Americans to be free and live life in the fair pursuit of happiness. And as a true patriot, tonight I rejoice. Congratulations, everyone.

-Quinn

GLENN BECK LEAVING FOX

BREAKING NEWS 4-6-11

Special Comment by William W. Wexler

As we predicted months back, Glenn Beck is leaving Fox News, having milked the cash cow past the point of insanity into the land of dangerous paranoid delusions.

As yet, Beck has not announced that his tear-soaked departure will be accompanied by his woe-laced life where poor widdle him will allow God to “take my eyes”.

Crocodile tears, phony posturing, fractured history, and crackpot conspiracy theories. Move along, no Honor here.

Fox News has been the primary platform from which Beck has nurtured his culture war on “progressives” and George Soros, among others, with a campaign of lies, slurs, smears, and nasty dis-information.  He claimed the mantle of TeaBagger Leader with the 9/12 Project, which he threw off and under the bus the next year with his failed “Restore Honor” rally at the nation’s capitol.  His “Restore Honor” rally was the beginning of the end; he started a failing bid to become the next Billy Graham and by doing so he alienated the TeaBagger Christians (he’s a Mormon) and the red-meat nutjobs who don’t want forgiveness chat, they want blood and guts.

It is unclear what part Rupert Murdoch has played in this separation, but one has to see that he is a forward-looking businessman and that Beck’s craziness has contributed to making Fox News the most polarized and least respected source of information on the planet.  Congratulations are due to StopBeck.com, who took over the task of the sponsor boycott and stayed with it.  Next up will be cutting Beck’s book sales off at the knees by selective boycotts of booksellers, who are already struggling to stay alive from internet competition.

This will not affect the Glenn Beck Report, which will continue to provide you with the facts about Glenn Beck until he his hounded off America’s airwaves and beyond.  Quinn assures me that he is ready, willing, and patient to stay the course until it’s finished.

-Wexler