(Aug 7, 2009): "Two Minutes of Hate" (Media Matters)

[CGP]

YouTube - The Two Minutes Hate: August 7, 2009

[foxyladi]

wow!!!!!!!that was a powerful message.

[Ikasu]

Rank the crazies!

Most --> Least
1. Michael Savage
2. Glenn Beck
3. Rush Limbaugh
4. Lou Dobbs

[CGP]

Rank the crazies!

Most --> Least
1. Michael Savage
2. Glenn Beck
3. Rush Limbaugh
4. Lou Dobbs

I was only thinking yesterday that I find Glenn Beck to be more wacky these days than RL, so I agree with placing him higher in the rankings!!! Beck's move to Fox seems to have sent him into the Twilight Zone...

[Kbentleyis]

Beck is a comedian. I always have a good laugh when I watch him. He mentions and also gives some great resources (when he's trying to be serious). He's not a journalist, he's a commentator. Just like Jon Stewart.

I guess it just depends on a viewpoint. Someone like Olbermann, is not funny--sick maybe.

[CGP]

Beck is a comedian.

I have never laughed at a single thing he has said. He's not funny to me, just somewhat bizarre.

I actually do think some of the things Limbaugh and Coulter say are kind of funny at times. I regard them more as comedians than Beck.

[Suzan]

I'd put Savage in a category of his own. Otherwise, I'm not hearing the "hate" in that video.

Beck is sounding loonier and loonier to me these days. Maybe that's because I don't get his humor either. Rush is occasionally funny. Coulter too. But they're both so incredibly mean-spirited that I don't listen to them. Well, rarely. It's hard to avoid Rush. And Coulter, I have to admit, is sometimes great entertainment.

[CGP]

And Coulter, I have to admit, is sometimes great entertainment.

A guilty pleasure I share!

She is very mean & extreme, but also very entertaining at the same time!

I rarely agree with anything she says, but her delivery is usally so scathing it's hard not to be engaged by her on some level.

[VotingHillary]

I'd put Savage in a category of his own. Otherwise, I'm not hearing the "hate" in that video.

Beck is sounding loonier and loonier to me these days. Maybe that's because I don't get his humor either. Rush is occasionally funny. Coulter too. But they're both so incredibly mean-spirited that I don't listen to them. Well, rarely. It's hard to avoid Rush. And Coulter, I have to admit, is sometimes great entertainment.

That's how I feel about Olberman, but truth is the right has many more "overt" blow-hards than the left. The left tends to be more subtle, but just as snarky and sarcastic in their comments.

[foxyladi]

Beck is a comedian. I always have a good laugh when I watch him. He mentions and also gives some great resources (when he's trying to be serious). He's not a journalist, he's a commentator. Just like Jon Stewart.

I guess it just depends on a viewpoint. Someone like Olbermann, is not funny--sick maybe.

very sick..

[Nichelle]

Beck is a comedian. I always have a good laugh when I watch him. He mentions and also gives some great resources (when he's trying to be serious). He's not a journalist, he's a commentator. Just like Jon Stewart.

I guess it just depends on a viewpoint. Someone like Olbermann, is not funny--sick maybe.

Then I look forward to seeing Beck on Comedy Central, you know, like Jon Stewart. Until he stops spewing his message on what is 'supposed to be' (and what some consider to be) a legitimate news source, I'll put him in the category of "sick".

[Spang]

Then I look forward to seeing Beck on Comedy Central, you know, like Jon Stewart. Until he stops spewing his message on what is 'supposed to be' (and what some consider to be) a legitimate news source, I'll put him in the category of "sick".

And the Oscar for best response in this thread goes to....

[mavfin]

Then I look forward to seeing Beck on Comedy Central, you know, like Jon Stewart. Until he stops spewing his message on what is 'supposed to be' (and what some consider to be) a legitimate news source, I'll put him in the category of "sick".

Beck in many ways is the alter-ego of Olbermann. MSNBC is 'supposed to be' a legitimate news source...

[Nichelle]

Beck in many ways is the alter-ego of Olbermann. MSNBC is 'supposed to be' a legitimate news source...

That supports my point entirely. MSNBC (Olbermann) and Fox (Beck) are both supposed to be legitimate sources of news. If Olbermann is considered to be "sick", it also applies to Beck.

[mavfin]

That supports my point entirely. MSNBC (Olbermann) and Fox (Beck) are both supposed to be legitimate sources of news. If Olbermann is considered to be "sick", it also applies to Beck.

Agreed. I was supporting you, actually. :D

[Nichelle]

Agreed. I was supporting you, actually. :D

Thanks. :D I didn't intend for that to come across negatively. My apologies if it did.

We completely agree!