Glenn Beck’s phony apology to his viewers
Yesterday Glenn Beck had whacko Democrat ex-congressman Eric Massa on his Fox News Channel program. Before he started the show he went through his machinations on the blackboard almost predicting that the show would be a gigantic waste of time.
That wasn’t a hard prediction to make. I don’t believe that Glenn Beck thought for a second that Massa would bring anything new or deep to the table. Massa is obviously a bonafide buffoon who makes Rod Blagojevich seem sane by comparison. How Glenn Beck could actually believe that Massa, who has been a member of congress for a little bit over a year, could give him the “inside scoop” about the seedy backroom dealings of congress is beyond me. How Beck could have expected anything more than the insane ramblings and generalities that he got from Massa is mind numbing.
In my humble opinion, Glenn Beck knew exactly what he was going to get from Mr. Massa. His apology at the end of the program for wasting the viewer’s time was at the very least disingenuous.
There are only three reasons for Beck having Massa on his show yesterday.
They are:
- RATINGS
- RATINGS
- RATINGS
I don’t begrudge Glenn Beck or any other television personality for wanting high ratings. The problem is that Glenn Beck has spent at least the past year trying to project the image that he’s above it all. When he apologized to his viewers last night he was doing so in order to protect that image from the charade that he just aired.
According to the Drudge Report, Beck almost beat out The O’Reilly Factor last night falling just 94 viewers shy of being the highest rated Cable News program. The O’Reilly Factor had 3,499,000 while Beck had 3,406,000. Sean Hannity came in third with 2,901,000.
I simply don’t believe that Glenn Beck didn’t realize that the whacky Eric Massa, with his loony stories of “tickle fights” with staff and nude shower encounters with Rahm Emanuel, would be a ratings sensation. What gem did Massa reveal to Beck during his private interview with him and/or his staff prior to being on his program that he then withheld as soon as he got on the air?
Please Glenn – I know that you’re the all-knowing savior of our country, but everyone isn’t as dumb as you seem to think they are!
