Glenn Beck Fills In For Larry King

Posted by on July 21, 2008 at 5:47 pm. 10 Comments :

The geniuses at CNN have decided to dig into the depths of their worst performing personalities to find a guest host for Larry King tonight.

Glenn Beck has the two lowest rated hours on the already low rated CNN Headline News. So naturally the programming brain trust at CNN would tap him to sit in the seat of their highest rated host, Larry King.


Glenn Beck WeakIn a previous stint on the mothership,
Beck moved up to CNN from Headline News to sub for Paula Zahn and barely scraped up the viewers he routinely got at his less-watched network. And he underperformed Zahn, who was replaced for poor performance, by a whopping 23%.


And if it’s not bad enough that they are ignoring Beck’s status as the Biggest Loser, they are also ignoring his history of offensive and racist speech, which Think Progress has nicely documented.

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10 thoughts on “Glenn Beck Fills In For Larry King”

  1. I was appalled by Glenn Beck’s performance last night while he was substituting for Larry King ! Firstly, I turned in to see Ed Schultz and Beck chose to not have him on. I watched for as long as I could stand it while Beck continually cut-off his progressive guests and overtalking them.

    I would hope that you will NEVER select him to replace the fair-minded King.

    • Hmmm. I missed the broadcast. I didn’t know that Ed Schultz was scheduled and then dropped. I would love to know more about why that happened.

  2. Does anyone know where I can see the video from last night’s show – I can’t seem to find it anywhere.

    Thanks

    • I’m going to give you the obvious answer…

      Just keep checking YouTube. It will probably show up eventually.

  3. Glenn did a great job, maybe with some luck we’ll see more substantive change over at CNN and then the other major networks. What a breath of fresh air!

  5. Glenn Beck is as fair and balanced as Fox , He is a neocon , How many houses or wives does he have ?

  6. Glenn is too real for some people to handle. I’m glad I wouldn’t characterize myself as “some people”. I believe that some people hate him just by virtue of the fact that (unlike Rush) the man speaks from his heart. One must risk sounding arrogant in order to speak the truth.

    • That’s right. My problem with ignorant racists like Beck is that I “handle” them speaking the “truth.”

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