{"id":4131,"date":"2011-03-30T02:42:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T09:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2011-03-30T12:52:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T19:52:22","slug":"a-sign-from-god-glenn-becks-cursed-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4131","title":{"rendered":"A Sign From God? Glenn Beck&#8217;s Cursed Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen up brothers and sisters, for the Word of God is nigh and sinners must repent with all haste. The End Times prophesied in the Good Book are upon us and there is no time to delay if you desire salvation.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2779\/4104042788_40147b3e60.jpg\"\/><\/center><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Take for instance the wayward soul we know as Glenn Beck. With three months of the year expired and thrice a ratings calamity. The <a href=\"http:\/\/tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com\/2011\/03\/29\/glenn-beck-ratings-tumble-vs-last-year\/87528\" target=\"_blank\">latest quarterly book of numbers<\/a> reveal that, compared to just one year ago, Beck has lost 37% of his most valuable audience, those between the advertiser-blessed ages of 25-54. And the loss amongst the whole of the viewership is 30%. He was even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=3999\" target=\"_blank\">defeated<\/a> by the dreaded Maddow twelve days past.<\/p>\n<p>The signs are clear and cannot be ignored. <strong>God is pissed!<\/strong> He has said so unambiguously. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Deuteronomy%2028:27-29&#038;version=KJV\" target=\"_blank\">Deuteronomy 28:27-29<\/a>, describes the punishment from the Lord if you should fail to follow his laws:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>27:<\/strong> The LORD will smite thee with <strong>the botch of Egypt<\/strong>, and <strong>with the emerods<\/strong>, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.<br \/>\n<strong>28:<\/strong> The LORD shall smite thee with <strong>madness, and blindness<\/strong>, and astonishment of heart.<br \/>\n<strong>29:<\/strong> And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou <strong>shalt not prosper<\/strong> in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We hardly need to speak of Egypt and how badly Beck botched that. The emerods (or hemorrhoids) he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bX1rLv_hNeI\" target=\"_blank\">has already had<\/a>, and it nearly killed him. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=2203\" target=\"_blank\">potential blindness<\/a> he announced tearfully last year. The madness is self evident.<\/p>\n<p>And now the third curse attacking his prosperity is upon him. And this only days after whispers that his program might be cast into the television ether by the Pharisees of Fox. His audience is fleeing, as are his sponsors. And five radio stations denied him just since the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Let us all pray that Beck has his affairs in order &#8211; and I don&#8217;t mean the ones with interns and altar boys. These are surely the End of Days and for Beck the seasons are coming to a close. The Lord works in mysterious ways, but we knew that when S\/He created Beck in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen up brothers and sisters, for the Word of God is nigh and sinners must repent with all haste. The End Times prophesied in the Good Book are upon us and there is no time to delay if you desire salvation. Take for instance the wayward soul we know as Glenn Beck. With three months [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-4131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-ratings","tag-glenn-beck"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-14D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4014,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4014","url_meta":{"origin":4131,"position":0},"title":"Is Fox News Contemplating Life Without Glenn Beck?","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/7\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A column by David Carr in the New York Times is causing a stir in the Mediasphere today. The story concerns the status of Glenn Beck in the media marketplace, as well as at his Fox News home. Much of the article details the rapid decline of what was once\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4769,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4769","url_meta":{"origin":4131,"position":1},"title":"Fox News Continues Ratings Slump &#8211; Q2 2011","author":"Mark NC","date":"6\/29\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This is becoming redundant, but the latest ratings survey once again has Fox News slouching alone as the only cable news network to lose viewers year-over-year. The decline holds for both total viewers and for the 25-54 year old demographic, with the worst showing a double-digit decline in the demo\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":514,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=514","url_meta":{"origin":4131,"position":2},"title":"Glenn Beck&#8217;s Weak On CNN","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/10\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Glenn Beck may not want you to know what a dismal failure he was when he ventured out from his perch on Headline News to replace Paula Zahn for a week on CNN. But here's the bad news for Beck: The bad news for the rest of us was that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3999,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=3999","url_meta":{"origin":4131,"position":3},"title":"Rachel Maddow Beats Glenn Beck In Key Demo","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/4\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Glenn Beck's star has been fading for most of the last year. He has lost about half of his television audience. His radio ratings have also been declining leading to stations dropping his program in big markets like New York, Philadelphia, and Madison. His most recent book, \"Broke,\" was the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4068,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4068","url_meta":{"origin":4131,"position":4},"title":"Why Does Fox News Keep Glenn Beck Around?","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/16\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"In a discussion on the fairness and balance of Fox News, the network's CEO Roger Ailes famously told Barbara Walters that, \"I'm not in politics. I'm in ratings. We're winning.\" If we are to take Ailes at his word, then we have to wonder why he keeps Glenn Beck on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1538,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1538","url_meta":{"origin":4131,"position":5},"title":"Go Back To Sleep. Glenn Beck Will Watch Out For You.","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/27\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I am so sorry but I JUST HAVE TO SCREAM!!! I'm watching Glenn Beck (don't ask) and he's talking about how whatever Obama is going to say tonight it is a lie (\u00a9 Joe Wilson) - even though he hasn't said anything yet. 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