Beck Derangement Syndrome

Now that Bush is out of office and Palin has become a Tweeter, the left has been searching for other straw men to hang in effigy. Lately, Fox News’ Glenn Beck is filling the bill. He has been ever since he switched to Fox in January and became a major player there.

On Wednesday he attracted three million viewers with guests like Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove.

In fact, the more the left hates Beck, the more popular he becomes.

A race-based pressure group called “ColorOfChange” has been running a boycott against Beck for the last few weeks because he said he thinks President Obama may be racist against white people. And, because he dared to express an opinion they don’t agree with, ColorOfChange has been trying to get every advertiser on the show to pull their ads. Apparently they don’t believe in free speech or opinions that run contrary to their agenda.

But Beck’s ratings are soaring ever since the boycott started. And it hasn’t really affected Fox’s revenues as the advertisers who pulled their ads just moved them to other shows. The problem with boycotts is they end up promoting the thing they try to destroy. Movies that probably would have failed before they were “banned in Boston” often make a profit. TV shows that get boycotted often go on to become hits — people want to see what the fuss is about. And if the show is entertaining, they attract steady viewers. (more…)

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Tags: boycott, color of change, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Karl Rove
Posted Aug 28th 2009 at 3:08 pm in Politics | 212806191 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhudnall/2009/08/28/beck-derangement-syndrome/Beck+Derangement+Syndrome2009-08-28+22%3A08%3A37James+Hudnall

El Rushbo ‘Nails’ Family Guy Gig

Over the weekend we noted our skepticism about Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove will be appearing in upcoming episodes of the the left-wing Fox cartoon “Family Guy.”  Mr. Limbaugh recorded his episode yesterday and discussed the episode and the “Family Guy Experience” on his show today.  Here are some highlights:

-A lot of you people been e-mailing me, “How dare you? Why would you capitulate, why would you go on a show that makes so much fun of conservatives? Why would you do this?” ‘Cause it’s a cartoon show and because they asked me and I had script approval, and some of the things in this script are — I had to do four or five takes on one line ’cause I kept cracking up in the middle of it… Brian, the dog, that becomes a Rush groupie, I’m doing my radio show, like now, I’m sitting at the microphone, and I’m talking about Pelosi, and I said, “What can we do to stop the Pelosi agenda?” And Brian says, “You’re going soft!” I said, “What are talking about going soft?” “I know what to do to stop Pelosi! You know, the problem is you just tell everybody she’s on crack.” And I said, “Brian, look, I know she’s on crack, but you can’t just say it that way, it’s not going to persuade anybody. And then he says, “I got a better idea to shut her up,” and that’s what I can’t tell you, you’ll just have to wait and hear it.

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Tags: Family Guy, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, Seth MacFarlane
Posted Aug 19th 2009 at 5:12 pm in Entertainment | 20824657 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/08/19/el-rushbo-nails-family-guy-gig/El+Rushbo+%27Nails%27+Family+Guy+Gig2009-08-20+00%3A12%3A14Big+Hollywood

‘Family Guy’ Taking Right Turn?

From an ABCNews.com article:

ABC News’ Cullen Dirner reports: Two popular Republican figures, Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove, will make an appearance on next season’s “Family Guy.”

Arguably a liberal leaning show, “Family Guy” is reaching out to the other side of the aisle.  Karl Rove, the former Bush senior adviser and deputy chief of staff, confirmed Friday on Twitter that he will appear on the show.

“Yes, it’s true. Will be a guest on the Family Guy next season,” Rove tweeted.

Seth MacFarlane, the show’s creator, tells THR.com that it is time to give the other side some face time.

“The Family Guy tends to be very liberal, because it is written by liberals,” MacFarlane said.  He then added that the majority of the show’s lifespan has been during the Bush administration and they thought it was time to mix it up.

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Tags: "American Dad", ABCNews, Family Guy, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh
Posted Aug 15th 2009 at 6:43 pm in Entertainment, Media Criticism, Political Humor, Politics | 205594120 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/08/15/%e2%80%98family-guy%e2%80%99-taking-right-turn/%E2%80%98Family+Guy%E2%80%99+Taking+Right+Turn%3F2009-08-16+01%3A43%3A33Big+Hollywood

Walter Cronkite: Trailblazer of Bias

“Krankheit” in German is pronounced the same as the “Cronkite” following “Walter.” The German word means “sickness” while the “Walter” word means the man who infected TV news with the gazillion dollar-salary Star Anchor larger than the news he is supposed to be presenting. I don’t say that to be mean-spirited or disrespectful of a man who was “the most trusted man in America,” but nobody else appears to be pointing out that Cronkite was actually a liberal ideologue; an advocate of a politically correct, totalitarian world government who used his trust to influence public policy in accordance with his own beliefs.

Cronkite should be the poster boy for full disclosure of a reporter’s politics — something I strongly advocate. Instead, he continues to be lauded as “Uncle Walter,” the journalist who was totally unbiased in his reportage at a time when there were only three networks and the size of his news audience and personal influence on politics and national policy was far beyond anything that can be imagined by those who did not experience it. That meant Cronkite was the national oracle of fact and truth during his time as Anchor and Managing Editor of CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. But was he really unbiased? Well, that’s not quite the way it was. (more…)

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Tags: Bill Moyers, cbs, Karl Rove, Vietnam, Walter Cronkite
Posted Jul 29th 2009 at 5:03 am in Featured Story, Media Criticism, Politics | 19067447 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dgifford/2009/07/29/walters-krankeit/Walter+Cronkite%3A+Trailblazer+of+Bias2009-07-29+12%3A03%3A47Dan+Gifford

Karl Rove: Shining a Light in the Wilderness

Last Tuesday evening I was privileged to attend a dinner at which Karl Rove was the keynote speaker.  The event was put on by the Heritage Foundation, the premiere conservative think tank of Washington, DC, of which I am proud to be a supporting member.  While Mr. Rove’s speech covered numerous topics, one point that he made has stuck with me and, I believe, should serve as a light for conservatives as we travel through the political wilderness. 

While Mr. Rove has been defined by the media and Hollywood elite as a partisan attack dog and nicknamed forebodingly as “The Architect,” he came off as anything but and emphasized that conservatives should be careful to work with our current president in a respectful manner.  When he mentioned President Obama’s name, a few overzealous members of the audience shouted out their less than positive feelings about the man; and Mr. Rove quickly and gently reminded them that our president has made some decisions that conservatives should applaud. From the surge in Afghanistan to military tribunals, Mr. Rove explained that President Obama has taken the right steps in regards to some very important issues that face our nation.   (more…)

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Tags: Barack Obama, Conservatives, Heritage Foundation, Karl Rove, political wilderness
Posted Jul 2nd 2009 at 9:17 am in Politics | 17348225 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/smitchell/2009/07/02/karl-rove-shining-a-light-in-the-wilderness/Karl+Rove%3A+Shining+a+Light+in+the+Wilderness2009-07-02+16%3A17%3A42Seth+Mitchell

David Axelrod, Rasputin of the Magic Kingdom

Senior Obama advisor David Axelrod made the news recently with his comment on NPR’s ‘The Hot Seat’, when he offhandedly remarked that ‘Miss California’ was one of three names considered for President Obama’s new dog, Bo. The remark was met with uproarious laughter by NPR’s Regressive live audience. Then again, the intellectual retards of the Left will laugh at most anything that grossly insults anyone to the right of Stalin, like second graders instinctively laughing at farts.

President Obama — David Axelrod

You know. Like Wanda Sykes, Sandra Bernhard and the Teabag-loving MSM.

As to Mr. Axelrod’s crude and lame attempt at insulting humor that should be beneath the dignity of any presidential advisor, I can only conclude that he made that derogatory comment about Carrie Prejean because Miss California shares his boss’s negative attitude  toward gay marriage. (more…)

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Tags: ACLU, Anthony Romero, assassination chic, Barack Obama, Carrie Prejean
Posted May 21st 2009 at 8:10 am in Politics | 137038One Commenthttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/05/21/david-axelrod-rasputin-of-the-magic-kingdom/David+Axelrod%2C+Rasputin+of+the+Magic+Kingdom2009-05-21+15%3A10%3A30John+T.+Simpson

What if President Obama Were a Republican?

In my Big Hollywood post of April 27th, I decried the media’s acting as a cheerleading fourth branch of government, in which the MSM has not only assumed a Dear Leader-like reverence and awe for our new president, but attacks any and all critics with slander, ridicule, and even intimidation, and discounts any real concerns by the public as right wing extremist rabble-rousing and racism.

Given my love of true reporting and Woodward and Bernstein-like investigative journalism, which is really nowhere to be found in this Messianic Media Age of Obama, it was a very depressing piece to write. But after the recent flyover of New York City by Air Force One and F-16 fighter jets, which sent half of the Big Apple fleeing for their lives, it occurred to me.

How would the Left report the news if Obama were a Republican, i.e. an Uncle Tom, as many on the Left call now-GOP Chairman Michael Steele? Eureka! That’s it! See, it’s one thing for me to point out the obvious, as I did in my media slam yesterday. But what if we walked GOP President Obama’s media coverage through the mirror darkly, as was SOP for President Bush?

NOW we’re gonna have some fun! (more…)

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Tags: abc, Air America, Al Franken, assassination, bush
Posted Apr 29th 2009 at 4:07 pm in Celebrity News, Politics | 11890614 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/04/29/what-if-president-obama-were-a-republican/What+if+President+Obama+Were+a+Republican%3F2009-04-29+23%3A07%3A47John+T.+Simpson

Official: Dissent Now Unpatriotic

You all know the drill. The recent vague and controversial DHS report on right-wing extremism, the cover of which DHS might just as well have put on the Republican Party platform. The endless puerile teabagging jokes from the fourth estate’s finest, giggling into their microphones like ten-year-olds who just found a tittie mag.

CNN reporter Susan Roesgen even called a Tea Party “anti-government and anti-CNN” when her pro-government handout rant to a Tea Partier was rudely interrupted. Ms. Roesgen took particular offense at a sign of Obama with a Hitler moustache. “Why be so hard on the President of the United States though with such an offensive message?” the offended Ms. Roesgen asked.

Yet in 2006, Ms. Roesgen was perfectly comfortable with this Satan/Hitler Bush mask, jokingly calling it a Bush ‘look-alike.’ I guess it all depends on which POTUS you’re hard on. Right, Suzie?

And therein lies the rub. Dissent was SO patriotic not so long ago, wasn’t it? Dissent against war, dissent against torture, dissent against wiretapping, dissent against Gitmo, dissent against rendition, dissent against government abuse of power. In fact, now-Secretary of State Clinton was quite vocal on the matter back in the day: (more…)

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Tags: Anderson Cooper, Censorship, clinton, CNN, DHS
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South Park Goes Where SNL Refuses

Tonight is one of the best nights of the year: The premiere of the 13th season of “South Park.”  I consider myself one of America’s foremost “South Park” scholars and if I had to sum up the reason I love the show, it would be this: it spares no one.  Take last season’s “About Last Night…” episode about Obama’s electoral victory–Obama, Palin, McCain, McCain supporters, and Obamaites are all evenly trashed.  In South Park, satire trumps politics.  Since 1997, “South Park” has been America’s safest bet for the splendid fusion of irreverence and insight.

They took up that mantle from “Saturday Night Live,” which now offers us neither. (more…)

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Tags: Dick Cheney, Fred Armisen, george w. bush, Karl Rove, Lorne Michaels
Posted Mar 11th 2009 at 6:19 pm in Entertainment, Media Criticism, News, Political Humor, Video | 77734133 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2009/03/11/77734/South+Park+Goes+Where+SNL+Refuses2009-03-12+01%3A19%3A13Alexander+Marlow