Pants on Fire Award 2009-Glenn Beck (who else?)
source: http://rawstory.com/2009/12/watchdog-group-awards-glenn-beck-misinformer-year/
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Glenn Beck, the Fox News personality notorious for wandering, vague allegations of communism, racism and all-around quasi-evildoings within the Obama administration, has been named "Misinformer of the Year" by watchdog group Media Matters.
"When he wasn't calling the president a racist, portraying progressive leaders as vampires who can only be stopped by 'driv[ing] a stake through the heart of the bloodsuckers,' or pushing the legitimacy of seceding from the country, Beck obsessively compared Democrats in Washington to Nazis and fascists and 'the early days of Adolf Hitler,'" the group opined. "He wondered, 'Is this where we're headed,' while showing images of Hitler, Stalin, and Lenin; decoded the secret language of Marxists; and compared the government to 'heroin pushers' who were 'using smiley-faced fascism to grow the nanny state.'"
Among Beck's 2009 highlights, he most memorably:
*Was revealed for using Vicks to cry on cue
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*Tried to usurp a satirist's Web domain for making fun of him on the Internet, then lost (and was publicly shamed for it)
*Lost dozens of advertisers (reportedly a total of 80) after activists launched a campaign over Beck's claim that Obama "has a deep-seated hatred for white people"
*Got caught by Jon Stewart advertising gold, then using his platform on Fox News to scare viewers away from the dollar
*Was named "fearmonger-in-chief" by the Anti-Defamation League for his racially-motivated attacks on President Obama
*Tried to blame the disastrous aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on ACORN and former White House adviser Van Jones
*And became the trigger that prompted a former Fox News pundit to turn against her former employer, telling CNN that Beck is "way over the top" and even "scary"
And that's just the beginning.
More...
http://rawstory.com/2009/12/watchdog-group-awards-glenn-beck-misinformer-year/
"When he wasn't calling the president a racist, portraying progressive leaders as vampires who can only be stopped by 'driv[ing] a stake through the heart of the bloodsuckers,' or pushing the legitimacy of seceding from the country, Beck obsessively compared Democrats in Washington to Nazis and fascists and 'the early days of Adolf Hitler,'" the group opined. "He wondered, 'Is this where we're headed,' while showing images of Hitler, Stalin, and Lenin; decoded the secret language of Marxists; and compared the government to 'heroin pushers' who were 'using smiley-faced fascism to grow the nanny state.'"
Among Beck's 2009 highlights, he most memorably:
*Was revealed for using Vicks to cry on cue
Story continues below...
*Tried to usurp a satirist's Web domain for making fun of him on the Internet, then lost (and was publicly shamed for it)
*Lost dozens of advertisers (reportedly a total of 80) after activists launched a campaign over Beck's claim that Obama "has a deep-seated hatred for white people"
*Got caught by Jon Stewart advertising gold, then using his platform on Fox News to scare viewers away from the dollar
*Was named "fearmonger-in-chief" by the Anti-Defamation League for his racially-motivated attacks on President Obama
*Tried to blame the disastrous aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on ACORN and former White House adviser Van Jones
*And became the trigger that prompted a former Fox News pundit to turn against her former employer, telling CNN that Beck is "way over the top" and even "scary"
And that's just the beginning.
More...
http://rawstory.com/2009/12/watchdog-group-awards-glenn-beck-misinformer-year/
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KSirys
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Got to give it up to the clown of the year!!
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desertcat
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The best Christmas present America could get is if Santa on his trip back North pick up Glenn and drop him off in the middle of isolated snow land where even the moose won't go.
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desertcat:
If they put him in a wolf outfit and dump him is Alaska, maybe Rogue Sarah will shoot his ass from a helicopter. :)
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desertcat:
LMAO!! Joy is on a roll!
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desertcat:
I know, I was chuckling to myself when I wrote it. :D
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And in the face of all this, there are still people that think that Glenn Beck knows what he is talking about. Scary.
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Progresshiv
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Glenn Beck: America's answer to hope.
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SleepDirt
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Congratulations, Mr. Beck. I know it's not a Nobel but keep on keepin' on.
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