Glenn Beck outside the U.S

[MrSnugglesworth]

What you mean that comedian who has a show on Fox? Oh that guy is HILARRRIOOUSSS!

 

[Tears of Blood]

I fuckin' hate Glenn Beck. And you too, Nancy Grace.

Dammit, Mother! Stop watching Fox News!

I know! Watch CNN! At least Robin Meade is good to look at!

I would rather watch beastiality porn than the news.

No, not really. I shouldn't have said that.

 

[RavingLibDem]

Is Glenn Beck well-known outside the U.S or is he pretty much a national fox-news thing? If so what do you guys 'outside' the U.S think of him?

(I personally wish for his imminent and painful death but that's just me)

The name has been mentioned as an example of the really really really hateful element of the right wing media that the UK wish to ignore

 

[Raregolddragon]

Well I am going to get some flack for saying this.

I like Glenn Beck I watch his news show all the time. He has more integrity then all of CNN also he broke the Acorn story. He is passionate and he will admit when he is wrong. I would love to see that in Obama and Nancy Pelosi.

I do wish he would tone down the religious stuff but hay you can have everything in a news caster. Also love him or hate him he has been building a lot of clout.

 

[JDviewer]

Being from the UK I know about Glenn Beck, mostly because I used to watch the Daily Show with Jon Stewart online. But also because I was facinated with the american media coverage last year of the 2008 elections.
I personally group Glenn Beck with Rush Limpaugh(spelling?) and Bill O'Reilly as people that I would never want to meet ever. I know that they're being employed for a specific purpose for a target audience, but I just can't stand any of them.

 

[Malkavian]

Oh he's known alright. Basicly, at least amongst the people I know, he's laughed and facepalmed about. Even more so the people who regard as an avatar of truth.

This is the kind of people he spawn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUPMjC9mq5Y

 

[Tartarga]

Glenn Beck? Is that some sort of folk band?

 

[Daveman]

basically the only people who I know who've heard about him watched charlie brooker's newswipe where he tells us how nutty american network anchors are, especially on fox. it's frightening.

 

[PezNic]

Aussie here, only know about him from a college humour vid i watched 2 days ago before then i had never heard his name. Even now i still dont really know who he is. News reporter or something?

*Edit* It was The Onion sorry, not college humour

 

[infinisynth]

Glen Beck is an embarrassing psycho.

 

[benylor]

I only knew his name and his general stance/influence before now. Now I've seen the video, eh... I can't believe that anybody would be taken in by this guy. It's clear that he's either a religious nutcase or a cynical manipulative bastard. I guess it's because you guys don't have a BBC to balance things

 

[tk1989]

I have heard of him, and heard he is a complete douchebag. I don't know who he is, but from what i can tell he is some form of weird and quite frankly stupid opposition to the Obama presidency that relies perhaps entirely on massive amounts of false claims and idiotic agendas?
(wait, would that comment be better directed at him, or just fox news as a whole?)

Correct me if i am wrong, but he sounds like a moron. I don't think you would ever get anyone like him in the UK... ever....

What about that Vaz guy?

Who is Vaz?

Ok, just to clarify. You may get people like him (if you do, i haven't heard of any of them), but their popularity will be pretty low i am assuming.

 

[cabalistics]

I know who Beck is because I follow a lot of American media so I also know who Limbuagh is and that he's a serious

Spoiler

scatmuncher

I usually watch The Daily Show and Colbert Report on http://www.ninjavideo.net/ where they usually have the previous days show even though I'm not in the US

 

[akmarksman]

Is Glenn Beck well-known outside the U.S or is he pretty much a national fox-news thing? If so what do you guys 'outside' the U.S think of him?

(I personally wish for his imminent and painful death but that's just me)

I wish the same thing for Couric,Cooper and Maddow..

 

[historybuff]

If people overseas know about him and Fox "News", I feel sorry for them and sincerely hope they know what bullshit both he and Fox "News" are made of.