Mormon Life - Glenn Beck tag

Glenn Beck launches new show online

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:05:00 -0600

source: deseretnews.com

Glenn Beck's much-anticipated new show debuts online tonight on the subscription-based GBTV.

"Beck faces his first big test since leaving Fox News when his new two-hour show begins today," Laren A.E. Schuker blogged Monday for the Wall Street Journal. "The first episode of 'Glenn Beck,' which will air on his new Internet-only network GBTV, will focus on taking action, particularly in the wake of the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11.

Glenn Beck's Mormonism leads to calls for boycott of Christian TV's TBN

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:02:00 -0600

source: christianpost.com

Mormon Life says: This is the most fairly worded article on this news item we could find, but fair warning, it's still pretty one sided. (It only quotes the man calling for the boycott.) Liveprayer.com, an interactive Christian website with over 2.4 million subscribers, is calling for a boycott of Christian TV network TBN, according to a press release.

Bill Keller, the leader of the site, issued the call after prominent Christian leaders such as Pastor John Hagee and David Barton expressed their support for Glenn Beck’s “standing with Israel” campaign on the network.

Glenn Beck warmly received by Israeli Parliament

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:30:00 -0600

source: deseretnews.com

Conservative U.S. television commentator Glenn Beck received several rounds of applause by Israeli lawmakers as he voiced his unequivocal support for Israel during a visit to Jerusalem.

He spoke Monday before a packed parliamentary committee.

Glenn Beck endorses LDS author's book, sales soar

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:16:00 -0600

source: deseretnews.com

Chris and Ted Stewart’s newly released book, “The Miracle of Freedom: Seven Tipping Points that Saved the World,” is a book after Glenn Beck’s own heart.

Beck, an international media personality, interviewed Chris Stewart on his radio show Thursday and told him so.

“This is one of the best history books I’ve ever read,” Beck said on his nationally syndicated radio program. “Every library in America should have this history book in it. Unbelievable. You’ll love it.”

As a result of Beck’s endorsement, book sales have gone through the roof. As of Thursday afternoon, “Seven Tipping Points” had climbed to No. 8 on Amazon’s best-selling books list.

Glenn Beck to visit Auschwitz for live show

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:38:00 -0600

source: deseretnews.com

Over the airwaves this week Glenn Beck announced he would be going to Poland to tour Auschwitz and would broadcast the visit live to subscribers of his television network GBTV. This news comes as Beck has put special focus on "standing with Israel," a message he plans to reiterate during his "Restoring Courage" rally in Jerusalem this month.

Beck's relationship with some members of the Jewish community has been tumultuous. In November Beck came under fire from the Jewish national director of the Anti-Defamation League for his comments regarding billionaire philanthropist and liberal activist George Soros, a Jew and a Holocaust survivor.

Richard Paul Evans joins Glenn Beck

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:57:00 -0600

source: deseretnews.com

The Glenn Beck media empire is launching a new book imprint, Mercury Ink, and its first project is a work of fiction by Richard Paul Evans that targets young adults.

Slate.com reports, "(Beck) has signed a new deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that includes plans … for his production company, Mercury Radio Arts, to launch a new book imprint, the publisher announced Wednesday.

Glenn Beck's new TV channel

Thu, 26 May 2011 12:23:00 -0600

source: deseretnews.com

News website TV Newser broke the story late Wednesday that Glenn Beck will launch a Web-based television service called GBTV that bears the tagline, "The Truth Lives Here."

When Beck's company Mercury Radio Arts announced in March that it was hiring Joel Cheatwood, Beck's producer at Fox News, media pundits speculated that a new television platform was in the making for Team Beck.

Glenn Beck to hold Jerusalem rally

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:50:00 -0600

source: glennbeck.com

Mormon Life says: We originally linked to a Salon story, but found a better one to post instead. To read the original Salon story, click here.

Last summer we set out to Restore Honor in Washington, DC. This summer it is time to Restore Courage. Taking a stand is not always easy, but now more than ever it is imperative that we live with conviction and do the right thing. It is time for us to courageously stand with Israel.

“I invite you to join me in Israel this summer to stand together and show the world what living a life of faith and honor really means. I invite you to join me in my quest to Restore Courage,” Glenn said.

Why Fox fired Glenn Beck

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:43:00 -0600

source: deseretnews.com

You've heard that Fox News fired Glenn Beck, right? You heard that Fox couldn't manage him anymore. You read that network president Roger Ailes canned him to stem the rush of advertisers fleeing his program. You saw on the evening news that his program has been shedding viewers so fast Beck can hardly stop crying.

Those headlines and news leads have been repeated so often it’s safe to assume they’re all true. Even Beck’s kids must think their old man got a pink slip.

Except that he didn’t.

The grossly misleading headlines are typical of competing networks and talking heads that prefer a controversial story about sinking ships to the truth. Of course they’re rooting for Fox and Beck’s collective failures; that’s the game plan in a highly competitive marketplace.

NYTimes: Glenn Beck and Fox News may part ways

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:02:00 -0700

source: nytimes.com

Almost every time I flipped on television last week, there was a deeply angry guy on a running tirade about the conspiracies afoot, the enemies around all corners, and how he alone seemed to understand what was under way.

While it’s true that Charlie Sheen sucked up a lot of airtime last week, I’d been watching Glenn Beck, the Fox News host who invoked Hezbollah, socialists, the price of gas, Shariah law, George Soros, Planned Parenthood, and, yes, Charlie Sheen, as he predicted a coming apocalypse.

Mr. Beck, a conservative Jeremiah and talk-radio phenomenon, burst into television prominence in 2009 by taking the forsaken 5 p.m. slot on Fox News and turning it into a juggernaut. A conjurer of conspiracies who spotted sedition everywhere he looked, Mr. Beck struck a big chord and ended up on the cover of Time magazine and The New York Times Magazine, and held rallies all over the country that were mobbed with acolytes. He achieved unheard-of ratings, swamped the competition and at times seemed to threaten the dominion of Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity at Fox.

But a funny thing happened on the way from the revolution. Since last August, when he summoned more than 100,000 followers to the Washington mall for the “Restoring Honor” rally, Mr. Beck has lost over a third of his audience on Fox — a greater percentage drop than other hosts at Fox. True, he fell from the great heights of the health care debate in January 2010, but there has been worrisome erosion — more than one million viewers — especially in the younger demographic.