Beck Rejects 'South Park' Criticism about Questioning Government Officials

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Fox News' Glenn Beck isn't catching a break anywhere - from "Saturday Night Live," The New Yorker, Al Gore's Current TV and Comedy Central's "South Park." They have all taken shots at the popular TV host.

On his Nov. 16 program, Beck responded to the "South Park" interpretation of him - that he wasn't making accusations, but phrasing them in the form of a question. The show's character Eric Cartman played a spoof of Beck in which he railed against his school's president, Wendy Testaburger. Beck maintained he wasn't making the "accusations" in the form of a question - but playing the words of the "accused" themselves.

"Have we gotten to a place you can't ask questions?" Beck asked. "What were my crazy accusations or questions? Well, the accusation was that Van Jones was a communist revolutionary," Beck said. "I didn't describe him that way. In his own words he described himself that way. He was a 9/11 Truther. He was forced to step down. Was it that the administration was using NEA as a propaganda arm for the administration? That was a question. We played tapes of the call with Yosi Sargent and Yosi Sargent had to step down."

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In addition to the Van Jones and NEA stories, Beck went through several other storylines his show broke open in its nearly 11-month history - former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn expressing her admiration for Mao Tse Tung, ACORN corruption and the sway the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has over the Obama administration.

"How about this crazy accusation, was it that Anita Dunn was a left-wing nut job?" Beck said. "We played the tapes of her preaching the virtues of Mao to a bunch of high school students. Yeah, she just stepped down a few days ago. How about this, maybe it was a crazy accusation that ACORN was deeply corrupt? I know that was crazy, huh? We played the tapes of them trying to help underaged prostitutes come into this country illegally. They fired the employee and lost their federal funding. Or was it that Andy Stern of SEIU has undue influence in this administration? Well, the visitor logs now show that he has visited the White House more than anyone else that we know of since Obama took office."

In the episode of "South Park" about Beck, the character Eric Cartman "asks" if Wendy is a "slut," which is meant to be an analogy to Glenn Beck questioning those harboring anti-American ideals inside the Obama White House. According to Beck, sometimes the questions he asks turn out to be true.

"To complete the ‘South Park' analogy, here in the real world, all of those Wendys really were sluts," Beck continued. "In fact, most of them called themselves sluts. They spoke about it - the benefits of slutdom on tape and then they were caught being slutty over and over again and we put them on television saying that. It is just that no one wants to believe that their representatives are ‘sluts,' even when they say it themselves. But America, no matter what The New Yorker says, sometimes our politicians really are ‘sluts.'"

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I saw this....and Beck

I saw this....and Beck summed it up...to perfection!

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Was watching also, and agree

Was watching also, and agree w/ your assessment.

Coming straight out of Team

Coming straight out of Team America', which is a great movie apart from the usual Parker-Stone self-defeating scene at the end, there was the excellent 'South Park' season 9, with 'Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina', a non-PC look at "sex changes", 'Die Hippie, Die', a fun episode about hippies, and 'Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow', a non-PC look at environmentalists, and then the also-excellent season 10, with 'Cartoon Wars', which dealt with Islamic extremism in a way that no other humor show had done, 'Manbearpig', in which Al Gore leads the boys into a cave and then tries to kill them with molten lead, and Mystery of the Urinal Deuce', which took on 9/11 paranoia and Alex Jones claptrap.

But that was three years ago. Since then...

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Agreed

Agreed

South Park likes to poke

South Park likes to poke fun at liberals and conservatives, but they lean right more than left, IMO... the hippies episode was wonderful.. SLAYER!

Then the whole "Manbearpig" making fun of OwlGore..

The list goes on and on.

MBP

did you see the manbearpig? he needs to be stopped; I'm super-cereal!

I haven't seen today's show

I haven't seen today's show yet, but the man's been on a serious roll since he returned from his medical leave. It's like he's taken off the gloves and isn't pulling any punches. If there are any real journalists left - as opposed to teleprompter readers - they should take note of the substance of what Glenn does.

You can impugne his delivery all day long (though I find it entertaining most of the time), but he's asking the right questions, adding the right numbers, and making an impact without making it all about himself.

If people also listened to

If people also listened to Beck's radio show, they'd fully appreciate his goofy humor. I love the sidekicks on the morning show!

I have to disagree. I've

I have to disagree.

I've heard his show, but I just can't bring myslef to keep listening.  His style isn't for everyone.

But as long as he keeps pissing off Obama, he must be doing something right! 

 


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I like to listen to bits

I like to listen to bits here and there. I always switch between Beck and Boortz during commercials.

South Park out

Jon Stewart out.. South park out... thin skin in

Whether or not you're a fan of Comedy Central's hit show "South Park,"
the Glenn Beck satire in Wednesday's show was really quite well done.

They did an outstanding job lampooning Beck, they did it without being
ridiculously vulgar or insulting and Beck enjoyed it. Best of all
worlds  

Beck is a hot subject right now so that pretty much requires South Park
to mock him. They did a good job but if they really didn't like him
then it could have been really bad.

Ever heard of "South Park Conservatism"?  Ya gotta keep in mind that
these are the guys that brought us Team America World Police.  Though
they skewered Beck, they were not obnoxious about it. I think that
their politics are Conservative in nature...for the most part.  

Sorry, but the South Park guys get a major pass from me...

 etc. etc.

"I didn't directly call here a slut ...You didn't read the rest dude. "or does she?" See thats a question."

Life imitates art..

 Did Carl Cameron get scammed with completely false information?

You could pull a muscle around here.

 

Which is why I am not impressed

with commedians as news commentators. They mistake the brilliance required to make clever remarks with the brilliance required to do a sharp analysis.

I used to laugh at Maher until I saw this confusion in him. There is nothing funny about a clever comedian throwing out a zinger and thinking he's somehow solved the problem, when it makes no sense if laid out analytically.

Unfortunately, he has spread this confusion to people who are only interested in current events (outside of movie star gossip) as the subject of jokes. 

Good observation

They mistake the brilliance required to make clever remarks with the brilliance required to do a sharp analysis.

Exactly - different talents. A good musician is not necessarily a good song writer. A good news announcer is not necessarily perceptive or smart. I remember the first time I saw Tom Brokaw interviewed. All I could think was, "gosh what a self absorbed idiot!"

Different talents.

Beck is the voice of the GOP

This was according to the St. Pete Times Media critic, Eric Deggans, who cast it out there while writing about Lou Dobbs.

http://www.tampabay....

I must have missed the coronation ceremony, because the liberal media had awarded the title to Rush not long ago. They need to make up their minds on the primary target of their "coverage."

Yes, Glenn, it's not you,

Yes, Glenn, it's not you, right? Right? It's them. You're just the innocent in all this, just a "common sense" guy.

Good grief... 

→ Here we go again

OK, he's prone to emotionalism, something you can't process because maybe you see it as an exclusively liberal trait and don't want it appropriated.

Inasmuch as you seem to be sarcastically accusing Beck of guilt, could you be more specific as to the accusation?

Your comment lacks substance.  It's flatus.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

It's interesting that

It's interesting that emotionalism is discredited wide and far by conservatives except when it comes to...a conservative. 

My point is that Beck is not innocent, he is prone to crazy statements, not the innocent "questions" he claims they are.

Where?

Would you like to provide some back up to that accusation? 

"For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."

→ bal

Once again your point is that you're so up to your ears in generalizations that all you can offer is "Beck is not innocent"?

OK, I'll let that one slide.  Continue with your generalizations.

Specifically, Joe Biden thinks black kids are generally stupid.  He said so.  

Yours is an empty generalization.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

"The most used phrase in my

"The most used phrase in my administration if I were to be President would be ‘What the hell you mean we're out of missiles?’"

"When I see a 9/11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh shut up' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining."

"Barack Obama has a deep seated hatred for white people."

"I'm not saying Obama is a sleeper agent of the KGB trained in Kenya then sent to the United States so that several decades later he could become president and make subtle changes to America making it more communist, but I'm not saying he isn't either." 

→ Finally!

Even though only one of those quotes was spoken in earnest (and you know it), at least you 've finally come up with something specific.

I think the case can be made that Obama has a deep seated hatred of white people.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Define "in earnest." 

Define "in earnest." 

→ In earnest

Two maggots were fighting in dead Earnest.

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the only quote you're presenting as contextually accurate is the one about Obama being a racist.

Maybe "in jest" is a wrong characterization (I'd bet on it), but I don't think the other comments stand by themselves, without clarification, as proof.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Emotionalism

as the only substance is rightfully criticized by conservatives. If that's all that Beck did, we wouldn't have an article with Beck answering the SP "criticism" by extending the analogy, he'd just cry and say he's being picked on.

Beck is emotional. It seems like a lot of conservatives don't have a problem with that if you back it up with argument. 

Straw man.

Balboa

Bomb throwers are important, whether one agrees with them or not. Cindy Sheehan and Code Pink, Rush (notice how like Elvis or Cher he only needs one name?) and now Glenn Beck all foment discussion of critical issues.

I've always thought that was pretty much your role on this site, Bal. Glenn is getting parodied and imitated because he's hitting a nerve, maybe even several of them.

Glen, buddy, please don't.

Love ya man, but don't go up against south park or shows like it. They are built for laughs so obviously don't have any obligation to the truth or accuracy. Exaggeration makes things funnier. They're also quite even-handed, you aren't the first and won't be the last to be lampooned (they nail obama and the hollywood left frequently). In defending your record vs. what a cartoon on a comedy channel says, you are both fighting a loosing battle and appearing to have no sense of humor. Please go back to busting the potus for his radical connections, and ignore the criticism (real or not).

History Repeats Itself

When you don't dispute even the jokes the left are making about you then you get the Tina Fey/Palin Effect. Liberals are stupid enough to belive lies and distortions since they won't do the work to verify the sources. 

"For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."

 funny.didnt the left in

 funny.didnt the left in the media(sorry redundant) used to revel in taking on those in power? is seems all you hear are attacks on sarah,glenn,rush and mitt.none of which hold elective officice.lemmings all.

 

the way to crush the bourgeosie is to grind them between the millstone of taxation and inflation-v.i.lenin

the best way to destroy capitalism is to debauch the currency-v.i.lenin

the goal of socialism is communism-v.i.lenin

Beck should take all this

Beck should take all this attention to mean that he is hitting a nerve and he is very relevant.  He is a direct threat to the agenda of the progressives.  Fight on Glenn Beck.

Enforce Term Limits if They Won't:  Vote Against ALL Incumbents in 2010.

→ Beck ain't got time

It's enough trying to keep up with the President.

During the campaign, Obama created 7 States.  Now he's claiming jobs created in nonexistent Congressional Districts.

Beck's got plenty of stuff to do.

 

It's enough trying to keep

It's enough trying to keep up with the President.

You got that right CA.  Obama's like one of those magician's, he keeps you watching one hand while the other one is doing the trick.  I think that's what the trial in NYC is about, keeping the press and public busy with that so he can go sell the U.S. to various parts of Asia.