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There has been another round of firings at The Blaze. After the previous round there were only 50-ish employees left at the news and broadcast site. This recent round has culled another 12-15. The article linked shows a direct relation to The Blaze's fall with Beck's maniacal anti-Trump raving. His whole network, once generating 90 million annually, has lost nearly all of it's value since. He is engaged in a fire sale after the last best hope of a buyer backed out last week. Call me petty, but I say REAP IT! In a 'never Trump/Never Hilary' election, you chose 'never Trump'.

REAP. IT.

I was a loyal listener for over ten years. I even understood his over-the-top emotionalism and gave him a pass. I participated in The Blaze website activity. I promoted Glenn to friends which I came to regret. Initially, Trump was not my guy. I wanted Cruz. But when Trump got the nomination I humbly endorsed him with hope for the future. Beck was too proud to do it. Well pride comes before the fall and his fall has been mighty. Meanwhile, Trump has risen to the job and IMO become a magnificent example of the evolution man can make when he becomes serious about righteousness and morality in spite of his past.


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I like Glenn but he went a bit looney......

It's business, he thought his message would carry no matter what, he learned he was wrong.

Who put up the capital for the blaze....the multitudes of staff, the private jet? I can't imagine he made that kind of money at Fox?
 
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I once was a fan but anyone can go literally "crazy" and he did. Too bad. Frown
 
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Glenn always seemed to be a bit on the crazy side of things. He went full retard with his anyone but Trump stance in the last election.
 
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Glenn was OK in the early years but either got nutty or couldn’t cover it up any longer. Inconsistent on 2a support but pimped TEOTWAWKI survival stuff is a good example of his confused beliefs.

Additionally, the Blaze’s website had so many scriprs and ads that it wasn’t worth the hassle of going to it.



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I listen to Glenn every morning. I am willing to overlook a lot of disagreement and 'crazy' to get some sincere, "not-Left-wing" discussion if it seems sincere. But, I can see where he has lost a lot of people.
I noticed a definite change in Glenn's attitude and rhetoric after he recently interviewed Jordan Peterson; as if it snapped him back towards reality a bit.
For that matter, I watch "The Rubin Report" a lot on youtube. I disagree with a lot of his positions, but he is willing to discuss calmly and intelligently.


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Glenn jumped the shark a few years ago. I mildly liked listening to him before that, but I haven't tuned in since.



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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
Glenn jumped the shark a few years ago. I mildly liked listening to him before that, but I haven't tuned in since.


my feelings also

he really went off the rails during / after the election

no credibility / relevance at all

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I used to listen to Beck when he was on Patriot XM125. I had a feeling his rabid anti trump rhetoric would eventually bite him in the ass.


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Initially, Trump was not my guy. I wanted Cruz. But when Trump got the nomination I humbly endorsed him with hope for the future. Beck was too proud to do it. Well pride comes before the fall and his fall has been mighty. Meanwhile, Trump has risen to the job and IMO become a magnificent example of the evolution man can make when he becomes serious about righteousness and morality in spite of his past.

Well said, darthfuster.
Beck went looney-tunes..... and brought this upon himself.



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I thought he went nuts before he got the boot from Fox News. The Trump stuff really came as no great surprise.



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Mark Dice!





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Neither guy ends up looking that good, here.


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I was like you guys, a big fan for many years. He really lost it a few years ago. Sad.

I was never a fan of Pat Gray.
 
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I thought he went nuts before he got the boot from Fox News. The Trump stuff really came as no great surprise.

Yes, sir.
The man went looney way before Trump. Even when he was at Fox, you can already catch a glimpse of it, when he went nut with all the huge charts and graphs.


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I was like you guys, a big fan for many years. He really lost it a few years ago. Sad.

I was never a fan of Pat Gray.


Back when it was mostly comedy with small bits of politics, it could be hilarious. More-On Trivia in the early years was fantastic.

Then Stu got more air time. Then Glenn started crying on air. Finally Stu, Pat, and the other fella, were on all the time.

It basically turned into Glenn and 3 Sean Hannitys. Ugh.




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Ya gotta give the people what they want.
 
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I was like you guys, a big fan for many years. He really lost it a few years ago. Sad.

I was never a fan of Pat Gray.


Back when it was mostly comedy with small bits of politics, it could be hilarious. More-On Trivia in the early years was fantastic.

Then Stu got more air time. Then Glenn started crying on air...
This was where I stepped off the Glenn train. I was a HUGE fan in the early years. He did an amazing job of mixing comedy and entertainment with his conservative viewpoint. I had a paid subscription on his website to download the daily shows. I listened to them daily. I own two of his books. I even drove from Akron to Toledo to watch a live show.

Then something changed. He dropped the "Fusion of Entertainment and Enlightenment" motto and started talking about how everything was the end of the world. It became so cringe worthy that I couldn't listen anymore. I wasn't surprised that he went Anti-Trump, most of my christian friends did as well.

I guess I'm most surprised that he's still on the air for the last 7 years or so.


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I was a fan back when he was just getting syndicated, broadcasting out of 1210 WPHT in Philly, long before he hit the National big time and got really loony tunes on us.

One of my favorite segments was “Arguing With Idiots” where he’d let left wing types call in and he’d troll them hard. Another fun one was calling convenience stores and playing a trivia game with these poor clerks who could barely speak a word of English.

I’m surprised his empire hasn’t imploded yet, that’s all I got now.


 
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I always, from the first time I listened to him, thought he was a wack job of the first degree. Sometimes he made sense, but his message could never stay focussed; he was too much into "see, I told you I was right". I gave him up long before the election.
 
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