Well...you asked. Glenn Beck has been presenting some compelling information why we should WIN in Iraqi. You may be stuck in your point of view but give this a look: GO TO: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/glenn.beck/ CLICK ON: • Watch: Netanyahu: 'Nazi regime' in Iran
Also in Beck's Blog Glenn writes about his special on Islamic Extremism:
November 21st, 2006 Last week was easily the hardest for me since I started doing the television show. I’m just now coming down from the intensity of it all–it was quite a ride. For starters, my special on Islamic Extremism got on the air—forget for a moment how it did in the ratings, and let’s focus on that fact for a second. The show got on the air, and I can’t tell you how proud I am of that single accomplishment alone. Maybe some of you think that you just put a good show together, get someone to tape it, and then it just sort of ends up on TV—I know that’s how I used to think about it. I mean, we all know it’s more technically complicated than that, but basically I figured you just picked a compelling topic, asked interesting people interesting questions about that topic, and it ended up being compelling television. For good and for bad, nothing could be further from the truth.
The reality is that with a company as big as CNN Headline News (which is part of an ever bigger company called Time Warner), there are all sorts of rules, regulations, processes and procedures that come along with producing television—a system that I found often discouraging and always challenging. But you know what—I’m glad that I braved the storm. Our special presented information and a point of view that you don’t see on television, and I feel incredibly passionate about each and every word, especially since I was held accountable for each and every word. Even though I had complete confidence in the integrity of the material, I was forced to make sure every story and quote and translation held up to scrutiny, and they did. If you watched the special, what you saw was the cold hard truth as best I could present it. If you didn’t see it, keep an eye out, as we’ll be running it again. My entire staff—radio, TV and otherwise—went to the mat with me on this project, and the fact that it got on the air is an example of how much I and they sincerely care about what we do. I’m proud of us all.
As for the ratings? They rocked! It set a new record for our program and devastated our competition. That’s just the icing on the cake…
As for the other big news from last week, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show took their first shot at us, so I guess that means I’ve arrived. I won’t bore you all with the details, but they saw my interview with Muslim-American Representative-elect Keith Ellison, had a different point of view, and made one heck of a joke. If I had to get skewered, I’m glad it was by the best.
So as you can see, going to work last week was actually like…work. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I better go lie down so I have enough energy to eat myself into a food coma. I’d hate run out of steam before I make it to the pies…
Happy Thanksgiving everybody—have a wonderful and safe holiday (and save me a drumstick).
-glenn
Hopefully you checked all this out and have an answer to your question.
Anonymous? "not known or lacking marked individuality"
And as for the comments from Glenn, the fact that he loved the ratings tells me a lot. By the way, I don't have a television. But I will look at the websites you mentioned.
Well...you asked. Glenn Beck has been presenting some compelling information why we should WIN in Iraqi. You may be stuck in your point of view but give this a look:
ReplyDeleteGO TO:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/glenn.beck/
CLICK ON:
• Watch: Netanyahu: 'Nazi regime' in Iran
Also in Beck's Blog Glenn writes about his special on Islamic Extremism:
November 21st, 2006
Last week was easily the hardest for me since I started doing the television show. I’m just now coming down from the intensity of it all–it was quite a ride. For starters, my special on Islamic Extremism got on the air—forget for a moment how it did in the ratings, and let’s focus on that fact for a second. The show got on the air, and I can’t tell you how proud I am of that single accomplishment alone. Maybe some of you think that you just put a good show together, get someone to tape it, and then it just sort of ends up on TV—I know that’s how I used to think about it. I mean, we all know it’s more technically complicated than that, but basically I figured you just picked a compelling topic, asked interesting people interesting questions about that topic, and it ended up being compelling television. For good and for bad, nothing could be further from the truth.
The reality is that with a company as big as CNN Headline News (which is part of an ever bigger company called Time Warner), there are all sorts of rules, regulations, processes and procedures that come along with producing television—a system that I found often discouraging and always challenging. But you know what—I’m glad that I braved the storm. Our special presented information and a point of view that you don’t see on television, and I feel incredibly passionate about each and every word, especially since I was held accountable for each and every word. Even though I had complete confidence in the integrity of the material, I was forced to make sure every story and quote and translation held up to scrutiny, and they did. If you watched the special, what you saw was the cold hard truth as best I could present it. If you didn’t see it, keep an eye out, as we’ll be running it again. My entire staff—radio, TV and otherwise—went to the mat with me on this project, and the fact that it got on the air is an example of how much I and they sincerely care about what we do. I’m proud of us all.
As for the ratings? They rocked! It set a new record for our program and devastated our competition. That’s just the icing on the cake…
As for the other big news from last week, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show took their first shot at us, so I guess that means I’ve arrived. I won’t bore you all with the details, but they saw my interview with Muslim-American Representative-elect Keith Ellison, had a different point of view, and made one heck of a joke. If I had to get skewered, I’m glad it was by the best.
So as you can see, going to work last week was actually like…work. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I better go lie down so I have enough energy to eat myself into a food coma. I’d hate run out of steam before I make it to the pies…
Happy Thanksgiving everybody—have a wonderful and safe holiday (and save me a drumstick).
-glenn
Hopefully you checked all this out and have an answer to your question.
Anonymous
Anonymous?
ReplyDelete"not known or lacking marked individuality"
And as for the comments from Glenn, the fact that he loved the ratings tells me a lot. By the way, I don't have a television. But I will look at the websites you mentioned.
Had a chance to view the websites?
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ReplyDeleteThe transcript was not to be found. Perhaps he has reconsidered whatever he wrote?
Actually, the ISG report makes better reading