Norman Solomon Smacks Down Glenn Beck on His Own Show [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard, AlterNet at 1:03 PM on December 20, 2007.

Beck got much more than he bargained for the other day when he interviewed author and media critic Norman Solomon on national television.

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Glenn Beck is on a roll. With strong backing from Clear Channel, he now has “the third highest-rated national radio talk show in America” -- and his program on CNN Headline News gives him a nightly platform to denounce progressive outlooks and promote right-wing positions. But the glib Beck got much more than he bargained for the other day (Dec. 17, 2007) when he interviewed author, AlterNet columnist and media critic Norman Solomon on national television.

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Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.

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this... [Report this comment] Posted by: JoshuaLudd on Dec 20, 2007 5:23 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] This is the kind of thing you DON'T ever hear the media telling you. Why? The gentlemen's agreement... we won't mention how your deceptions work if you won't mention how ours work. Beck went into it on one competitor... and it came back on him hard. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Boy, do I agree, and ADAM HOWARD??? Your my new hero..... Posted by: Pepper SamBrown [Report this comment] Posted by: SamBrown on Dec 20, 2007 6:59 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Well I just found out I haven't missed anything by not having ever watched Glen Beck. He certainly seems to think he's cute. Maybe someone should remind him he's a grown man and a supposed professional. The "aren't I cute and witty?" schtick is ridiculous on a guy with grey hair. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] War-monger central? [Report this comment] Posted by: Sil on Dec 20, 2007 10:39 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] If CNN's not War-Monger Central, they sure could have fooled me in the months running up to Operation Fking Disaster (aka. Iraq). Memories are short in the media circles, I see. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: War-monger central? Posted by: Kahoneez » RE: War-monger central? Posted by: surfreality » Heck, no wonder every single candidate for Pres in both.... Posted by: Pepper » RE: Heck, no wonder every single candidate for Pres in both.... Posted by: drmflorida » How many times did CNN call the war in the 90s the FIRST Gulf War before the 2nd one even started?nm Posted by: JoshuaLudd » RE: How many times did CNN call the war in the 90s the FIRST Gulf War before the 2nd one even started?nm Posted by: AMERICAN VETERAN Glen started out acting cute [Report this comment] Posted by: surfreality on Dec 21, 2007 7:33 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] but then towards the end he would have chewed his own leg off to get away...Hilarious. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] You only think it's a "smackdown" if you happen to [Report this comment] Posted by: shanaza on Dec 21, 2007 7:34 AM Current rating: 2 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] agree with Norman. Otherwise, it isn't. Do you really believe anyone of Beck's listeners were converted in that exchange? Norman, like most progressives, probably does not get much air time and that is why he chose to spew facts and positions as fast as he could, knowing he would likely get cut off. However, a more effective approach might have been to stick to one or two facts and hammer them home - facts that can be noted and subsequently verified by the audience. I don't believe the exchange was effective. Most of Beck's audience, after hearing about allegations against Disney, etc., would tune Norman out. That is not success & that is not a smackdown. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Oh, I think your wrong.... since Beck agreed to give an hour... Posted by: Pepper » RE: You only think it's a "smackdown" if you happen to Posted by: drmflorida » RE: You only think it's a "smackdown" if you happen to Posted by: sss4r » RE: You missed the point Posted by: Mycos It WAS a smackdown [Report this comment] Posted by: Astroboy on Dec 21, 2007 8:09 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Soloman clearly showed the hypocrisy of CNN and Beck, and Beck's weak defense of his corporate masters made it even more apparent. Beck's cutesy, low-brow finger-spinning expresses his flailing haplessness perfectly. Bravo Norman! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: It WAS a smackdown Posted by: sss4r brilliant [Report this comment] Posted by: sss4r on Dec 21, 2007 3:57 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] wow, norman knows his stuff, and he has great courage--this is exactly the kind of stuff we need people going on mainstream media programs to say. bravo! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] jsw [Report this comment] Posted by: jsw748 on Dec 22, 2007 10:03 AM Current rating: 4 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Okay. Glenn Beck is yet another right-wingnut self-aggrandizing blowhard. Bill O'Reilly and commedian Rush Limbaugh shouldn't have to preach the RNC's propaganda by themselves. Solomon may have made his points, but Beck's viewers were, no doubt, at the fridge getting a beer when he did it. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: jsw Posted by: AMERICAN VETERAN The clip chopped Beck off too soon.** [Report this comment] Posted by: Chickensh*tEagle on Dec 22, 2007 1:21 PM Current rating: 1 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] It would have been fairer let us hear the end of his sentence, "Wouldn't it be nice if once in a while somebody came on and said...." [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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» Boy, do I agree, and ADAM HOWARD??? Your my new hero..... Posted by: Pepper

» RE: War-monger central? Posted by: Kahoneez

» RE: War-monger central? Posted by: surfreality

» Heck, no wonder every single candidate for Pres in both.... Posted by: Pepper

» RE: Heck, no wonder every single candidate for Pres in both.... Posted by: drmflorida

» How many times did CNN call the war in the 90s the FIRST Gulf War before the 2nd one even started?nm Posted by: JoshuaLudd

» RE: How many times did CNN call the war in the 90s the FIRST Gulf War before the 2nd one even started?nm Posted by: AMERICAN VETERAN

» Oh, I think your wrong.... since Beck agreed to give an hour... Posted by: Pepper

» RE: You only think it's a "smackdown" if you happen to Posted by: drmflorida

» RE: You only think it's a "smackdown" if you happen to Posted by: sss4r

» RE: You missed the point Posted by: Mycos

» RE: It WAS a smackdown Posted by: sss4r

» RE: jsw Posted by: AMERICAN VETERAN

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