# Glenn Beck is losing his Fox audience **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790 "2011-03-07T16:38:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/1 "2011-03-07T16:38:10Z")
Not that he’ll be a pauper or not be able to thrall the illiterate masses elsewhere if he loses his job at Fox, but it’s a [step in the right direction](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/business/media/07carr.html?_r=1&src=dayp). ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/2 "2011-03-07T16:58:17Z")
Oh, so being a successful conservative nut-job still comes down to “making the numbers” in the eyes of the “the man”? LOL 😃 I wonder if God will step in to save Glenn, or maybe Sarah Palin can save him instead. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/3 "2011-03-07T17:05:02Z")
Oh **COME ON!** That’s a **NEW YORK TIMES article**. _The New York Times_. The New York Times. You know those socialist liberal Nazis have been out to get Glenn all along, and that just proves it. I _weep_ for my country. Time was when this country stood for something, yes, it stood for something, but now… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/4 "2011-03-07T17:09:19Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/5 "2011-03-07T17:58:27Z")
I’m looking forward to seeing the gigantic chalkboard diagram showing the massive conspiracy that led to him getting shitcanned. That’s gonna be a work of art, I imagine. Excuse me while I go buy stock in companies that sell chalk. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/6 "2011-03-07T18:37:30Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I’m looking forward to seeing the gigantic chalkboard diagram showing the massive conspiracy that led to him getting shitcanned. That’s gonna be a work of art, I imagine. > > Excuse me while I go buy stock in companies that sell chalk. I hate that chalkboard. It’s a detriment to Archbishop Fulton Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/7 "2011-03-07T19:22:27Z")
Looking at the comments for that story, it’s pretty depressing to see just how many defenders he has and just how seriously they take him. I mean there are people on there calling him a national treasure for crying out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/8 "2011-03-07T19:28:12Z")
I used to work with and play paintball 20 years ago with this guy I had lost track of. For some reason a couple of weeks back his name popped into my head and I googled him. I find that he owns a consulting firm, and it has a bio page for him. The page is covered with Glenn Beck nonsense. :eek: Seriously? This is your professional corporate website and you’re spamming Glenn Beck quotes all over your bio? Somehow I’m glad I lost track of him all those years back. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/9 "2011-03-07T22:00:23Z")
We can only hope that he is losing his audience because they are coming to their senses and not through natural attrition. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/10 "2011-03-07T22:03:35Z")
> [@detop](#): > > We can only hope that he is losing his audience because they are coming to their senses and not through natural attrition. Maybe they all had to sell their TVs to buy gold? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/11 "2011-03-07T23:18:33Z")
> [@detop](#): > > We can only hope that he is losing his audience because they are coming to their senses and not through natural attrition. He’s apparently gotten too woo-woo even for many of the fringe looneys. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/12 "2011-03-07T23:51:31Z")
Glen Beck is losing his shit, too. I guess that’s the same as losing his Fox audience. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/13 "2011-03-08T00:25:17Z")
I’m sure someone even dumber and crazier will come along to replace him soon. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/14 "2011-03-08T01:44:16Z")
> [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](#): > > I’m sure someone even dumber and crazier will come along to replace him soon. Do you not believe there is an upper limit on acceptable craziness. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/15 "2011-03-08T02:40:47Z")
Well, you can only promise the Apocalypse for so long before you need to start delivering… ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/16 "2011-03-08T03:01:59Z")
Has anyone given thought to the possibility that Beck is not crazy **enough**? Perhaps his replacement will be prone to even more outlandish crap, and be even more immune to common sense. Perhaps Beck’s refusal to join the Birther bandwagon is his undoing. Think about it… He’s not crazy _enough_. It make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-losing-his-fox-audience/573790/17 "2011-03-08T03:53:09Z")
Does Michael Savage want Glenn’s time slot?