i mean, how much of those factors do you think helped lead to the end of his show. well, there was a lot of it going on. you played that clip where he called obama a racist. that began this massive ad boycott. fox refused to take responsibility, beck refused to take responsibility and that opened the door to, i think, the most successful ad fwoi cot ever. 300, 400 advertisers told fox no way, we re not going near him. ratdings down pretty dramatically. it didn t make sense to keep him. but one of the things that got me, beck always claimed to be a history buff. i want to play you a clip of what he said to me when i was on his show. i was thinking about this today with you. you were at martin luther king s elbow. no, i was after king. i worked after jackson. you didn t no. i m only 55. i was 13 when king was killed.
facts clearly escape beck. a lot of people buy into it. how much of this kind of stuff do you think led to his demise? i don t think fox were ever embarrassed by glenn beck. i think they decided again it was more of a ratings and revenue and things like that. but what s interesting is that exchange was unusual because there was someone there to fact check him in real time. usually he just goes on and on spouting this nonsense and no one there to say by the way, you got it totally wrong. next up, his trip to israel. what happens to him? he says he s going to be bigger than ever. no. glenn beck was a nobody before fox news. i m sure he s going to be a nobody after fox news. who is going to be in his time slot? they re going to have a whole bunch of people filling in. we ll see if they re committed to frankly the crazy programming
after 29 months of fear mongering and tears, glenn beck is finished at fox news. today, beck spent most of his final show taking hi viewers on a walk down memory lane, celebrating 2 1/2 years of anti-progressive propaganda. we ve really done some amazing things together. 2 1/2 years ago when this program first game on the air, did you even know what progressives really were? i mean, decides car insurance? what was that? dietrich bohnhoffer. andrew jackson. the road to serfdom. he left out a lot more of his memorable tv moments like take a look at a few of these. this president, i think, has
of glenn beck. you had a list of his advertisers and you made you helped 27% dip in his ratings. i mean, how much of those factors do you think helped lead to the end of his show. well, there was a lot of it going on. you played that clip where he called obama a racist. that began this massive ad boycott. fox refused to take responsibility, beck refused to take responsibility and that opened the door to, i think, the most successful ad fwoi cot ever. 300, 400 advertisers told fox no way, we re not going near him. ratdings down pretty dramatically. it didn t make sense to keep him. but one of the things that got me, beck always claimed to be a history buff. i want to play you a clip of what he said to me when i was on his show. i was thinking about this today with you. you were at martin luther king s
elbow. no, i was after king. i worked after jackson. you didn t no. i m only 55. i was 13 when king was killed. facts clearly escape beck. a lot of people buy into it. how much of this kind of stuff do you think led to his demise? i don t think fox were ever embarrassed by glenn beck. i think they decided again it was more of a ratings and revenue and things like that. but what s interesting is that exchange was unusual because there was someone there to fact check him in real time. usually he just goes on and on spouting this nonsense and no one there to say by the way, you got it totally wrong. next up, his trip to israel. what happens to him? he says he s going to be bigger than ever. no. glenn beck was a nobody before fox news. i m sure he s going to be a nobody after fox news. who is going to be in his