Did Fox make Beck back off?
Even though the sudden pull out from several sponsors hasn't caused Fox to prematurely eject Glenn Beck from his time slot, he was suspiciously absent from the airwaves this week. Some suggest this Beck-free week wasn't just a much needed vacation for the host, or for the viewer for that matter.
TVNewser spoke to some Fox insiders who claim the network ordered the silver haired devil to take a week off so some of the heat over his advertising boycott could die down.
Even though the network has made denial after denial that the ad boycott has affected their revenue, the insiders told the blog that Fox has never dealt with a boycott of this magnitude, if at all. But will it even affect the network or Beck and his ilk? Not likely. It would take a near divine miracle to get headline making newsmen like Beck, Sean Hannity, the Fox and Friends cluster#*$&, and Bill "Papa Bear" O'Reilly off the air. And I wouldn't be surprised if Rupert Murdoch has God on his payroll.
Of course, the network and Beck's personal people denied that he was ordered to step back from the anchor chair until his case of the crazies wore off. Beck's personal publicist Matthew Hiltzik provided the Newser blog with an email dated July 14th announcing Beck's vacation. Hiltzik also personally told the blog that he thought it was "sad and disappointing ... that someone continues to peddle this completely bogus story." I'll bet Hiltzik feels weird saying that statement instead of hearing it in an angry email for a change.

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