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Maybe you can go broke underestimating the taste of the American public

Denialist special tanks in the ratings

Posted by David Roberts at 9:43 AM on 09 May 2007

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The bad news last week was that Glenn Beck, the right-wing radio talker and self-described "rodeo clown" who broadcasts nightly on CNN Headline News, hosted a world-is-flat special about the "myths" surrounding global warming. In it, Beck rounded up the usual band of discredited, oil industry-friendly "experts" who announced that the looming atmospheric crisis is overblown, and that far from being a consensus, serious scientists still disagree on the matter.

The good news was that Beck's special, "Exposed: Climate of Fear," was a commercial flop, finishing dead last in total viewers among CNN, Headline News, Fox News, and MSNBC programs that night. The weak showing simply highlighted Beck's recent, albeit little-discussed, ratings woes. Just months after being hyped as the fastest-growing prime-time program in cable news, Glenn Beck has become arguably the most stagnant prime-time program in cable news.

And this without a Gristmill rebuttal!

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It's the Topic, Not The Bent

To me, that's just a sign of success for the deniers.

American's have throughly dismissed the whole Global Warming Hoax and moved on.

In the words of a 16 year old, "Global Warming is so like 2006".

Meanwhile, the factories of GM are being tooled to build the Volt which will truly save mankind.

150 mpg.

Real technology...

by jabailo at 2:50 PM on 09 May 2007

A smart public?

Now there's a thought...what a miracle that would be. Probably not, though, I expect Berk just clashes with some much more important show. It's difficult to see what exactly anyone would find watchable about that GW show (or for that matter, any part of his show). I myself watched it about once, spellbound at how ridiculous it was (it's all right, I'm a long way away, I don't think I contribute in any way to ratings on U.S. channels).

To jabailo, not being a 16-year-old myself (not even mentally), I suppose I'm not in as good a position as you to know what they say, but shouldn't that be 'like so', not 'so like'?

If I share initials with 'Global Warming', is that a sign?

by tico89 at 3:56 PM on 09 May 2007

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