Audio: Glenn Beck responds to Rick Sanchez blaming Fox for Pittsburgh cop-killings
posted at 7:10 pm on April 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
I listened to this a few days ago, forgot about it, then remembered it again after Sanchez posted something this afternoon on Twitter about MM supposedly having called him an idiot. She hadn’t — or at least, not recently. Turns out one of her commenters had and somehow a Google News alert picked it up; true to CNN form, he didn’t bother checking with her before making the accusation. (He later apologized, then in response to another comment more or less called her a hater.) If you missed his casual smear last week that Fox News “no doubt” influenced the Jew-hating nut who shot those cops in Pittsburgh, watch that before listening to this. Beck himself doesn’t do much talking: It’s mostly one of his staffers, aghast at the irony of being blamed for people’s deaths by a guy who actually has killed someone.
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He;s the New Geraldo, without the frenetic gusto for oddball causes and belief: A pale bitchy shadow of G.R.
Janos Hunyadi on April 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM
You should also post Glenn Beck’s response to Charles Johnson of littlegreenfootballs. He did it on Fox News yesterday, it was great.
Complete7 on April 17, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Well…..Beck and Rush are both
pimpingadvertising Alex Jones’ movie on their sites.And Poplawski was a big Alex Jones fan.
strangelet on April 17, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Eh, as a gun owning, FOX watching conservative dude, I’m already being blamed for everything from global warming to burned toast.
I appreciate somone of Beck’s “I don’t give a shiite what people think about me” attitude defending those of us who are being ignored.
Bishop on April 17, 2009 at 7:19 PM
I heard this live and thought it was brilliant the way it played out.
Best 7 minutes of irony I’ve heard in a while.
Love Beck.
katy on April 17, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Glenn like Rush does, I know it is hard to believe, tell the truth. I love them both. Listen or watch or not.
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letget on April 17, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Well that stinks. Rush and Beck will probably get banned. Ouch.
Spirit of 1776 on April 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Charles Johnson has lost his mind.
Rick Sanchez never had one.
maladapted on April 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM
“You mean Rick Sanchez of CNN?” Douchebag extraordinaire?
JAM on April 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Who cares what the left thinks . . . let them whine, cry, slobber and wet themselves. Give them hell Glenn.
rplat on April 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Why do they keep saying cnn?? I thought Rick Sanchez worked for MSNBC.
The Wall on April 17, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Charles is right.
Damn, did I just type that?
Leaping lizards but did enjoy reading “joewilson” at the lgf.
getalife on April 17, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Wow. I don’t know how I feel about this. I guess these guys are pretty unhappy about being wrongly accused. Did Glen know they would do this… cuz this is pretty low.
Maybe all of CNNs people should take a long planned vacation until they can get their act together.
I actually missed the guy had a video thing I was busy that week-end. Did he get mad that Glen debunked that one conspiracy theory?
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Eh. The right gets the “teabagging” label. The left can have the “Dirty Sanchez” label.
(Content warning at the link.)
flipflop on April 17, 2009 at 7:25 PM
That is some awesome audio. “That sounds like fleeing the scene.”
Spirit of 1776 on April 17, 2009 at 7:25 PM
I see this for what it is. While espousing that right wing conservatives, are extremist nuts, hell bent on over throwing the government, the left, and all their lil helpers, are stoking this fire, in the hopes, that they will recruit other lil helpers to do their work for them. Rid the country of us, or shut us up permanently.
I’m happy, and proud to say I’m a right wing conservative, not hell bent on destroying this country, but trying to preserve her, and all she stands for, before the left does the work of destroying her, then blaming it on conservatives.
capejasmine on April 17, 2009 at 7:25 PM
This, added to the “Taxed Enough Already” protests coverage, I will ask again………..
……… I don’t watch that network, nor MSNBC, CNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, nor pay any of the bills by buying TIME Magazine, Newsweek, nor listen to NPR.
So, if anyone has a list of advertisers that support these failing outlets, please pass it along, so I can not spend my money on them as well……..
Thanks……… in advance.
Seven Percent Solution on April 17, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Lower than Sanchez basically accusing Beck of being a murderer?
Allahpundit on April 17, 2009 at 7:26 PM
lol!
doesn’t it get worse after that? didn’t sanchez return home and have a few more drinks so he could claim to the cops that he got drunk after the vehicular homocide?
eh on April 17, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Is that what he said?
Could I have the text and context please?
strangelet on April 17, 2009 at 7:31 PM
I don’t like any of it. No it’s not lower exactly but I guess I’m not sure turn about is fair play. I mean people really did die in both instances. That isn’t a joke.
I just don’t know if it’s right to… I like Beck but when I like someone I want to be extra sure I don’t defend them doing wrong things. I’m not sure this is right.
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 7:31 PM
yup
katy on April 17, 2009 at 7:31 PM
???
Like he lives to serve you. Go Google it.
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 7:32 PM
I think Sanchez’s response will be “How dare he mock such a hard time in my life?” I give it a week.
Complete7 on April 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Well, almost everyone is influenced by corporate media at some point or another, and not everyone murders people. I don’t buy the Alex Jones connection either. That is like blaming football games if someone starts tackling people on the street.
The Dean on April 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Sanchez as a newsman sounds as about as accurate as a flighty 13 year old girl on her way to her 1st Jonas Brothers concert.
Marcus on April 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM
I almost felt sorry for Mr. Sanchez. Almost. In Headlines the other day this story was posted
Glenn did his “Real Science” segment from it. IT WAS GREAT!!!! Almost made me wish I was paying extra to get podcasts. Again, Almost.
Cindy Munford on April 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM
You are simply going to have to separate the conservative movement from Beck, AllahP.
He is indefensible.
strangelet on April 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Pretty please, Allah? It was really great.
Knucklehead on April 17, 2009 at 7:35 PM
I clicked the link. There was nothing about murder.
strangelet on April 17, 2009 at 7:35 PM
He said there was “no doubt” Fox News had influenced the guy who shot the cops in Pittsburgh. What do you think he was insinuating by that? He was laying responsibility for their deaths in Beck’s (and the rest of FNC) lap.
Allahpundit on April 17, 2009 at 7:35 PM
I criticize Beck plenty here, as any of our regulars will tell you. That doesn’t mean I’m obliged to stand by and let Sanchez smear Fox.
Allahpundit on April 17, 2009 at 7:36 PM
As my mother always said “get off your ass and do it yourself”
Knucklehead on April 17, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Rick Sanchez is a dirty sanchez.
HornetSting on April 17, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Sukks doesn’t it O Creator of Worlds?
Palin is unelectable and the base adores her, Beck is an insane clown and the base adores him.
Hard to be sapient in a world of subsapients.
strangelet on April 17, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Do you? Could I have the text and context please?
AdrianG on April 17, 2009 at 7:39 PM
No, his name was Smuzinick. I’m pretty sure that’s not a latino name.
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Sanchez murdered someone drunk driving, left the scene & did no jail time. He is a total POS & does not seem to mind calling others out (envy envy envy) at every turn, when it is he that is, did I say yet, A MURDERER? He is sickening.
Ris4victory on April 17, 2009 at 7:40 PM
This is the kind of hard hitting turn about is fair play that desperately needs to be played out on the left over and over.
The hypocrisy on the left has to be exposed and this was done well.
Beck has a right to defend his honor against this slimy creep Sanchez.
Glass houses… comes to mind.
katy on April 17, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Oh, will you give it up, troll.
HornetSting on April 17, 2009 at 7:41 PM
What is your impression of the three amigos from MSNBC?
Obermann, Matthews or Maddow more your liking and less clownish?
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Oh…I thought you were defending Beck.
My bad.
However, FOX is taking advertising dollars from Poplawski’s inspiration.
So they are pure as the driven snow?
strangelet on April 17, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Hah, they didn’t even actually debunk anything except that they use an allegedly nonexistant AbraSham Lincoln quote.
The Dean on April 17, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Sanchez is just imploying typical liberal spin: you accuse the other guy wrongly of something you’ve actually done. Like the Dems calling Republicans the culture of corruption! Or saying Sarah was glad she had a choice to abort! Or Clinton calling Star a liar and a despicable human being. (Actually Clinton was the one who perfected the spin thing. He was/is a master at it.
Christian Conservative on April 17, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Whoever “Stu” is he, has that very irritating Jon Stewart delivery. As much as I dislike Rick Sanchez, I would have turned the dial.
Marcus on April 17, 2009 at 7:43 PM
olberdouche bathtub boy
sissy chrissy
madcow the man
I can envision the utopian euphoria these 3 freaks must whip up in stranger’s netherlands.
Ris4victory on April 17, 2009 at 7:43 PM
See, unlike lefty smears, when we talk about someone we are telling the truth.
RobertInLexington on April 17, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Stu was BRILLIANT!
katy on April 17, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Umm, have you been in Siberia for a while or something? Maybe you just popped back into civilization for a moment to comment here?
Go watch and wake up
So please tell me that this was not a direct attack on Fox, Beck, and Hannity that even goes as far as you call them racist.
Hawthorne on April 17, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Take your complaints to their management.
Cindy Munford on April 17, 2009 at 7:46 PM
That’s what they say about Jon Stewart. I find turning up the volume to high and turning up the sarcasm even higher to be obnoxious.
Marcus on April 17, 2009 at 7:46 PM
They are clowns also, just less malevolent and insane than Beck.
For example….since Olbermann is jewish, i hardly imagine he’d host advertising for a blatant anti-semite like Alex Jones on his show.
strangelet on April 17, 2009 at 7:46 PM
President Obama will free the Cuban people without one shot fired.
getalife on April 17, 2009 at 7:47 PM
That audio is freakin’ hyserical.
Scrappy on April 17, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Sanchez is dirty.
This is funny. Fleeing the scene during a DUI is not.
Sanchez is very dirty.
Trolls suck.
omnipotent on April 17, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Fair enough. Allah is no Beck uberfan.
It is shocking what is happening at CNN. They can’t possibly think they can get there audience back by bashing FOX. MSNBC tried that.
I think it just drives people to see what all the fuss is about then when the people at FOX don’t have two heads… it discredits CNN and MSNBC. They should concentrate on fixing what is wrong with CNN.
Having just come from CNN to FOX Beck is really getting it isn’t he. They didn’t get nearly as upset when Greta joined FOX or the others.
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Suck this.
omnipotent on April 17, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Greta didn’t win her time slot.
Hawthorne on April 17, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Glenn Beck is no Jon Stewart!…
Glenn and Stu told the truth.
katy on April 17, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Do you get paid if we hit those links because you sure are providing them everywhere? I am pretty sure this thread isn’t about your obsession.
Cindy Munford on April 17, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Exactly…if by ‘free’, you mean condemn them to another four years of stalinist exploitation and tyranny, yes.
AUINSC on April 17, 2009 at 7:51 PM
I’m not sure I’d characterize Olbermann quite as generously as you.
I find his words quite evil and untruthful.
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Did anyone hear mention Obama? Or Cuba? Do you get paid by the times you defend Obama no matter what the subject is?
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 7:51 PM
I’m sure that the cuban people will appreciate that. It’s not like Obama supporters have take a side on the merits Cuban revolution before…
Scrappy on April 17, 2009 at 7:52 PM
I didnt hear the word murder, sorry.
And yes, Poplawski has been linked to Alex Jones through his website, and yes FOX and Beck take advertising dollars from Alex Jones.
Those are facts.
IMHO, if you are stupid enough to take advertising dollars from a virulent anti-semite, then you deserve whatever happens to you, including a kerbstomp from uber-pro-Israeli axeman Charles Johnson.
strangelet on April 17, 2009 at 7:53 PM
All he is doing is opening another door for those that would do this country harm to walk through.
thomasaur on April 17, 2009 at 7:53 PM
While Obama is cozying up with petty tyrants,lefties are misbehaving More threats of violence from lefties. Go tell them to behave.
canditaylor68 on April 17, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Why is President Obama holding on to Hugo Chavez’s thumb like that on the picture crazy Charles Johnson has posted at LGF?
Is a thumbjob some sort of new thing I haven’t heard about yet?
thebadoutlaw on April 17, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Please stay on topic.
I think Charles is right about Beck.
getalife on April 17, 2009 at 7:54 PM
How will the manslaughterer respond??
Probably with a sternly worded Tweet.
Poofter.
omnipotent on April 17, 2009 at 7:55 PM
President Obama will free the Cuban people without one shot fired.
getalife on April 17, 2009 at 7:47 PM
It now spams across threads. If this weren’t actually AP, I would say it deserves to be warned.
Bishop on April 17, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Rick Sanchez blamed Fox News and Glenn Beck of this crime. The crime was murder. Leap of logic is needed here, evidently you can’t make that leap.
HornetSting on April 17, 2009 at 7:56 PM
H
It’s probably because Glenn Beck has become a star, and the rest, like Sanchez have fading into mediocrity to look forward to…
RepubChica on April 17, 2009 at 7:57 PM
And you know what else?
I think FOX better pull those adverts before CNN or MSNBC connects the dots.
The only reason that hasn’t happened is those guyz would rather stick their hands inna buzzsaw than read lgf.
strangelet on April 17, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Does anyone have the audio of Alex Jones telling people to go out and shoot cops? Of coiurse not. So, of course, it’s silly to lay the blame on him.
The Dean on April 17, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Trolls are dumb and suck.
omnipotent on April 17, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Sounds as if no criminal charges were filed because Smuzinick was a fool who darted into traffic at Joe Robbie Stadium after the game let out. No mention in these excepts about Ricardo fleeing the scene.
laelaps on April 17, 2009 at 7:57 PM
So many names and labels…everyone is possessed by the devil… You need to seek medical help for your problem.
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 7:58 PM
No doubt. This one is like a roach that you just can’t quite get to. It keeps crapping and running, crapping and running.
BTW, did Crapulus get banned? Haven’t seen her salty self the last couple of days.
HornetSting on April 17, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Hey dumbarse, maybe, just maybe, the shooter is responsible for the shooters actions.
Novel concept to 3rd graders, I know.
omnipotent on April 17, 2009 at 7:58 PM
IMHO, if you are stupid enough to take advertising dollars from a virulent anti-semite, then you deserve whatever happens to you, including a kerbstomp from uber-pro-Israeli axeman Charles Johnson.
strangelet on April 17, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Oddly enough, I actually agree with strange here; some standards should be in place when dealing with advertising. Or not and face the criticism.
Bishop on April 17, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Heres the story from the Miami Herald, November 2, 1995 on the death of the guy Sanchez ran over:
Jeffrey Smuzinick, who was left paralyzed after being struck by the car of WSVN-Channel 7 anchor Rick Sanchez, died Monday in a Pennsylvania nursing home. He was 36.
Smuzinick, a Pembroke Pines furnituremaker, was injured Dec. 10, 1990, after he ran out into traffic leaving Joe Robbie Stadium following a Dolphins football game. He was struck by 1991 Volvo driven by Sanchez.
Smuzinick suffered severe head injuries and was in a coma for many months. He underwent rehabilitation in Florida and was later moved to Greensburg, Pa., to be closer to his family.
Smuzinick recovered somewhat from his injuries, but was left partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. His family said he was “alert” and could feed himself up until about nine months ago, when a lung infection sent him into decline.
Sanchez was not charged with causing the accident, but was charged with DUI after a test showed his blood-alcohol level at .15, over the legal limit. Smuzinick was also legally drunk, with a blood-alcohol level of .23.
In 1991, Sanchez pleaded no contest to the charge and received a $250 fine, 50 hours of community service, suspension of his driver’s license for six months and probation.
Mike D. on April 17, 2009 at 7:58 PM
He probably stayed away long enough so they couldn’t prove he was drinking.
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 7:59 PM
It’s called playing stoopid to spam the post…with some major BDS to boot…
RepubChica on April 17, 2009 at 7:59 PM
This is how conservatives need to fight back.
Speedwagon82 on April 17, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Regardless of the particulars of who was at fault for the accident, fleeing the scene does not strrike me as something a person who really cares about others would do.
Scrappy on April 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
b. goldwater
harry flashman on April 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM
I like crap and run, chica. BTW, love your posts. You sting your enemies!
HornetSting on April 17, 2009 at 8:01 PM
It’s probably because Glenn Beck has become a star, and the rest, like Sanchez have fading into mediocrity to look forward to…
RepubChica on April 17, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Don’t you need to be more than mediocre before fading into mediocrity? Sanchez only wishes he were more than a shadow filling a timeslot until his boss finds someone with a better schtick.
Bishop on April 17, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Is this movie guy Jones an anti-semite? I thought it was a movie talking about Obama. What does that have to do with Jewish people. The accusations are flying fast and furious.
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Unfortunately, Mr. Jeffrey Smuzinick was not given the same opportunity.
(Mary Jo Kopechne was not available for comment)
omnipotent on April 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM
I see, you are perfectly able to follow the logic chain to Alex Jones, but cannot see the context linkage between Sanchez opening with discussion of the recent mass murders and then moving directly to the support by Fox anchors for the second amendment.
I find it disingenuous for you to be able to find a link through multiple sites and not be willing to see the context in a single program. Sorry, but you are either a political hack that just spins whatever you like, or flat out blind.
Hawthorne on April 17, 2009 at 8:03 PM
I agree too, but I just wish a single liberal would be consistent on their stance anti-semitism. Didn’t hear strangelet have anything to say when a certain president from Iran was given free reign to spew his anti-semetic filth at American universities…
Scrappy on April 17, 2009 at 8:03 PM
None of the links posted show advertisements on FOX. Or at least the two I was dumb enough to go to. I don’t know what strangelet’s deal is but I think she gets a big smile on her face every time someone clicks on her links.
Cindy Munford on April 17, 2009 at 8:03 PM
It was probably me who called Sanchez an idiot…I am about to do it again. Sanchez is an idiot.
d1carter on April 17, 2009 at 8:04 PM
It appears lately that the only way the the loony left can get ratings is to link themselves… in some way …to reeeeally successful conservative radio and TV personalities.
katy on April 17, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Is this movie guy Jones an anti-semite? I thought it was a movie talking about Obama. What does that have to do with Jewish people. The accusations are flying fast and furious.
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Guess it depends on where you get your information, much of it is contradictory. Alex Jones is Grade A wierdo in my book, but I’m just a guy opining on a blog so take that with a grain.
But in advertising, it’s the perception of who someone is and what they might be involved in; witness what happens when a big time athlete gets involved in a drunk driving incident, they get dropped.
Bishop on April 17, 2009 at 8:05 PM
It looks to me like strangelet is just using HA to drive her own traffic.
Hawthorne on April 17, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Ur a sparkplug yourself, Hornet, when u get going =)…figure as long as the trolls want to join our loving family, might as well make ‘em feel welcome…
RepubChica on April 17, 2009 at 8:06 PM
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