Video: Glenn Beck on the media’s suppression of the Van Jones story
posted at 7:44 pm on September 8, 2009 by Allahpundit
A critical fact that shouldn’t be forgotten: It’s not at all clear that the media buried this story simply to help Obama. I tend to agree with Byron York that, if not for their loathing of Beck and populist conservative media, they might have covered this. A little.
The first words of the Times’ story on Jones’ resignation were, “In a victory for Republicans and the Obama administration’s conservative critics. …” One news anchor suggested Jones was “the Republican right’s first scalp.” Other coverage called the Jones affair a victory for Glenn Beck, Fox News, right-wing blogs, and even Sarah Palin, who played no role in the matter.
If you throw in Rush Limbaugh, you have all the bogey-people of the conservative world. To some on the left, including some journalists, denying them a victory was a top priority, no matter what Van Jones had said and done.
There was a day, not too long ago, when the Times and other influential news organizations could kill a story — could deny the bad guys a win — simply by ignoring it. Sometimes they still try. But it just won’t work anymore.
Won’t it? If not for his dalliance with 9/11 Truth, Jones would still be our “green jobs” czar, never mind the communist past and the shilling for Mumia and the “Republicans are assholes” comment and so forth. Watch the second clip below, of the boss talking about “wackjob” science czar John Holdren, to see just how powerless new media is. Jones happened to stumble across one of the few political lines that a leftist can’t transgress; Holdren, a former advocate of forced abortions and mass sterilization, is still safely on the other side. And no one will press Obama on it, of course. After all, not one question — not one — was asked about Jones at today’s White House presser.
Enjoy the czar stuff now because I think Ace is right that Beck is moving on. Next up: The NEA’s propaganda push.
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How long do we have to wait before we have a replacement for the Green Jobs Czar position?
So many jobs lost.
faraway on September 8, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Precisely what Rush was saying in his first hour as well. (So you agree with Rush, AP!)
Nice appearance by Malkin.
Spirit of 1776 on September 8, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Successful propagandists don’t run news articles that damage their own message.
Fletch54 on September 8, 2009 at 7:48 PM
It’s possible that is why they didn’t cover it so much. But it got plenty of coverage, given the majority of Americans couldn’t care less who any of these czars are. They barely care about the cabinet members.
There’s a limit to people’s tolerance for the details of politics.
AnninCA on September 8, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Van Jones never really existed, and if he did, he was a figment of our imagination.
JammieWearingFool on September 8, 2009 at 7:49 PM
People who will put the nation at detriment for the sake of the party are blatantly evil minded.
jimmy2shoes on September 8, 2009 at 7:49 PM
What else is there to say? He’s just one more in a line of radical racists in the filthy liar’s inner circle. Until folks wake up and realize that the filthy liar isn’t any different that Wright, Jones and all the other unsavory people he associates with on a a daily basis, there really isn’t much more to say.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Right that does not make it.
Journalism malpractice, it is.
drjohn on September 8, 2009 at 7:50 PM
I want to see an audit on the 30 billion dollars he had control over.
BigWyo on September 8, 2009 at 7:51 PM
It’s all very B-Czar!
michaelo on September 8, 2009 at 7:51 PM
I think that’s an inaccurate characterization of what he believed “could” happen if we have an environmental catastrosphe on a grand scale.
Granted, from my reading of his scenario he didn’t seem, for me, to be that sickened or disgusted by it; but stating something “could” happen is different than stating that is should.
Bigger fish to fry, it seems, than this one.
SteveMG on September 8, 2009 at 7:51 PM
My dog is barking, I’m laughing so hard.
faraway on September 8, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Aim America in the right direction, fire a Democrat.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Go ahead, cover up your scat.
Fletch54 on September 8, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Couldn’t agree with Beck’s assessment of this affair more.
They are merely redeploying…not surrendering. And if it turns out that they are, watch out for the Ardennes Offensive.
“Naw, they’re on their last legs. They can’t possibly…BOOOOOM!”
Dr. ZhivBlago on September 8, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin deserve to be hit with shoes!
- Baghdad Gibbs
MB4 on September 8, 2009 at 7:52 PM
It’s come to that? The filthy liar appointed 26 new czars each with a portfolio of a single letter? I guess that is to be expected from an administration run like Sesame Street.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 7:53 PM
That’s what I don’t get. The Truther thing should have just been icing on the cake.
BigWyo on September 8, 2009 at 7:54 PM
I heard today that Beck claims something big is coming and people will end up in jail. Does anyone know anything about this?
Terrye on September 8, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Thinking like Andy’s is why our country is on the brink. Michelle O. said that Bury wouldn’t let us return to our comfort zones and she was right, just not in the way she was thinking.
thomasaur on September 8, 2009 at 7:55 PM
I hadn’t even realized that Bush had a bunch, too. Jeesh, talk about throwing money at your buds. I don’t like this practice at all.
AnninCA on September 8, 2009 at 7:55 PM
I want to see an audit on the 30 billion dollars he had control over.
BigWyo on September 8, 2009 at 7:51 PM
seesalrun on September 8, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Yeah, he did say that but nothing specific yet. If I had to guess it’d be the NEA stuff that AP mentioned above.
Weight of Glory on September 8, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Rep. Dan Burton slamming Van Jones on House Floor on C-Span right now
elduende on September 8, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Agreed!! But that’s gonna happen about the time….well, it’s not gonna happen.
BigWyo on September 8, 2009 at 7:58 PM
It’s clear that the media didn’t cover this to save their own sorry a$$es, as Van Jones was more proof that they are in the tank for The Precedent and are willing to harm the US to get their way. Of course, no one in America should be unaware of this, as we all the media drool over the prospect of releasing sensitive information harmful to America’s security – just to forward their moronic partisanship – but I guess that many still haven’t quite figured that out.
The media is all-in with The Precedent and his band of America-hating marxists. Their propaganda push will not stop, since that would be the end for them. They will live or die with The Precedent and they know it. They refused to cover Van Jones for their own interests, not Precedential interests.
progressoverpeace on September 8, 2009 at 7:59 PM
They didn’t cover it because they could not defend the indefensible. Pretty simple. Now they look like idiots.
doctormom on September 8, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Judge orders trial on eligibility issue
Carter ordered a hearing Oct. 5 on the motion to dismiss and ordered arguments submitted on the issue of discovery.
Arguments planned Jan. 11 for major Obama challenge
California judge today tentatively scheduled a trial for Jan. 26, 2010
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=109242
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ms on September 8, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Oh, no, I just had a horrible thought…
With Jones’ resignation, that’s one less job “created or saved” by the Obama administration.
:(
malclave on September 8, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Agreed!! But that’s gonna happen about the time….well, it’s not gonna happen.
BigWyo on September 8, 2009 at 7:58 PM
seesalrun on September 8, 2009 at 8:04 PM
I really get tired of the “Bush did it too” defense for anything that gets controversial for the filthy liar in the White House. When are you Obama supporters ever going to do it without trying to make it all relative.
I personally don’t like the czars concept but the filthy liar has really gone overboard and created a shadow government of loyalists who have not been confirmed. I would argue that the filthy liar should be impeached for doing so- not that it will happen so long as your gal Pelosi is in control- she even refuses to address Charlie Rangel’s corruption by taking away his chairmanship. You just can’t trust liberals and Democrats to do the honest thing.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Once again, even though I live in one of the biggest radio markets, and the pendulum is swinging back to the right, a number of popular conservative talk show hosts have disappeared off the radio: Beck, Crowley, Ingram, Savage, Ziegler, etc. It pisses me off.
Blake on September 8, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Czar, czar, everywhere a czar!
Ripping up the constitution, stealing my car!
Do this, don’t do that
No wonder I hate the czaaaaars!
Orange Doorhinge on September 8, 2009 at 8:06 PM
CatinCA is trying to cover up Barry’s turds with tissue paper. It still smells! And we can see it. Put those turds in ziplock bags so they stay fresh.
Geochelone on September 8, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Satelite radio
thomasaur on September 8, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Keep shining the light of day on them…
… now and forever!
Seven Percent Solution on September 8, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Nothing is going to happen. I personally think that there is something odd about the filthy liar’s birth (identity of father, circumstances, whatever). It may possibly make him ineligible for the Presidency. But, that is the kind of vetting that has to be done in the primaries, not a full year into the filthy liar’s reign of bad stewardship.
Instead of focusing on the filthy liar, it would be more productive to change the electoral rules to make candidates prove their eligibility to get the party nomination.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Van Jones. Lost 1 more green job. Just like a watermelon. Green on the outside and red on the inside.
Will someone define green job?
seven on September 8, 2009 at 8:10 PM
O’Reilly just wasted several minutes “interviewing” Beck in the stupidest way. Guy gets on my freaking nerves.
surrounded on September 8, 2009 at 8:10 PM
O’Reilly’s making a fool of himself with Beck, right now. Bill’s trying to claim that Van Jones was a nobody and Beck was wasting his time. O’Reilly’s saying that having communists in the White House is no problem and he’s arguing that The Precedent isn’t interested in Communism/Marxism. What a tool.
progressoverpeace on September 8, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Go away, already. You are a monotonic note of pure stupidity.
progressoverpeace on September 8, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Yeah, I didn’t realize how many Bush 43 had, either. Wikipedia says 45 people accupying 35 positions over 8 years (20 people underwent Senate confirmation hearings). Obama has had 34 people in 32 positions (9 people underwent Senate confirmation).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._executive_branch_czars
(yeah, I know, it’s wikipedia… I’m lazy)
malclave on September 8, 2009 at 8:13 PM
O’Reilly just jumped the shark and said communism isn’t a threat.
califdreamnred on September 8, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Frantic desperation among the Left, trying to hide a story the way a kid would run after dumping over a pail of paint on the garage floor.
Doesn’t the MSM know their hegemony is over?
Liam on September 8, 2009 at 8:14 PM
spot on!!
cmsinaz on September 8, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Does this mean the media networks won’t cover the debate between Obama and Ahmidinajad?
TN Mom on September 8, 2009 at 8:15 PM
He’s good she’s good , really good tag teaming.And it’s getting better.
the_nile on September 8, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Racist.
LibTired on September 8, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Green job: job that keeps “progressives” rollin in da green.
malclave on September 8, 2009 at 8:15 PM
stopped watching o’reilly a long time ago….got too tabloidy (is that a word?) for me….
cmsinaz on September 8, 2009 at 8:16 PM
O’Reilly is in envy mode.
the_nile on September 8, 2009 at 8:17 PM
He’s right. Communism isn’t the threat, it is the radical racist liar in the White House and his corrupt party that poses the immediate threat to America. They are socialists, not communists.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 8:17 PM
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 8:08 PM
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I’m glad they are continuing to pursue it. It may or may not go anywhere, but at least they are still trying.
We need to attack on any and all fronts.
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ms on September 8, 2009 at 8:17 PM
O with a hippie chick in a field of crimson and clover?
Liam on September 8, 2009 at 8:17 PM
O’Reilly is such a douche. You can smell the arrogance permeating off the screen. He is so jealous Glenn Beck drove the story of Jones. Beck now has the most impact, not O’Reilly.
I think Beck will continue on the czars. Especially if it ties to a news story of the day.
cubachi on September 8, 2009 at 8:18 PM
“Communism is no longer a threat,” says Bill O’Reilly. Way to remain an ever vigilant member of the press. That is probably the single-most ignorant statement I’ve heard from him. What a fool.
dugan on September 8, 2009 at 8:19 PM
O’reilly is a squish where politics are concerned. He is all about ratings and afraid of alienating o’bots.
thomasaur on September 8, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Oreilly just doesn’t get it…BECK DOES!!
thank God for GLENN BECK….AND MICHELLE!!
right4life on September 8, 2009 at 8:19 PM
He’s wrong.
Socialists, communists, marxists, maoists, statists, … they are all the same threat, in different flavors. They all intersect in hating America and wanting to destroy us.
progressoverpeace on September 8, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Beck is a courageous guy. He has done a great job. Of late, Byron York has really picked up story and is advancing it.
It is a shame that BOR will not back up Beck.
d1carter on September 8, 2009 at 8:21 PM
They were his suggestions as to how it could be handled most effectively. It’s not as innocuous as you make it seem.
Monica on September 8, 2009 at 8:22 PM
O’Reilly just jumped the shark and said communism isn’t a threat.
califdreamnred on September 8, 2009 at 8:13 PM
He’s right. Communism isn’t the threat, it is the radical racist liar in the White House and his corrupt party that poses the immediate threat to America. They are socialists, not communists.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 8:17 PM
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O’Reilly is NOT correct. Read
United in Hate, Dr. Jamie Glazov.
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ms on September 8, 2009 at 8:22 PM
All welcomed under the ‘Big Tent’ Democrat Party.
thomasaur on September 8, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Do you not mind having zero credibility?
David2.0 on September 8, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Hey, he must be right. It is the “No Spin Zone” after all…
2Brave2Bscared on September 8, 2009 at 8:24 PM
copy that
cmsinaz on September 8, 2009 at 8:25 PM
don’t forget NATIONAL socialists and fascists…which I think best describes the democRATs…
right4life on September 8, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Socialists, communists, marxists, maoists, statists, … they are all the same threat, in different flavors. They all intersect in hating America and wanting to destroy us.
progressoverpeace on September 8, 2009 at 8:20 PM
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And they (Socialists, communists, marxists, maoists, statists) have joined with the Shria Law Islams and are even more dangerous then ever before.
Read United in Hate, Dr. Jamie Glazov.
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ms on September 8, 2009 at 8:26 PM
We need a NO ZAR ZONE.
Geochelone on September 8, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Wow where do you live?
sonnyspats1 on September 8, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Van Jones back under a rock. He didn’t even leave any carbon footprints.
seven on September 8, 2009 at 8:29 PM
what happened to the formatting on this thread?
thomasaur on September 8, 2009 at 8:29 PM
+++
lovingmyUSA on September 8, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Sorry, I disagree with that reading.
AP has the link. He clearly says those actions “could” come about if we have a major collapse of civilization. Nowhere does he use the first person.
Again, what troubles me about his scenario is that he doesn’t seem to be appalled or disgusted with the possibility. At least not enough for me.
Personally, I don’t see where his scenario – as awful as it it – is that far off. History amply shows that when civilization collapses that human beings can do awful things.
Can not should.
SteveMG on September 8, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Thanks. Lots of fascists running around, for sure. Dems are not naturally with the fascists (as they prefer to have the government directly owning the means of production) but they will certainly settle for it.
Yep. The enemy of my enemy. Anyone who hates America, or the West, is an ally of the left. But it’s not just the hate that draws them together. The left also love all non-Western cultures, just to show how un-Western they, themselves, are.
progressoverpeace on September 8, 2009 at 8:31 PM
You do realize that Van Jones was a committed communist right?
Spirit of 1776 on September 8, 2009 at 8:32 PM
That’s why the sleeping giant has awoke!
lovingmyUSA on September 8, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Ever since O’Reilly had his interview with the filthy liar, presedent in the whitehouse he has been defending him.
fourdeucer on September 8, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Wait for the “Trigger Czar” when they pass their no public option unless triggered by those evil insurance companies not meeting government mandates!
chickasaw42 on September 8, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Funny thing is these idiots like Jones leave the biggest footprints.
CWforFreedom on September 8, 2009 at 8:36 PM
I think even Byron York has it wrong.
You’re all still missing the point.
The MSM didn’t report on all of these for the same reason that they’re now calling him a victim of Republican critics and still not reporting on it.
They don’t think his statements are newsworthy.
It’s not a cover-up. They really don’t see anything wrong with what he said or anything that violates their perceptions of the world.
Chris of Rights on September 8, 2009 at 8:37 PM
thomasaur on September 8, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Ok put the pipe down and back slowly away from the table
sonnyspats1 on September 8, 2009 at 8:39 PM
In his book…..United in Hate, Dr. Jamie Glazov (he is from the USSR)
he says that Communism never ended because there were never any trials.
He says where were the KGB trials like the ones that were for the Nazis.
He says, there were no trials. Communism is still very active and they are in bed with the radical Shria Law Islams.
We are in very deep danger.
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ms on September 8, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Sober 15 years now
thomasaur on September 8, 2009 at 8:41 PM
I literally STOPPED watching FOX News after O’Reilly’s interview with Barack Obama. What a contrast it was to his interviews of McCain and Clinton. Totally velvet gloves for Obama. He could have pinned him down on so much but chose not to.
Took me months to go back to FOX News and then only to Sean & Glenn. Only time I watch O’Reilly is if Laura Ingraham is hosting.
Sharr on September 8, 2009 at 8:43 PM
The left also love all non-Western cultures, just to show how un-Western they, themselves, are.
progressoverpeace on September 8, 2009 at 8:31 PM
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That is true…. The Feminism group on the left is now embrassing the BURKA (may God help us).
The feminist are now saying that the burka allows women to be free and not slaves of men’s desires.
Sick …. Sick
Of course the feminist don’t tell you that it is standard practice in Islam for women to have…. female genital mutilation.
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ms on September 8, 2009 at 8:47 PM
I watch O’Reilly is if Laura Ingraham is hosting.
Sharr on September 8, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I love that woman for many reasons.
fourdeucer on September 8, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Yes but Obama is a socialist.
highhopes on September 8, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Allah,
I think you are 1005 wrong on this it wasn’t the 9/11 truth stuf it was the commie, marxist, cop killer befriending, as*hole comments that got him. the 9/11 turther stuff was just icing on the cake. The left tries to laugh off “red scare” and questions on commies but the majority of america still remembers the cold war.
unseen on September 8, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Perhaps it just comes down to interpretation because it’s very clear to me that he is proposing these things as options. He says ‘could’ but he’s the the one proposing them, listing them out in detail and relating the political difficulties and saying it is Constitutionally feasible.
Can someone else here follow the link and give a different take?
Monica on September 8, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Wow, just wow AP. and to think that I was under the impression that most comments here were feckless and trite.
disillusioned on September 8, 2009 at 9:24 PM
As Michelle Malkin stated on Beck’s show, Ron Bloom, the newly anointed Manufacturing Czar will be double-dipping and cover Green Jobs.
Enoxo on September 8, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I’m not ready yet. Popov helps me absorb all this BS. And so the real question becomes: Is Beck a goof ball or a hero. I submit that he is sincere and really understands his message. His spewings have not been specifically argued and his targets do little other than the usual liberal banter. Someone tell me why, in spite of the sometime emoting, he should not be a legitimate spokesman for our cause!! Besides he used to live in Sumner.
PaCadle on September 8, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Wow, just wow AP. and to think that I thought most comments here were feckless and trite.
disillusioned on September 8, 2009 at 9:34 PM
I just watched Olberman. He did an entire segment on Van Jones and Beck and didn’t mention Jones’s 9/11 Truther connection once. His dishonesty is truly staggering.
johnt on September 8, 2009 at 9:40 PM
STORC!
Jim Treacher on September 8, 2009 at 9:46 PM
So Allah, what you are saying is the “old media” refuses to cover legitimate news stories if the “new media” covers them first?
sure…
paulsur on September 8, 2009 at 9:53 PM
fun link. liked the vids.
disillusioned on September 8, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I disagree. They didn’t cover Jones because they are protecting Obama. Jones is one of them; they don’t see anything wrong with his racist comments and being a communist, etc. They really are irrelevant now.
I saw some of Bill O tonight and laughed when he said he didn’t cover the Jones story because he was such a small figure in the White House. He is so jealous of Beck, he and a few others. It’s pathetic. I hope Beck doesn’t stop because these people need to be investigated.
texanpride on September 8, 2009 at 10:05 PM
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