Beck Uses Last Show To Reminisce About Some Of His Greatest Hits
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 1st, 2011 4:43 am by HL
Beck Uses Last Show To Reminisce About Some Of His Greatest Hits
On the last episode of his Fox News show, Glenn Beck took some time to reflect on some of his wildest theories as well as people and organizations he repeatedly smeared during his tenure at Fox.
Beck Brags About Taking On George Soros
On His Last Show, Beck Says: “We’ve Taken On … George Soros.” From the June 30 edition of Fox News’ Glenn Beck:
BECK: We made an awful lot of enemies on this program. We’ve joked before, gosh, can we — is there anybody else we can take on? I mean we’ve taken on every single person we’ve been told not to take on from the anarchist to the president to the Republicans to George Soros because the truth has no agenda. It will lead us where it leads us. [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 6/30/11]
Beck Has Repeatedly Smeared Soros With Anti-Semitic Stereotypes And Falsehoods.
- Beck Has Used The Anti-Semitic Stereotype “Puppet Master” To Describe Soros. Glenn Beck has repeatedly attacked Soros with anti-Semitic stereotypes, referring to Soros as a “puppet master” and accusing him of controlling the media, the political process, and the global economy. In fact, Beck has claimed that he will “expose” Soros and has referred to Soros as “the head of the snake.” Beck has also fearmongered that the “republic’s at stake – set your DVR now” for “one of the most important shows I’ve ever done…a special hour on the puppet master, George Soros.” Moreover, in his efforts to paint Soros as a villain, Beck repeatedly relied on a number of anti-Semitic sources including a book from Nazi supporter Elizabeth Dilling. [Media Matters, 6/29/09, via Media Matters; Fox News, Glenn Beck, 7/6/09, via Media Matters]
Beck Warns Of Possible Hyperinflation
Beck: “Only Way Out Of [Debt Crisis] Is Real Trouble Now, And Maybe It’s Hyperinflation.” From the June 30 edition of Fox News’ Glenn Beck:
BECK: We showed you that this debt clock — only way out of this is real trouble now, and maybe it’s hyperinflation. Maybe. We showed you that that can happen. We asked you to prepare. [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 6/30/11]
Beck Has Continually Warned Of Imminent Inflation, At One Point Predicting That It Would Occur On November 3, 2010.
- Beck Warned Of “A Lot Of Similarities” Between Weimar’s Monetary Policy And Ours. On his Fox News show in April 2009, Beck said: “I have read about the Weimar Republic, and there are a lot of similarities on what they did and what we did to the money, and that was one of the real breeding grounds.” [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 4/10/09, via Media Matters]
- Beck Again Pushed Parallels Between The U.S. And Weimar. In August 2009, Beck again suggested parallels between the United States, the Weimar Republic, and Zimbabwe, claiming, “[W]e’re closing now, in on our — what did Forbes.com call it today? Oh, I remember, our ‘Zimbabwe Moment.’ We could never suffer Zimbabwe’s fate of hyperinflation and collapse — oh, no, no.” He added: “What was it that turned those Nazis into Nazis? Oh, I remember, they were the Weimar Republic, and then, debt, hyperinflation and Nazis. Oh, I remember, but this is America. We’re immune to hyperinflation or any kind of problems — Jimmy Carter — that never happens here.” [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 8/12/09, via Media Matters]
- Beck Hyped Gold Because “Inflation Is Going To Go Through The Roof.” On the May 19, 2010, edition of his Fox News show, Beck stated: “Well, if you think a collapse is coming, if you think things are bad, if you think inflation is coming, well, you’re not going to put your money into gold. I mean, into treasuries. You’re going to put it into gold, which made this happen.” He further said: “What you do is you buy these and you say, they’re lying, man! Are you kidding me? Inflation is going to go through the roof.” [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 5/19/10, via Media Matters]
- Beck Predicted “The Weimar Moment” On November 3, 2010. On the October 25, 2010, edition of his Fox News show, Beck claimed that on “November 3rd, the Fed hits the Weimar moment.” He repeated the claim, this time about the Treasury, on his radio show the next day. And on October 29, he once again argued that “the Weimar Moment” would come immediately following Election Day. [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 10/25/10, 10/26/10, 10/29/10, via Media Matters]
- In November 2010, Beck Said That “Come Next Year, You Are Going To See Prices Skyrocket.” [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 11/2/10, via Media Matters]
- In Reality, There Has Been No Weimar-Style Hyperinflation. During the period of hyperinflation in Weimar Germany, prices on average “quadrupled each month” for sixteen months. By contrast, according to the latest inflation numbers, U.S. inflation is currently at 3.6 percent over the last 12 months. [EconLib.org, accessed 6/28/11; Bureau of Labor Statistics, 6/15/11]
Beck Mentions Hindenburg Omen, His Predictor For Stock Market Crashes
Beck: On This Program “We Showed You The Hindenburg Omen.” From the June 30 edition of Fox News’ Glenn Beck:
BECK: We showed you the Great Depression of 1920. How many people even know that? And how it was turned around and it can be done again if we learn from history. We showed you the Hindenburg Omen, the Kondratiev wave, the Overton Window. [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 6/30/11]
In 2010, Beck Twice Predicted An Imminent Five Percent Drop In The Stock Market Due To “Hindenburg Omen.”
- In August 2010, Beck Said “The Hindenburg Omen” Had Been Triggered, Meaning A 5 Percent Drop In The Market “Usually Takes Place Within The Next 40 Days.” [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 8/16/10, via Media Matters]
- After The 40 Day Period Passed, Beck Reset The Clock On The Hindenburg Omen On October 5, 2010, Saying, “[W]e Just Entered The 30 Day Period.” [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 10/5/10, via Media Matters]
- The Crash That Beck Predicted Didn’t Occur. In reality, the stock market has risen since October 2010. While there have been ups and downs, the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the NASDAQ are all higher now than they were in October 2010. [The New York Times, accessed 6/28/11, via Media Matters]
