According to Newsbusters, Tim Graham of the WaPo has some concerns regarding Glenn Beck’s upcoming book, The Overton Window. Here is the excerpt from the WaPo.
The danger of books like this is that radical readers may take the story’s fiction for fact, or interpret the fiction — which Beck encourages — as a reflection of a reality that they must fend off by any means necessary. “The Overton Window” risks falling into the tradition of other anti-government novels such as “The Turner Diaries” by William L. Pierce, which became a handbook of extremists and inspired Timothy McVeigh to blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995. As Beck tells his soldiers in the voice of Noah: “Put up or shut up . . . go hard or go home. Freedom is the rare exception . . . not the rule, and if you want it you’ve got to do your part to keep it.”(emphasis mine)
I find it very consistent with the racist narrative that they compare Beck’s book to the Turner Diaries, given that book’s overtly racist tone. However, there seems to be, as usual, a double standard involved.
In 2006, a movie was released that the MSM did approve. It was called “Death of a President.” It was a fictionalized account of an assassination of George W. Bush. What did the MSM have to say about that? To see, I took a look at MetaCritic to see what was said about the movie.
“A well-made political thriller… So persuasive that some viewers may need to give themselves a reality-check.” – Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
The excitingly well-made Death of a President imagines the assassination of President Bush as a way of analyzing political violence. And Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, sight unseen, has labeled it despicable.- Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun
Range has a marvelous feel for the clichés and conventions of TV-news documentary, and the tone of mournful elegy he strikes here is both convincing and — believe me, I’m shocked to be writing this — moving.- Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
The flaw in Death of a President isn’t one of morality. It’s one of dramatic interest.- Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
D.O.A.P. would be more effective, and more entertaining, if it took a cue from “Dr. Strangelove” and used Sterling Hayden’s paranoid, quick-triggered Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper as the model for Cheney to get more outlandish behavior from him.- Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Disappointingly, Death of a President shrinks from its promise as a piece of genuinely radical or adventurous speculative fiction.- Todd McCarthy, Variety
In all fairness, most of the reviews were negative. They didn’t condemn the film’s premise in any way, most negative reviews thought it was boring or contrived. However, Beck’s book is going to cause violence. The film on killing a sitting US president (who happens to be a Republican)? That’s OK!
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Matt
I believe that future generations should have the same opportunities that myself, and those that came before me, had. My parents taught me that I could do anything I wanted to do. I don’t want to have to tell my daughter, “You can do whatever the government tells you to do.” We are at a crossroads in this country; are we going to be free, or are we going to be slaves to the nanny state. I choose freedom.
Great job in pointing out yet another example of media bias. These people are being exposed more and more every day!
It’s like shooting fish in a barrel man!
Do they not realize that they are only increasing sales of the book with their criticism? Oh yeah, they live in another form of reality.
That they do. This is what happens when the narrative and reality are polar opposites.
I’m not a huge fan of Glen Beck.
But I hope his book sells a million copies in it’s first week just to spite these assholes in the media.
I know what you mean. Sometimes, he’s brilliant. Other times, it seems that he goes on hyperbole. But I want the left to lament that there are millions of those books flying off the shelves.
When are these turds going to realize the violence always comes from the Left, not the right?
They know, they just lie about it.
Now that it is controversial, of course it’ll hit #1 on NYT Bestseller list. And Glenn will make a couple million $ off it. And the lefty naysayers will still be huddling at WaPo wondering which of them will be caught in the next round of layoffs.
That’s like the Trifecta of Awesome.
“Trifecta of awesome” is excellent. It is made of humiliation and win.
hey Matt! However, there seems to be, as usual, a double standard involved…so true and so infuriating my friend!
Thanks Angel!
Nope, no bias here, people.. move along…
How can you suggest that there is bias? They just act like the other point of view doesn’t exist!
I have Arguing with Idiots. I haven’t read it yet because, well, I’ve been a little busy since April 22. Maybe when BO plugs my damn hole I’ll sit down with it and The Overton Window (I have to admit, the name sounds pretty retarded) and read, once somebody stops me from ruining a presidency.
I liked Arguing with Idiots. An Inconvenient Book was good too. I don’t know if I’ll get to The Overton Window anytime soon.
Media Bias is becoming clearer with each passing day. The net, talk radio and new outlets such as FOX are shining the light on what had been a well kept secret for many years and only know to astute observers. Times are changing the truth is filtering through the lies and half-truths of the MSM!
I can see that. The slide continues. I mean, Newsweek might go under. I wonder if that will wake any of them up? Nah!
They are such hypocrites. It plays out again and again.
Truly disgusting.
Well said Bunni!
If you want to read something that will incite you to violence try the Quran. Of course you would have to read it in English as I don’t think this audience speaks 7th century Arabic. Worse, for having a copy of the Quran in English some innocent Islamist would have to commit violence and “Lop” off your head: the favored punishment for infidels which includes everyone who is not a Muslim.
Oh wait we were talking about Beck’s new book. Never Mind.
Ken
Glad you caught yourself before we got a fatwa against us!
This sort of thing always makes be laugh, a conservative releases a book, liberals go nuts condemning it as racist, hate-filled and warn of terrible apocalypse. The author could not have asked for better press coverage. To boot, the country is being run by a liberal who is busy reminding everyone with a brain why leftists should never be given any power.
I’m sure Glenn Beck sends his heartfelt thanks to liberal idiots.
hey Matt…just checkin in..ken is spot on too..what a sham the media is!
That they are Angel. Ken did nail it.
The double standard continues. These Libs are really living in their own fantasy land. I hope Beck sells millions of books just so it pisses off the Left.
I agree, Teresa. Let them whine and wail about it, and then look like idiots when nothing happens.