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Is Glenn Beck Comparing Fox News To Jews During The Holocaust?

Fox News extremist talk show host Glenn Beck made what appears to be a rather disturbing and troubling comparison when he seemed to compare Jews during the Holocaust to Fox News. What is the matter with this man when he seems to be comparing poor, persecuted, misunderstood Fox News to real people slaughtered duringthe Holocaust? Beck’s comments, which appear below, are disgraceful and demeaning to those who suffered through the Holocaust and to the memories of those who died.

Using scare tactics is bad enough, but bringing in the Holocaust is wrong.

BECK: When they’re done with Fox, and you decide to speak out on something. The old, “first they came for the Jews, and I wasn’t Jewish.” When you have a question, and you believe that something should be asked, they’re a — totally fine with you right now; they have no problem with you.

When they’re done with Fox and talk radio, do you really think they’re going to leave you alone if you want to ask a tough question? Do you really think that a man who has never had to stand against tough questions and has as much power as he does — do you really believe after he takes out the number one news network, do you really think that this man is then not going to turn on you? That you and your little organization is going to cause him any hesitation at all not to take you out?

If you believe that, you should open up a history book, because you’ve missed the point of many brutal dictators. You missed the point on how they always start.

The man is nuts.

Beck is whining because people are speaking out strongly against the right-wing extremism coming from Fox News and the dishonesty with which it denies what is plainly obvious. Now, Beck and others at Fox News are going into full victimization mode. Fox News cries (hour after hour on the air and post after post on the Web) because it says some people can’t handle its tough brand of questioning and tough talk. Then, Fox turns around and whines when people are tough on the right-wing news outlet with questions and comments.

Fox News Asks: Why Are Jews Liberal?

Obviously, the far-right nuts on Fox and Friends did not seem very happy about the overwhelming support Democrats, in general, and Barack Obama, in specific, have been getting from Jews. The graphic header reads, “Why Are Jews Liberal” and the subheadline reads “JEWISH CONSERVATIVE ANSWERS IN NEW BOOK.” So, already the stage is set for three right wingers (Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy and author Norman Podhoretz) to engage in an unbalanced and biased conversation. Doocy then comes in and uses the guest to attack President Obama by talking some garbage about buyer’s remorse. This is nothing more than trying to eat away at President Obama’s base by trying to smear him in the eyes of Jews. He is using this guest to try and brainwash Jewish people into coming over to the GOP. Then, Kilmeade comes on and predictably tries to rehabilitate George W. Bush and smear President Obama … as you would expect from a far-right extremist masquerading himself on a network that lies about being fair and balanced. There is no counterpoint or anything to balance these three right wingers blasting Jews for supporting Democrats. By the numbers that Fox News flashed earlier in the segment, that would indicate that this man (Podhoretz) is outside the mainstream.

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