Jilted Glenn Beck tells nation: "Philadelphia is not a place you want to be"
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Jilted Glenn Beck tells nation: "Philadelphia is not a place you want to be"
As noted here earler, this is the week that Philadelphia cleaned up its airwaves, purging Glenn Beck as well as Sean Hannity from the radio here. (Beck was also dumped in New York City.) The king of all far-right media supposedly had a soft spot for Philly -- it was living here and broadcasting from WPHT out on City Line Avenue that Beck built his nationwide radio audience in the early-to-mid 2000s.
But now that we're not listening, he told the rest of America what he really thinks of us. "Philadelphia sucks," Beck declares at the end of today's rant, which is focused on his notion -- and feel free to debate this, as I know you will -- that it's not safe to walk around the City of Brotherly Love at 6 p.m. (6 p.m.?) without getting robbed or shot. But rather than me characterizing what Beck said about Philadelphia, listen for yourself:
Who cares.— Don Cornelius
bill.atkins is not a racist. His "too dark" comment was probably just a reference to the street lights, or lack of street lights, or something along those lines.— one_eyed_jack
while there is no doubt philly has its problems, beck is clearly whining here... a real man with honest opinions would not have waited until a market dropped him to let his feelings known...- Who?— balitok
Who's Glenn Beck? Never wasted a minute listening to him on radio or watching on TV. Another overpaid big mouth P.O.S. like Rush Limbaugh who has nothing but negative things to say. GOOD RIDDANCE!!!- If you never listened to him, how do you know he has nothing but negative to say? Who is it you do listen to, who tells you what Beck says?
— Mr. Smith - IF 1210 RADIO THINKS MICHAEL SMERCONISH, IS GOING TO BRING IN THE LISTENERS, THE JOKE IS ON THEM. GLENN BECK AND SEAN HANNITY ARE WHERE THE LISTENERS GO. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SIRIUS RADIO, SO THEY WILL LISTEN THERE SO GO THE LISTENERS AS WELL AS THE SPONSORS.SO THERE GOES THE REVENUE OUT OF PHILLY.— olneygirl
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What a wimp! Remember that guy that used to throw pies at people. We should start a fad with people sneaking up to Beck and saying "Boo!" Instead of gold he should be hawking Depends.— Hamlet- Comment removed.
- C'mon Hammer, tell us more about the FBI and Bin Laden. We're all dying to hear the scoop.
- I see a lot of whiny babies squawking. But not one pointing out anything he said that was not true.— MBFlyerfan
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