From Ryan Witt, Political Buzz Examiner.com
This week the two year marriage between Glenn Beck and Fox News will officially come to an end. While progressives celebrate the end of Beck on Fox, even the critics of Beck must admit that it has been an entertaining ride along the way. Beck was relatively unknown when he had a show on Headline News, but suddenly became a sensation at the 5 pm time slot on Fox News. At one point, Beck was drawing a larger audience that Fox News’ superstar Bill O’Reilly. Beck leaves as more of a falling star. Fox News has struggled to deal with an advertising boycott against Beck, and his ratings in key demographic groups has plummeted over the past year.
The video replays height of the time period when most believe Beck really “took off” in the ratings. This short segment displays all that made Beck so popular in these early days at Fox News.
Beck would maintain those high ratings for much of the next year. However, over time his appeal began to fade. Perhaps it was impossible for Beck’s followers to stay on the emotional roller coaster for an extended time. Perhaps Beck’s audience became disillusioned with some of his more extreme rhetoric. Still, some refused to abandon Beck no matter what his failings. In his opening act Beck had managed to convince some that the emotion was real, and that he was giving them solutions they could find nowhere else.
After this Friday, that audience will have to start looking for their answers from someplace else than the 5 pm time slot on Fox News.
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