Saturday, August 28, 2010

FOX "News" Reports on The Beckoning Before it Happens?*

Image from source, NewsCorpse.com
I don't want to report much on Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally, really.  I can't even figure out what the event is supposed to be for. They say it isn't political, and yet Sarah Palin was there.  The call it "Restoring Honor," but what is it being restored from, and what is it being restored to?  Apparently, the whole thing was a patriotic, religious revival.  The followers are--I'm guessing--of mixed faiths, but mostly evangelicals and Catholics, right?  And their religious revival is being led by a Mormon. I'm so confused. . .

So, what I gather from this rally is that modern hard-core Conservatives don't mind being on the fringe. They don't mind being derided as stupid or crazy. They don't mind aligning themselves with leaders like Beck who embody all of those traits. And they don't mind their message being impossibly vague.  Like tea baggers, you don't get much clarity on the overall mission, just a crazy-looking assemblage of fringe partisans.  How does this rally differ from the tea partiers? What is the hoped-for outcome of the rally?  Did delusional Beck get his expected "miraculous" result? I doubt we'll ever really know. 

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Fox News Posts Review Of Glenn Beck’s Rally Before It Happens

Fox News promos often tout the network as “The Most Powerful Name In News.” Now that power extends into the supernatural as FoxNews.com is caught publishing a story reviewing Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, DC, the day before it takes place. This demonstration of journalistic clairvoyance may just be a part of the “miraculous” occurrences that Beck promised would take place at tomorrow’s historic event. . .

Read more at (the fabulous): NewsCorpse

*Before you ask, yes I'm aware that this is a parody.

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