This is going to be nothing but another hate the gamers and the games rant by Glenn Beck.

Nothing constructive will come out of this.

Wow this guy is fucking whiny.

This is going to turn out well.

Hmm....im a bit interested in this...maybe all of our negative feedback to CNN promped this? woot!

Glenn Beck belongs on Faux News, I think the only reason CNN has him on there is to try to deflect some of the "liberal media bias" criticisms that Faux Noise is constantly firing their way.

Hmm. I don't know what to say. I'm not going to go out of my way to catch this, but I hope the authors don't take any crud from Glenn.

Also, could someone please record and Youtube this as well (for those of us who will not be able to catch it >_

Waiting for the youtube video but I want to see this nevertheless. I won't be suprised that if Glenn does not listen to reason like ALL anti-video game people.

Why does Headline News have programs in the first place. What part of "headline news" is so confusing?

Hopefully the authors will call Beck out on claiming that GTA has rape in it like he did in the Jacko show opener and correct the Cho lie that Jacko told.

Bets on Beck using a Bill O'Reilly esque mic cut? Or will he just allow some idiot from the PTC all time?

It's a trap!

It's still Glenn Beck, which means it's still trash TV.

To TheRoosterRngr:

I really hope is the last one. He even can make a series about negative and positive impact of videogames, that should be good.

Maybe all the mails gamers have sended to him refering to the book have alerted him.

No, it's an ambush. I agree 100% with Admrable Ackbar.

He will do his best to discredit them and hold himself up high.

Again, I don't need to see this, so I won't be watching, I'll just pick up the story tomorrow.

Yeah as soon as I read the GP headlines...I also thought trap.

Here is the CNN transcripts site. Currently has text of the Thompson interview (about made me vomit) and I assume tonights show will be on there eventually, as well.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/gb.html

Watch Beck act in a completely different manner in comparison to the Thompson show. Or at least apologise.

It's all about ratings, guys...

Assuming he doesn't filibuster (and that's not like Glenn Beck) and lets them get their view point out...

Then some of the massive respect I lost for him with the Jack Thompson interview will be restored. But not all of it, no.

This is gonna be good.

[...] In an interesting turn of events, the authors of Grand Theft Childhood are going to be on Beck’s show tonight. It should be interesting to see how a more objective point of view is portrayed. I just hope it doesn’t end up like Geoff Keighley’s appearance a while back. [...]

@Vinzent: Even if Beck does cut them off after 2 minutes, that's still more airtime than Johnny Brucie got! :)

I would love to see a discussion between these two and ol' Jack.

@The Bobman

Classic.

Glenn Beck wants to be Bill O'Rly. This is going to be nothing more than him shouting down his guests and accusing them of being evil, evil people.

Not like Beck has any standing on morality, to be honest - this is the guy who outright said he "hates" the 9/11 widows and Katrina victims, and openly said he wants to kill Michael Moore. Yes, as in kill kill. He also called Cindy Sheehan a "tragedy pimp" and a "prostitute", said he wants to "nuke" Iran, says that Mexico is "full fo criminals"... i could go on. He's a shameless, hateful bastard.

Tivo Alert! Glenn Beck acts like dick around authors of Grand Theft Childhood, despite them pointing out that Jack Thompson is a dumbshit. Glenn Beck tonight!

Damian
Beck is a entrainer his a talky head hes good at playing a crowd and works his base nicely.


At frist he was not pushing the fundie fud with all his might now adays he makes less sense, almost a speed up Brill'o so in 3 years he'll be just are burnt out and bitter and " lam'ba' and Brill.o

Thanks for the heads up GP!

On a side note, anyone here who's in an AT&T U-Verse area should really get the service. I just set up a recording for the show from my desk at work. =)

Full Disclosure Dept: My wife works for AT&T and I'm a contractor that works on-site there.

Jonnyboy. No h. sorry.

Hallejuah!

...There WILL be friction.

Also "I can kill you with my brain."

Here's their spot:

Glenn Beck tells them they're evil liberals.

I hope that he at least allows it to be a reasonable discussion and listens to what the authors have to say. He has a right to disagree but I am not going to watch his show anymore if he just uses this as another oppurtunity to trash games, the gaming industry, and possibly gamers themselves.

When he first came on the air I found his show quite funny, but once election season kicked in late last year he seems to have become nothing more than a jerk with a swelled head.

I originally planned to only avoid the election based parts of his show mostly because he only wants to talk about Obamas reverand, which is a stupid non-issue now more than ever. Even tonight, the night before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, the headline of his show is none other than the the Reverand and his effect on the election. If I recall last week when he had JT on he had a 10 minute montage of Rev. Wright too to boot. And yes, I am an Obama supporter if that wasn't obvious enough already, but can't vote as I am a Canadian citizen.

After he had JT on, I vowed to never watch again. However if he is at least reasonable during the interview tonight, I will change my mind. But I will still not watch the election parts though.

P.S. I am sure I am not the first to say this, but I want to see a debate between the autors of GTC and JT. It would be fun, that's for sure.

Admiral Ackbar is right. This is going to be a clusterfark.

Well I'm not going to be holding my breath...

Gift.

I think Beck's gonna be completely blindsided by them. He probably hasn't read the book and is just basing what it's about based off the title. It should be pretty hilarious when Beck realizes that they aren't in the same camp he is in.

Well let's see how it goes this time, two minutes to go.....

Less than a minute in.....

/facepalm

Wow I turn the tv on to see "M=Money"

Its not looking good for fair and balanced news reporting.....

This is gonna suck balls.

Come on Glenn, just call it a baby rape simulator and call it a day, ya' jerk.

Watching it now...he smiles like a goon.

Glenn is looking around not caring and just insulted us, yay!

It's like you're REQUIRED to mention having sex with a hooker and killing her when criticizing GTA, considering how often they do so.

@Colonel Finn

Isn't it lame that we live in a world where peaceful protest can get people labled as hate mail campaigners?

And after a recent remark from him I'm not suggest that instead of letters we send him boxes of rotten tomatoes. I could care less. If it makes his life slightly more annoying then I'm going to send him boxes of rotten tomatoes. The tomatoes represent his rotton attitude towards gamers.

Let loose the wrath of gamers.

Well. I am not surprised.

that was disappointing, should get halpin on there or someone

Oh and isn't it cute that he thinks we think he's the new "badguy"? Heh.

@Grizzam
Even though Glenn Beck is a prime example of how any nutjob can get a position in the news industry these days I don't think he would be "America's Next Jack Thompson."

Though if there was such a competition on Fox I bet he would come as a close runner up.

That Jerk!!!!!!! He's so ignoramous!

@King of Fiji

Hella. Has anyone here ever actually thought he was some sort of "threat"?

Yeah, raise your hands if you would rather be a loser than a fearmongering lier.

*raises hand*

Oh, forgot to mention that Cheryl Olson kicked ass.

@GRIZZAM
No but I'm just saying its fun how he formulates his show to be obviously unfair towards those on his show with opposing oppinons.

Also got to love how he expresses his oppinion on things on the same leve of a 6 year old.

Glen: They're loosers.

Very mature Glenn Beck.

I didn't watch it. What did the autjors have to say?

At least he didn't kill her viewpoint, but I don't think he soaked in anything she said. Considering his tone of the rest of this segment and the other stories he is covering, I wonder why he even put that part in to begin with.

Loser ? To paraphrase Bugs Bunny, "This means war!"

Ha, so I'm a loser and you don't even know me? Jesus this guy is beyond reason.

Glenn Beck is the father of all lies.

@jccalhoun graduate student

how loopy is this guy? lower gas prices caused by regulating the gas cartel is bad because it would cause more people to buy gas but lower gas prices caused by more oil drilling is good?

Actually, there is some logic to that. The first is lowering prices by forcing the companies to reduce their profit margins. The second is lowering prices by increasing supply. The second is likely to be better in the long run (except to the environment, but that's a separate argument.)

@ GP:

Speaking of JT, there's been no update on his bar case. There was a letter online he tried to remove or defeat Judge Dava Tunis as a judge. Something sent to the police chief of Florida or sheriff. He said the video game 'violence' and pornography was her fault. What happened there? Is the judge off the case? Any word on this?

methinks they took one look at the name of the book thought she was anti-gaming and put her on the show man will they be in for a surprise.

oh yeah, i havnt got my next-gen yet....is there even really any nudity in GTA 4?

The rating says that it is "Rated 'M' due to Intense Violence, Blood, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Partial Nudity, Use of Drugs and Alcohol"

So there is "partial" nudity whatever that means. I topless partial or is a bikini partial?

"oh yeah, i havnt got my next-gen yet….is there even really any nudity in GTA 4?"


Fully clothed "strippers" is pretty much it. Nothing more risque than you would see on any public beach.

Oh noes! Ban beaches!

@DragonDefonce

Beck is just a sensational journalist trying to win viewers over with his "unique" view of politics and views on society. He makes brash statements and interjects personal bias on what he covers, and has guest speakers on that will agree with his viewpoints. Olsen was given almost no time to speak because it was a short segment, and she didn't agree with him, compared to the others on the program who got more time by appealing to his ego and agreeing with what he had to say.

I would have accepted the segment if he hadn't dismissed video gamers, and video gamers who blog, as idiots.

@GRIZZAM 512/MR.B

Upstanding citizens can e-mail him or his program with their views or comments. It might not do anything, and chances are will be dismissed, but if he has the ability to make social commentary on those of us watching, we have the ability to make social commentary on the one creating the content. Free speech.

But I do agree, hate mail and bookstorming are not options any civil person should do. It will only reinforce people like Beck's opinions on gamers in general.

Mail gets him to do more stories on it because he thinks it will get ratings. On the other hand, if CNN gets enough messages then they will know better than to piss off gamers.

For the record, Glenn's show is not a news show, it's more of a talk show so he's kinda supposed to interject his views. I still think he's a bit of a jackass though, not because we dissagree, but because he acts like a bully to those guests who dissagree with him.

Do you know what? I have to compare his abusive comments about individuals who play games with his own actions.

(1) Arrogant and abusive. Clearly, not an honorable or ethical attitude towards others.

(2) Bigoted. A blind attitude towards a group of Humans based on a limited or ignorant view of those individuals based on some common factor. Whether it's a particular skin color, religion, sexuality, like of a particular type of music, genre of literature, sport, or any other number of factors. It is that limited or ignorant view of that comonality that makes him a bigot.

(3) The clear attempt to limit information from being passed to others. Clearly, he knew his argument cannot stand up to discussion. Either during his interviews where he prevents the opposing views from being as heard as his is. Morever, his complaint about bloggers discussing anything he is opposed to shows his desire to spread ONLY HIS view and not let opposing views be thoroughly heard.

Frankly, anything negative he has to say about me as an individual, especially since the previous 3 facts are in place regarding him, amounts to diddly squat.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

As to emailing Beck, it's as useful as emailing John Bruce, Fred Phelps, the racist Al Sharpton, or even Osama Bin Laudin.

Let him prattle. Or better yet, maybe we need a Point-Counter-Point to air on YouTube or something, similar to what Adam Sessler did after the NPR interview.

Beck has had his say and his arguments can't stand up to a real discussion, as I mentioned before in the other post. So, do it right back by publishing intelligent comments in the Public eye on video. Seems only fair. Especially since it's clear he doesn't operate fairly and has no intention to.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

Also, regarding his comment that this game might effect the attitudes of young kids towards women, all I can say is this: Unless you've never been around an actual woman in real life and don't have a mother who isn't a hooker or something, you outta know better than to think that all women are whores. Kinda how a single stereotype of a black dude isn't gonna make you a racist unless that's all you have to go on, and if that's all you know, that's what the problem is.

On the issue of tittles and name-calling and Beck's ignorance towards others based on the "groups" they belong to:

"I Am Me" by Virginia Satir

(Virginia came to write this poem when she was working with an angry fifteen-year-old girl who had a lot of questions about herself and what life meant.)

In all the world, there is no one exactly like me.
There are persons who have some parts like me,
but no one adds up exactly like me.

Therefore, everything that comes out of me
is authentically mine because I alone choose it.
I own everything about me

Therefore, everything that comes out of me
is authentically mine because I alone choose it.
I own everything about me
my body, including everything it does;
my mind, including all its thoughts and ideas;
my eyes, including the images of all they behold;
my feelings, whatever they may be...
anger,
joy,
frustration,
love,
disappointment,
excitement
my mouth, and all the words that come out of it
polite,
sweet or rough,
correct or incorrect;
my voice, loud or soft.
And all my actions, whether they be to others or to myself.

I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears.
I own all my triumphs and successes,
all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me I can become intimately acquainted with me.
By doing so I can love me and be friendly with me in all parts.
I can then make it possible for all of me to work in my best interests.

I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me,
and other aspects that I do not know.
But as long as I am friendly and loving to myself,
I can courageously and hopefully, look for solutions to the puzzles
and for ways to find out more about me.

However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think
and feel at a given moment in time is me.
This is authentic and represents where I am in that moment in time.
When I review later how I looked and sounded, what I said and did, and how I thought and felt, some parts may turn out to be unfitting.
I can discard that which is unfitting, and keep that which proved fitting,
And invent something new for that which I discarded.

I can see, hear, feel, think, say and do.
I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive,
and to make sense and order out of the world of people
and things outside of me.
I own me, and therefore I can engineer me.

I am me, and I am okay.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

And don't let the Becks and Thompsons of the world fool you into thinking they're really interested in the video game controversy being resolved because they aren't. That's kinda like a cop advocating for zero crime but who knows deep in their heart that if their wish actually came true, they'd be out of a job.

@Glenn Beck

I may be a loser but your a Wiener

I think that my statements were taken out of context. Let me make this quite clear, i'm not advocating doing anything STUPID.

If contacting him directly (Beck) is not working, we should contact his sponsors instead.

Instead of sending hate mail to Beck, we should send out the video of Beck attacking gamers to other gamers to help make them more aware of the anti-game bias thats out there.

We need to respond, but in a more clear and effective manner. Not in the same way we went after Cooper Lawrence. There are better ways to handle this situation. We need to use even more information than he uses, we need to be more clever and creative than he can EVER be. We must show him that us "losers" can easily out class him. Having class will be the key to successly handle this guy.

Nothing Glenn Beck says makes any sense. He attacks Hilary Clinton for supporting a gas tax break, but oh wait, Obama agrees with him about that. So he attacks Obama for opposing the gas tax break because it's "not an important issue worth discussing" anyway.

He needs to lose his job and be forced to work at Burger King.

Well, he's just lost a viewer. With the real threats of terrorism, rogue nations, and political corruption, who in their right mind could be worried about the "threat" of video games? That's like being in a hurricane and being worried about getting wet.

Also, where do people get the idea that GTA IV objectifies women? If anything, Niko has more respect for women than any character in any medium in recent years.

That Author lady was AWESOME. She kicked ass. FOR SURE, without a doubt Glenn Beck put her on the show without knowing that she was going to counter-point his views. You could tell when she started answering him and the screen was split, he looked over off camera like "WTF why is she saying this?".

She was awesome, and Glenn Beck. Is this guy even for real? After she had a very good well though out explanation he then makes the comment "These video game bloggers are talking about me..." I mean WHERE did that come from? That had NOTHING to do with the discussion that they were just having!! LOL The author lady had that "UHH WTF, OK." look on her face like, why did you just make that comment.

Hahaha she made Beck look like a fucking idiot.

It's ok to insult bloggers but not to insult Glenn? That makes sense. Trust Glenn Beck's view on the pretense that Glenn Beck doesn't trust your view (as a gamer). F-ckin' catch 22 right there. He should know that if he's going to talk so strongly about something, he should be able to accept the backlash.