“The nightmare that is our health care system.” – Jan. ’08 for CNN<\/i>\n“The best health care system in the world.” – Aug. ’09 for Fox “News”<\/i><\/p>\n
Why The Daily Show<\/i> must be the one to reveal this stuff on broadcast television remains far beyond our pay grade. We’re just glad that someone<\/i> does….<\/p>\n
But what’s becoming more and more clear is that Beck seems to be taking a page from the Ann Coulter playbook: Say something outrageous, no matter how factually deficient, whether you believe it or not, in order to help rile the easily riled Republicanist\/Fox “News” base, piss off everyone else, garner media attention to yourself, make millions of dollars in the bargain, largely off the losers you’re exploiting and lying to in the first place.<\/p>\n
Worked well for Coulter, still is, seems to be working very well for Beck now too. (Also for Sarah Palin, though there’s some question whether she’s smart enough to realize that’s what she’s doing. Beck, however, knows damn well what he’s doing, and knows damn well that he’s an unapologetic liar and opportunist, playing the Fox “News” base for the gullible suckers and chumps that they are. Doesn’t care.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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