Open Letter to Glenn Beck

Dear Mr Beck:

Congratulations on your new show which premiered on Fox News this week. Let's face it, your style did not exactly fit your former home of Headline News. I am sure it pleases your fans to be able to watch you alongside the likes of Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, without even having to change the channel. On your inaugural show, you asked why the mainstream media never reported on things like the lack of huge fires in the viewers' neighborhoods, or how there weren't any horrific car accidents that day. You suggested that the reason is because the mainstream media focuses only on the fringes of society, not the normal majority into which you lumped yourself and all your viewers. Mr. Beck, the reason the media will never do a story about my neighborhood not burning down is because it is NOT NEWS. No one is interested in hearing about things that have NOT occurred. Who would watch the evening news if the anchor said, "Tonight's top story: there were no robberies in Springfield, IL last night," and follow with a five-minute story? Why would anyone report on an event that never happened?

Instead, the media chooses, rightly so, to report on actual NEWS. I am sorry that, with all the crises this country and the entire world is facing right now, you feel it is not important to talk about real things that actually happen. Every time I see your show, I am struck by how uninformed you seem to be as to that about which you are speaking. For example, you probably recall the time you suggested that the children's movie Happy Feet about a penguin who liked to dance was left-wing propaganda aimed at convincing kids to care about the environment. a) Huh? And b) why is it a bad thing to care about the environment? No matter how many times you say, "Oooh, global warming" in a scary ghost voice, the fact remains that the polar ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising. If this problem is not slowed down and ultimately corrected in a timely manner, within a matter of decades the polar ice caps will melt completely, causing sea levels to rise dramatically. Every coastline of every continent will be under water. That includes major cities in our own beloved country, like New York, Los Angeles, and even our nation's capitol. Global warming IS news, and that is why almost everyone besides you is talking about it.

Alas, instead of reporting actual news, you pass yourself off as the voice of the people, the lone voice that is not afraid to say what everyone is thinking. Yet, you manage to say things that NO ONE is thinking. Like the time you said to Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim U.S. congressman, "I have been nervous about this interview with you because what I feel like saying is, 'Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies.’” Now, even though I think that is a terrible, terrible thing to say, I will come to your defense on this matter. I know that you are a Mormon, and that the Book of Mormon tells the story of how Jesus came to North America and that there were two tribes of people, one good and one evil, and God made the skin of the evil tribe dark so that everyone would know how evil they were. So you see, you cannot help being a racist jackass, Mr. Beck; your religion tells you to be so.

In summary, I am happy to see that you are now in the company of those who share your wacky, misguided views. You are finally where you belong. After all, no one else on Fox News really seems to know what they are talking about, either. Good luck to you.
Regards,
Allison