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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2009, 06:39:08 PM »
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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2009, 07:08:01 PM »
Next it will be Rush Limbaugh cant talk about the common cold because he endorses Zicam.

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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2009, 07:14:24 PM »
Eric, you are wrong on this, there was no conflict when Lowell Thomas was doing spots for "GARLEEK" on his show.
Tactical Tennessean is right, it's a standard communist smear attempt, just like when the same communists tried to say that Sarah Palin's youngest was actually her Daughters kid.
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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2009, 07:28:55 PM »
Gold is up, the dollar is down, Glenn Beck isn't responsible for the value of the dollar.

G. Gordon Liddy is doing the same thing. So what.

Beck also sponsors Food Insurance in case of a natural or man made disaster. Nothing wrong with that. One storm, blizzard, little martial law incident may cause one to invest in food.

The red phone still is waiting for the White House to call and challenge him on his show, if he states something wrong.

Just as Van Jones,...
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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2009, 09:49:08 AM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on December 08, 2009, 07:14:24 PM
Eric, you are wrong on this, there was no conflict when Lowell Thomas was doing spots for "GARLEEK" on his show.
Tactical Tennessean is right, it's a standard communist smear attempt, just like when the same communists tried to say that Sarah Palin's youngest was actually her Daughters kid.

I agree it is a smear campaign... they are making a mountain out of a mole hill, but there is a mole hill there.

Do I care? No. Do I still watch Glenn Beck? Yes. But it does make me chuckle
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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2009, 12:43:30 AM »
Lets bring this closer to home.  Is it wrong or a conflict of interest if Michael Bane tells people to buy an AR-15 or to stock up on ammo if he's sponsored by a company that makes an AR-15  (and there are a LOT that do) or is sponsored by a company that makes ammo?  He doesn't (Beck and Bane) tell us WHOM to buy the gun, gold, or ammo from, or even what brand.  Jay Leno is a car guy.  Ford sponsors his current show.  Conflict?

 The local weather man tells us the weather is going to be bad, and what we should break out the 4x4.  The TV station has 4x4 dealers AND makers as advertisers.  Conflict?

  Beck also is sponsored by Rosland Capital, another gold company.  Does this reduct or increase the conflict of interest / wrong?  Beck is a doom talker.  Naturally, companies that make deal with doom preparation will want to advertise with him as that's their demographic.  Look who advertises on survivalblog.com.
  Rereading the article, the problem seems to be that they think Beck is misleading his audience.  That's a political view or an opinion not a fact.


Bottom line, it's not wrong for someone to want their sponsors to do well.

p.s. PERSONALLY, I buy my metals from Kitco or Apmex.
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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2009, 07:47:30 AM »
Beck prefaces his spots for GoldLine with the phrase, "I was a customer of their's long before they became a sponsor of my  show."  But, in the general context of his show when he suggests buying gold, stocking up on groceries and leaning on God, he doesn't suggest that you go to GoldLine to make the purchase.  He doesn't recommend going to Albertson's for your groceries, either, but they have been a sponsor in some of his markets.  Neither does he say you should join the Mormon church, though he ofton speaks about his Mormon faith.

Finally, while I think GB is a little theatrical and somewhat eccentric for my personal taste, methinks this is another liberal red herring raised to disparage those on the right who are trying to say, "Wake up, America."  His message is sound.  But, I would add another "G" to the equation:  Guns, Gold, Groceries, God.
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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2009, 07:51:28 AM »
NO!   TELL ME IT ISN'T SO !!

Dinah Shore got paid for singing the Chevrolet song!   She was just out to get my money?

I'm shocked!  Shocked!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGZvQoPxhNs

Next you'll be telling me Al Gore makes money off of global warming!

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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2009, 08:58:24 AM »
Quote from: alfsauve on December 11, 2009, 07:51:28 AM
NO!   TELL ME IT ISN'T SO !!

Dinah Shore got paid for singing the Chevrolet song!   She was just out to get my money?

I'm shocked!  Shocked!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGZvQoPxhNs

Next you'll be telling me Al Gore makes money off of global warming!




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Re: Glenn Beck's gold-gate problem
« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2009, 09:19:42 AM »
If you will not eat a skinny chief's cooking than why would you listen to an adviser who doesn't follow his own advise. Liking gold is the equivalent to liking sure-bets. A better analogy is advising investing in land, always going to see a return, but we do not get into a tizzy about the advisers owning property. Just saying.

You got to lead from the front to get my respect.
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