Tag: GLENNBECK

On Monday, Tea Party darling Glenn Beck accused Google of being "in bed" with the U.S. government. The self-styled revealer of history's secrets went even further, insinuating that the company doesn't just cooperate with our oppressive socialist regime, but that it acts as a front for The Government, promoting American interests overseas. Beck warned viewers not to rely on Google searches for ...

The Dalai Lama and Pope Benedict XVI are two of the most lauded men in the world, but, according to a recent USAToday/Gallup poll, neither man is quite as admirable as Bill Gates. The Microsoft co-founder ranked fifth in this year's 'Most Admired Man' poll, behind Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who topped the list for the third consecutive year. On the women's side, ...

The iPad has taken Hollywood by storm. And really, who's shocked? The Apple tablet is just expensive and exclusive enough to serve as a sort of status symbol for industry insiders who want to quietly demonstrate that they're hip to the latest tech trends. Bob Orci, one of the writers on the next 'Star Trek' installment, used the device in a meeting with producer J.J. Abrams in order to present a ...

The Glenn Beck marketing machine is running full throttle. In case you missed the news (although you probably didn't) about Beck's Restoring Honor rally on Saturday -- which was called "honorable and inspirational from beginning to end" by Sarah Palin and "large, vague, moist, and undirected: the 'Waterworld' of white self-pity" by Christopher Hitchens -- you can catch up on the National Mall ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Glenn Beck's increasingly inflammatory methods of inspiring viewer hysteria are taking a serious toll on the show's advertising possibilities. According to the Washington Post, more than 200 prominent companies are boycotting Beck's rhetoric, and Apple is actually avoiding FOX News as a whole. But, maybe that's what happens when ...