(2011/04/12) The GlennPocalypse (Media)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 12 April 2011
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Edition #475
The GlennPocalypse
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Act 1: When reporters attack - Daily Show
Song 1: Hotel California - Gipsy Kings
Act 2: Channeled rage - Colbert Report
Song 2: Sleep through the static - Jack Johnson
Act 3: Three little pigs and terrorist sympathizer - Media Matters
Song 3: Sleep through the static - Jack Johnson
Act 4: Beck say Obama sympathizes with terrorists - MSNBC
Song 4: Wait Till You See My Smile - Alicia Keys
Act 5: Bill Sammon admits Obama socialism link was a lie - David Pakman
Song 5: Drops of Jupiter - Train
Act 6: God sending a message with the Japan earthquake - Media Matters
Act 7: MSNBC is the anti-God network - MSNBC
Song 7: White blank page - Mumford & Sons
Act 8: James OKeef asks for donations - Colbert Report
Song 8: Ain't too proud to beg - Temptations
Act 9: Concurrence roundtable - The Onion
Song 9: Handsome Devil - The Smiths
Act 10: NBC reports on it's parent company (sort of) - Counterspin
Song 10: Viva la Vida - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 11: Now that sounds crazy, but life is crazy - Media Matters
Act 12: Cenk fires back at Rush Limbaugh - MSNBC
Song 12: My name is Jonas - Weezer
Act 13: FCC fines news stations for running VNR propaganda as news - David Pakman
Song 13: Bohemian Rhapsody - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 14: After 1 million lost viewers and 300 advertisers Beck calls it quits - Media Matters
Act 15: Why Glenn Beck is leaving Fox News - Young Turks
Song 15: Fade to black - Apocalyptica
Act 16: You'll all be very sorry - Media Matters
Act 17: The GlennPocalypse - Colbert Report
Voicemails:
Comment about naming of membership levels - Paul from NY
Why he just became a member - Shawn from Miami, FL
Tax awareness call to action - Vikki from HI
Reaction to Jimmy Dore segment on Libya - Michael From Glenn Bernie
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on the YouTube video version of the show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Family Matters - Daily Show
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.1 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com, and welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft |
| 0:10.9 | Podcast with clips today from the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, Media Matters for America, |
| 0:15.7 | the Young Turks, the David Pakman Show, the Onion News Network, and Counter-Spin with |
| 0:20.0 | a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from the Daily Show. |
| 0:30.0 | Now, obviously with all the turmoil around the world, the one thing that we've all been |
| 0:32.9 | able to count on throughout these disasters is intrepid reporting. |
| 0:37.2 | As bad as cable members can be, they seem to rise to the occasion when the occasion is |
| 0:41.4 | completely ****. |
| 0:42.4 | It has the relentless pace we're going to take its toll. |
| 0:48.0 | We answer that question in our new segment. |
| 0:49.8 | I'll give you lessons on how to become a reporter, and I'll give you some more. |
| 0:54.1 | I mean, just, I was rational, just to call her psychotic, if it's all that said on it. |
| 0:58.1 | We'll do it live. |
| 0:59.1 | **** it. |
| 1:06.1 | **** thing sucks. |
| 1:11.1 | I've been turned into a tiger. |
| 1:13.1 | Now, let's begin with, I don't know Nancy Grace. |
| 1:17.1 | When we last saw Nancy Grace, she was stealing a baby from Jennifer Connolly, and disappearing |
| 1:22.3 | into her labyrinth. |
| 1:23.3 | Sorry. |
| 1:24.3 | What? |
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