Former Fox News pundit and conservative media star Glenn Beck has begun his effort to get his new “libertarian” news channel, the Blaze, on satellite TV and cable TV systems such as DIRECTV, AT&T U-Verse, and Charter Communications. The channel is already carried by DISH Network. Beck is urging his millions of fans on the radio and on the internet to bombard their service providers in order to get the station included with their service.
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Beck is attempting to get TheBlaze’s fans to put pressure on their local carriers.
Meanwhile, Beck wrote a letter on the subject that appears on TheBlaze.com. “You probably pay good money every month to your TV provider for access to channels like MSNBC and Al Jazeera America — channels that you might not watch, or even agree with,” Beck says.
“Adding TheBlaze will ensure that you and your family have a source of news and analysis that you can trust and that doesn’t betray your values.”
He has a leg up over other TV channels looking to be carried by cable and satellite networks in that he has a dedicated audience of millions on the radio and Internet, The New York Times reports. He also has the assistance of Dish.
That Beck calls his station “libertarian” is misleading, as it will likely be an even more conservative version of Fox News catering to that sort of audience. But it has the chance to be quite popular, and it seems likely that providers will pick it up sooner rather than later in order to avoid a large number of his supporters defecting to DISH.
His attack on Al-Jazeera America is also misleading, as Al-Jazeera is a respected news source around the world. But since it comes from a Muslim part of the world, people will always have their prejudices. Those people are perfect for a new channel from Glenn Beck.
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