Glenn Beck attacks media for failing to cover ACORN prostitution scandal

September 12, 4:39 AMWichita Independent ExaminerGeoff Caldwell

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Yes, he's controversial.  Yes he's inflammatory.  Yes, he  sends Herr Olbermann and Frau Maddow into fits trying to counter him.  But love him or hate him, he brings out what others won't.

And yes, he's done it again.

His target in the clip from Friday's show is the "major" media/news outlets and their complete lack of coverage of the ACORN scandal that broke Thursday on Breitbart's BigGovernment.com.

Even after a second undercover video by James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles showed the Washington D.C. ACORN office just as fraudulent and corrupt as the Baltimore office, Beck points out that ABC, CBS, NBC and MSNBC had zero stories on the scandal with CNN doing three and the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal coming in at one a piece.  (Jump to 1:45 in the above video to see the start of the counts)

Agree or disagree with Beck's views, methods, or demeanor, you cannot disagree that the major media's unwillingness to cover the ACORN story just reinforces what millions of American's already know:  there IS bias in coverage based upon political leanings.

From ignoring the John Edward's scandal for weeks,  refusing to investigate the radical side of our now President, letting Nancy Pelosi get away with calling protestors "Nazis", to now hyping Joe Wilson's "You Lie" outburst while ignoring previous boos by Democrats to then President Bush and Harry Reid's "he lies" and "loser" comments, the so called "mainstream" press has shown time after time their double standard in the video they run and the stories they print.

Margaret Williams, a Maryland ACORN board member opened her statement on the matter with:

Fox's attempt to smear ACORN Thursday, September 10, 2009 is despicable, part of a coordinated, long-term campaign by Fox to damage ACORN.......

and closed it with:

The larger pattern of Fox's irresponsible actions here is the real news......It is clear and not coincidence that FOX continues to attack and divide our nation along racial lines.  We believe our country is beyond this type of attack and call on all Americans to demean that FOX stop it's racist coverage.

What the .....?  Are you serious?  All you can do now is to play the RACE CARD? 

That's pathetic even by ACORN standards.

You have employees caught on tape encouraging illegal activity but because they're black, it must be racism.  Then you have the gall to blame Fox and Beck when all they've done so far is to report on what O'Keefe and Giles uncovered and posted to BigGovernment .

It's not racism that's your problem Ms. Williams, it's rampant stupidity.