An Open Letter to Glenn Beck and Fox News Executives

Dear Mr. Beck and executives at Fox News,

It has come to my attention that you, Mr. Beck, have recently led a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in favor of a return to traditional Christian values in the government and daily lives of the United States of America. It has also been said of you that you are a “news analyst” or “talking head” on the Fox News Network, which claims – in their own words, and borrowed from their corporate motto – to be “Fair and Balanced”.

It is a commonly held belief that in order to be “Fair and Balanced”, one must distance oneself from the actual news at hand. Leading a rally of this sort, regardless of spurious claims at being “non-political”, removes oneself from such required distance. In point of fact, leading a rally that seeks to alter the way our society behaves – and mind you, I am saying this ignoring all of my many, many issues with the way this rally was organized, to quote Mr. Beck, “by divine providence” and not at all intentionally held on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous speech, and at the same location – leading such a rally disqualifies you from being removed from the news. It, in all actuality, makes you the news, as evidenced by the avalanche of press that the rally received. By the very definition of the word, this makes you an activist.

In light of this, I request that one of the two following occur immediately: either Mr. Beck resigns from Fox News, or Fox News relinquishes its “Fair and Balanced” trademark. I think even a cursory review of my argument will provide more than enough evidence for the necessity of this.

Thank you for fairly and balancedly considering my proposal. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Andrew Nienaber

Postscript: I have emailed this letter to Mr. Beck at glennbeck@foxnews.com. I encourage you to do something similar. Feel free to copy and paste, add in your own invectives, or whatever the hell you want. This dickbag needs to know that he is way way WAY the hell out of line.