He is beginning to remind me of the PTL scam with Jim Baker. He is claiming bankruptcy is eminent should they not get enough money for the "Restoring Courage" rally in Israel.
He has planned this big fanfare for his audience in Israel that is really a political rally to impact the politics of the USA, but, this is taking on the dynamics of a real "Con Man" event. Quite frankly.
I don't like to talk about Beck because it fuels the 'double down' strategy that Talk Radio thrives on and also because he is illegitimate. But, he is really bordering on if not already criminal in his content of his audience.
This isn't about raising the esteem of "Media Matters" but it is their story, sorta.
"Restoring Courage" In Jerusalem: Glenn Beck's Latest Self-Aggrandizing Spectacle (click here)
May 16, 2011 7:45 pm ET
by Todd Gregory
This is a man that has his own media network that is either 'worth' something like $40 millioin or earns $40 million per year (which are really different kinds of beasts). But, today in his radio program, after he has pumped eveyone up and sold tickets, T-shirts and whatever 'sports' paraphernalia he could; is stating he does not have the $7 million it is going to take to put on the event in Israel. He is looking for money to keep him from bankruptcy so he states. He said it and meant it.
The entire time I was listening to this 'gaff' of his audience, it reminded me of the PTL (Praise the Lord) scandal where people bought into an amusement park and when the time came to build it the money simply wasn't enough or not there or whatever it was that brought the investigators.
It may be that Beck is catching heat from Israel and religious sectors of the planet in regard to a political event taking place in Jerusalem that has nothing to do with the citizens of the region, but, if that is the case then it is a matter of returning money for refunded tickets and apologize to his audience. He'll lose credibility, but, anyone that can't organize an event like this where participants are paying a lot of money just to 'be there' and 'travel' should lose credibility when they can't even raise the monies necessary to pay for it. I am assuming the people planning to attend assume their costs and donations are helping pay for this.
He is a Con Man. I just don't know how else to put this. An event whereby a noble cause is involved isn't properly funded through loans and sponsorships while 'throwing a bone' to the audience for sympathy to rely on people feeling generous to pay for it? That isn't a Con Man.
I sincerely believe Beck has become to desperate realizing he is leaving FOX and not having other options that he is too dangerous to continue to leave 'on the air' anywhere, including, Rush Radio. Someone needs to do something, because, he is portraying himself as 'giving all he has' while 'rolling in dough.' He is illegitimate right from the start and simply paraphrases 'populous' rhetoric such as "Plant my Flag," which he took from a comedian.
This isn't funny anymore. He needs to be stopped from scaming millions from people he has sucked into believing he is a benevolent entity to 'a cause' which really is UNDEFINED. The cause is undefined and/or self created by Beck to benefit Beck.
