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right-wing forces have long learned how to pressure the media. when progressives write and complain to the media in large numbers, it may not necessarily make the media more progressive, but it does give them pause to think.

I doubt very much that CNN would have have on air someone promoting the same hate-speech regarding African-Americans, gay people or Jewish people because they know the response would be immediate and overwhelming.

Beck's comments are so extreme because he is attacking someone that he thinks most Americans either don't care about or feel animosity toward. He also assumes that CNN management does not care or else approves.