@foxnews Fox keeps distance from Beck rally @glennbeck

There's a line between him and them.

source http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/0710/Fox_keeps_distance_from_Beck_rally.html

Over the weekend, Ken Vogel took at look at the web of political connections surrounding Glenn Beck's Aug. 28 rally. Beck's employer, Fox News, is making a point to draw the line between Beck's broadcasts and his extracurricular activities.

Beck did not attend a massive tea party rally organized by FreedomWorks and the Tea Party Patriots in Washington last September, but he repeatedly took to the airwaves to urge his fans to attend. He also did a special broadcast of his Fox News television show to coincide with the march. Fox came under fire from media ethicists and liberals for whipping up the crowd, and Rupert Murdoch, its owner, later said it wasn't appropriate for a news network to "be supporting the tea party or any other party."

Though Beck has promoted this August's rally on his Fox News show — juxtaposing its message during one February broadcast with an accusation that President Barack Obama ignores God in favor of his union allies and the disgraced community organizing group ACORN — the network has distanced itself from the rally.

"Glenn may mention it from time to time the same way other talent involved in outside ventures mention their books or events, but there is no organized promotion planned for the rally on Fox News, and the network has nothing to do with it," said Fox executive Bill Shine.