Fox News reportedly bars media from Glenn Beck event
Fox News host Glenn Beck now has something in common with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
They've barred media from their public appearances. Representatives for Palin, who spoke in China yesterday, refused to allow press at her event, saying they were trying to ensure the governor's "comfort."
A directive from Fox News Channel and Glenn Beck "and his representatives" have instructed a town near Seattle not to let anyone but a single local reporter near an event Saturday for the controversial Fox talker. No press credentials are to be allowed to be issued to anyone else.
The town's mayor -- Bud Norris of Mount Vernon, in Washington State -- told a local newspaper that the directive came from Fox, Beck and his associates, and that he didn't ask for a reason. Beck is speaking at a sold-out event Saturday, "Welcome Home Glenn Beck." Norris organized the fete.