Is Andrew Napolitano Going To Replace Glenn Beck?

Glenn Beck's Fox News show is ending. Allegedly, Andrew Napolitano is the #1 candidate to replace him.

Andrew Napolitano is getting "called up" from the minor leagues. He currently has a show on Fox Business News. Many cable providers don't offer Fox Business News.

Andrew Napolitano filled in for Glenn Beck as a guest host. He managed to get the same ratings as Glenn Beck. That would be a huge windfall for Fox News, if Andrew Napolitano keeps Glenn Beck's ratings.

Glenn Beck has an "empty calories" problem. He gets great ratings. However, many advertisers refuse to put ads on his show. Therefore, Glenn Beck's current show has good ratings but lousy advertising rates.

Andrew Napolitano doesn't have the "advertisers boycott him" problem. If he replaces Glenn Beck but keeps similar ratings, then Fox News makes a lot more money.

Even though I don't like Glenn Beck, I'm offended by the censorship. A vocal minority pressures advertisers. Then, advertisers refuse to put ads on his show.

Why should a vocal minority be allowed to censor? This leads to bland programming. You can't offend anyone, because advertisers might boycott.

If I don't like a show, I don't watch it. When evil people don't like a show, they pressure advertisers to drop their ads. When evil people don't like a show, they try to get it canceled.

In a free society, if people don't like a show, they don't watch it. In an un-free society, if people don't like a show, they pressure advertisers to drop advertisements. A small handful of large corporations control the economy. If they all decide to boycott, then the victim is SOL.

Due to a non-free market, advertising is more important than the quality of your product. This leads to high rates for mainstream media advertising. This leads to the business model where entertainment is funded primarily via ads, rather than direct payments by customers. Only in a non-free market, is advertising more important than direct payments from customers.

Andrew Napolitano has much greater "Libertarian cred" than Glenn Bleck. Glenn Beck seems like a fake Libertarian. He says some of the right things, but only partially criticizes the State. Andrew Napolitano seems more open to criticizing the Federal Reserve.

Andrew Napolitano is more freedom-minded than most celebrities, but he's still is a Statist. He says "Government should be smaller. A small government has legitimacy." rather than "All taxation is theft!"

It would be an improvement, if Andrew Napolitano replaces Glenn Beck. Maybe in a few years, there will be someone on the mainstream media who intelligently explains the "market anarchist" viewpoint.