It was called “frog-gate” on the Glenn Beck Show on Fox after the host tossed a green jumper look-alike into boiling water that soon branded Beck an “evil frog killer” on the Web and "boils frog to death" coverage by the Christian Science Monitor, notes Grumpy Editor.
In efforts to illustrate a point he was making, Beck, on camera, selected what looked like a frog from a container, then dumped it into a pot of boiling water.
That brought an online Christian Science Monitor story with the headline:
Glenn Beck boils cute little frog to death --- or did he?
Meanwhile, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) received a number of complaints.
“Beck the frog killer” chatter mounted on the Web.
However, anyone watching Beck’s program last Thursday would have seen that the “frog” involved was made of rubber.
After scooping the “frog” out of the pot, Beck showed it to in-studio guest John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who confirmed it was rubber.
See the frog-gate update video here.
Interestingly, few folks get excited when upscale restaurants serve frog legs as one of the main entrees, such as two pounds of battered fried frog legs topped with mushrooms. Or grilled frog legs with cornbread and purple hull peas.
Imagine the coast-to-coast uproar if Beck put on a chef’s hat and tackled those recipes à la Food Channel.
Meanwhile, PETA and others, including those concerned about birds, should be worried about a newly-discovered real frog species in the Mekong River region of eastern Thailand.
Given the scientific name limnonectes megastomias, the critter --- with enlarged fangs --- lies in wait along steams for prey that includes birds.
For PETA and others, that’s much more worrisome than a rubber frog.
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