Beck, Fox source dispute vacation [UPDATED]

The industry blog TVNewser is reporting that a campaign to push advertisers off the Glenn Beck Show appears to have taken its toll — but an e-mail provided by Beck's camp seems to show otherwise.

From TVNewser:

Tipsters inside Fox News tell us Glenn Beck's vacation this week from his Fox News show was not planned. We hear Beck was told to take this week off to let some of the heat surrounding him die down. That heat began July 28 on "Fox & Friends" when Beck said he thought Pres. Obama has "a deep-seated hatred for white people," adding, "This guy is, I believe, a racist."

UPDATE: An aide to Beck (not Fox), Matt Hiltzik, e-mails with evidence that, contrary to what's apparently the company's spin, Beck isn't being punished, but is rather off on a planned vacation.

Hiltzik forwards a July 14 internal e-mail from Beck's production company stating that Beck will be off "the week of August 17."

[I've changed the item as the e-mail pretty clearly contradicts the first report's central claim.]

It remains unclear whether the TVNewser item was an unsanctioned leak or an attempt from somewhere inside Fox to send a conciliatory message. A Fox spokeswoman hasn't responded to an e-mail seeking comment.