Glenn Beck

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[[File:Glenn Beck (53421300254) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|165px|Beck at a political convention in Phoenix, [[Arizona]], 2023.]]
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{{Cquote|Only in America can you make that much money crying… Glenn Beck is [[Proll|not aligned with any party]]. He is aligned with cynicism and there has always been a market for cynics.|||Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, 01 October 2009}}

"'''[[Diploma mill|Dr.]]'''"<ref name="LibertyU">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100522014938/http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=18777 More than 8,000 receive degrees: Glenn Beck delivers keynote address] by David Hylton (May 15, 2010) ''Liberty University'' (archived from May 22, 2010)></ref><ref>[http://uwire.com/2010/09/01/column-a-dispatch-from-planet-beck/ All hail the ministry of '''Dr.''' Glenn Beck!] by Jake Friedman (September 1, 2010) ''UWire''.</ref> '''Glenn Beck''' {{lived|1964|}} is an [[American]] [[right-wing]] [[pundit|"commentator"]], "rodeo clown",<ref name=carter>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/business/media/30beck.html Fox News’s Mad, Apocalyptic, Tearful Rising Star] by Bill Carter & Brian Stelter (March 31, 2009) ''The New York Times''.</ref> former [[Fox News]] clown, artist,<ref name=artnet>[https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-we-regret-to-inform-you-that-glenn-beck-is-an-artist-now-and-his-paintings-are-just-as-bizarre-as-you-suspected-other-stories-2129218 Art Industry News: We Regret to Inform You That Glenn Beck Is an Artist Now, and His Paintings Are Just as Bizarre as You Suspected + Other Stories] (June 13, 2022) ''Artnet News''.</ref> and high school graduate who got lucky. He presented his eponymous ''Glenn Beck Show'' on the [[Fox News]] cartoon channel until it was dropped in 2011 due to low ratings. 

He currently has his own [[conservative talk radio|radio show]] and originally appeared on [[CNN]]'s Headline News until viewers couldn't take it anymore (rumors that they were also mad as hell are slightly exaggerated). Beck now owns the subscription-based internet network [[The Blaze]] (formerly GBTV), which his Fox show was transferred to in September 2011. The network somehow made it onto Dish Network; however, it has not been picked up by the many cable providers Beck thought it would have, despite his aggressive campaign to get it on every cable plan in America.

Beck was inspired by and promoted two books by [[John Birch Society]] (JBS) author and spokesman [[W. Cleon Skousen]], ''The Naked Communist''<ref>''The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom'' by W. Cleon Skousen (2017) CreateSpace. ISBN 1545402159.</ref> and ''The Five Thousand Year Leap''.<ref name=leap/> Beck also interviewed another JBS spokesman and open [[antisemite]] [[G. Edward Griffin]].<ref>''Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right'' by Matthew Dallek (2023) Basic Books. ISBN 1541673565.</ref>{{rp|262}}

Anyone called "[[Satan]]'s mentally challenged younger brother" by {{wpl|Stephen King}} has got to be bad.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/09/glenn-beck-faint-praise-stephen-king Glenn Beck wins faint praise from Stephen King] by Alison Flood (9 Aug 2010 06.52 EDT) ''The Guardian''.</ref>

==Selected opinions and views==
[[File:Godwin Beck.PNG|thumb|right|300px|[[Godwin's Law]]: What used to be every weeknight at 5pm on [[Fox News|Faux News]], now all the time at 
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 TheBlazeTV.]]
Like others on Fox and Clear Channel, Beck was, and remained until 2014, a strong supporter of the [[Iraq War|war in Iraq]] and presented [[Bullshit|"evidence"]] that we'd win any day now.<ref>[http://archive.is/veRPQ Commentary: Iraq victory possible, if we want it] by Glenn Beck (June 5, 2008 — Updated 1346 GMT) ''CNN'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:13:53 UTC).</ref> (In 2014, he [[stopped clock|finally admitted]] he was wrong.<ref>[http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5505424 Glenn Beck: 'Liberals, You Were Right' About Iraq War] by Alana Horowitz (Updated Jun 18, 2014) ''HuffPost''.</ref> His response to this was to label [[George W. Bush]] a [[Bullshit|"progressive"]] for doing it.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QB9lhwtopY Glenn Beck: George W. Bush Is Progressive] by Secular Talk (Sep 16, 2013) ''YouTube''.</ref>) Unlike other conservative commentators, such as [[Neal Boortz]], Beck bigged-up [[fiscal responsibility|deficit hysteria]], one of the many times that Beck promoted [[Tea Party]] [[talking point]]s. However, he has occasionally [[stopped clock|said sensible things]], being no fan of withholding [[Miranda warning|Miranda rights]] from the Times Square bomber.<ref>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/faisal-shahzad-arrest-bec_n_562467 Faisal Shahzad Arrest: Beck Versus McCain On Miranda Rights For Times Square Suspect] by Sam Stein (Updated Dec 6, 2017) ''HuffPost''.</ref>

Beck, a former [[alcohol]]ic and current [[Mormon]] (though arguably he's ''still'' a [[Catholic]] since he's not known to have been [[excommunicate]]d), admits that he used to be imperfect until he discovered that all the world's woes are the fault of [[liberals]], [[left-wing|leftists]], [[centrist]]s, [[progressive]]s, [[RINO|fake Republicans]], or real [[Democrats]]. He is now perfect and able to bestow his wisdom upon us. His fans habitually ask others to prove when he has lied and then [[willful ignorance|ignore the resulting proof]]. Also, annoying overuse of the word "progressive". He has also apparently gained the ability to elect himself [[Pope]] temporarily; witness his attack on [[Joe Biden]] and [[Nancy Pelosi]] for supposedly being less Catholic than Beck is willing to find acceptable.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-pelosi-and-biden-are-not-catholics-and-should-leave-church Pelosi and Biden are not Catholics and Should Leave the Church] by Kyle Mantyla (October 1, 2012 4:47 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> 

Glenn Beck's favorite book is ''The Five Thousand Year Leap''{{efn|"I beg you to read this book filled with words of wisdom which I can only describe as divinely inspired."<ref name=leap>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090923101833/https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Glenn-Foreword-Common-Sense/dp/0981559689 ''The Five Thousand Year Leap''] by W. Cleon Skousen (2009) American Documents. ISBN 0981559689. From Beck's review from the back cover of the book, as quoted on Amazon.com (archived from September 23, 2009).</ref>}}<ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/16/beck_skousen/print.html Meet the man who changed Glenn Beck's life: Cleon Skousen was a right-wing crank whom even conservatives despised. Then Beck discovered him] by Alexander Zaitchik (September 16, 2009 10:18AM EDT) ''Salon''.</ref> by fellow-Mormon author [[W. Cleon Skousen]], who is also the author of a series of tomes purporting to be a comprehensive history of the world through the lens of Mormon theology: ''The First Two Thousand Years'', ''The Third Thousand Years'', and ''The Fourth Thousand Years'' (essentially a Mormon version of [[Young Earth creationism]]). The theme of ''The Five Thousand Year Leap'' is that more human progress occurred at once because of the [[The United States as a Christian nation|Founding Fathers of the United States and their God-fearing worldview]] (never mind the [[deism]]) than in the previous 4000 years. Beck also put out several books of his own, trying to style himself as a modern [[Thomas Paine]] (the insane version) in ''Common Sense'', providing a handy guide for his conversational partners (''[[Dunning-Kruger effect|Arguing with Idiots]]''), and addressing his audience's problems with the written word (''An Inconvenient Book'',<ref>''An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems'' by Glenn Beck (2009) Threshold Editions. ISBN 1416560440.</ref> ''The Christmas Sweater: A Picture Book''<ref>''The Christmas Sweater: A Picture Book'' by Glenn Beck (2009) Aladdin. ISBN 1416995439.</ref>). Raking in yet more cash, he has frequently taken his one-man freak show on tours of the [[Jesusland|countryside]] and made a high-profile appearance at CPAC in 2010, showing off his unique take at a facepalm.<ref>[http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/beck-wows-the-cpac-crowd/ Beck Wows the CPAC Crowd] by Katharine Q. Seelye (February 20, 2010]) ''New York Times''. The picture they took of him is absolutely awesome.</ref>

Glenn Beck started stirring up controversy when he stated that [[John McCain]] would do more harm to the country than [[Barack Obama]], going so far as to say he would have rather voted for [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121019041015/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/09/22/glenn_beck_mccain_would_have_b.html Glenn Beck: McCain Would Have Been Worse Than Obama] by Garance Franke-Ruta (22 September 2009) ''The Washington Post'' (archived from October 19, 2012).</ref> This isn't the first time he endorsed Clinton, although his support for Clinton in 2016 was more motivated by hatred of her opponent [[Donald Trump]] ({{sl|Political endorsements|see below}}).

He's also gone on record as believing (in the context of the debate on US intervention in [[Syria]]) that [[Neoconservative|neocons]] are [[Liberal|liberals]] since they're "for big, oppressive government that wants to change the whole world through military action".<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-neocon-liberal Beck: 'A NeoCon Is a Liberal!'] by Kyle Mantyla (June 18, 2013 11:51 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref>

==Global warming: due to Beck's hot air, not CO<sub>2</sub>==
It is part of the Beck credo that [[global warming conspiracy theory|global warming is a conspiracy]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100220000523/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586122,00.html Glenn Beck: Global Warming Takes More Heat] (February 16, 2010) ''Fox News''.</ref> and a [[Gore's Law|figment of Al Gore's imagination]] and liberals' [[altruism|greedy]] desire to step in and save the world from [[Fun:Bushisms|Bushism]]. Beck dedicated an hour show to 'proving' that global warming does not exist.<ref name="climateoffear">[https://www.climatefiles.com/deniers/patrick-michaels-collection/2007-transcript-glenn-beck-climate-of-fear/ 2007 Transcript of Glenn Beck’s “Exposed: The Climate of Fear” on CNN] ''Climate Files''.</ref> He also insisted that [[evolution]] is another [[evil]] plot promulgated upon the world by [[scientist]]s. One of his favorite movies is [[Ben Stein]]'s ''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]'', which he has previously promoted.<ref name="climateoffear"/> Fortunately, he has stopped short of complete [[wingnuttery]] by devoting part of one episode of his show to debunking the [[FEMA concentration camps|FEMA concentration camp]] conspiracy theory.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/08/glenn-beck-fema-concentra_n_184692.html Glenn Beck: FEMA Concentration Camps Do Not Exist] by Danny Shea (Updated Dec 6, 2017) ''HuffPost''.</ref>

==Scary shit==
*Glenn Beck ''surrounds'' you with the help of [[Chuck Norris]]. Nobody knows exactly what ''[[We Surround Them]]'' means, but it sounds creepily like the [[spiritual warfare]] crowd's use of the phrase "stand in the gap" (which comes from {{bible|Ezekiel|22|30}}, not urban rail transit).

*Tears flow easily from Beck's face, and he is known for his emotional breakdowns, more-often-than-not live on air.<ref>''Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America'' by Dana Milbank (2010) Doubleday. ISBN 0385533888.</ref> There are several explanations for this:
#[[Lulz|He ''genuinely'' does love his country and fears for it in the most passionate of ways]]
#He is cynically exploiting the people who love the [[Republican]] version of the United States more than their own children.
#He is copying a [[televangelist]] shtick.
#He is emotionally unstable.
#His brains have liquified and are leaking out of his eye sockets.
:Place your bets now, please.
**A video from a photoshoot has since demonstrated that Beck is not above Vicks VapoRub® applied under his eyes to induce his waterworks,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuG9TdtEbu8 Glenn Beck Exposed Crying On Cue Using Vicks Under His Eyes] by Kevin Gallagher (Oct 31, 2009) ''YouTube''.</ref> although this is probably just faking things for a publicity shoot (and faking things like that isn't unique to Beck by a long shot), rather than how his infamous crying-on-air routine happened.

*Beck also has a bizarrely short temper. While discussing [[healthcare]] on his radio show with a caller, he lost it completely and had what can be best described as a hissy fit, ending the conversation by repeatedly shrieking, "Get off my phone!" (see exact quote {{sl|Glenn Beck quotes|below}}). Beck and the other presenter then blamed the ''caller'' for being wrong. Nice.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4PbqJsRH4 Glenn Beck Loses It] (Jul 15, 2009) ''YouTube''. Genuinely scary stuff.</ref>

*For all intents and purposes, Glenn Beck appears to be increasingly [[delusion]]al as his viewer base increases. In one of his clips, he identifies several pieces of "[[red-baiting|communist art]]" hiding in plain sight in [[New York|NYC]]<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/02/glenn-beck-finds-communis_n_275915.html Glenn Beck Finds "Communist" Art At NBC Headquarters At Rockefeller Center] by Nicholas Graham (Updated Dec 6, 2017) ''HuffPost''.</ref> (although, this being New York, he very well could have spotted actual communist art that he ''thinks'' is cunningly hidden).

*Days after a rival DJ's wife had a [[miscarriage]], Beck phoned her and '''mocked her miscarriage on air''':
:"We hear you had a miscarriage," remembers Brad Miller, a former Y95 DJ and Clear Channel programmer. "When Terry said, 'Yes,' Beck proceeded to joke about how Bruce [Kelly] apparently can't do anything right — about he can't even have a baby."<ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/22/glenn_beck_two Glenn Beck becomes damaged goods] by Alexander Zaitchik (September 22, 2009 10:22AM EDT) ''Salon''.</ref>

*Beck has also mocked Obama's then-11-year-old daughter,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100601034414/http://mediamatters.org/blog/201005280025 Glenn Beck smears Obama's 11-year-old daughter] by Simon Maloy (May 28, 2010 11:13 am ET) ''Media Matters for America'' (archived from June 1, 2010).</ref> [[Hypocrisy|despite two days earlier]] saying: 
:"You don't go after Chelsea Clinton. You don't talk about Bush kids… You leave the families alone. We haven't done anything but protect the families… Leave the families alone."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100613043511/https://www.mediamatters.org/mmtv/201005260027 Beck — who has repeatedly attacked Obama's family — says, "Leave the families alone"] (May 26, 2010 12:25 pm ET) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref> He did 'apologize' later, but his apology consisted of saying he had lowered himself to the level of liberals.

*Beck has taken a controversial approach to dealing with the United States' history of racial relations. In one episode of his show, he argued that Black activists such as {{wpl|Frederick Douglass}} were "Founding Fathers" [[Historical revisionism|who did not see the U.S. as a racist country]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100820132202/http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/06/14/glenn-becks-shocking-drive-by-on-african-american-history/ Glenn Beck’s Shocking Drive-By on African American History] by Chauncey DeVega (June 14, 2010) ''Alternet'' (archived from August 20, 2010).</ref> Beck followed that with an announcement that he would give a speech at the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of [[MLK|Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s "I Have a Dream" speech.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100706235530/http://www.truth-out.org/glenn-beck-hold-tea-party-rally-anniversary-mlk-speech60850 Glenn Beck to Hold Tea Party Rally on Anniversary of MLK Speech: How Conservatives Are Trying to Hijack Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream] by Devonna Walker (27 June 2010) ''AlterNet'' via ''Truthout''.</ref>

* Beck, who did not even go to college for more than one semester, was given an honorary doctorate by Liberty University.<ref name="LibertyU"/>

* Beck '''compared murdered and surviving members of the [[social democratic]] Norwegian Workers' Youth League, massacred by [[Anders Behring Breivik|a right-wing terrorist]] at their summer camp in 2011, to the [[Hitler]] Youth''' with this statement, "There was a shooting at a political camp which sounds a little like, you know, the Hitler Youth or whatever, you know what I mean. Who does a camp for kids that's all about politics? Disturbing." In [[Norway]], leading senior political commentator Frank Aarebrot labeled Beck, "a vulgar [[propaganda|propagandist]]" and a "[[fascist]]" only exceeded by [[Joseph Goebbels]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171112185305/https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/opprort-over-hitler-sammenlikning/63567284 Opprørt over Hitler-sammenlikning: Amerikansk kommentator mener AUF minner om Hitlerjugend.] by Kristiansen Kvaale (25. juli 2011 kl. 20.28) ''Dagbladet'' (archived from November 12, 2017). The quotes in Norwegian: "Han er en fascist. Bare en fascist vil si noe sånt. Mannen er et svin." and "Beck er en vulgær propagandist som prøver å overgå Joseph Goebbels."</ref><ref group=note>This may or may not be surprising given Beck's previously-noted distaste for Donald Trump (who can make a fairly strong claim to [[Authoritarianism of Donald Trump|being the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler]]).</ref>

*Beck compared Barack Obama to [[Newt Gingrich]], saying [[Deep cover liberal|Gingrich was a ''progressive'']]. He said a person who opposes Obama and would support Gingrich is [[racist]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/10/glenn-beck-newt-gingrich-obama-race_n_1140920.html Glenn Beck: Newt Gingrich Supporters Who Oppose Obama Are Racist] (Updated Dec 6, 2017) ''HuffPost''.</ref>

*Beck ratcheted up the level of crazy on the subject of Obama's re-election when he asserted that the US deserved to be destroyed since such a move would "drive the righteous from among them" and all the usual [[End Times]] crap that one would expect.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-if-americans-are-so-dead-inside-they-re-elected-obama-then-we-have-be-destroyed Beck: If Americans are 'So Dead Inside' That They Re-Elect Obama, Then 'We Have to be Destroyed'] by Kyle Mantyla (November 6, 2012 10:57 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> 

*In contrast, Beck is convinced that [[Mitt Romney]] (not coincidentally a fellow Mormon) is the modern-day equivalent of [[George Washington]]<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-romney-modern-day-george-washington-who-being-guided-god Beck: Romney is a Modern Day George Washington] by Kyle Mantyla (October 24, 2012 10:24 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> and [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-i-believe-mitt-romney-could-be-abraham-lincoln Beck: 'I Believe (Mitt Romney) Could Be Abraham Lincoln'] by Kyle Mantyla (October 15, 2012 10:54 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> No shit.

*Beck has apparently decided (in incredibly tardy fashion) that the TV show {{wpl|Glee (TV series)|''Glee''|,}} of all things, constitutes a threat to teenage US precious bodily fluids and that the apparent cure is some strange conservative alternative to the show that will hopefully remain safely on the drawing board and ''not'' in someone's actual production studio.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120706044242/http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/glenn-beck-vows-to-single-handedly-destroy-glee-video.php Glenn Beck Vows to Single-Handedly Destroy 'Glee'] by Evan McMorris-Santoro (June 15<sup>th</sup>, 2012) ''Talking Points Memo'' (archived from July 6, 2012).</ref>

*Beck also had no real problem with trying to smear [[George Soros]] with a three-part special on his old Fox News show with what might be termed some ''very suspect'' analogies.<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/11/10/glenn-becks-anti-semitic-attack-on-george-soros.html Glenn Beck's Anti-Semitic Attacks] by Michelle Goldberg (Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:48PM EDT) ''The Daily Beast''.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190125084529/https://www.foxnews.com/story/glenn-beck-the-puppet-master Glenn Beck: The Puppet Master] (Published November 10, 2010; Last Update January 14, 2015) ''Fox News'' (archived from January 25, 2019).</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190126083748/https://www.foxnews.com/story/glenn-beck-five-step-plan Glenn Beck: Five Step Plan] (Published November 11, 2010; Last Update January 14, 2015) ''Fox News'' (archived from January 26, 2019).</ref><ref name=making>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190126081535/https://www.foxnews.com/story/glenn-beck-making-of-the-puppet-master Glenn Beck: Making of the Puppet Master] (Published November 12, 2010; Last Update January 14, 2015) ''Fox News'' (archived from January 26, 2019).</ref> So suspect, in fact, that the [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL) issued a complaint about it.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101213082737/https://www.adl.org/PresRele/HolNa_52/5906_52.htm Glenn Beck's Remarks About Soros And The Holocaust 'Offensive And Over The Top'] (November 11, 2010) ''Anti-Defamation League'' (archived from December 13, 2010).</ref> During the third part, Beck claimed that Soros had confiscated the property of Jews,<ref name=making/> when in fact, Soros assisted his guardian in taking inventory of property that was already seized on one occasion.<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-soros-ss-nazi-germany/ Was George Soros an SS Officer or Nazi Collaborator During World War II?] by David Emery (Updated 4 February 2018; Published 28 November 2016) ''Snopes''.</ref> To falsely claim that one collaborated with [[Nazis]] while a minor and in hiding from the Nazis as Soros was, is a form of [[blaming the victim]] and of [[Holocaust denial]].<ref>[https://armenianweekly.com/2013/06/02/blaming-the-victims-2-0/ Blaming the Victims 2.0] by Sara Elise Brown and Henry C. Theriault (June 2, 2013 at 7:55 pm) ''The Armenian Weekly''.</ref>

*Speaking of [[Judaism]], Beck had a problem with the Reform variety, comparing it to "[[Islamism|Radicalized Islam]]" for some odd reason. Needless to say, the ADL took issue with him on that as well.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111122170101/http://www.adl.org/PresRele/DiRaB_41/5983_41.htm ADL: Glenn Beck's Comments About Reform Judaism Demonstrate "Bigoted Ignorance"] (Update: February 24, 2011) ''Anti-Defamation League'' (archived from November 22, 2011).</ref>

*Beck also apparently knows where to draw the line on conspiracy theories, unlike [[Alex Jones]] — namely, right over Jones' face. He simultaneously threw Jones under the bus on a [[Gun control|gun-grabber]] conspiracy theory and then turned around and came up with one himself.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-sees-civil-war-brewing-america Glenn Beck Sees Civil War Brewing in America] by Kyle Mantyla (January 15, 2013 11:30 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref>

*He's under the impression that an investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics of his fellow space cadet [[Michele Bachmann]] for campaign fund shenanigans is actually a plot by the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] because all of that previous hue and cry she made about [[Huma Abedin]] had ''so much'' of a basis in reality.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402140703/http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/03/30/beck-bachmann-ethics-investigation-a-muslim-brotherhood-plot/ Beck: Bachmann Ethics Investigation a Muslim Brotherhood Plot] by Ed Brayton (March 30, 2013) ''Dispatches from the Culture Wars''.</ref>

*Beck was apparently so incensed that the jury in the [[Kermit Gosnell]] trial<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/us/trial-abortion-doctor-kermit-gosnell.html Both Sides Rest in Trial of a Philadelphia Abortion Doctor Charged With Murder] by Trip Gabriel (April 29, 2013) ''The New York Times''.</ref> was actually ''deliberating'' instead of instantly finding him guilty that he asserted that [[God]] "has got to destroy us; we are becoming an affront to him in every step of the way. We are denying his existence. We are denying his power. We are slapping him in the face. We are killing his children", etc.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-god-must-destroy-us-because-we-are-becoming-affront-him-every-way Beck: God Must Destroy Us Because We Are Becoming an Affront to Him in Every Way] by Kyle Mantyla (May 1, 2013 3:35 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> This was followed by a predictable crying jag in which Beck begged God for forgiveness.

*He compared a peaceful demonstration outside [[Kansas]] Secretary of State Kris Kobach's house by immigration reform advocates to actions by the [[Ku Klux Klan]] during the [[civil rights]] era,<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-immigration-reform-advocates-practicing-kkk-style-domestic-terrorism Beck: Immigration Reform Advocates Practicing KKK-Style 'Domestic Terrorism'] by Miranda Blue (June 18, 2013 11:58 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> a view that Kobach was too eager to lend support to on a later show.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/kobach-immigration-protesters-kkk-just-not-wearing-white-cloaks Kobach: Immigration Advocates Like the KKK, 'Just Not Wearing White Cloaks'] by Miranda Blue (June 18, 2013 3:07 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref>

*He voiced the opinion that the Obama administration was planting the seeds of a [[race war]], largely based on sources he seemed more than a bit vague about: doctors who were "some of the leading experts from around the world on race relations and [[racists]]". However, he also stated that he didn't know "which doctors they were", even though he still felt quite comfortable citing them as unimpeachable sources.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-obama-and-his-administration-are-sowing-seeds-race-war Beck: Obama And His Administration Are Sowing The Seeds Of A Race War] by Kyle Mantyla (August 2, 2013 4:28 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref>

==Paranoia==
{{main|Paranoia}}
[[File:Glenn Beck Soros chart.jpeg|thumb|right|350px|Glenn Beck with a literal conspiracy chart in 2009.]]
{{cquote|Glenn, the Nazis are everywhere. And you're not safe! So here's what you do and take it from me, [[Judaism|my people]] have been through this before: First, you've gotta find an attic. Then hide there for the next three years, and whatever you do, '''don't make a sound'''. We'll let you know when it's safe to come out.|||Lewis Black<ref>[https://www.cc.com/video/04rkt0/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-back-in-black-glenn-beck-s-nazi-tourette-s Back in Black — Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette's] (Season 15 • 05/12/2010) ''The Daily Show''.</ref>}}

===Big Brother is watching Beck===
In most of Beck's time on Fox News, he frequently showed himself as [[paranoid]]. Examples of this include: claiming that the Obama administration was "building something" using taxpayer money (though Beck did not elaborate on what they were building), ranting about the [[New World Order]],<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2011/glenn-beck-reaches-end-his-time Glenn Beck Reaches the End of His Time: Fox News host Glenn Beck fretted endlessly about the end times. But it was really Beck's hourglass that was running out] by Leah Nelson (June 17, 2011) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref> and railing against the Obama administration for their "[[socialism]]," quoting [[George Orwell]] many times to show how they were turning into [[Big Brother]]. Hint: Orwell supported socialism, so the [[irony]] is very delicious here.

===Your churches are run by Nazis and communists!===
Beck's paranoia led to him commanding his listeners to leave their churches if they heard or saw any mention of [[social justice]]. What most people saw as attempts to help the less fortunate members of society, Beck saw as an attempt to introduce [[Nazism]] and [[communism]], even though Nazis and communists hate each other quite literally, just as [[white supremacists]] and [[Black supremacy|black supremacists]] do. Unsurprisingly, some [[Christian]]s were rather miffed by Beck's edict.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/us/12justice.html Outraged by Glenn Beck’s Salvo, Christians Fire Back] by Laurie Goodstein (March 11, 2010) ''The New York Times''.</ref>{{efn|It's a little known made-up-fact that Hitler began by offering educational and recreational services in impoverished areas, followed later by a soup kitchen. This [[slippery slope|ultimately led to systematic genocide and world war]]. So sayeth Beck.}}

===10% of all Muslims are terrorists===
Glenn Beck has repeatedly expressed that he believes that [[Islamophobia|10% of all Muslims are terrorists]]. In 2003, he expressed his figure in his book ''The Real America''.<ref>''The Real America: Messages from the Heart and Heartland'' by Glenn Beck (2003) Pocket. ISBN 0743486331.</ref> He re-presented it on December 6, 2010, when he stated on his radio talk show, "What is the number of Islamic terrorists? One percent? I think it's closer to ten percent but the rest of the [[PC]] world will tell you, 'oh no, it's minuscule.'"<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/06/glenn-beck-ten-percent-muslims-terrorists_n_792726.html Glenn Beck: Ten Percent Of Muslims Are Terrorists (AUDIO)] by Jack Mirkinson (Dec 6, 2010, 03:35 PM EST; Updated Dec 6, 2017) ''HuffPost''.</ref> If what he states were true, then there would be roughly 141,000,000 to 157,000,000 Muslim [[terrorists]] worldwide.

===Boston Marathon bombing conspiracy mongering===
{{main|Boston Marathon bombing}}
Never one to shy away from making a complete ass of himself in the wake of a real tragedy, Beck insinuated that there was a conspiracy to deport a [[Saudi]] national right after the Boston Marathon bombing of April 2013 due to his connection to the incident.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-cover-saudi-link-boston-bombing-so-far-beyond-benghazi-it-criminal Beck: Cover-Up of Saudi Link to Boston Bombing 'is so Far Beyond Benghazi' It Is Criminal] by Kyle Mantyla (April 19, 2013 10:41 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> This theory seems to have originated in his own camp and nowhere else. He later posted one of his occasional cryptic s00per sekr1t messages to the government that threatened to reveal all sorts of fun stuff about Anonymous Saudi #1 and which also included all of the usual Beck conspiracy tactics.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/i-dont-bluff-i-make-promises-beck-gives-govt-until-monday-come-clean-about-boston-bombing-co 'I Don't Bluff, I Make Promises': Beck Gives Gov't Until Monday to Come Clean About Boston Bombing Cover-Up] by Kyle Mantyla (April 19, 2013 11:51 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> 

Since the Federal government has seen fit to ignore Beck's watery proof for his "deported Saudi national" conspiracy (or just decided that [[Not even wrong|he wasn't even close to being relevant]], which is far more likely), he has since stated through his website ''The Blaze'' that Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi is a person of interest in the case,<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/becks-boston-conspiracy-saudi-national-al-qaeda-recruiter-linked-tsarnaev-brothers-bombing Beck's Boston Conspiracy: Saudi National an al Qaeda Recruiter Linked to Tsarnaev Brothers' Bombing] by Kyle Mantyla (April 22, 2013 11:22 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> and an active [[al-Qaeda]] operative despite mainstream media reports to the contrary.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130419110431/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/report-saudi-man-boston-suspect-article-1.1318272 Report: Saudi man questioned in Boston Marathon bombing is a witness not a suspect] by Chelsia Rose Marcius et al. (April 16, 2013, 1:41 PM) ''New York Daily News'' (archived from April 19, 2013).</ref> Apparently, this is all being done to benefit the Saudis, although the usual veiled references to [[Satan]] and [[demon]]s were also made for the usual [[tinfoil-hat]] reasons.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-battles-principalities-and-powers-reveal-boston-bombing-cover Beck Battles 'Principalities and Powers' to Reveal Boston Bombing Cover-Up] by Kyle Mantyla (April 23, 2013 9:54 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> Beck, of course, took the usual conspiracy theorist's way out of this mess and put the onus on the Feds to prove ''him'' wrong and not the other way around (i.e., never mind that [[extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence]]).<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-burden-proof-federal-government-refute-my-conspiracy-theory Beck: 'The Burden of Proof Is on the Federal Government' To Refute My Conspiracy Theory] by Kyle Mantyla (April 23, 2013 11:17 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> Further on, Beck continued to beat the drum loudly on this particular conspiracy theory, even going so far as to claim that he had access to secret information which had been scrubbed clean of certain information on Alharbi.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-if-you-want-continue-discredit-me-you-will-only-discredit-yourself Beck: 'If You Want to Continue to Discredit Me, You Will Only Discredit Yourself'] by Kyle Mantyla (April 24, 2013 10:57 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> The problem with this is how Beck actually came by this information, since merely having access to it (much less broadcasting it on a talk show) would put him in jeopardy of violating several national security laws, including the [[Patriot Act]], as he is anything ''but'' an intelligence agent or law enforcement officer. He also went on to challenge ''real'' journalists to pick up the story, but that trying to discredit ''him'' was strictly a no-no since that would only lead to their discrediting themselves.<sup>ego, much?</sup>

To confirm his theory about the deportation order, he interviewed retired [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|Immigration and Naturalization]] Service Special Agent Bob Trent. As you might guess, the end result wasn't much of a confirmation since Trent stated that the 2123B designation is placed on an individual trying to ''enter'' the United States, not leave it.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/2123b-beck-inadvertently-throws-wrench-his-own-boston-bombing-conspiracy 2123B: Beck Inadvertently Throws a Wrench Into His Own Boston Bombing Conspiracy] by Kyle Mantyla (April 25, 2013 10:30 am) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref><ref>[http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/benchbook/resources/sfoutline/Inadmissibility.html Two grounds of inadmissibility] ''U.S. Department of Justice'' (archived from February 12, 2010).</ref>

Later, Beck attempted to have it both ways with a confused screed chock full of [[cognitive dissonance]] where he both supported and ''denounced'' conspiracy theories concerning the Marathon bombings.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-conspiracy-theorists-work-plant-seeds-doubt-whenever-and-wherever-they-can Beck: Conspiracy Theorists Work to 'Plant the Seeds of Doubt Whenever and Wherever They Can'] by Kyle Mantyla (April 30, 2013 1:34 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> This could be seen as Beck trying to come off as being more truthful on the issue than competing conspiracy peddlers like [[Alex Jones]]; on the other hand, it could be seen as Beck being typically incoherent.   

So far, Beck has succeeded in finding a 
patsy
 supporter in [[Pamela Geller]]. Not the most ringing of endorsements, to say the least.

One might have hoped that the Saudi conspiracy theory would have been the end of the road for Beck, who was sued for defamation by Alharbi. The court issued a summary judgement of guilt against Beck (Theblaze),<ref>[https://casetext.com/case/alharbi-v-theblaze-inc-1 Alharbi v. Theblaze, Inc.] (Aug 9, 2016) ''Casetext''.</ref> and the litigants made a confidential settlement.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/09/glenn-beck-reaches-settlement-with-saudi-student-accused-in-boston-marathon-bombing-228123 Under the Radar] by Josh Gerstein (09/13/2016 05:54 PM EDT) ''Politico''.</ref>

===An odd assumption about a bad movie===
Beck made a claim (related to the attack on the American consulate in [[Benghazi]]) that Obama had personal material on his Blackberry that could prove that he was the source of the movie ''[[Innocence of Muslims]]''.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-wants-records-obamas-blackberry-determine-if-he-was-source-innocence-muslims-video Beck Wants Records From Obama's Blackberry to Determine if He Was the Source of 'Innocence of Muslims' Video] by Kyle Mantyla (May 30, 2013 12:16 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> As you might guess, the charge seems [[vague]] and full of [[bullshit]].

===All your military interventions are belong to US===
In August 2013, he opined that possible military intervention in [[Syria]] is a plot by progressives to weaken the US and bring about [[One world government]]. How? By pushing the US toward a military confrontation with [[Russia]] ''and'' [[China]], which would allow the [[UN]] to step in, avert [[World War III|world war]], and bring about Yet Another New World Order instead.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-has-it-all-figured-out-military-action-against-syria-progressive-plot-establish-o Glenn Beck Has It All Figured Out: Military Action Against Syria Is A Progressive Plot To Establish One World Government] by Kyle Mantyla (August 28, 2013 3:13 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref>

===Insuring Americans threatens our freedom===
In April 2014, Salon reported that Beck described President [[Barack Obama]] as a "[[sociopath]]ic [[dictator]] who is trying to keep Glenn Beck from pursuing happiness."<ref name=isquith>[http://www.salon.com/2014/04/02/glenn_beck_responds_to_obamacare_enrollment_by_bellowing_incoherently Glenn Beck responds to Obamacare enrollment news by bellowing incoherently] by Elias Isquith (April 2, 2014 8:45PM EDT) ''Salon''.</ref> Apparently, the press is entirely in on some conspiracy theory to unskew enrollment numbers. Beck finished with this gem: "I'm not going to waste. My. Life. I'm going to do what I was born to do! All men were created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS! I have a right to pursue my happiness! I have a right to do what I was born to do, not what they tell me what to do. That's what that phrase means!"<ref name=isquith/>

On the other hand, Beck did compliment the president's fashion sense and costuming skills, saying that "nobody else could design a uniform like he could".<ref name=isquith/>

===ISIS fearmongering===
Beck has also spent much of his time scaring his viewers about [[ISIS]], saying they have a camp on [[Mexico]]'s border with [[Texas]] and implying they were planning an invasion and terrorist attacks inside the United States. He also had to throw in a quip about the gub'mint using this as an excuse to take away our [[freedom]]s.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-isis-bubba-effect-and-americas-impending-collapse Glenn Beck On ISIS, ‘The Bubba Effect,’ And America’s Impending Collapse] by Kyle Mantyla (April 15, 2015 4:02 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> He also suggested that Americans "should prepare for all-out war", saying that ISIS was going to be "in multiple cities". Put bluntly, this is just Beck trying to get his listeners to buy a bunch of rifles and ammunition.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-i-would-suggest-you-prepare-all-out-war Beck: ‘I Would Suggest That You Prepare For All-Out War’] by Kyle Mantyla (May 18, 2015 3:42 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> In reality, there is no ISIS camp on the Mexican border, and they don't want to launch a ground invasion of the continental United States, though they have called for [[Leaderless resistance|lone-wolf attacks]], which inspired the Garland shooters. They were then primarily concerned about securing their (rapidly shrinking) territory in [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]] rather than launching infiltration attacks on the US of the kind conducted from a base on the Mexican border, knowing that doing so would increase the likelihood of a US ground invasion of their territory and their subsequent [[pwn]]age by US soldiers. In any case, Beck is wrong about ISIS actively plotting to conquer America. What conspiracy theory is next, [[Boko Haram]] invading [[Connecticut]]?<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs9LNAI0nBc Real Time With Bill Maher: Blitzkrieg Cop (HBO)] (Jul 22, 2014) ''YouTube''.</ref>

==Consumerism==
===Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!===
[[File:BeckBaner animated 2loop.gif|thumb|right|"Now should I wear red, or should I wear 
gold
 green?"]]
[[Goldline International]], a company that sells investment [[gold]] at substantially higher than market value, is a major advertiser on Beck's radio and cable television programs. During his program, Beck regularly encourages listeners and viewers to buy gold. And while he doesn't advertise for Goldline ''directly'' during his scare tactic rants about how the economy is going to collapse and gold will be the only thing with value after the [[liberal apocalypse]], we are fortunate enough that once we're scared shitless and desperate to buy gold, we get a convenient commercial by Glenn Beck himself, telling us that Goldline conveniently has gold for sale.<ref>[http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/05/glenn-beck-goldline-weiner Glenn Beck’s Gold Gurus Charged With Fraud] by Stephanie Mencimer (May 19, 2010) ''Mother Jones''.</ref> He walks a thin tightrope of "avoiding" a [[conflict of interest]]. In 2011, Goldline was indicted for theft by false pretenses, false [[advertising]], and conspiracy.<ref>[http://www.newser.com/story/132400/becks-favorite-gold-firm-charged-with-fraud.html Beck's Favorite Gold Firm Charged With Fraud: Current and former CEO of Goldline face up to a year in jail ] by Kevin Spak (Nov 2, 2011 1:46 PM CDT) ''Newser''.</ref>

Beck's radio show is still supported by Goldline, and he does a spoken advertisement for them every day&nbsp;— complete with the usual [[Fear, uncertainty, and doubt|fearmongering]] about central banks and printing presses.

===More consumerism===
In 2012, Beck launched his line of patriotic denim jeans, retailing at $129.99.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025031537/http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/18/watch-commerical-for-glenn-becks-line-of-american-blue-jeans/ Watch: Commercial for Glenn Beck’s line of ‘American blue jeans’] by Eric W. Dolan (October 18, 2012 19:51 EDT) ''The Raw Story''.</ref> This came a year after he announced a personal [[boycott]] of Levi's for devaluing the "quintessential American piece of clothing" in a commercial showing sympathetic footage of protestors clashing with police.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111028023317/http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/09/20/levis-guarantees-denouncement-from-glenn-beck/ Levi’s guarantees denouncement from Glenn Beck] (Sep 20, 2011 at 3:26 PM EDT) ''Glenn Beck'' (archived from October 28, 2011).</ref>

==Glenn Beck quotes==
* "I stopped wearing my [[WWJD|What-Would-Jesus-Do]] band, and I've lost all sense of right and wrong now. I used to be able to say, "Yeah, I'd kill [[Michael Moore]]," and then I'd see the little band: What Would Jesus Do? And then I'd realize, "Oh, you wouldn't kill Michael Moore. Or at least you wouldn't choke him to death." And you know, well, I'm not sure."
::May 17, 2005, The Glenn Beck Program, Premiere Radio Networks.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/beck-guest-said-he-wanted-see-clintons-killed-sopranos-spoof-beck-previously-fantasized Beck guest said he wanted to see Clintons killed in Sopranos spoof; Beck previously fantasized about killing Michael Moore] by  Kathleen Henehan (06/21/07 5:39 PM EDT) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref>

* "Finally — well, he wasn't the president. He was the chancellor, [[Godwin's Law|Hitler, decided that it was the only empathetic thing to do, is to put this child down and put him out of his suffering. It was the beginning of the T4, which led to genocide everywhere]]. It was the beginning of it. Empathy leads you to very bad decisions many times."
::May 26, 2009, on President Obama's statement that he would consider ''empathy'' in choosing a Supreme Court nominee.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/beck-continues-long-history-invoking-nazis-comparing-fox-jews-during-holocaust Beck continues long history of invoking Nazis by comparing Fox to the Jews during the Holocaust] by Christine Schwen (10/13/09 9:53 PM EDT) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref>

*The most used phrase in my administration if I were to be President would be 'What the hell do you mean we're out of missiles?'<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/glenn-beck-admits-liberals-were-right-iraq-war-255341 Glenn Beck Admits Liberals 'Were Right' on Iraq War] by Zoë Schlanger (Jun 18, 2014 at 11:45 AM EDT) ''Newsweek''.</ref>
::The Glenn Beck Program, Premiere Radio Networks, 12 January 2009

* Isn't ''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed|Expelled]]'' like the greatest movie ever? ''[[The New York Times]]'' hates it, so it must be good.
:: Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Show{{efn|However, the ''New York Times'' also showed his book, ''An Inconvenient Book'', at the top of its "Best Seller" list. Using admittedly terrible logic, Beck's book must be utter shite.}}

* I'm not a [[journalist]]. I am a recovering [[alcoholic]] with [[Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder|A.D.D.]]
:: ''The New York Times'', 4 December 2006<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/business/media/with-brash-hosts-headline-news-finds-more-viewers-in-prime.html With Brash Hosts, Headline News Finds More Viewers in Prime Time] by Noam Cohen (Dec. 4, 2006) ''The New York Times''.</ref>

* I'm just a rodeo clown.
:: ''The New York Times'', 09 March 2009<ref name=carter/>

* If you take what I say as gospel, you're an idiot.
:: 'The New York Times'', 09 March 2009<ref name=carter/>

* I either believe what I say, or I'm a fraud.
:: Glenn Beck Show (24 September 2009)<ref>[https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWS_20090924_210000_Glenn_Beck Glenn Beck  FOX News  September 24, 2009 5:00pm-6:00pm EDT] ''Internet Archive''.</ref>

* I'm turning into a frickin' televangelist.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38278799 The Ed Show for Thursday, July 15th, 2010] (July 16, 2010, 8:45 AM PDT) ''NBC News''. Transcript.</ref>
:: Glenn Beck Show, 13 Mar 2009

* Kathy, get off my phone! Get off my phone you little pinhead! I don't care! You people don't care about the trillions! Get off my phone! I'm going to lose my mind today!<ref>[https://archive.ph/wip/7AthE What Got Glenn So Hot Under the Collar?] (transcript from "Glenn Beck," July 24, 2009) 'Fox News''. Archived from 6 Dec 2023 20:33:47 UTC.</ref>
:: Glenn Beck Radio Show, 15 July 2009, trying desperately to construct an anti-healthcare argument against a caller named Kathy

* America, I'm gonna' shoot straight with you. I think I've wasted your time.
::Glenn Beck signing off, 9 March 2010<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/03/eric-massa-on-glenn-beck-tickling-and-disappointment/37257/ Eric Massa on Glenn Beck: Tickling and Disappointment] by Chris Good (Mar 9 2010, 6:22 PM ET) ''The Atlantic''.</ref>

* The only [[Katrina]] victims we're seeing on television are the scumbags.
::The Glenn Beck Program, Premiere Radio Networks<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/video/2005/09/09/glenn-beck-called-hurricane-survivors-in-new-or/133786 Glenn Beck called hurricane survivors in New Orleans "scumbags," said he "hates" 9-11 families]</ref>

* This is a book — and I'm a getting a ton of these&nbsp;— from people who were doing what we're doing now.
::Glenn Beck, praising a pro-[[Hitler]], [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitic]] author and invoking [[Godwin's Law]] on himself for a change, 4 June 2010<ref>[https://fair.org/home/glenn-becks-jewish-problem/ Glenn Beck’s Jewish Problem] by Steve Rendall (November 15, 2010) ''Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting''.</ref>

* If there is one guy out there that is the next [[George Washington]], the only guy that I could think of is [[Rick Santorum]]. I would ask that you would take a look at him.
::The Glenn Beck Program, 16 November 2011<ref>[https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20111117201558/http://www.ricksantorum.com/blog/2011/11/glenn-beck-rick-santorum-next-george-washington Glenn Beck: Rick Santorum "is the next George Washington"] Rick Santorum Campaign, archived at the Library of Congress.</ref> 

==="First they came for…"===
{{main|Nazi analogies}}
Beck is fond of comparing his political opponents to the Nazis, which at least means he still acknowledges that Nazis are evil. Sometimes, when Beck's [[persecution complex]] kicks into overdrive, he recites one of his various renditions of "First they came for the [[Jews]]. Then they came for me."<ref>[https://www.cc.com/video/04rkt0/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-back-in-black-glenn-beck-s-nazi-tourette-s Back in Black — Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette's] (Season 15 • 05/12/2010) ''The Daily Show, Comedy Central''.</ref> But remember, when Beck states, "they came for me," he is not referring to [[German]] [[theology|theologian]] Martin Niemöller, author of the source poem first recited as early as 1946.<ref>{{wpa|First they came...}}</ref> Instead, Beck is clearly referring to the one person he considers the most important person in the world —&nbsp;himself.

Of course, Beck would never — could never&nbsp;— accurately recite the many early versions of the poem because of all the other victims of the Nazis that Niemöller referenced. And&nbsp;— in what would no doubt be an earth-shattering surprise to Beck's followers&nbsp;— in Niemöller's many versions of this poem, the Nazis came first for the communists. Here is one version of the poem which lists as many of the Nazis' targeted groups as possible, all listed in the order that Niemöller typically used:
{{quotebox|They came first for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the [[trade union|trade unionists]], and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.}}

Lacking all sense of [[irony]] and a well-functioning [[brain]], Beck invoked the poem moments after attacking unionists and (alleged) communists!<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100521171609/http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2010/05/glenn_becks_incredible_lack_of.php Glenn Beck's Incredible Lack of Irony] by Ed Brayton (May 18, 2010 9:30 AM) ''Science Blogs'' (archived from May 21, 2010).</ref>

While frequently comparing his political opponents to Nazis, Beck recommended an anti-communist conspiracy book written by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling, a Nazi sympathizer who was put on trial by the United States government for sedition during [[World War II]].<ref>[https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/127931 Who is Elizabeth Dilling, and Why is Glenn Beck a Fan?] by Zach Honoroff (c. 2014) ''History News Network, University of Virginia''.</ref> Dilling was a virulent anti-Semitic demagogue and joined ranks among [[Henry Ford]], [[Charles Coughlin]], and {{wpl|Gerald L. K. Smith}} in branding the [[New Deal]] as "the Jew Deal."<ref>''A Time of Paradox: America Since 1890'' by Glen Jeansonne (2006) Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 074253376X.</ref>{{rp|169}}

==Not understanding the Constitution==
Recently, Mr. Beck decided to go and read his beloved [[United States Constitution]] and found this line in Section 1 Article 9:

{{quotebox|"The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a [[tax]] or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person."}}

He believed it referred to a tax on immigration and said so on his show. The quoted article from the Constitution refers to the transportation of [[slaves]] into the states&nbsp;— as anyone with the reading comprehension skills of a [[goat]] would know.

He went on to say the Constitution is not the end-all and be-all of America:<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/discussing-whether-az-immigration-law-constitutional-beck-declares-constitution-not Discussing whether AZ immigration law is constitutional, Beck declares, "The Constitution is not a suicide pact"] (04/27/10 6:38 PM EDT) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref>
{{quotebox|"The Constitution is not a suicide pact."}}

Whatever ''that'' means.

==Tax problems==
Beck ridiculed the Obama administration several times for its cabinet's share of issues with proper tax filings.

{{cquote|Their tax issues are just one indicator of "a culture of corruption among some of the left," Beck declared just last month in a segment on his hugely popular Fox News television show, in which he branded Geithner, Killefer, Solis and a handful of other Obama nominees "tax cheats," whom he wouldn't trust "with my children, let alone my children's future." … Mocking the excuses offered by the nominees, Beck sarcastically intoned: "Oh, the tax thing, it was an accident. It was my husband's fault. I didn't do it, he did it. I didn't mean to do it. I was just working hard for the people."<ref name="politico">[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31245.html#ixzz0cnfWwxTU What if it's Beck with a tax 'accident'?] by Kenneth P. Vogel (01/08/2010 05:33 PM EST) ''Politico''.</ref>}}

Glenn Beck and his wife run Mercury Radio Arts to help promote and control his rights in radio, publication, and television. From 2007-2010, Mercury has fallen behind on its business taxes in [[New York]] and was cited for filing errors in [[Texas]] and with New York worker's compensation.

{{cquote|"Mercury immediately resolved these very common [[accounting]] issues," said the source, who did not want to be identified discussing Mercury's finances.

Dean Zerbe, national managing director for a company called alliantgroup that provides specialty tax services to accounting firms, said Beck's situation "has the look and feel of somebody who is confronting an extraordinarily complicated tax situation&nbsp;— or at least the people he's hired to do these things are&nbsp;— and is trying to comply but isn't doing everything perfectly."<ref name="politico"/>}}

==9/12 project==
In 2009, Beck launched the 9/12 project, which aimed to recover [[The United States as a Christian nation|America's Christian founding values]], closely allied with the [[Tea Party]] Movement. On September 12, 2009 (9/12), a massive Taxpayer March on Washington was accomplished, with 1-2 million attendees, and was roundly censored by the [[liberal media]] (according to the organizers and [[far-right]] [[pundit]]s such as [[Michelle Malkin]])&nbsp;— more neutral sources put the number at around 80,000.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203555/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2009/09/the_perils_of_crowd_estimates.html The Perils of Crowd Estimates] by Joel Achenbach (September 14, 2009; 7:42 AM ET) ''The Washington Post'' (archived from March 4, 2016).</ref>

====The project's 9 principles and 12 values====
The 9 principles:
# [[American Exceptionalism|America Is Good]].
# I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.	
# I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
# The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the [[government]].
# If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
# I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
# I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be [[Charity|charitable]].
# It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
# The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.

The 12 values: 
[[Irony|Honesty, Reverence, Hope, Thrift, Humility, Charity, Sincerity, Moderation, Hard Work, Courage, Personal Responsibility, Gratitude]]

==Fox News show canceled==
Fox News dropped ''The Glenn Beck Show'' in 2011 due to the dropping in ratings and the loss of over 300 sponsors during the show's run&nbsp;— though he still may end up appearing as a guest on other commentators' shows. [[Roger Ailes]] apparently wasn't very sorry to see him go. As for Beck, when he announced his departure on the air, in keeping with his [[delusions of grandeur]], he likened himself to [[Paul Revere]] riding off into the sunset.{{efn|In case you didn't get the irony, Paul Revere's ride, as popularized by Longfellow, not only occurred at ''midnight'', but was also the ''prelude'' to a major, long and ultimately successful conflict and not the ''conclusion''. If anything, he's thinking of the ending of any number of fictional Western films where the "hero" rides off into the sunset. My hope is it was {{wpl|Shane (film)|''Shane''|.}}}}

Chances are he won't be back, as people now actually pay to watch TheBlazeTV on the Internet. That hasn't stopped at least one very dumb person from publicly advocating such a profoundly irritating event.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/cliff-kincaid-begins-campaign-bring-glenn-beck-back-fox-news Cliff Kincaid begins Campaign to bring Glenn Beck back to Fox News,]''Right Wing Watch''</ref>

==Other cunning stunts==
===Rallies===
Beck's latest foray into terminal strangeness is ''another'' high-profile public rally called ''Restoring Love'', held on July 28, 2012, in Texas Stadium. Given that the participants include hate-mongers [[John Hagee]], [[Tony Perkins]], [[Rick Scarborough]], and a nutter [[Pentecostal]] bishop named {{wpl|Harry R. Jackson Jr.|Harry Jackson}} (who believes that Washington, DC is secretly controlled by a demon called the Queen of Heaven{{efn|Among [[Catholics]], [[Eastern Orthodox]], [[Anglicans]] and [[Lutheran]]s, the Queen of Heaven normally refers to the [[Virgin Mary]],<ref>{{wpa|Queen of Heaven}}</ref> so one could consider Jackson's use the term as a form of intr-Christian [[hate speech]].}} who supports marriage equality and the like),<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/harry-jackson-brings-down-queen-heaven-behind-same-sex-marriage-perversion Harry Jackson Brings Down ‘The Queen of Heaven’ Behind Same-Sex Marriage ‘Perversion’] by Brian Tashman (January 4, 2012 6:00 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> one has to wonder if the "love" being restored is one you can experience without the prior ingestion of [[Psilocybin|'shrooms]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120716205341/http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/07/16/beck-to-restore-love-with-help-of-hateful-liars/ Beck to ‘Restore Love’ With Help of Hateful Liars] by Ed Brayton (July 16, 2012 at 9:55 am) ''Dispatches From the Culture Wars, Free Thought Blogs'' (archived from July 16, 2016).</ref>

In May 2013, Beck announced a three-day event that he claims will "change the way we celebrate [the] Fourth of July" (US Independence Day). Included is an event called "The Man In The Moon", which he said will "engrave these things [i.e., Beck's agenda] on to your child's heart so they never forget".<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/becks-three-day-extravaganza-will-permanently-engrave-his-message-upon-hearts-americas-child Beck's Three Day Extravaganza Will Permanently Engrave His Message Upon the Hearts of America's Children] by Kyle Mantyla (May 29, 2013 4:28 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> As of yet, there's no word on whether this "engraving" involves scary clowns, demonic hand puppets, hallucinogens, or&nbsp;— even worse&nbsp;— other seemingly deranged talk show hosts.

===Re-education by our Idiot Friend===
Beck and former (equally batshit) show contributor [[David Barton]] recently floated the idea of establishing two-week-long "education" camps (!) to head off any funny ideas that students might get from college (including, it seems, challenging Beck and Barton's singularly bizarre alternative version of history). And you thought he was ''kidding'' when he dressed in an uncomfortably familiar-looking uniform on the cover of ''Arguing with Idiots'',<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-and-beck-run-two-week-indoctrination-camps-college-students Barton and Beck to Run Two-Week Indoctrination Camps for College Students] by Kyle Mantyla (August 3, 2012 4:16 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> whom he calls within the book "our Idiot Friend".<ref>''Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government'' by Glenn Beck (2009) Threshold Editions. ISBN 1416595015.</ref>{{rp|ix}} In addition, Beck's [[Vanity publishing|vanity press]]-cum-publishing arm Mercury Ink has apparently picked up the rights to Barton's ''The Jefferson Lies'' (after it was rejected by original publisher Thomas Nelson) to cement the collaboration of two people who apparently aren't capable of knowing when to stop soiling themselves in public.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122222441/http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/08/21/beck-to-republish-barton-book/ Beck to Republish Barton's Book] by Ed Brayton (August 21, 2012 at 1:33 pm) ''Dispatches from the Culture Wars, Free Thought Blogs''.</ref>

In the wake of (what else?) Obama's re-election, Beck decided to support a goofy [[Randroid]] "initiative" called The American Dream Labs. He's under the continued impression that people outside his hardcore nutzoid fan base care about anything he does these days.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-goes-galt-hank-rearden-about-pour-some-steel Glenn Beck Goes Galt: 'Hank Rearden is About to Pour Some Steel'] by Kyle Mantyla (January 8, 2013 12:31 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref>

In January 2013, Beck announced his desire to found a model-town-cum-themepark-cum-[[indoctrination]] center called Independence, USA.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230409235952/https://www.glennbeck.com/2013/01/10/take-a-tour-of-glenns-visionary-plans-for-independence/ Glenn unveils his most ambitious and visionary dream: Independence] ''Glenn Beck'' (archived from April 9, 2023).</ref> If he gets the 2 billion dollars to have it built, it'll include a theme park and its very own 'Media Center' where it will produce all its own movies, news, and information, away from the evil [[socialist]] propaganda that poisons the rest of the country. Russian Propaganda channel compared it to [[Going Galt]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131126081504/http://rt.com/usa/beck-independence-usa-own-077/ Glenn Beck plans to build utopian city — Independence, USA] (15 Jan, 2013 21:39) ''RT'' (archived from January 16, 2013 11:18).</ref>

===Political endorsements===
Before the November 2012 election, he predicted that Romney would win the 2012 Presidential ballot by more than 100 electoral votes,<ref name=becksgulch>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-romneys-321-217-election-win-will-deliver-mandate-giant-spanking-obama Beck: Romney's 321-217 Election Win Will Deliver a 'Mandate' & 'Giant Spanking' to Obama,] Right Wing Watch</ref> resulting in a Foot in Mouth Disease case similar to [[James Inhofe]]'s. As you might guess, he reacted to Obama's re-election in the usual fashion: with a crying jag accompanied by the usual ranting and raving.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/11/08/and-glenn-beck-weeps/ And Glenn Beck Weeps,] Dispatches from the Culture Wars</ref> Unsurprisingly, one decade later, Beck's Gulch still remains a fantasy.<ref name=becksgulch/>

He enlisted the help of fellow weirdo [[Rick Santorum]] in battling the threat to national sovereignty that is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Disabled. Predictably, he saw the political legacy of [[Adolf Hitler|some crazy failed artist from Austria]] coming to fruition if that treaty were to get passed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121208010615/http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/12/05/beck-spots-hitler-again/ Beck Spots Hitler. Again.] by Ed Brayton (ecember 5, 2012 at 1:59 pm) ''Dispatches from the Culture Wars, Free Thought Blogs'' (archived from December 8, 2012).</ref><ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-un-convention-rights-disabled-sounds-something-fascistic-nazi-days Beck: UN Convention on Rights of the Disabled Sounds Like Something 'Fascistic From the Nazi Days'] by Kyle Mantyla (December 3, 2012 4:35 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref>

For the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], Beck endorsed [[Ted Cruz]]<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/23/glenn-beck-endorses-ted-cruz/ Glenn Beck Endorses Cruz, Calls Him the Next George Washington] by Zezima, Katie (January 23, 2016 at 5:26 p.m. EST) ''The Washington Post''.</ref> until Cruz dropped out, and he then endorsed fellow Mormon Evan McMullin — who had no chance of winning.<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/glenn-beck-apologizes-for-donald-trump Glenn Beck Is Very, Very Sorry for Donald Trump] by James Warren et al. (December 9, 2016) ''Vanity Fair''.</ref> Beck criticized [[Donald Trump|Trump]]'s behavior back,<ref>East, Kirsten, [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/glenn-beck-donald-trump-women-abuse-220990 Glenn Beck: Trump 'abuses' women, should grow up] by Kristen East (03/19/2016 11:33 AM EDT) ''Politico''.</ref> and then Trump insulted him personally, as Trump often does. He called ''The Blaze'' a failed newspaper with no future or something like that in a tweet.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171004221928/https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/677339850752806912 .@GlennBeck got fired like a dog by #Fox. The Blaze is failing and he wanted to have me on his show. I said no - because he is irrelevant.] by Donald Trump (8:09 PM - 16 Dec 2015) ''Twitter'' (archived from October 4, 2017).</ref> Then Beck got super-pissy because [[Stopped clock|Trump told the truth for once]], and then got a hate-on for Trump.<ref>[http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/glenn-beck-cheetos-video-trump "Glenn Beck Films Humiliating Video Of Himself Rubbing Face In Cheetos (VIDEO)"] by Katherine Kruger (4/29/16 at 2:18 PM EDT) ''Talking Points Memo''.</ref> Being Beck, though, in December 2015 his dislike appears to have stemmed from a conspiratorial belief that Trump was either a crypto-[[progressive]] or a [[Shill gambit|Clinton plant]] to guarantee Hillary Clinton's electoral victory, probably both.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-becks-newest-conspiracy-theory-donald-trumps-campaign-plot-elect-hillary-clinton "Glenn Becks Newest Conspiracy Theory: Donald Trump's Campaign is a Plot to Elect Hillary Clinton] by Kyle Mantyla (December 1, 2015 3:31 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref> By March 2016, Beck was under Secret Service investigation because he threatened to stab Trump on-air ("If I was close enough and I had a knife. Really. I mean the stabbing just wouldn't stop…"),<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20160410003558/http://gawker.com/glenn-beck-is-under-investigation-for-joking-about-stab-1763071307 Glenn Beck Is Under Investigation for Joking About Stabbing Donald Trump With a Knife] by Melissa Cronin (3/05/16 3:15pm) ''Gawker'' (archived from April 10, 2016).</ref> and comparing Trump to Hitler.<ref>[https://time.com/4248841/glenn-beck-donald-trump-hitler/ Glenn Beck Compares Donald Trump to Hitler] by Melissa Chan (March 6, 2016 11:49 AM EST) ''Time Magazine''.</ref> Honestly, Beck's Hitler analogies were getting tiresome at this point, but at least he was getting closer to the mark. To perhaps no one's surprise, Beck endorsed Hitler-cum-Trump for [[2020 U.S. presidential election|President in 2020]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180601092023/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/19/glenn-beck-dons-maga-hat-ready-for-2020-due-to-med/ Beck dons MAGA hat, expresses disgust for biased media coverage of Trump denouncing MS-13] by Douglas Ernst (May 19, 2018 ) ''The Washington Times'' (archived from June 1, 2018).</ref>

===The Edward R. Murrow of our time===
In early June 2013, he decided to [[Schizophrenia|have a conversation with himself]] (wearing a Boston Bruins cap on the one hand and a bad wig and fake mustache on the other) as both an [[IRS]] agent and White House official in a typically tone-deaf effort at combining humor and political commentary.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130613031555/http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-has-bizarre-conversation-with-himself-complete-with-body-double-wig-and-fake-mustache/ Glenn Beck Has Bizarre Conversation With Himself, Complete With Body Double, Wig, And Fake Mustache] by Andrew Kirell (1:25 pm, June 4th, 2013) ''Mediaite'' (archived from June 13, 2013).</ref>

And after all else fails, Beck's a pretentious git; not only have his trademark blackboards gotten bigger and crazier, but he has costly tastes in microphones; on Fox News, he used two chrome-dipped Blue Kiwi microphones,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090331121413/http://radiomagonline.com/studio_audio/microphones/glenn-beck-chooses-blue-0309/ Glenn Beck Chooses Blue] (Mar 9, 2009 9:53 AM) ''Radio Magazine'' (archived from March 31, 2009). The damn things go for US$2K a piece new; who knows how much the chrome cost…</ref> and he now uses an apparently-vintage RCA ribbon mic, presumably to invoke such trusted voices of the radio past as, say, Charles Coughlin.

On Monday, June 10, 2013, Beck announced that he'd lost his voice due to his 
golden voice being forever stilled
 "vocal chords{{sic}} paralyzed." He did this by holding up a series of cue cards while dramatic music played in the background.<ref>[https://www.rawstory.com/2013/06/glenn-becks-teary-eyed-silent-monologue-my-vocal-chords-sic-are-paralyzed/ Glenn Beck's teary-eyed silent monologue: 'My vocal chords [sic] are paralyzed'] by David Ferguson (June 11, 2013 3:07PM ET) ''Raw Story''.</ref> Unfortunately, he seems to have been talking just fine ever since.

=="Mysterious illness" that "made me look crazy"==
In late 2014, Glenn Beck admitted on ''The Blaze'' to having a neurological illness that's "made [him] look crazy"<ref>[http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/11/glenn-beck-says-illness-made-me-look-crazy.html Glenn Beck Says Mysterious Illness ‘Made Me Look Crazy’] by Caroline Bankoff (Nov. 11, 2014) ''New York Magazine''.</ref> "for years". Apparently, it is so mysterious as to have left his physicians "baffled". "He has had pain and numbness, vocal paralysis, [[sleep]] disorders and, occasionally, seizures so intense he curled into a fetal position. He said he’s cured now"&nbsp;— after such medically approved therapies as "an intense regimen of [[Spiritual warfare|spiritual work]] and fervent [[prayer]]", as well as "electric stimulation to weird gyroscope tests like the astronauts use where they’re flipping you around".<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/11/glenn-becks-dramatic-revelation-hes-been-hiding-a-mysterious-brain-illness/ Glenn Beck’s dramatic revelation: He’s been hiding a mysterious brain illness] by Lindsey Bever (November 11, 2014 at 4:19 a.m. EST) ''The Washington Post''.</ref> Whether or not the Sandra Bullock method, as seen in the overrated film ''Gravity'', is effective in making him look less crazy remains to be seen. At least [[Alcoholics Anonymous|admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery]], right? Also, not everyone bought it, as Beck's "doctor" is a "[[chiropractic]] neurologist", {{wpl|Frederick Carrick|Ted Carrick|,}}<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/11/glenn-beck-mystery-illness-brain Glenn Beck reveals mystery illness and says doctors had to 'reboot' his brain] by Alan Yuhas (11 Nov 2014 13.06 EST) ''The Guardian''.</ref> which is basically [[quackery]].<ref>[https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/chiropractic-neurology/ Chiropractic Neurology] by Steven Novella (November 16, 2011) ''Science-Based Medicine''.</ref>

==I'm not a sensitive artist==
Despite creating paintings showing technical proficiency, and having an art gallery display his work, Beck has claimed that he is not an artist ("I don’t consider myself an artist.").<ref name=artnet/><ref name=benson>[https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/12/23164916/a-dispatch-from-inside-glenn-becks-art-show-park-city-fine-art-painting A dispatch from inside Glenn Beck’s art show: The radio host showed off his oil paintings over the weekend in Park City] by Samuel Benson (Jun 12, 2022, 8:00pm PST) ''Deseret News''.</ref> So since Beck makes art but is not an artist, does that mean that though Beck wrote a book, he is not an author? Is Beck an artist the same way that {{wpl|Jeff Koons}} is an artist, who has employed up to 120 assistants to make his artwork? If that's true, does that mean that Beck uses a ghostwriter(s)? It might explain things. On his art web page, Beck relented and called himself an artist.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230203191324/https://glennbeckart.com/pages/artist-bio Artist Bio] ''Glenn Beck Art'' (archived from February 3, 2023).</ref>

The art ranges from the bizarre to the offensive. For the bizarre, in the painting "Birth of a Champion", German Max Schmeling (who was not a Nazi) defeating [[African American]] boxer {{wpl|Joe Louis}} during the Nazi era: the focus of the painting is entirely on the referee squatting above the prone Louis, apparently laying the final [[Fun:Fart|blow]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221202163657/https://glennbeckart.com/products/birth-of-a-champion Birth of a Champion] ''Glenn Beck Art'' (archived from December 2, 2022).</ref><ref name=benson/> For the offensive:
*Beck depicted [[Jesus]] as a Jewish detainee at a Nazi concentration camp ("Jesus As A German Jew 1944"); in defense of this painting, Beck gave the [[friend argument]] ("I have a lot of Jewish friends")<ref name=benson/> —&nbsp;no word on whether all Beck's Jewish friends are [[Messianic Judaism|messianic Jewish]] or not.
*Perhaps more bizarre than offensive was Beck's "Chinese Jesus"<ref>[https://archive.ph/wip/rCstU Chinese Jesus] ''Glen Beck Art'' (archived from 7 Dec 2023 21:28:01 UTC).</ref>{{efn|No, not that [[Images of Jesus#Jesus in Asia|Chinese Jesus]]}} which was lifted from a 1966 photograph of Chinese Provincial Party Secretary Wang Yilun being criticized by Red Guards during the [[Cultural Revolution]].<ref name=zha>[https://www.nybooks.com/online/2016/01/26/china-surviving-camps-cultural-revolution-memoir/ China: Surviving the Camps] by Zha Jianying (January 26, 2016) ''The New York Review of Books''.</ref> In Beck's version the Chinese Jesus is holding up a signboard that says "神之子" ("Son of God"); in the original photograph, Wang is holding a signboard that says, "反革命修正主义分子 / 王一伦" (counterrevolutionary [[revisionist]] element / Wang Yilun).<ref name=zha/>

Not to be outdone in chutzpah, Beck has also fashioned himself as an art critic (or not), in 2006, he went on a paranoid rant tying a bunch of things he hates (Obama, communism, NBC, the [[Soviet Union]], [[Mussolini]], Standard Oil, [[syphilis]], fascism, the UN) with public art and architecture in [[New York City]]: specifically, The Rockefeller Center and The Statue of Liberty.<ref>[https://www.vulture.com/2009/09/new_york_senior_art_critic_jer.html ''New York'' Challenges Glenn Beck to Art Exhibition] by Jerry Saltz (Sept. 3, 2009) ''New York Vulture''.</ref> — it's the kind of thought process that led to the [[Modern art and architecture#Degenerate art|Nazi Degenerate Art Exhibition]] in [[Nazi Germany]]. Later in 2012, he specifically criticized the artwork of Peter Paul Rubens, Pablo Picasso, Lucien Freud and Jackson Pollock.<ref>[https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/11/30/glenn-beck-art Some Other Art That Glenn Beck Doesn't Like] by Greg Cook (November 30, 2012) ''WBUR''.</ref>

==Stopped clock==
In 2010, Christian conspiracy theorist [[Mark Dice]] mailed some of his garbage to Beck after taking offense to some remarks Beck made about the [[9/11 Truth]] movement.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140731152409/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX8khBJaHCo Mailing my garbage to Glenn Beck] by Mark Dice (Feb 19, 2010) ''YouTube'' (archived from July 31, 2014).</ref> To some surprise, Beck has never endorsed 9/11 conspiracy theories, which has resulted in minimal conflict with other [[cranks]].

He also walked out of ''[[God's Not Dead 2]]'', commenting, "It might feel good to have a movie come out where we get to slap people across the face, but that's not helpful."<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-walked-out-gods-not-dead Glenn Beck Walked Out Of ‘God’s Not Dead’] by Kyle Mantyla (July 28, 2016 3:10 pm) ''Right Wing Watch''.</ref>

On August 12, 2016, giving a speech, Beck came out supporting [[Black Lives Matter]] using [[Black Lives Matter#"All Lives Matter"?|a familiar metaphor]] (albeit with a strange highlight on pie). In an interview the next day, he expressed the need for Americans "to start listening to each other and getting out of our own little [[Other|labeled]] [[Echo chamber|bubbles]]."<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/glenn-beck-s-comments-black-lives-matter-garner-tepid-support-n631451 'All Pies Matter': Glenn Beck Supports #BLM, Gets Shouted Down] by Daniel A. Medina (Aug. 15, 2016) ''NBC News''.</ref>

Beck appears to have had an epiphany inspired by a speech by [[Michelle Obama]] in October 2016 about [[Donald Trump]]'s [[misogynistic]] comments. He revised his views on [[Barack Obama]]'s presidency and a lot of other things:
{{cquote|I'm at a Dadaist time in my life. So much of what I used to believe was either always a sham or has been made into a sham. There's nothing deep.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/14/glenn-beck-tries-out-decency Glenn Beck tries out decency] by Nicholas Schmidle (November 6, 2016) ''The New Yorker''.</ref>}}

This didn't last long, and he quickly returned to the fold after Trump's 2016 presidential victory, expressing support and respect for Trump.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161116011048/https://www.glennbeck.com/2016/11/10/110652 Glenn Pens Letter to Donald Trump, Offers Support] (11/10/2016 | 1:25 PM EST) ''Glenn Beck'' (archived from November 16, 2016).</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20161114031604/https://www.glennbeck.com/2016/11/11/donald-trump-deserves-a-chance-and-our-support Donald Trump Deserves a Chance and Our Support] (11/11/2016 | 1:09 PM EST) ''Glenn Beck'' (archived from November 14, 2016).</ref>

One of his most surprising stopped-clock moments was when he came to the defense of a boy [[bullied]] by his classmates for liking [[My Little Pony]]. Beck spoke against the bullying, offered the kid his support, and invited the boy's family to a meal. This is probably one of the least [[Asshole|assholish]]&nbsp;— and possible even most sincere&nbsp;— things he's ever done.

==Beck vs. frogs==
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==He's never issued a single denial==
[[File:WIPO3.JPG|thumb|right|165px|WIPO Headquarters, where the case was adjudicated: monument to out-Becking Beck]]
As if he wasn't bad enough, he also 
[[rape]]d and murdered a young girl in 1990
 demonstrated just how powerful the [[Streisand effect]] can be.

Do you remember that meme, "Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990"? Beck took the owner of glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090904212159/http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com/ The Official Website About The Controversy: Did Glenn Beck Rape and Murder a Young Girl in 1990?] (archived from September 4, 2009).</ref> to court and lost. See {{wpl|Beck v. Eiland-Hall}} <small>If he ''didn't'' rape and murder a young girl in 1990, why hasn't he denied it yet? Instead, he attempts to muzzle discussion of it? Sounds pretty suspicious to me…</small>

==See also==
{{fun}}
*[[Agenda 21]]
*[[The Blaze]]: Beck's news aggregator 
*[[We Surround Them]]

===Other stunning c…ountry music fans===
*[[David Barton]]
*[[Sean Hannity]]
*[[Rush Limbaugh]]
*[[Chuck Norris]]
*[[Sarah Palin]]
*[[Pat Robertson]]
*[[Paul Ryan]]
*[[W. Cleon Skousen]]

==External links==
*[http://www.glennbeck.com/ Make sure to get a doctor's note]
*[http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-glenn-beck-conspiracy.htm The Glenn Beck Conspiracy Theory Generator], complete with chalkboard
*[http://www.glennbeckunhinged.com/ www.glennbeckunhinged.com] More outrageous quotes
*[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/18/101018fa_fact_wilentz?printable=true Confounding Fathers] by Sean Wilentz
*[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/jun/30/glenn-becks-greatest-hits-and-misses/ Glenn Beck's Greatest Hits (and Misses)] (according to PolitiFact)
*[http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/glenn-beck-fox-news-brain-chart Handy chart of Glenn Beck's brain]

==Notes==
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==References==
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