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Glenn Beck's Absurd Jerusalem Rally: Why Religious Conservatives Are Obsessed With Israel

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 18, 2011.

Beck's newfound adoration for Israel may seem comical, but it represents a convergence of right-wing ideologies that is in fact quite dangerous.

10 Reasons Fox News Is Just as Awful with or Without Glenn Beck

Mark Howard, AlterNet. April 10, 2011.

Fox earned its nefarious reputation long before Beck arrived and there is every indication it will remain long after he’s gone.

Like Glenn Beck, Maine Gov LePage Rails Against "Communist" Artwork

Peter Dreier, Huffington Post. April 1, 2011.

The kulturkampf against working people.

Will Republican Voters Believe Anything? The Right's Hyperbolic, Dysfunctional World

Gary Younge, Comment Is Free. March 28, 2011.

To have credibility within the Republican party is to have none outside it. They act as if all their Kool-Aid has been spiked.

Scary: People Who Watch and Trust Fox News Will Surprise You

Ilyse Hogue, The Guardian. March 14, 2011.

One in four Americans believes "most or all" of what's said on Fox News, despite Fox's fabrication of everything from death panels to Climategate.

Why Glenn Beck's Paranoid Theories of Social Collapse Are a Real Threat to American Democracy

Frances Fox Piven, Comment Is Free. February 10, 2011.

Beck's paranoid theories are flourishing because of serious troubles in our democracy.

Anti-immigrant Leader Compares His Work to That of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jill Garvey, Imagine 2050. January 25, 2011.

It’s downright inconceivable that Dr. King would have received the support of white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

Hate and Violence Are Encoded in the DNA of the American Right

Arun Gupta, AlterNet. January 12, 2011.

The Right foments group resentment in increasingly apocalyptic terms, to people in need of easy answers in an era of widespread joblessness and uncertainty.

Progressive NGO IPS Counter-Punches Attack Dog Beck in the Gut

Karen Dolan, AlterNet. November 18, 2010.

Beck can scapegoat all he wants, but the Institute for Policy Studies and other independent organizations will continue to fight the good fight.

Clearing Up the Truth on Glenn Beck's Nazi Obsession and Repulsive Anti-Semitism

Simon Greer, AlterNet. November 13, 2010.

Fabricating a story about Soros' childhood involvement in the seizure of Jewish property under the Nazis is a major escalation by Fox's Beck.

Why Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh Should Stop Exploiting Their Addictions for Petty Theatrics

Jonathan M. Metzl, Beacon Broadside. March 24, 2010.

Right-wingers craft the angry, white, male addict in remission as the embodiment of a new American conservative ideal. They're way off base.

Is Glenn Beck Just Paranoid, or Is Sarah Palin Really Trying to Steal His Show?

Oliver Willis, Oliver Willis.com AlterNet: Media and Technology. January 20, 2010.

This is fun.

Palin and Beck: Stupid in Stereo

Simon Maloy, Media Matters for America AlterNet: PEEK. January 14, 2010.

I'm speechless that two people who are so woefully and determinedly uninformed have such an impact on the national discourse.

Why It's Essential to Pass the Health Care Bill, Then Improve It

Peter Dreier, AlterNet. December 28, 2009.

Progressives take heed: Killing a bill that could save thousands is not good politics; it's like stealing food from the mouths of hungry children.

Glenn Beck's Year of Wild Conspiracies, Paranoid Delusions and Cynical Lies

* Staff, Media Matters for America. December 22, 2009.

Beck's unbridled ignorance and confidence in his own manipulative half-truths and lies make him the most dangerously effective misinformer of 2009.

Year in Review: 2009 Right-Wing Lie Machine Amped Up the Obama Madness (VIDEO)

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 18, 2009.

Obama Derangement Syndrome comes from the top-down.

Glenn Beck Defends Founding Fathers' Decision to Count African-Americans as Three-Fifths of a Person

Alex Seitz-Wald, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 16, 2009.

Just when you thought he couldn't reach a new low...

Harlem Gospel Choir Pulls Out of Glenn Beck Event

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. December 1, 2009.

Who wants to be caught on the wrong side of Beck?

Glenn Beck Dividing U.S. into 7 Parts ... Will Offer Americans Right-Wing Education

Staff, Media Matters for America AlterNet: Video. November 23, 2009.

9/12 movement spreads its pernicious tentacles.

Jon Stewart Gets Teary-Eyed Over the Plight of Glenn Beck's Internal Organs

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 6, 2009.

He's been doing some reading lately.

The Great GOP Purge

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 2, 2009.

Right-wing nihilists are deliberately driving moderates from the party ranks.

Glenn Beck Peddles Populism for Rich Guys

Brad Reed, Commonweal Institute. October 31, 2009.

The Fox News shock jock weaves a tale of wealthy elites who are victims of tyrannical government hell-bent on taking their hard-earned money.