We know the good, the bad, and the ugly, of all our talk show hosts, rightwing media, blogs, forums, each other, and our pols.
Bingo!
Beck takes on serious subjects with, yes, bombasity, but his style of a serious/silly showman is just that. Beck is not the be-all-end-all and yet he is now not insignificant. While he plays himself as must-watch tv it is obvious that he knows that he is just one (now) heavyweight in a growing movement of center-right media that includes a potpouri of talent from Rush to Laura to Levin to Malkin to Coulter to....etc.
The only significant mistake he made IMO is to flatly say Obama is a racist in such a blunt way. The very same thing could have been said by highlighting Obama's belief in core affirmative action principles and then highlighting those programs/principles as race-based, ie., racist.