Posted on 11/24/2009 7:10:55 PM PST by Steelfish
Opinion Who's Watching Glenn Beck?
Much like the Depression-era demagogue Father Charles Coughlin, the Fox News personality is promoting a mass movement. Should his bosses be pulling the plug?
By Tim Rutten November 24, 2009
For nearly a century, the Anti-Defamation League has stared unflinchingly into the dark corners of America's social psyche -- the places where combustible tendencies such as hatred and paranoia pool and, sometimes, burst into flame.
As a Jewish organization, the ADL's first preoccupation naturally was anti-Semitism, but in the last few decades it has extended its scrutiny to the whole range of bigoted malevolence -- white supremacy, the militia movement, neo-nativism and conspiratorial fantasies in all of their improbable permutations. These days, the organization's research is characterized by the sense of proportion and sobriety that long experience brings.
That makes its recent report on the extremist groups and propagandists that have emerged since President Obama's election -- "Rage Grows In America: Anti-Government Conspiracies" -- particularly notable. For the first time in living memory, the ADL is sounding the alarm about a mainstream media personality: Fox News' Glenn Beck, who also hosts a popular radio show.
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THE ADL stands for All Democratic Liberals. Not the ADL I used to work with.
Foxman is a fool and a KAPO.
The ADL is the liberal Jewish version of Father Coughlin.
See my tag line. Liberals grow angry when confronted by truth.
The ADL is a uber liberal group - and the only “paranoia” they seem to be able to find in on the right. They “missed” weatherman groups and Bill Ayers and his wife types... Missed all of ‘em.
As if the GOP needed help? Man that's a hoot!
If liberal outlets like the LA-Slimes want Glen Beck shut down then FOX is doing exactly what they should be. What we NEED them to do.
Way to go FOX.... Give em’ hell Glen.
They believe in free speech - but only for themselves.
If the LA Times doesn’t get welfare, they’re through.
The ADL is just another Communist front group like ACORN. Only even more dangerous. It’s one of the many 5th collumns leftists go to for work when they come out of their indoctrination camps.
LA Times? What’s that?
“bigoted malevolence”
So, now, spirited debate and positions clearly in opposition to those of the anointed one and the 0bamaroids are ‘bigoted malevolence”? Fine. I’ll take that. Bigoted against the anti-Constitutionalists in the government? Yep. And, I always will be.
It’s time to take back the country.
I thought that was the LA Slimes.
I ALWAYS make it a point to send back their postage paid envelopes when they BEG for subscriptions about ten times a year.
Louisianan Times?
I am watching Beck and I believe most of what he says. Actually, he says what I am thinking, much like Limbaugh. And that must scare the hell out of the socialists who are in control!!!!!
I receive phone calls to subscribe to LA Times for I live in area. I tell them no- their newspaper is to liberal for my family.
And you guess right-— my family all listen to Glenn every day- we love him & his views.
I have learned more from Beck then going to school for years.
The LA Times is extremely liberal but the editorial page makes the rest of the paper look conservative. To give you an idea about the paper for a short time they added Mallard Filmore but they quickly dropped it saying it was too political for the comic page and not suitable for the editorial page leaving Dunesbury, La Curcaracha and one other liberal strip (not counting Prickly City) which are all very political and of course very liberal on the comic pages.
Glad to hear it. I'll be looking forward to their unflinching commentary on the social psyche behind this beating death of a white college student:
Local College Student Dies After Brutal Attack 22 November 2009
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