IMHO, Beck’s a snake oil salesman and a nutcase. I base this on his “religious” preference.
He was Catholic, then became Mormon. He claims he deeply researches everything he’s interested in, however I don’t think he spent much time researching his new “faith.”
I think one of his goals is to legitimize Mormonism because he equates this cult with Christianity and people who don’t know the truth about Mormonism believe him.
I used to listen to him about 5 years ago...but stopped when he started pushing his “religion.”
See my #145.