Glen Beck entire persona is all an act and sadly millions have bought into it and made him VERY rich. His former studio engineer called into the "Opie and Anthony" show a while back and talked about how he worked for Beck when he was just your average radio disc jockey. He said that Beck quickly realized that political talk radio was where the money was and set out to create a conservative radio persona for himself. He said, in reality, up to that point Beck was just about the most politically disinterested person he knew and never expressed any real political views one way or the other, publically or privately, and was only interested in making money.
I’d be interested to know how many Blaze TV subscribers Beck’s lost since his attacks on Bundy and his supporters.
Well, that story may be half right. Lots of people take an interest in politics at a late age when they get some sort of wake-up call. Beck is pretty open about his former drug use and alcoholism. People change. Are there some con artists in this business? Yes, I believe so, but don’t think Beck is one of them.
It’s also possible that he set in motion things and people that were better than he himself is. Once in a great while this happens.