The Nutty Professor: The Rise & Fall of Glenn Beck (Update)

Not just an April Fool— he’s good to go 365 days a year. If you want to drink the fear, you must click it. UPDATE (4/6/11) Well, that didn’t take long: Fox News and Glenn Beck announced Wednesday that Beck will “transition off of his daily program” later this year. Apparently, Beck will still be working with Fox to develop …

The Paranoid Stylings Of Glenn Beck

Solange Uwimana over at Media Matters draws our attention to an interesting conjunction between Glenn Beck and the late Richard Hofstadter : The year Glenn Beck was born, Harper’s published an essay by Richard Hofstadter in which the historian explained a “style of mind” common among “extreme right-wingers” of his time. He referred to it as “the paranoid style” for …

Who’s Crazier? (Update)

Separated at birth? One says he’s a “warlock,” that people with normal brains can’t understand him. That he has “tiger blood” and “Adonis DNA.” The other says his people love him, and yet he vows to crush them. That the only reason they resist him is because Al Qaeda is dropping acid in their Nescafe. Color me confused. *Warning: Trying to …

Beware The Beckian Google Monster!

Anyone with experience with cults notice a problem here?

Nazi Yahtzee

Jon Stewart busts one of Rupert Murdoch’s Stepford wives, Megyn Kelly, on Fux News’ use of Nazi comparisons…