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Glenn Beck Rises Like A Meteor
The New York Times looks at the phenomenon of Glenn Beck, whose two-month-old FOX News show has caught on fire, now typically drawing 2.3 million viewers.
Beck’s show consists of a combination of “moral lessons, outrage, and an apocalyptic view of the future,” with crying and long stares into the camera mixed in. The Project for Excellence in Journalism likens Beck to Depression-era radio evangelists, “[when] people were frustrated and frightened. There are a lot of scary parallels now.” Prior to being on air at CNN and FOX, Beck’s experience mostly consisted of work as a comedian and FM morning show DJ; he is the first to admit, “I’m not a journalist, I’m just a guy who cares.”
