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Watching Glenn Beck's show is like watching The Colbert Report without the laugh track. His claims are so absurd that you wonder if on some level he knows that what he's saying is bullshit.
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I would like to say of course he knows it's bullshit, just as I suspect every single psychic on TV does, but every time I look at him I get a little thrill of worry that he might actually believe what he says. Either way he says his stuff and gets paid, nutjobs get validation and everyone else gets something to laugh at. And his mad, tiny eyes stare on, squinting at the world like malevolent raisins in a doughy bun.
Mind you, at least you Americans have Beck, we don't really have an equivalent over here in the UK, at least not on his level. There's Richard Littlejohn, but he tends to work towards his hate-induced stroke by writing for the tabloids. Jeremy Kyle? Does shouting at glassy-eyed chavs count? What about George Galloway, the man who perfectly illustrates what happens when God wants to make a person, but only has two eyes, some hair and a perineum left in the toolbox at the time? The UK news scene needs a Glenn Beck!
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The above is worded badly, sorry - I don't think Beck is a psychic, just that he and they have certain "they must know this is bullshit" aspects in common.
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