Glenn Beck Under Fire

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Glenn Beck's 8/28 rally: The fallout

After all the hype and the headlines, what did the Fox News host's 'Restoring Honor' event accomplish?  

Fox News personality Glenn Beck speaks during the 'Restoring Honor' rally on August 28, 2010 in Washington, DC.

Glenn Beck fans flooded Washington D.C. on Saturday for the Fox News host's "Restoring Honor" event. Despite critics' concerns in the days leading up to the boldly hyped rally, the event saw neither placard-waving rightwing extremists nor racially charged counterprotests... More

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Glenn Beck's 'insanely melodramatic' 8/28 rally commercial

Beck's ebulliently patriotic ad promoting his "Restoring Honor" rally is earning both jeers and cheers

Glenn Beck is hosting a rally in Washington this weekend predicted to draw over 100,000 people.

The video: Glenn Beck, the conservative-leaning Fox News host, is set to take Washington D.C. by storm this weekend with his "Restoring Honor" rally. Though the event, held on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, has drawn criticism... More

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The Glenn Beck parking lot debacle

More than 50 Glenn Beck fans had their cars towed from a University of Central Florida parking lot. Who would do such a thing?

Glenn Beck.

According to local news reports, dozens of people who drove to see Fox News host Glenn Beck speak at the University of Central Florida over the weekend and parked in a lot designated by large signs as "event parking" had their cars towed. At least 53 speech attendees... More

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Cameron vs Beck: The blogs take sides

Commentators are rushing to weigh in on the spat between the Avatar director and the revered Fox host

Talk show host Glenn Beck.

Perhaps inevitably, James Cameron's feud with Glenn Beck has split the blogosphere. The spat began when Cameron slammed Beck for "denying" global warming and for calling the director the "Antichrist." In response, Beck mocked Cameron's eco-crusade on-air, dismissing... More

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Glenn Beck vs. the Census

Beck has denounced the Census as a form of "slavery" the Feds impose upon Americans — prompting mockery from  TV satirist Stephen Colbert

Talk show host Glenn Beck.

Glenn Beck has a message for Americans who are dutifully filling out 2010 Census forms: Stop. Beck told his Fox News audience that participating in the Census is a form of modern-day "slavery." Sharing personal information with the government, he says, increases... More

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Christians vs. Glenn Beck

After Beck told Americans to shun churches that preach "social justice," Christian leaders are urging their faithful to shun the Fox News host

Glenn Beck.

After urging his radio-show listeners to "run as fast as you can" from churches preaching "social or economic justice" — a term he called "code" for Nazist or Communist ideology — Fox News' Glenn Beck has become persona non grata for a diverse list... More

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