and I am looking for anything that can show my Son what this person really is.............
http://mediamatters.org/items/200601200013Glenn Beck
Philadelphia-based radio host Glenn Beck began his radio career at 13 after winning a radio station contest. He worked for several years as a disc jockey and entered the world of talk radio in 2001. His show, The Glenn Beck Program, is currently syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks to nearly 200 stations nationwide as well as XM Satellite Radio's America Right.
Beck has said that after he began his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, he was baptized as a Mormon in 2000 and launched his talk show, which started on Tampa, Florida's, WFLA-AM in 2001. Premiere Radio picked up the show in 2002.
Beck does not identify himself as a Republican, but he vocally supports the Bush administration. He also supports the Iraq war (he held a series of rallies in 2003 to support the invasion of Iraq), opposes abortion rights, and opposes raising the minimum wage. He has been critical of the entertainment industry, especially television shows that feature gay characters.
Beck is the author of The Real America: Messages from the Heart and Heartland (Pocket Books, 2003) and publishes Fusion magazine, which Beck's website says includes "the latest perspective on what is happening in our world, coupled with my personal thoughts as a 'work in progress' as well as cutting edge comedy and satire."
CNN Headline News hired Beck for a prime-time program that began in May 2006.
On blaming victims, especially vocal ones
"I find this guy
despicable. Everything in me says that. The want to be a better person today than I was yesterday says he's a dad, he's grieving, but I don't buy that. I'm sorry, I don't buy it. I think he is grieving, but I think he's a scumbag as well. I don't like this guy at all." <5/14/04>
"But the second thought I had when I saw these people , and they had to shut down the Astrodome and lock it down, I thought: I didn't think I could hate victims faster than the 9-11 victims." <9/9/05>
On killing filmmaker Michael Moore
"I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out -- is this wrong?" <5/17/05>
On anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan as a prostitute
"Who's a bigger prostitute? Heidi Fleiss or Terrell Owens? Who's the person out there -- who's the bigger prostitute: Heidi Fleiss or Howard Dean? No, not even Howard Dean. John Kerry . Who's the bigger prostitute? Who'll do anything for power or money? I mean, at least Heidi Fleiss -- this is saying something -- at least Heidi Fleiss will admit to being a prostitute. You know what I mean? At least she'll say, 'Hey, I'm doing it for cash.' ... Cindy Sheehan. That's a pretty big prostitute there, you know what I mean?" <1/10/06>
On supporting torture
"f I'm an interrogator, and they say, 'I read in your papers that you cannot torture me,' I'll say, 'Yeah, you know, you saw another thing in the papers, you saw pictures of people being tortured. And I just want you to look around, little, uh, Habib, here, I want you to look around the room. Notice one thing is missing, and that's called a camera.' " <6/23/04>
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