Countering the 'Glenn Beck Effect'

[The Straight Story]

Countering the 'Glenn Beck Effect'
Progressive Leaders Say Fox News Anchor Distorts Meaning of 'Social Justice'


Fox News host Glenn Beck has been targeting liberals for years but labor unions and other progressive groups are beginning to fight back.
The controversial Fox News host's comments against some churches provokes anger.

"We are working to counter the Glenn Beck effect and turn anger into action for real change," said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka during a Wednesday speech at Harvard University.

Trumka's speech, which was delivered to Harvard's Institute of Politics, suggested that Beck was one of the forces in the country who is working to "convert justifiable anger about an economy that only seems to work for a few of us into racist and homophobic hate and violence directed at our President and heroes like Congressman John Lewis."

The head of the AFL-CIO is not alone in trying to counter Beck.

Last month, the 2.2-million member Service Employees International Union began pressuring Beck's advertisers to "stop supporting his dangerous brand of crazy."

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