Who is Glenn Beck?

Glenn Beck is far less than intelligent. The only less intelligent are people who believe him. He's an entertainer. He couldn't govern himself out of a wet paper bag. His purpose in life is making millions of dollars by working people over and juiced up with fear, emotion, guilt and racism.

Beck tells people not to believe him, but to do their own fact checking. That means he is not dogmatic in asking people to believe him.

And since he is on the air and can be refuted so easily if wrong, it amazes me how people will attack him, but not his positions or his facts.

Somebody needs to expose what's going on in this country - and Beck's the guy to ferret out hidden agendas.

If you believe that Glenn Beck is a comedian who does not expect to be taken seriously, then you can be forgiven for not calling him what he is: a very serious paranoid who has a scary number of followers who are convinced that he is dead serious.

If he is a comedian, he is the worst comedian in the world.

I am George, but will be seen as anonymous because I choose not to register, not because I'm hiding.

In the vein of previous comments, I too have looked for verification of claims that Beck makes. I have not found a single lie in one of his presentations. Seriously--I would like someone to refute something specifically. Generally, denigrating him does not prove him false. Prove him false.

I seldom watch Glen Beck but racing around the room and scribbling on a blackboard does not constitute a fact!

The effects of hate within a varying cultured community, how those effects, when compiled together, cause mayhem and destruction, and how that mayhem and destruction will ultimately lead to the end of the world.

Going by the history of where hate originated to how common it is today, the anticlimactic “hate-pocalypse” is seemingly inevitable. It does not matter where in the world one may be, hate is an emotion found in every culture. And unfortunately for the world, it is expressed in ways the human population may not be able to handle anymore.

It is understood that every person in America has the right to free speech and expression. It is no secret that people take advantage of those rights. It is also needless to say that these major players, in particular, Glenn Beck, who has taken full advantage of his rights is also many a reason as to why the world is the way it is.

Their influence over a limitless fan base has fueled a fire that has already burned out most of the nation. It is in times like these, when someone else’s opinion becomes a crutch to point out the flaws in our society, that hate grows into a thick rage and sweeps over the nation in waves.

It takes over our airways, our television, our beliefs, and in the end, the human populace is deemed helpless. Hate will be the reason our world, as we know it, becomes obsolete.

Becks' fan base is funny. They see him ranting with a piece of chalk in his hand and never question what comes out of his mouth. "He must be a teacher, maybe if I keep watching I can get a GED." I try watching his shows to understand his social impact, and feel dumber each and every time. He is not a historian. He is not a teacher. He is not a journalist. He is not impartial (or politically neutral) by any means.

How the government is trying to control you? Look people: if Beck wasn't clamoring on years ago about the Patriot Act, a trillion dollar illegal war, the profiteering of Halliburton and Blackwater, and the downward spiral caused by a full on economic attack of our own middle class, then he is not neutral nor a patriot.

wake up, people! why would you want to listen to an ex drug/alcohol addict.

Barack Hussein Obama is a godsend to Mr. Beck. Without the American people electing our President, no one would really care less about Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly, Rove, Morris, Miller and all of the rest.

These Obama bashers who did everything, but they could not serve this nation in the military. Kind of strange eh? The magical chalk board, the crying, the guests on his show (who only agree with him).

I'll admit he has damn good writers and he reads off of the teleprompter with ease. But in all reality Mr. Beck couldn't hold a candle to a real patriot, a real red, white and blue American! Slamming and blaming gets nothing done! Big bucks though! Honest common sense people paying to hear this charlatan talk! Millions of dollars to hear what? nothing! He instructs people to go home and look yourself in the mirror and be truthful to yourself?

Restore honor? Get down on your knees and pray! Follow all of these commands and what do you get? Nothing! Take a pledge! He paid Sarah Palin a hundred thousand to tell intelligent Americans that they are Americans! What a scam! Become a silver member, a gold member, a diamond member on his web site. Only in America.

Glen Beck scares me. He may be speaking the truth or not. It depends on your own perspective. Yes, I do my own research and some I don't have to. I see it with my own eyes that he is so full of it. He is a fear monger. And people like him are just as whacked and are a danger to this country.

Too bad there are so many like this that listen to him and take his word as gospel. And if I hear him say that since he is a recovering alcoholic as a reason for him knowing so much about this world, I am going to send him a six-pack to get him back to the real world.

Good to see that Mormons are stirred up by Beck. it is people such as this who are not facing the truth. just look at their screwy religion. They talk about "pay, pray and obey" but don't "think for yourself". At least Beck can think for himself!

Again, you liberals don't hold a candle to Glenn Beck and other conservative commentators when it comes to the arena of ideas and debate. All you can do is huff and puff and resort to childish name-calling.

You say he is full of lies, half-truths, and distortions. But you never get specific and tell us what he said that is a lie or distortion. Face it - liberal ideology has been a massive failure every every every time it's tried. The USSR was, essentially, an ultra-liberal utopian society and it absolutely killed freedom and individual prosperity. Any society that squashes the individual also destroys itself from within.

Free speech anyone? Don't like, do not watch.

"He doesn't speak for anyone but himself and his grandiose impression of himself is laughable."

Yeah, he's only constantly poking fun of himself.

He is pure entertainment but certainly not intelligent. Racism is rarely intelligent.

Yeah, he quotes Gandhi and MLK Jr., and has dedicated many meaningful hours on his television program to minorities.

It's fun to just say whatever the hell you want, regardless of truth.

Mr. Beck is an actor. He performs in a theatrical manner, offering these facial expressions that might earn him an Oscar, but he is really so stupid when it comes to people.

He doesn't speak for anyone but himself and his grandiose impression of himself is laughable. He is pure entertainment but certainly not intelligent. Racism is rarely intelligent.

I am a Glenn Beck supporter, but I don't have to listen to him to know that this country is going down and fast. People better wake up.

Where is the transparency? Obama says we have to have rules, but who is making them?

The government is supposes to be working for the people, but we are working for the government.

For all the religious folks on here, who gives you the right to judge others and call names and be so mean?

If you haven't found him to be wrong on anything, you aren't really looking.

There are sites dedicated to debunking Glenn Beck, and they have a lot of content. It's good that you guys hope that he is wrong, because he is.

You aren't going to see people debunk him on Fox. Roger Ailes has prohibited personalities from doing that. He claimed it was (paraphrase) "shooting inside the tent from inside of the tent."

Wake up, people.

What I'm afraid of is that what he says may be true. I keep waiting for someone to debunk him and prove him wrong. If they could, they would get to talk on every news network in the country. I would certainly feel better about my children's future if Beck is delusional.

Glenn says on nearly every show, "If I'm wrong, tell me where. I hope I am wrong." He invites government reps to call him and set him right. And over 50 percent of his TV show is just video and audio of what other people have said. And not five second snips, whole statements to show context.

I hope he is wrong also. But I do my own research. I have not caught him in a lie yet. Could one of you post one thing he said that is wrong? Just one?

not so sure that Glenn polarizes anything. funny to see Americans attached to con men: Beck, Madoff, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Glenn Beck is hilarious. His right wing following is just as funny. If there was a god, Glenn and his cronies would not be welcome by her or his family. 23,000,000 a year, drugs, rape -- all sorts of great stuff Glenn may or may not be doing. Have to wonder about all those that find inspiration from Glenn.

I am a Lutheran and I like Glen Beck. All Glen Beck does is broadcast the Dems in their own words and voices on what they have said in the past and then again what they have just said. It is always true and the Dems don't like it when he shows them as the hypocrites that they are.

I am also a member of the LDS Church, and one of the core tenets and requirements of membership is being '..honest with your fellow man...'. Mr. Beck should be excommunicated.

Please, please, please do not think that he speaks for the church, or for LDS people as a whole. His distortions, half-truths, insinuations and outright lies have no place in the life of any LDS person, let alone one with as wide a forum as he has. Mr. Beck, you should be ashamed.

I'm a member of the church of jesus christ of later day saints and feel proud that he is a member also. On evening while talking to my son on the govermenment issues, i asked him why when we are told in the church to study the scriptures, that we read of how history is repeating itself, I said that when in bible times when the people are told of coming danger there is a prophet that comes forth to warn the people so then why hasn't a prophet came forth to remind us of oncoming danger? he said there is. his name is Glenn Beck. just listen to him and he will tell the truth about what is going on with the government and how they are trying to control you.

Btw, I'm a member of this Church and I'm ashamed of having people like him in the Church.