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The Daily Doubter (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... echoes theirs so closely that it is rapidly becoming an important recruiting tool for them. Alexander Zaitchik explored this recently for Salon , examining what white supremacists themselves say about Beck, with illustrations culled from the Stormfront.org discussion forums This comes as no surprise, given how much Beck's conspiracy theories structurally resemble traditional anti-Semitic...
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Say Anything (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... of wallowing in filth in order to make a point, even for them. A writer over at Salon.com, one Alexander Zaitchik, decided to see just how much Beck is empowering the racists in this country (that is, the white racists) in this country so here’s what he did by way of research: I decided to reach out to Don Black, the avowed white nationalist who runs the Web site Stormfront.org,...
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News Hounds (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
It may be time to plaster a photo of Glenn Beck next to a photo of Chairman Mao. Because the two seem to be in bed together. As Alexander Zaitchik writes in AlterNet, Beck has tweeted about the "AMAZING" care he has received from doctors and nurses treating him in the hospital since the emergency removal of his appendix earlier in the week. Zaitchik also notes, "It's...
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Osborne Ink (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Glenn Beck was hospitalized with appendicitis on Wednesday. Thursday, he tweeted praise for his " AMAZING drs/nurses" -- even though the nursing staff are members of a union Beck despises. Alexander Zaitchik explains at Alternet: The quality of care he is receiving should not have come as a surprise. When Beck complained of acute abdominal pain during his radio program on Wednesday,...
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Think Progress (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... Beck said last month. In recent days, Beck has been hospitalized for appendicitis. As Alternet’s Alexander Zaitchik points out, the staff treating the ailing pundit is likely under the auspices of SEIU nurses: The security-conscious Beck has not disclosed the name of the facility, but it’s a safe bet that it is staffed by proud members of a storied union: New York’s Local 1199, aka...
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Alternet (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... 2009 kick-off of the declared Skousen’s book to be "divinely inspired." In a recent for Salon.com, Alexander Zaitchik suggested that Beck "rescued [Skousen] from the remainder pile of history." But Cleon Skousen was never remaindered among the most politically conservative Mormons, for whom he has been a household name since the 1960s.
