Tears of a Clown
Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank takes a fair and balanced look at the unsettling rise of the silly Fox News host Glenn Beck.
Thomas Jefferson famously wrote that “the tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” In America in 2010, Glenn Beck provides the very refreshment Jefferson had in mind: Whether he’s the patriot or the tyrant, he’s definitely full of manure.
The wildly popular Fox News host with three million daily viewers perfectly captures the vitriol of our time and the fact-free state of our political culture. The secret to his success is his willingness to traffic in the fringe conspiracies and…
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October 5, 2010
Dana Milbank is a political columnist for The Washington Post whose work is syndicated nationally. He has also been a contributor to CNN and MSNBC and is the author of the national bestseller Homo Politicus, as well as Tears of a Clown, O Is for Obama, and Smashmouth. He lives in Washington, D.C.
