This essay tempts to penetrate the red, white and blue Halloween mask worn by Glenn Beck wherein he pretends to advocate for a free press while working to suppress freedom of the press in favor of the elite corporatist media for which he is a paid mouthpiece and advocate.
Additionally we know Glenn Beck is really not a professional reporter. He admitted this several times.
In September 2009 when Katie Couric interviewed him:
"I'm not a journalist," Beck said. "I'm an opinion guy."
Source: http://www.katu.com/...
No matter what your political affiliation is, everyone has a opinion. So what?If he claims he's not a real journalist then why is he appearing on a televise news network? Who needs real journalism anyway when you can be entertained!
That is what American TV journalism has been transformed into: opinions, sound bites & infotainment. It's truly a disservice to the profession of journalism to have TV news networks that are willing to do anything to get ratings. Willing to stoop so low as to provide this amateur his own show when it's clear that he is not providing real journalism to the masses who need real information.
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