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Overview

Who is this guy and why are people listening?

Forget Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, and Sean Hannity—Glenn Beck is the Right’s new media darling and the unofficial leader of the conservative grassroots. Lampooned by the Left and Lionized by the far Right, his bluster-and-tears brand of political commentary has commandeered attention on both sides of the aisle.

Glenn Beck has emerged over the last decade as a unique and bizarre conservative icon for the new century. He encourages his listeners to embrace a cynical paranoia that slides easily into a fantasyland filled with enemies that do not exist and solutions that are incoherent, at best. Since the election of President Barack Obama, Beck’s bombastic, conspiratorial, and often viciously personal approach to political combat has made him one of the most controversial figures in the history of American broadcasting.

In Common Nonsense, investigative reporter Alexander Zaitchik explores Beck's strange brew of ratings lust, boundless ego, conspiratorial hard-right politics, and gimmicky morning-radio entertainment chops.

  • Separates the facts from the fiction, following Beck from his troubled childhood to his recent rise to the top of the conservative media heap
  • Zaitchik's recent three-part series in Salon caused so much buzz, Beck felt the need to attack it on his show
  • Based on Zaitchik's interviews with former Beck coworkers and review of countless Beck writings and television and radio shows
  • Explains why Beck is always crying, why he has so many conservative enemies, why he's driven by conspiracy theories, and why he's dangerous to the health of the republic
  • A contributing writer to Alternet, Zaitchik's reporting has appeared in the New Republic, the Nation, Salon, Wired, Reason, and the Believer

Beck, a perverse and high-impact media spectacle, has emerged as a leader in a conservative protest movement that raises troubling questions about the future of American politics.

  • Alexander Zaitchik
    Alexander Zaitchik  

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470557396
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 5/24/2010
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 888,333
  • Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK is a freelance journalist and contributing writer at AlterNet.org. His writing has appeared in the New Republic, the Nation, Salon, Wired, Reason, and the Believer. He lives in Brooklyn.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Man with the Plan.

1 Portrait of a Young Deejay.

2 Last Stop on the Top 40 Train.

3 The Luckiest Loudmouth in Tampa.

4 It’s Always about Glenn.

5 This Is CNN?

6 A Rodeo Clown Goes Large.

7 Beck Unbound.

8 False Victory.

9 "A Deep-Seated Hatred for . . . the White Culture ". 

10 ACORN.

11 Brother Beck Presents: Mormon Masterpiece Theater.

12 The Ghost of Cleon Skousen.

13 The 9.12 Project.

Epilogue: The Bullet Train and the Rocking Chair.

Acknowledgments.

Notes. 

Index.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 3, 2010

    Surprisingly fascinating

    I had pretty low expectations for this book, expecting nothing but name calling. But it turned out to be full of rich information about media, conservative politics, and the man Glenn Beck. I don't think I'll ever watch his show the same way again.

    16 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 30, 2010

    A Joke

    This book is a joke, and is full of lies. Maybe thats why its collectimg dust on the shelves.

    6 out of 20 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 1, 2010

    Waste of money

    Poorly organized, the "facts" were more opinion than anything, I was hoping for more and was left.... bored.

    5 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 1, 2011

    Just Another Liberal Hatchet Job

    Just another attack by the left on someone who doesn't agree with their socialist vision of America.

    3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 2, 2011

    Name calling

    I did not buy the book, but if the rest of the book is like the sample it is just the leftist version of what the author says beck does. He says Beck just plays on peoples hate and fear for personal gain. This would be more convincing if there was less name calling and if the book was free. Always interested to hear other view points and I dont always agree with what beck says, but this was far from anything other than name calling for profit.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted August 10, 2010

    Balanced look at Glenn Beck the main

    Alexander Zaitchik has written a well-researched and thoughtful book about the conservative media superstar Glenn Beck.
    He traces Glenn Beck's life from his early days growing up in Mount Vernon, Washington to his time as a Top 40 disc jockey at various radio stations around the country to his eventual rise as a conservative pundit and multi-media personality.
    Mr. Zaitchik interviews a number of people who worked with Beck as he rose through the media ranks. Some have positive things to say about him; others have less than positive memories of him.
    Readers will discover, for instance, Glenn Beck sported a pony-tail during his Top 40 radio days, dressed as a banana for a publicity stunt, and loved to snort cocaine.
    Anyone who is interested in learning more about Glenn Beck will find this book illuminating.

    2 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 26, 2012

    Another liberal activist dressed up as a writer trying to prove how ignorant conservatives are.

    Not only does he try to save us from ourselves but also twists and manipulates facts to prove his pointless views and arguments. Again another right wing zealot that tries to convince us that we are to stupid or ignorant to think and thus shouldn't even have the right to vote. Not surprisingly again us conservatives are all painted as ignorants or racists.

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