Dec 22 2009
Glenn Beck Named Misinformer of the Year!
Media Matters for America is a Washington, DC based progressive research and information center dedicated to monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the media. And yesterday they named their 2009 Misinformer of the Year: Glenn Beck.
Media Matters made their announcement to give Glenn Beck the presitigious Misinformer of the Year award after analyzing more than 11,000 research items, blog posts, and audio and video clips. Eric Burns, president of Media Matters said, “Each year, Media Matters has the difficult task of determining which media figure has been the most prolific and influential purveyor of conservative misinformation… But this year, our choice was easy. Glenn Beck’s paranoid conspiracy theories, disturbing use of race and race-baiting, and tea party cheerleading made him a shoo-in for Misinformer of the Year for 2009.”
GUEST: Eric Bolhert, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America
For more information, visit www.mediamatters.org.
One Response to “Glenn Beck Named Misinformer of the Year!”
To Sonali Kolhatkar,
At a GLSEN conference in 2000, co-sponsored with the Massachusetts Department of Education, the group landed in hot water when it was revealed that it had included an educational seminar for kids that graphically described some unorthodox sex techniques.
A state official who spoke to teens at the conference said:
“Fisting (forcing one’s entire hand into another person’s rectum or vagina) often gets a bad rap….[It’s] an experience of letting somebody into your body that you want to be that close and intimate with…[and] to put you into an exploratory mode.” What are you up to this weekend, Sonali
Eric Boehlert