I DVR every show because I am not available when he comes on at 5 p.m. And, there are very few shows I do not watch all the way through. Our cultural institutions are government, academic, religious, media and family and the well-being of our society is dependent upon the morality, integrity and honesty of those institutions. Beck is the whistle blower the corrupt in America and around the world cannot contain..The research his people do is impeccable. They vet everything..How I wish our government would follow that trend and begin with a thorough vetting of the President, his Czars, and of all his appointments.
Yep, Beck and his people do their homework. Of all the radio, or TV personalities, Beck seems to do the most research.
His emotionalism doesn't bother me one bit. I've been listening since 2000 (he was our local afternoon guy) and he has gotten more serious, but that's because he's become better informed. And with more information comes more accountability. I think he feels that deeply.
He's always been a crier, it's just that now there is more to "cry" about.
That is something that impresses me. There amount of research he has to do for a single show is tremendous. Its one thing for me to shoot off my mouth, based on some hints I've picked up here or there on the internet. Its another thing altogether when you have to be right or be sued.
He has done research into this administration that no one in the straight press has done even to this day, which means he has not been able to do what most talk show hosts do, which is simply comment on the straight press. He has sailed right past them.
And he comments on events in history that some of us know (if you're old and educated before) and some of us don't know. I've heard him make mistakes from time to time but usually minor and usually not germane. I wrote him on one mistake and a few days later he did a program correcting himself (with the amount of research necessary, I know I'm not responsible, but I like to kid myself that I am...)
"Broke" is an excellent book. He has pulled together information into one place that no one else has attempted to do. He obviously had a large staff working on that one too, what did he say, 90 people? And it shows.
Is Beck "perfect"? No one is. But he is doing work no one else is doing, and taking on people most of the other talk show folks never even heard of. And doing it successfully.