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The Glenn Beck story: the tail end

The Glenn Beck story: the tail end

By on November 12, 2009 in Blog, Opinion

A few weeks ago, I blogged about the Glenn Beck story, where an internet prankster satirised ultra-conservative US pundit Glenn Beck (a kind of super-Bolt). The prankster, Isaac Eiland-Hall, registered a website, which called on Beck to prove that he did not sexually assault and murder a young girl in 1990. The site was a [...]

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Upping the ante: Glenn Beck and the limits of satire

By on October 16, 2009 in Blog, Politics

I’ve heard Glenn Beck described as the super Andrew Bolt. He’s an ultra conservative in the US, who has a show on the Fox Network devoted – it seems – almost entirely to attacking the Democrats and Obama. His particular tactic is to make controversial (racist, offensive, etc) statements in the form of a question [...]

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