New Yorker, November 16, 2009
By Nancy Franklin

Glenn Beck's negative, regressive take on politics is expressed with outrage, smiley sarcasm, and, occasionally, a display of hurt, even tears. He's very effective at putting himself over, but it's unclear why he has been so effective at rallying people -- and also unclear, for all his bluster, what it is, exactly, that he wants them to do, beyond keep on watching and listening to him and buying his books.

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