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NNN0LHI

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Tue Feb 21, 2012, 09:24 AM Feb 2012

WashingtonPost.com Gives Glenn Beck A Platform

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201202200002

February 20, 2012 1:46 pm ET by Matt Gertz

On February 19, WashingtonPost.com's On Faith section published a guest column by Glenn Beck in which the former Fox News host attacked President Obama for his announcement that under health care reform, women will have access to health care plans that cover contraception at no additional cost and declared, "we are all Catholics now."

WashingtonPost.com's decision to grant Beck a platform as part of their "conversation on Religion and Politics" comes in spite of Beck's repeated condemnation by Jewish groups for offensive comments, as well as his history of violent rhetoric.

On Friday, Fox host Chris Wallace acknowledged that Beck had gone "over the line in some of the things he said" during his tenure at that network.

In his piece, Beck stated:

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WashingtonPost.com Gives Glenn Beck A Platform (Original Post) NNN0LHI Feb 2012 OP
He's been in the wilderness for a while now. I'm sure he's probably got an awesome beard. Erose999 Feb 2012 #1
"my mission is to fight Progressivism" riverwalker Feb 2012 #2

riverwalker

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2. "my mission is to fight Progressivism"
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 10:21 AM
Feb 2012

is what Beck says on a radio commercial for his radio show.
Is "progressivism" was even a real word? If so are we "progressivists"?
Only if you speak Beckian.

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