When I mentioned Beck’s name to several Fox reporters, personalities and staff members, it reliably elicited either a sigh or an eye roll. Several Fox News journalists have complained that Beck’s antics are embarrassing Fox, that his inflammatory rhetoric makes it difficult for the network to present itself as a legitimate news outlet. Fearful that Beck was becoming the perceived face of Fox News, some network insiders leaked their dissatisfaction in March to The Washington Post’s media critic, Howard Kurtz, a highly unusually breach at a place where complaints of internal strains rarely go public.

Fox on the Rocks: Glenn Beck Despised by Network President, Other Employees

Vanity Fair via NYTimes

Here’s another interesting nugget found in this article: Beck was admitted to Yale in his mid-20s thanks to a recommendation letter from Senator Joe Lieberman.


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