A Big Nut's Coronation

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Like Rush Limbaugh, like Sean Hannity, like Bill O'Reilly, like Ann Coulter -- it's 99.44% shtick. Very lucrative shtick.

Without mentioning how his act has lined his pockets, Beck even seems to admit as much: I say on the air all time, ‘if you take what I say as gospel, you’re an idiot.'

But then I don't have much confidence in the critical thinking skills of his core audience.