Glenn Beck: There is a conspiracy to label me a conspiracy theorist

There exists a "concentrated effort to label me a conspiracy theorist," says Beck

Published May 28, 2013 8:34PM (EDT)

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Glenn Beck has a theory that there is a conspiracy to label Glenn Beck a conspiracy theorist.

In a monologue spent puzzling over why the media has accused him of being a conspiracy theorist, Beck mused: "The media has their own agenda; the media goes for it. And if the media has a story line it just writes it in. Currently the story line is: conspiracy theorist. Now why? Why would that be the agenda item now? Why is it a concentrated effort now to label me a conspiracy theorist?"

Beck answered his own question with, naturally, a self-aggrandizing conspiracy theory involving Cass Sunstein:

h/t Right Wing Watch


By Katie McDonough

Katie McDonough is Salon's politics writer, focusing on gender, sexuality and reproductive justice. Follow her on Twitter @kmcdonovgh or email her at kmcdonough@salon.com.

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