Beck has a lot of people that love him and take him seriously so the high numbers are probably close. No one should take this as a validation of his ideas. However, it should be taken as an indicator of how well the polished right-wing PR machine is working and give concern that so many people, for whatever reason, are prone to manipulation through confirmation bias.

What bothers me the most is the potential for people like Glenn to use the misinformation effect to impose their own realities into other’s memories. True historical records be damned, people are going to remember the last few years as a horrible time and the fault of certain minority groups. The gains made through the civil rights struggle are now in jeopardy.