# Glenn Beck is a carny, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-a-carny-right/561344 "2010-11-20T17:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-a-carny-right/561344/1 "2010-11-20T17:15:13Z")
I’m going to start this with the preconceived notion that Glenn Beck is a bit, um, over the top. And, admittedly, most of what I’ve seen of him has probably been a greatest hits composition of his nuttier nuttery. It’s possible that the bits of the show that I haven’t seen are well reasoned and thoughtful. However, I’ve seen enough that is paranoid and insane to say that nomatter how much of the other stuff is sane, it is undone by the rest of it. That said, I have a hard time believing for a second that this guy really believes what he is spewing out. Sure, Limbaugh and O’Reilly probably play over the top with their actual beliefs and overplay the blowhard aspect for ratings. But, Beck, I don’t think cares what he is actually saying, as long as the people are tuning in. If his ratings start to fall, I think he would do a face turn, and go the other way with his beliefs to keep them up. To me, it’s not that he is a carny, it’s that he is so obviously a carny. Am I missing something? Is he genuinely crazy? Does he really believe this stuff? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-is-a-carny-right/561344)._