The Strange Universe of Glenn Beck TV

In the June issue of The Atlantic, James Parker explores the conservative icon's online television network, GBTV:

There’s “news” and opinion and, inevitably, hours of the maestro himself, on the mic, talking to the camera, rolling and wallowing in airtime like a basking seal. Only Glenn Beck can do what Glenn Beck does.

Here, Parker narrates a few choice scenes, from earnest Beckian diatribes to a lighthearted science show for kids.