Beck's latest conspiracy theory: Council on Foreign Relations helped control journalism
January 29, 2010 6:16 pm ET
From the January 29 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:
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You buy them books, and buy them books, and all they do is eat the covers.
Again, he's dropping the German/Woodrow Wilson/elitist/CBS/Lippmann free association. The majority of what he said is factually and historically untrue. Wilson did ask Lippmann for some help and he did attend the meeting regarding the Treaty of Versailles. The CBS/Lippmann thing is pretty much made up. He reported some on Cronkite's show in the 60s, but Lippmann was a print journalist . . . don't think he had anything to do with the creation of CBS. [He may have invested in it, but he wasn't responsible for its creation.] Not that it matters.
He's an absolute jerk.
He hates Academics... those who study and pursue the truth.
He hates Scientist, who dedicate their lives to the discovery of world around them.
Beck doesn't like people who knows more then he does, which means he holds a disdain for the majority of the people around him.
CFR's mission is to be “a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.” CFR aims to maintain a diverse membership, including special programs to promote interest and develop expertise in the next generation of foreign policy leaders.
It was created as a tool to promote world peace. Something Woodrow Wilson used so he can try to set up the League of Nations, but that was shot down. By who???? Republicans!