Beck: “I don't buy gold as an investment ... I buy it as insurance” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 09/01/10 5:50 PM EDT From the September 1 edition of Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck: Video file Previously: Beck on Goldline: “For political reasons they were smeared,” “because they were standing with me” Beck: If you “put your faith” in God, “I ask you to look at gold” Beck suggests gold investment as solution to deflation and hyper-inflation, then asks, “Will gold even be legal?”