“Four months” later, Beck retracts falsehood that Van Jones was a convicted felon Written by Media Matters Staff Published 12/04/09 5:46 PM EST From the December 4 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck Video file Previously: After repeatedly smearing people with falsehoods, Beck claims “the things that we are saying ... are true” Kurtz notes Beck “trashed” Van Jones while “neglect[ing] to mention” Jones co-founded group leading advertising boycott Beck adds Van Jones, Al Qaeda to conspiracy theory about purpose of New York convicts law