On his Fox News show tonight, Glenn Beck discussed the forced resignation of former Tea Party Express leader Mark Williams and admitted to Tea Party Express Chair Amy Kremer that he is “a recovering shock jock.” He then condemned some of Williams' remarks, claiming: “In my wildest dreams, I would never have said that Allah is a 'monkey god' or all Muslims are animals or we should repeal the 13th or 14th amendment.”

While Beck was surely right in condemning William's explosive rhetoric, to claim that he himself is “a recovering shock jock” and then suggest that he has walked away from the format is pure fantasy.

Earlier this month, Beck decried Six Flags' “Muslim Day,” comparing it to having “Japanese Day” after Pearl Harbor. In shock as to why any Muslim would participate in the event, Beck asked: “Wouldn't your wife say, 'We are not going to the -- that's in poor taste. It's a day after 9-11.' ”

And indeed, Beck has a long history of pushing inflammatory and often violent rhetoric. He has suggested that President Obama is trying to “destroy the country,” declared that "[m]y tax dollars, your tax dollars" are “going to fund the murder of children,” and even called Obama a “racist” with a “deep-seated hatred for white people.”

It's clear that Beck is not a “recovering shock jock,” but a purveyor of incendiary comments that are all too characteristic of the right-wing media.