On his Nov. 12, telecast last week, Glenn Beck focused his program on the U.S. military. ("American Heroes.") In fact, his entire in-studio audience was made up of West Point cadets. During the telecast, Beck often took time out to extol the men and women who serve, to stress how much their service means to him, and to lament the lack of recognition they receive [emphasis added]:

But not a lot of attention is given to them and not a lot of thanks is given to them for what they do for us here at home. Brave men and women, they do so many things in our basic -- in our basic lives every single day -- I don't think most of us even realize. You will now.

At the time that struck me as rather disingenuous, simply because I don't recall Beck dedicating lots of shows during the year to the military. If our servicemen and women mean so much to Beck why doesn't he routinely set aside time on his television program to address issues that effect them?

My skepticism was confirmed this week because to date, Beck has made no mention of the Medal of Honor that President Obama awarded to Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta for “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty” during an Afghanistan ambush in 2007. Giunta's award was the first Medal of Honor given to a living soldier since the Vietnam War. In other words, it was an historic event for the U.S. military.

Deservedly, Giunta's honor has reaped all sorts of media attention. He'll appear on the Late Show with David Letterman next week and within Fox News, the Medal of Honor award was mentioned on Bill O'Reilly's show this week, and Sean Hannity's and Greta Van Susteren's, to name a few. Giunta also appeared in studio on this morning's Fox & Friends.

But it's been crickets from Glenn Beck at Fox News, according to a search of Nexis and TVeyes.com. Crickets, from the same Beck who last week looked into the camera and lamented the fact that our soldiers don't get enough respect and attention.