https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2010/11/28/are-glenn-becks-most-recent-critics-correct/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:29:00 -0400<![CDATA[Glenn Beck has done a lot of good; he is a defender of Israel and an opponent of Islamic radicalism, and he has exposed many of the worst far left appointments made by the Obama administration &#8212; most notably, that of Van Jones.  He has also unfairly been accused of anti-Semitism, of being a modern day version of Father Coughlin, and much worse.  These charges are so out of whack that even one honest liberal has come to his defense on some of these charges. On the website of the New Republic, writer Peter Duffy explained that despite the charge made by the likes of Al Hunt, Keith Olbermann, NYRB writer Mark Lilla, and Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank, “Beck is no Coughlin.” Being a left-liberal, Duffy doesn’t thinks much of what Beck says is defensible, but he writes that “the comparison to Coughlin is not only flawed — it is historically illiterate, denying Coughlin, pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan, his rightful place as one of the most odious characters in American history.” Odious Coughlin was, and as Duffy acknowledges, Beck himself has spent much time letting his viewers know the truth about Coughlin, and why he despises him.]]>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:15:34 -0500<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2010/11/28/are-glenn-becks-most-recent-critics-correct-n183507