Glenn BecKKK - totally unhinged: Accused Van Jones of taking part in LA riots and going to prison

via AlterNet:



Glenn Beck's Crazy Lies About Van Jones

By Eva Paterson, Equal Justice Society. Posted August 31, 2009.

Glenn Beck spent last week smearing Van Jones with misinformation and outright lies. Here's setting the record straight.



After smearing White House special advisor Van Jones for days on his show, Glenn Beck said on August 27, 2009: "I want to point out the silence; no one has challenged these facts -- they just attack me personally."

Well, the White House is wise to stay above the fray but someone has to set the record straight. And as the person who first hired Van Jones, initially as a legal intern and later as a legal fellow, I am in a unique position to know the truth.

And the truth is: Beck is fabricating his facts.

For instance: several times on his show, Beck has said or implied that Van went to prison for taking part in the Rodney King riots.

No Criminal Convictions

Van has never served time in any prison. He has never been convicted of any crime. And just to be clear: Van was not even in Los Angeles during those tumultuous days.

I know because he was working for me -- in San Francisco -- when the four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King. I was the Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area when Van was an intern. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/story/142310/glenn_beck%27s_crazy_lies_about_van_jones/

He knows exactly what he's doing! Unfortunately, I don't think he realizes how dangerous some "Beckerheads" are!

And welcome to DU! :hi:

All inbred and double recessive.

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Wouldn't it be defamation to be running around falsely telling people that a person went to prison when they were never even convicted of a crime of any sort and weren't anywhere near the scene of a supposed crime?

If it was me Beck was lying about, I'd be getting lawyers involved at this point.

Total meltdown.

was that Beck had to announce on his show that he concocted these stories and knowlingly spread lies.

His truest fans probably won't care as reality and facts don't seem to get in their way. But it would still be nice!

Beck is a first-class liar and douchebag!

Yep, I said it!

and lashing out with his serpent tongue.