With O'Reilly and Olbermann, lets wingnuts 'let off steam'
(NEWSER) - Glenn Beck infuriates many liberals, but they should really be thanking him: His rhetoric tempers fringe sentiments and prevents violence, writes Reihan Salam for the Daily Beast. Talking heads like Beck and Bill O’Reilly “take unspoken anxieties very seriously,” giving voice to a “small and alienated minority,” he contends, arguing that they have “done more to keep Americans safe than 10,000 public service announcements.” More»
