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Well, here’s the latest. It’s not only an insult to the memory of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr.

As I learned yesterday from the National Park Service, it’s all a fraud.

I spoke with Bill Line in the Communications Office of the NPS. He told me:

1. 1. Even though the poster for Beck’s rally shows the Lincoln Memorial, the event would actually be held on the steps of the Reflecting Pool in front of the Memorial, not on the steps of the Memorial itself.
2. 2. At this point, according to Line, no final permit has been awarded for the August 28 event. The permit is still pending, and may not in fact be approved. Nevertheless, Beck is already selling t-shirts and posters for the event – and inviting members of the public to attend.

Not only that, Beck is exploiting a charity for the troops to pay for his rally. His website solicits contributions to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, but the fine print says: All contributions made to the SOWF will first be applied to the costs of the Restoring Honor Rally taking place on August 28, 2010.

So there you have it. Glenn Beck’s August 28 rally? It’s not really at the Lincoln Memorial. It may not even be held at all. And he’s using our military to raise money for his political event.

Glenn Beck’s August 28 rally, in other words, is as phony as he is.

6/18/10 – Santa Fe, NM: 6 PM at Collected Works Bookstore

6/21/10 – Corte Madera, CA: 7 PM at Book Passage

Complete tour after the jump!

6/23/10 – Madison, WI: 6 PM at The Madison Concourse Hotel

6/24/10 – Winnetka, IL: 7 PM at The Book Stall at Chestnut Court

6/29/10 – St. Paul, MN: 7PM at Great Waters Brewing Company – 426 Saint Peter Street

7/9/10 – Washington, DC: 7 PM at Politics and Prose

More dates coming soon!

Learn more, and see Bill’s book tour dates, after the jump…

Talk radio has done an end run around the voting populace. With Rush Limbaugh now the unofficial leader of the Republican Party and the far right controlling the five major syndicates, conservatives have a disproportionate voice in the medium—even in liberal cities such as New York, Boston, and San Francisco. Writing with his characteristic and incisive wit, Bill Press exposes the destructive power of Rush, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Bill O’Reilly, and the other polarizing figures of talk radio who dominate 90% of the political airwaves today. Citing their own words as evidence, Press brilliantly makes the case that much of what is broadcast on radio and television today is—at best—distorted and partisan, and—at worst—lies, propaganda and bigotry sold by these talented modern-day pitchmen who have followings in the millions.

Book Tour

5/28/10 – Portland, OR: 7:30 PM at Powell’s City of Books – 1005 W Burnside

6/5/10 – Asheville, NC: 10 AM at Mountain Java – 870 Merrimon Ave

6/9/10 – Washington, DC: 6:30 PM at Barnes and Noble – 12th Street NW

6/11/10 – Rehoboth Beach, DE: 7 PM at Browseabout Books

6/18/10 – Santa Fe, NM: 6 PM at Collected Works Bookstore

6/21/10 – Corte Madera, CA: 7 PM at Book Passage

6/23/10 – Madison, WI – TBD

6/24/10 – Winnetka, IL: 7 PM at The Book Stall at Chestnut Court

6/29/10 – St. Paul, MN: 7PM at Great Waters Brewing Company – 426 Saint Peter Street

7/9/10 – Washington, DC: 7 PM at Politics and Prose

More dates coming soon!

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