Does Glenn Beck lie?

By Robert Rouse

I had a discussion recently about Glenn Beck and I mentioned that Beck likes to mislead the American people with half-truths or outright lies. I was immediately challenged to mention one single time when Glenn Beck actually lied to the American public.

I immediately mentioned that Beck had claimed that the new health care bill included insurance for dogs. My “friend” said Beck never made that claim, so I decided to do some research.

On November 12, 2009, Beck said the following on his radio show:

“Do you know in the health care bill, we’re now offering insurance for dogs? Do I need to say any more?”

“If you are somebody who is like, ‘Well, I just, I’m struggling and we’re barely making ends meet,’ I’m not paying for your dog cardiologist! Not gonna do it. I’m sorry, the dog goes nighty-night.”

Now, I want everyone to go through the bill and show me where we’re offering insurance for dogs. It’s not there. Never was. Glenn Beck was lying his ass off.

But I can’t stop there. As long as I was doing research, I had to keep digging.

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