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GROSS: Why do you think Glenn Beck has become so popular and powerful?
Mr. WEIGEL: I think he's very simple.
GROSS: Yeah.
Mr. WEIGEL: I think it's simple. The reason for Beck's popularity is that he tells the audience he's uncovering something. Shawn Hannity, I don't think is he has not become much less popular, but he basically bashes liberals and says that Democrats are gross and Ted Kennedy's - the late Ted Kennedy was unappealing and stuff you heard on talk-radio for years and years. Beck says I've uncovered something; me or my investigator have uncovered a video; we've uncovered a secret link; we've uncovered a document - and that's fascinating.
It's fascinating from the normal consumer of news's perspective. It's fascinating from the conspiracy theorist's perspective. I mean, no one else is giving you a chart showing you the 87 interlocking connections of the left-wing movements and Barack Obama and I think that's exactly it. That's why it's become popular.
