NPR.org | Brendan Nyhan | Washington Post
"Getting along is not the objective," says
Rush Limbaugh. "I always say my real purpose is to attract the largest audience I can, and hold it for as long as I can, so I can charge confiscatory advertising rates." Rival conservative talk show host
Glenn Beck says such severe rhetoric only drives people apart. "I truly believe it's going to be the death of us," he tells
David Folkenflik. ||
Brendan Nyhan accuses Folkenflik of whitewashing Beck's extremism. ||
More on Beck from
David Segal.