The Nine Principles Behind Glenn Beck’s Success

Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck is the talk of the cable news world today, with a front page story in the New York Times about his ratings dominance and the reigning ratings king, Bill O’Reilly, weighing in as well.

As Beck’s 9/12 Project galvanizes fans online (The912Project.com) behind the FNC host’s nine principles and 12 values, TheDailyBeast.com has a different take — the “nine principles behind [Beck's] meteoric rise.”

Those include such principles as “I Will Constantly Reaffirm My Ineptitude” and “I Will Keep the Spirit of Joe McCarthy Alive.” Each principle comes with video evidence.

Click continued to see two of the video compilations, or check them all out at TheDailyBeast.com…

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