Politico (10/14/09) published a list of top topics on Glenn Beck’s Fox News show, based on a search of Nexis transcripts since the show’s January 2009 debut. It’s instructive to look at the placement of some individuals, groups and places in the news as an indication of Beck’s sense of whom and what his audience should be informed about:
ACORN: 1,224
Van Jones: 267
SEIU: 259
Afghanistan: 97
Iraq: 95
Valerie Jarrett: 52
Mark Lloyd: 50
Al-Qaeda: 50
Bill Ayers: 46
John Holdren: 43
Jeremiah Wright: 42
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: 41
Osama Bin Laden: 40
Taliban: 38
