Keeping it Going

Glenn Beck, on his program, discussed the recent passing of a law that would allow TSA agents to unionize, and be allowed into federal government employee unions with voting rights as equal members. Beck introduced the story with extreme bias against the current administration, accusing them of using the crisis in Egypt as a cover to "slip in legislation with the other hand". The story was presented for a maximum of 45 seconds, before Beck slipped into his own opinions and his own take on how the story would lead to disastrous consequences for America as a whole. He claimed that the TSA, if unionized, would never fire employees, would be like a mandated defense force, and more hyperbolic statements stacked on top of one another. Beck did bring in pseudo-historical context, stating that when Congress created the Homeland Security administration and the TSA, that screeners were not given voting rights for a reason, citing the aforementioned reasoning as why. He then proceeded to compare this law and the ability of union organization to Greece and its problems last year. The story itself is mentioned very little and given less credence than Beck's own opinions, and no real empirical facts are given to be able to research or back up his statements. The story is missing quite a bit of information required, and needs an actual source in order to be credible, as opposed to just a talking point mentioned in passing. Beck is heavily biased when he introduces the story, and continues to be throughout the entire story. He is blatantly against the Obama administration and unions, citing both as detrimental to the American way of living, obviously full of hyperbole to attract viewers to his show. Beck's anti-"liberal" agenda is plainly evident here, and taints what little credibility the story has in the eyes of educated viewers.