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Breaking news: Beck speaks!

Glenn Beck gives few interviews -- he prefers to monopolize the microphone -- so it's worth looking at what he says when he actually talks to a reporter. In the upcoming issue of the New York Times Magazine, Mark Leibovich profiles the Fox News megastar. Here are some highlights: --Beck talks about being a recovering addict and projects that onto America: "'I think what the country is going through right now is, in a way, what I went through with my alcoholism,' he told me. 'You can either live or die. You have a choice.'"

By Howard Kurtz  | September 29, 2010; 11:51 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (93)
Categories:  Latest stories, Radio, Television, Top story  | Tags:  Fox, Glenn Beck, Mark Leibovich, New York Times, Roger Ailes  
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