Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck has seen his viewership ratings fall by about 33 percent since August of last year, leading some media analysts to speculate that he may be on his way out at Fox news.
Mr. Beck, who staged a rally he called "Restoring Honor" last fall that drew 100,000 to Washington D.C., has made a name for himself by making empirical connections between seemingly independent world events, claiming conspiracy and treason are behind everything from economic recession to the collapse of the Egyptian government.
Most recently he said that socialists were conspiring with Islamic extremists to perpetrate the collapse of the Mubarak administration in Egypt.
He has also called President Obama a "Socialist" who has a "deep seated hatred" for white people.
Mr. Beck has long drawn the ire of liberal critics, who claim he makes his outlandish claim only to draw attention and boost the ratings of his Fox program, and his radio show. Even some conservatives at Fox are saying his weekly diatribes are over the top, and serve to discredit more mainstream conservative views.
His supporters are quick to point out that Mr. Beck still commands the attention of 2 million weekly viewers--far more than all other political pundits--and that he continues to be the passionate voice of many conservative Americans.
