Glenn Beck’s Mentor? Meet W. Cleon Skousen, Bestseller

Fox News host Glenn Beck has a unique interpretation of American populism and the Founding Fathers. But he also has his own ideological forefather who has gone largely unnoticed by a large portion of the media watchdogs who have tracked Beck’s meteoric rise. That is, until the incisive Salon exposé of W. Cleon Skousen, which ran yesterday online. Inside, we run down some of the article’s most revealing, juicy bits.