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Think Progress » Gold Digger! Beck Promotes Investment In Gold While Failing To Disclose His Conflict Of Interest
Between this and the crappy file software he's peddling, he's really showing how different he is from the rest of the pack.
So Beck essentially scares his audience into believing that hyperinflation and economic collapse is a near sure thing and then advises them to buy gold to protect themselves, writes Ryan Witt for the Examiner.com. All along Beck never mentions that a gold-buying company happens to be one of his few remaining sponsors.
As Witt notes, eighty companies have stopped advertising on Becks show since Color Of Change started its boycott in August. These companies include major names like General Mills, AT&T, Wal-Mart, and Bank of America. Most of Becks remaining advertisers are conservative organizations like the National Review or little-known corporations such as the Superior Gold Group, Rosland Capital, and Goldline International. In fact, during Becks gold promotion show yesterday, Goldline ran an ad that said almost exactly what Beck said on his show: Americans should be buying gold because of hyperinflation. Watch it:
Between this and the crappy file software he's peddling, he's really showing how different he is from the rest of the pack.