2009-10-15 Beck falsely claimed Anita Dunn "worships" "her hero" Mao Zedong

2009-10-15 Media Matters/T.A. Media Matters \Glenn Beck\Anita Dunn\Obama-Biden administration/attacks on\American cultural polarization\Fox News http://mediamatters.org/research/200910150044 Beck falsely claimed Anita Dunn "worships" "her hero" Mao Zedong Beck falsely claimed Anita Dunn "worships" "her hero" Mao Zedong  Throughout most of his October 15 Fox News program, Glenn Beck falsely claimed that White House communications director Anita Dunn "worships" and "idolizes" "her hero" Mao Zedong. In fact, in the video that Beck aired as evidence to support his claims, Dunn offered no endorsement of Mao's ideology or atrocities -- rather, she commented that Mao and Mother Teresa were her two of her "favorite political philosophers," and based on short quotes from them, she offered the advice that "you don't have to follow other people's choices and paths" or "let external definition define how good you are internally." Includes extensive transcriptions of Dunn and Beck.

Beck's attack was probably in retaliation for Anita Dunn's sharp criticism of Fox News a few days earlier.

&ldquo;...Glenn Beck falsely claimed that White House communications director Anita Dunn "worships" and "idolizes" "her hero" Mao Zedong. In fact, in the video that Beck aired as evidence to support his claims, Dunn offered no endorsement of Mao's ideology or atrocities...&rdquo;   