According to a story by Nina Mandell at nydailynews.com, two days after comparing Reform Judaism to radicalized Islam on his show, Beck retracted his words.
He made the original remarks during his ongoing feud with George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist who recently slammed Fox News and compared the network's reporting to propaganda used Nazi Germany.
Ridiculing Soros on his show Tuesday, Beck claimed the philanthropist was given softball questions by Zakaria.
The discussion on Beck's show then turned to the Anti-Defamation League's campaign against him after comments he made in November calling Soros a Nazi collaborator.
Beck cut in and said, "Most people who are not Jewish don't understand that there are the Orthodox Rabbis and the Reform Rabbis. Reform Rabbis are generally political in nature. It's almost like radicalized Islam in a way where it's less about religion than it is about politics."
Predictably, he was immediately slammed by fellow Conservatives as well as by Jewish Rabbis, including the Anti-Defamation League, which quickly released a statement.
"Glenn Beck's comparison of Reform Judaism to radical Islam demonstrates his bigoted ignorance. Despite his feeble attempt to suggest that he was not equating Reform Judaism with Islamic extremist terrorism, the simple fact that he would mention them in the same breath is highly offensive and outrageous."
Beck admitted that, in this instance, he knew his comments were wrong.
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